Bengali bombshell to set Goa's Konkani cinema on fire

Panaji: Goa's Konkani cinema is about to get red hot. After scorching the silver screen with a bare-backed performance in 'Hate Story', Bengali bombshell Paoli Dam will act in a film directed by up-and-coming Goan director Laxmikant Shetgaonkar, says the actress.

"I am in Laxmikant Shetgaonkar's next film. We discussed the project when I met him in Cannes," the actress said of her 2011 meeting in France with the director, whose first film 'Poltodcho Munis' won critical acclaim when it was released a few years ago.

The Konkani film revolves around Baga beach, one of the popular beaches in Goa, and involves the slices of lives of tourists coming to the beach.

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  Bengali actress Paoli Dam makes her Bollywood debut with Vikram Bhatt's 'Hate Story'.

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  The film tracks Paoli's journey from being a journalist to a sex worker.

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  Censor board suggested many changes in the trailer of the film as it is too bold for television.

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  The makers released the uncut trailer online which became very popular.

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  Agnihotri says he made 'Hate Story' keeping an A certificate in mind.

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  According to the latest reports, censor has passed the film with an A certificate.

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  Paoli Dam's bold dialogues have been passed by the censor board.

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  She has done six intimate scenes in the film.

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  Censor board has demanded to shorten the sex scenes in the film.

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  'Hate Story' is India's first erotic thriller.

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  Do you think Bollywood audience will accept such a bold film.

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  Paoli Dam has high expectations with the film.

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  Paoli says, if the script demands, she has no issues in doing bold scene.

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  Paoli says, "There is a very thin line between aesthetic and soft porn. It's all about how you narrate the story."

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  Paoli Dam is a popular Bengali actress.

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  Will 'Hate Story' bring more Bollywood offers for Paoli.

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  Paoli in an intimate scene from the film.

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  Let's wait and watch whether Paoli can be a threat to actresses like Mallika Sherawat, who are known for their skin show and bold statements.

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  Directed by Vivek Agnihotri, Paoli Dam, Gulshan Devaiya and Nikhil Dwivedi play the lead roles in 'Hate Story'.

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  'Hate Story' hits the screen on April 20, 2012.

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Bengali bombshell Paoli Dam will act in a film directed by Goan director Laxmikant Shetgaonkar.

Paoli plays the role of a north Indian tourist coming to Baga, she told IANS Thursday on the eve of the conclusion of the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here.

The actress, whose claim to celluloid fame has been a raunchy role with part lesbian action in 'Hate Story', and a nude sequence in another Bengali film, was here to attend the screening of her new film 'Elar Char Adhyay' at the Goa festival.

"I want to be part of films with a difference," she said, adding that she liked the director and the idea and her character in the Konkani film.

A true-blue Bengali, who loves her fish, Paoli confesses that she loves the fish in Goa too. "I love the food here. Just can't get enough of it," she says.

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