Mumbai :Besides the premiere of Dibakar Banerjee's political thriller 'Shanghai', the 13th annual IIFA awards will also showcase excerpts from Vidhu Vinod Chopra's upcoming film 'Ferrari Ki Sawari'. Directed by Rajesh Mapuskar and dialogues by acclaimed director, Rajkumar Hirani, the film is a moving story about how the pursuit of an Indian cricket legend's Ferrari makes a young boy's dreams of playing cricket at Lords a reality. 'Ferrari Ki Sawari'...
04:06 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmakers rarely applaud each other's work but Anurag Kashyap and Dibakar Banerjee are all praises for each other. After watching 'Shanghai', Kashyap has declared it is the best film he has ever watched and Banerjee is the country's best director. "It's a film that should be made compulsory for everybody to watch. This is the most powerful and the best film I have seen in a long time," Kashyap...
04:06 PM, Jun 01, 2012
From being B-film serial kisser, Emraan Hashmi has suddenly become the blue-eyed boy of Bollywood's A-list filmmakers. ...
11:31 AM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Dibakar Banerjee may like to tackle social problems in his film but the director, who is gearing up for the release of his political thriller 'Shanghai', says he will never compromise with the entertainment quotient in his movies. Dibakar, 41, says he is happy that his films 'Khosla Ka Ghosla', 'Oye Lucky Lucky Oye', 'Love Sex aur Dhokha' offered different stories without wavering from their socio-political themes. He...
03:40 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Hollywood may have wiped out the 'whole world's indigenous film industry' but Bollywood has held up, giving room to talent from all over the globe, says Dibakar Banerjee, the maker of acclaimed films such as 'Khosla Ka Ghosla' and 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!' Stating that Bollywood had not buckled under Hollywood pressure, Banerjee said: "Today Bollywood has become one of the last few independently surviving and independently profitable...
11:34 AM, May 26, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: 'Akashathinte Niram'(The Colour of the Sky), a Malayalam film directed by Biju Menon has been chosen for the 'Golden Goblet' competition section of the Shanghai International film festival. This is the first time a Malayalam movie is being selected for the main competition section of the Shanghai festival, a release here said. The festival is to be held from June 16 to 24 in Shanghai, China. 'Akashathinte Niram' is...
11:58 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Kalki Koechlin had to go through quite a transformation for her role in 'Shanghai' as director Dibakar Banerjee wanted her to look ugly yet adorable. The brief given by her director was quite simple - 'Look ugly'. However, it was nothing short of a nightmare to actually realise the filmmaker's vision. "Dibakar wanted me to look ugly and vulnerable. The first thing that he did was chop my...
05:55 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Director Dibakar Banerjee says his upcoming political thriller 'Shanghai', starring Abhay Deol and Emraan Hashmi in the lead, deals with the two halves of India, who keep warring against each other. "Abhay represents the educated middleclass dream of forward looking and so called progressive India while Emraan is the average guy who is left behind. These are the two parts India is divided into. In 'Shanghai', Abhay and...
06:58 PM, May 17, 2012
Film: 'Shanghai'; Music Director: Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravijani; Lyricist: Dibakar Banerjee, Vishal Dadlani, Anvita Dutt Guptan, Neelesh Misra, Kumaar; Singers: Shekhar Ravijani, Vishal Dadlani, Arun Ingle, Mandar Apte, Dibakar, Bhupesh, R.N. Iyer, Raja Hassan, Kirti Sagathia, Richa Sharma, Nandini Srikar; Rating: *** 1/2 The music of a Dibakar Banerjee film is not something you watch out for because he is known for making gritty and compelling movies. But when...
04:50 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Kalki Koechlin comes from a non-film background, but the actress has managed to carve a niche for herself with her unconventional choice of scripts. She however admits it is hard to keep up the good work in filmdom. "I feel lucky enough to have had a good start by working in alternate niche films like 'Dev D' that have a different style. I have got an opportunity to...
02:27 PM, May 16, 2012
Mumbai: Dibakar Banerjee says his political thriller 'Shanghai' is an attempt to bridge dreams and reality: the dream of transforming 'stuffy and dirty India' into a swanky Shanghai, and a reality check on where India stands today. "In the context of the film, we have this dream of a Shanghai like city, where there is business, fame, money and entertainment. Where there are lots of buildings, skyscrapers, hotels, pubs and...
05:44 PM, May 13, 2012
Mumbai: Tracking down Abhay Deol for a phone interview proved to be a Herculean task. Not that he was acting pricey, but because he was somewhere in the interiors of Bhopal, shooting for his forthcoming film. The phone network threw tantrums at us instead and finally when our lines connected, the actor spoke to us about his insecurities, relationships and believing in love. What excites you more " the script...
01:10 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: 'Jannat 2' has become a hit. Emraan Hashmi's lucky phase continues. This is his third straight hit after 'Murder 2' and 'The Dirty Picture'. However, if the reports from trade analysts and movie goers are to be believed then the business of 'Jannat 2' has started to lose momentum. This shouldn't be a surprise as 'Jannat 2' is far away from perfection. Retaining a franchise name could be...
02:25 PM, May 08, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee has defended the item number in his soon-to-be-released film, 'Shanghai', saying the song is indispensable as it takes the story forward. British model Scarlett Mellish Willson gyrates to the tune of 'Imported Kamariya' in 'Shanghai'. "Politics depends on item numbers to survive. In our film there is politics and for that there is item number to show how item number is important for politics and politicians....
01:04 PM, May 08, 2012
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