
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

Mumbai: Veteran filmmaker Govind Nihalani can't contain his excitement while talking about his new animation film. The Ardh Satya director is making a comeback to Bollywood with 'Kamlu Happy Happy' after almost seven years and says that he had always wanted to make an animation film that set benchmarks in the industry. We talk to Nihalani on his observation of the changing times in the industry What major changes have...

12:54 PM, Apr 12, 2012

New Delhi: Lady luck is smiling on Kalki Koechlin. After giving a powerful performance in Dev D, the actress has now grabbed another good role in Dibakar Bannerjee's political thriller Shanghai. Produced by PVR Pictures, the movie is the official Hindi adaptation of Greek novelist Vassilis Vassilikos' political thriller Z, about the real-life assassination of a dynamic politician. The movie has been adapted by Bannerjee and his team to the...

04:31 PM, May 06, 2011

Paresh plays three roles with the ease of a seasoned actor. ...

01:41 AM, Nov 25, 2008

And like his last film, Dibakar has set this one in Delhi again. ...

03:42 AM, Aug 05, 2008

Bollywood is seeing entrants from various industries enter film production. ...

02:31 AM, Jun 28, 2007