PRIYANSHU ON MONER MANUSH
Moner Manush won the Golden Peacock Award this year just a few days back at the IFFI, Goa which is a huge achievement since the award comes back to India after 10 years. Here we catch up with actor, Priyanshu Chatterjee, on his views about Moner Manush. Priyanshu, the actor, you will recall was also seen in another historical Pinjar, a few years back, so he is certainly no stranger to Historicals....
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TISCA CHOPRA – PART OF THE “NON FILMIS” MAKING OUR FILMS RICHER BY THEIR PRESENCE
The “non filmis” that are making their way through films, television and drama are doing something very important for the viewing audience. Breaking stereotypes and getting their unique perspectives to the story they become a part of. This more often than not, is an amazing experience for the paying audience. Tisca Chopra, a Delhi University topper, challenged wonderfully well, the place of academia...
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ASHES – NOT ABOUT SELF PITY
The subject of mental illness is a complex one to live with and perhaps as complex to weave a story around, without getting into doses of self pity or being instantaneously judgmental, about the affected and also the people they live with. In the real world of mental illness, there is no escape 24/7, just denial, perhaps by the sufferer, but definitely by the co habitant of the household. Merely because...
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SAURABH “WRITER, ACTOR, DIRECTOR, THEATER, TELEVISION, FILMS” SHUKLA
Every so often, Bollywood throws at us, a multi dimensional, multi talented artist. Saurabh Shukla is one such creative talent. This man can ignite a war, on whether he is an actor who writes and directs, a supreme writer who can also act and direct, or an outstanding director who also dabbles in writing and acting. The debate can be ferocious but Saurabh is not part of the very argument he initiates....
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In conversation with Barkha Madan
Do people still recall your appearance in Bhoot? Absolutely. They still tell me that I scared the living daylights out of them. You are the only known actress in Soch Lo. Was it nerve wracking to work with a group of newbies? It’s Sartaj’s first film and the technical crew is new too and so is the rest of the cast. But what really excited me was that I was presented with a bound script. We held...
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GOPAL K SINGH- THE AGE OF THE ACTOR EMERGES IN BOLLYWOOD
GOPAL K SINGH- THE AGE OF THE ACTOR EMERGES IN BOLLYWOOD Amidst all the nepotism, gate keepers and starkids, Bollywood has suddenly begun to throw up new talent and new faces with a remarkable consistency, over the past few years. This trend is now beginning to emerge a lot more, and we as audiences have never felt happier. Talent from across the nation, big and small cities, people who are the first...
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Bela Negi- The Continued Emergence of Independent Bollywood Cinema
In the recent times Bollywood has witnessed a new breed of filmmakers giving the art of story telling a new dimension. What started of with films such as Bheja Fry, Dasvidaniya and more recently SOCH LO,and Do Dooni Chaar, gets a further kick start by FTII trained director, Bela Negi’s, Daayeh Ya Baayen. This is not an Art house cinema, this is Commercial and for the masses cinema, just without...
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Abhishek Sharma – The Budget Conscious Debutant Director
Abhishek Sharma – The Budget Conscious Debutant Director Tere Bin Laden was one of those films that came out of nowhere and became a commercial success in India. Here we talk to the director of the film Abhishek Sharma. That rare breed of directors, whose first time film, was a big commercial success and to top it all, a producers dream come true, he actually challenges the budget of the...
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DIRECTOR JOSEPH MATHEW TALKS ABOUT BOMBAY SUMMER
Q1) Tell us a little about Bombay Summer ? This idea about a film set in contemporary urban India and youth culture was brewing in my mind for quite some time. I grew up in India and spent my youth there. I really wanted to distill some of my experiences and observations while putting it into a modern Indian context . I think young people connect differently in India. There seems to be this intensity...
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NOUREEN DEWULF, OSCAR WINNER FILM – DONE, TELVISION-DONE, HOLLYWOOD-DONE, BOLLYWOOD- NEXT ON
How likely is it that a family moves from Pune, India to Southern United States, probably has very little to do with the entertainment world, and yet their offspring chooses a career in acting and starts off by being in an Oscar winning short film, the West Bank Story? Very likely, if you are Noureen Dewulf and like to challenge yourself every so often. Noureen has since gone on to play varied characters...
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