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Mukesh Chhabra: I would really love if Anurag Kashyap did the casting for my film
The conversation veers to other projects and how this ‘fully involved’ casting director is paving the way ahead
Mukesh Chhabra doesn’t want to stop at casting actors for films, he wishes to make his own film; only when the time is right. Click here to read more1 Comment
Miss Lovely, Shahid win awards at 14th Mumbai Film Festival
Director Ashim Ahluwalia’s take on B-grade filmmakers and their dark world shines at the recently held reputed film fest. And so does Hansal Mehta’s latest…
With Kahaani and Gangs Of Wasseypur, actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has ruled the roost this year, and buzz is that his role in Aamir Khan’s Talaash is also a meaty one. Click here to read moreMalayalam film Papilio Buddha in hot water over Gandhi slight
The South Indian movie has been banned by the censor board for allegedly belittling the Mahatma
Some 64 years after Nathuram Godse’s bullets felled Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the Father of our nation, the Mahatma continues to be the subject of attack – on celluloid. Producer Prakash Bare and director Jayan Cheriyan’s Malayalam film Papilio Buddha has been banned by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on the grounds of denigrating the Mahatma. Click here to read moreTIFF 2012: Gangs of Wasseypur, Ishaqzaade, Shahid, Shanghai, Mumbai Cha Raja
Ten films from Mumbai will be showcased in the City to City Programme at the Toronto International Film Festival this year, with a mix of commercial Bollywood and indies
Anurag Kashyap’s six-hour Gangs of Wasseypur continues its festival run. The film, which has a two-part release in India, will have its North American premiere at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival this year. The prestigious fest will showcase eight other Indian movies in the City to City programme. Some of these films have had a theatrical release in India already. But the good news is that there are some new indies with fresh subjects in the line-up. Click here to read moreAnurag Kashyap wasn’t the first choice to direct ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’
The Dev.D director’s gangster flick is making waves at all prestigious film festivals and is being loved by the audiences, but surprisingly, he wasn’t the first one to be approached to make this one!
Anurag Kashyap’s ambitious gangster flick set against the backdrop of the coal mafia of Dhanbad has managed to impress everyone at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival. Click here to read moreAARAKSHAN Review: Flawed but significant
Despite the flaws, Prakash Jha’s film should be watched, if only to initiate a healthy debate about the issue of reservation and its implications. And the Punjab government now agrees and is allowing screenings across the state
There has been a lot written and said about Prakash Jha’s controversial film, even before it hit the screens. Many said that the ban on it, as some states had imposed, was a publicity gimmick, while some – like Mahesh Bhatt, Anurag Kashyap and Hansal Mehta – used the occasion to point out that freedom of expression in cinema is non-existent. Click here to read moreIndependence Day quotes: Bollywood stars speak
Actors reveal what freedom and independence means to them
Click here to read moreAnurag Kashyap gets nostalgic
Though writer-director-turned-producer Anurag Kashyap has moved on from his dark past circa Dev.D, all it took was an article that he had written in early 2006 for a tabloid to send him on a nostalgia trip
Though writer-director-turned-producer Anurag Kashyap has moved on from his dark past circa Dev.D, all it took was an article that he had written in early 2006 for a tabloid to send him on a nostalgia trip. He put up the link on Facebook saying, “One of my favourite pieces I ever wrote, but was lost. Click here to read more
