Advaita Kala

Delhi to host literature festival on February 9-10

The national capital is all set to host its very own literature festival later this week featuring book launches, interaction with authors as well as a music show. Coming close on the heels of the Jaipur Literature Festival, the two-day literary event beginning February 9 will host 10 sessions on different themes at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts. ...  

B'wood must treat women as heroes: Advaita Kala

New Delhi: The film 'Kahaani', for which she wrote the story, grossed Rs 54.55 crore. Advaita Kala, also considered a pioneer of India's chick lit genre, says women are also heroes and need better representation in Bollywood. "A woman cannot be used as a commodity and cast in a certain mould. The hero needs to acknowledge the heroine because the women are also heroes. The gender-sensitive mindsets in Indian cinema...  

Advaita Kala: Had to tell Vidya's story right

New Delhi: She turned scriptwriter with Ranbir Kapoor-Priyanka Chopra starrer Anjaana-Anjaani and now Almost Single author Advaita Kala is looking forward to her next film Kahaani which will see Vidya Balan playing the central protagonist. Kala promises that Kahaani, being directed by Sujoy Ghosh of Aladin fame, will see a completely new avatar of Vidya, who is known for her performance oriented roles in films like Pareenita, Paa and Ishqiya....  

'Kahaani' story to be novelised, with a twist

New Delhi: In times when several Bollywood filmmkaers are taking inspiration from books for their movies, Sujoy Ghosh's 'Kahaani' is soon to be adapted into a novel. Advaita Kala, who has penned the script of the film, plans to write a novel on the same story line, but with a twist. The book might be launched towards the end of 2012. "Advaita is penning the story. She is going to...  

Watch the trailer of Vidya Balan's 'Kahaani'

New Delhi: Vidya Balan is all set to take over screens again - this time for Sujoy Ghosh's 'Kahaani'. Based on the story by Advaita Kala, the movie is supposed to be a thriller based on a pregnant woman's search for her husband in Kolkata during the Durga Puja festival. The search for 'someone who does not exist' as the trailer says - gets her from London to Kolkata. The...