Mumbai: Director Vivek Agnihotri says it was filmaker Vikram Bhatt who inspired him to make 'Freedom'.
'Freedom' is a socio-political saga set in the backdrop of 1970s to 2000s. It features Salman Yusuf Khan in the lead.
"I always wanted to make 'Freedom', but I had to drop the idea due to financial crisis. I would have never made an erotic thriller like 'Hate Story' if I had finance for 'Freedom'. Vikram gave me 'Hate Story' as a challenge. Apart from Vikram, one of my friends also encouraged me to make a film on this subject," Agnihotri told IANS.
"While thinking about 'Freedom', I took 'Hate Story' as a challenge and did justice to it. We shot it like a beautiful international thriller. I am happy people loved the film and it also earned good money to start my ambitious project," he added....
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10:11 AM, May 17, 2013
Mumbai: Looking forward to his upcoming film 'Freedom', director Vivek Agnihotri says the movie is like 'Dil Chahta Hai' meeting 'Deewar'. 'Freedom', a political thriller, is set in different periods from 1984 to 2000. "It is a drama, not a satire. It is about the journey of youth, the journey post liberalisation. How the journey of talented, intelligent, gifted, the real cream of the country changed post liberalisation," Vivek, of...
01:51 PM, May 13, 2013
Madrid: Britain's Laura Robson and Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro conjured up big first-round upset victories at the Madrid Open when they surprised fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and ninth-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur on Monday. Robson, the world number 41, thumped Radwanska 6-3 6-1 on the clay at the Magic Box arena and 23rd-ranked Suarez Navarro ousted Stosur 7-6 6-2 to delight the home crowd with her seventh career victory...
09:43 AM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Rape cases will come down if people shun non-vegetarian food and alcohol, activist Swami Agnivesh said on Sunday. "We cannot stop a crime like rape by policing only.... I think rapes will come down significantly if people stop eating non-vegetarian. There has been lot of research on this.... Rapes will come down significantly if alcohol consumption is not there," he told reporters in New Delhi. He said a...
05:01 PM, Apr 28, 2013
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12:49 PM, Apr 27, 2013
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02:23 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals wicketkeeper Dishant Yagnik on Tuesday said his team will be banking heavily on its medium pacers when it take on the heavyweights Mumbai Indians in the IPL match on Wednesday. "Undoubtedly they (MI) are a very good team. Along with Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians too are very strong. But we are confident that we can get the better of them," said Yagnik...
09:40 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Washington: The Obama administration on Friday designated 18 people under a US law requiring a list of alleged human rights abusers in Russia, in a move that could cause more friction in US ties with Moscow. The list includes 16 people directly related to the case of Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky, who died in his jail cell in 2009, as well as two others, a senior State Department official said...
11:42 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The medium range, nuclear capable surface-to-surface Agni-II missile was on Sunday successfully test-fired with a strike range of more than 2,000 km from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. "The trial of the surface-to-surface missile was conducted from a mobile launcher from the Launch Complex-4 of Integrated Test Range (ITR) at around 10:20 am," defence sources said. "Agni-II Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) has already been inducted into...
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06:28 PM, Mar 30, 2013
The grand finale of Femina Miss India 2013 is going to take place tonight at a sparkling event in Mumbai. ...
02:00 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has shot an electro-classical rock song, a heady mix of classical tunes with rock sounds, for his film 'Freedom'. ...
05:36 PM, Mar 04, 2013
