
Mumbai: Abhishek Choubey, who has helmed intimate scenes between Arshad Warsi and Huma Qureshi, as well as Madhuri Dixit and Naseeruddin Shah, for 'Dedh Ishqiya', says it isn't easy to shoot love scenes with actors unless they trust their director completely.
"Let me tell you, it's not easy to shoot intimate scenes with our actors. They have to trust the director's vision. As the director, I had to make sure I didn't let the actors down," said Choubey.
He says "once Madhuri accepted the scenes, she gave all of herself to them".
"However, there are more intimate scenes between Huma and Arshad than between Madhuriji and Naseerji (in the film)," he added....
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05:30 PM, Jun 18, 2013

Mumbai: Actress Madhuri Dixit, who would be performing with noted classical dancer Birju Maharaj, feels honoured that she would dance with him but is nervous at the same time. The legendary Kathak guru and his disciple will soon be seen in a special jugalbandi act on the dance reality show 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'. "I am happy and honoured that I will be dancing with him in 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'. I...

02:35 PM, May 28, 2013

Mumbai: After mesmerising audiences with 'Maar Dala' in Devdas in 2002, actress Madhuri Dixit is back again to cast her spell with a 'mujra' number in director Abhishek Chaubey's upcoming film 'Dedh Ishqiya'. The 'dhak-dhak' girl will perform the dance on a song titled 'Apke Karar Mein' composed by filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, also the producer of the film. "The song is ready and we will be shooting for it after...

04:13 PM, May 09, 2013

Naach, Nritya, Natya Shastra. Three words that may appear same for a commoner, but aren't the same. These words are like a trained asset, like the most precious jewel in a treasure temple and a living organ in any dancer's body. With the world celebrating The International Dance Day, three young classical artists give their take on experiments with the art, their signature styles as performers, and also answer a...

05:36 PM, Apr 30, 2013

Irrfan has won the Best Actor award for his powerful performance in Tigmanshu Dhulia's 'Paan Singh Tomar' and Marathi actress Usha Jadhav has won the Best Actress award for 'Dhag'. ...

04:02 PM, Mar 18, 2013

Kathak maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj who choreographed Madhuri Dixit in Devdas will be choreographing the actress once again. This time it will be for 'Dedh Ishqiya', the sequel to 'Ishqiya'. ...

07:05 PM, Mar 07, 2013

The film, directed by Abhishek Chaubey, is a sequel to the commercially successful 'Ishqiya' (2010). ...

10:33 AM, Mar 06, 2013

Even after such a response, shows were disrupted in places like Palakkad, Ettumanoor and some other towns of Kerala. ...

01:37 PM, Jan 26, 2013

Expressing his condolences over the death of Pandit Ravi Shankar, renowned Kathak dancer Birju Maharaj said that he had no words to express what he was feeling. "To say that I feel sad will be an understatement," said Birju Maharaj. "He is an immortal personality, he took sitar to great heights on the global platform. He took great pleasure in his music. When he played you could see every note ...

07:32 PM, Dec 12, 2012

New Delhi: Kamal Haasan is indisputably the most adventurous actor in India and Birju Maharaj is undoubtedly the most accomplished exponent of the Kathak dance form in the country. When the two maestros decide to come together, the result cannot be anything less than historic. Birju Maharaj is all set to choreograph a Kathak dance for Kamal Haasan in the Hindi-Tamil bi-lingual 'Viswaroopam', which marks his return to Hindi films...

01:37 PM, Dec 18, 2011

Mumbai: Kamal Haasan is indisputably the most adventurous actor in India and Birju Maharaj is undoubtedly the most accomplished exponent of the Katahk dance form in the country. When the two maestros decide to come together, the result cannot be anything less than historic. Birju Maharaj is all set to choreograph a Kathak dance for Kamal Haasan in the Hindi-Tamil bi-lingual 'Viswaroopam', which marks his return to Hindi films after...

01:49 PM, Dec 12, 2011