New Delhi: Actress Kalki Koechlin says she is not a part of husband Anurag Kashyap's new film 'Gangs of Wasseypur' as she can't look convincing as a village girl. The 29-year-old actress of French descent was there to support the film's crew at the recently concluded Cannes film festival, where it was screened in the Director's Fortnight section. But Kalki, who has acted in three of Kashyap's films so far,...
12:25 PM, Jun 05, 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
New Delhi: Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur' is making a good name for itself, especially after getting featured at the Cannes International Film Festival. The promos of the film suggest that the music is going to play a crucial part in the narration. Music director Sneha Khanwalkar lives up to the expectations. Her new album has 14 songs, mostly with a rustic touch. Varun Grover has penned down the first...
01:38 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who played an abusive officer in 'Kahaani' and an informer in 'Paan Singh Tomar', says training is must for every actor. "Training is very important - be it a theater actor or a movie actor. Right kind of training brings out various shades of an actor and it is appreciated by the audiences," Nawazuddin told IANS. The actor is on a roll as his two...
12:20 PM, May 28, 2012
Mumbai: Tannishtha Chatterjee feels Indian films still have a long way to go when it comes to getting recognition in the international arena. The actress, known for her role in 'Brick Lane', points out that the focus is not on the right kind of cinema or actors in the country. Producer Sheetal Talwar, who produced 'Dharm', has gone on record to say Bollywood representation in the Cannes International Film Festival...
12:07 PM, May 28, 2012
Cannes: The longest-running entry in this year's Cannes festival, a five-hour Indian gangster epic, won a warm welcome at the Riviera event, even drawing parallels with Quentin Tarantino. Anurag Kashyap, who directed the five hour 20 minute 'Gangs of Wasseypur', described the film to AFP as 'a Bollywood-influenced gangster epic, part Western, part documentary.' With a folk-meets-dubstep soundtrack and a basis in true stories, the film follows three generations of...
01:08 PM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Actor Yashpal Sharma, who has been part of films like 'Lagaan', 'Gangaajal' and 'Aarakshan', will next be seen playing an item boy in Anurag Kashyap's upcoming film 'Gangs of Wasseypur'. The 45-year-old essays the role of a singer in the movie, who thinks of himself as a Kishore Kumar but in reality is a terrible singer. And although he has a small part in the film, which recently...
04:01 PM, May 25, 2012
Anurag Kashyap's two-part coal mafia drama 'Gangs of Wasseypur' will have its world premiere at the Directors Fortnight section. ...
10:53 AM, May 22, 2012
Mumbai: He's been called the 'best film school' in India and film-maker Anurag Kashyap is living up to his name. His co-production 'Udaan' made it to the Cannes film festival in 2010. This year, three films Kashyap is associated with -- his own two-part revenge saga 'Gangs of Wasseypur' and 'Peddlers' (directed by Vasan Bala) -- are being screened at Cannes. Kashyap, known for his edgy style of film-making is...
01:22 PM, May 21, 2012
NEW DELHI: Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur', being screened at the 65th Cannes International Film Festival, is a male-dominated script, but had room for strong female characters as well, says Huma Qureshi, who makes her acting debut with the movie. "It is a male-dominated movie but the women are also very strong and irreplaceable. Though the women might not have a direct impact in the film - for example, none...
04:53 PM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: With three of his films to be screened at 65th Cannes Film Festival, actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui says he is excited to have achieved such a feat, a first for any Indian actor. The 38-year-old actor's three films to be screened at this year's festival are --Ashim Ahluwalia's Miss Lovely and Anurag Kashyap's two part series Gangs of Wasseypur. "I am very privileged that three of my films are...
04:14 PM, May 17, 2012
Anurag Kashyap's much awaited 'Gangs of Wasseypur' premieres at the Cannes Film Festival this month. ...
02:43 PM, May 04, 2012
Mumbai: Always trying to say something different through his cinema, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap describes his upcoming film 'Gangs of Wasseypur', to be released in two parts, as a desi drama with loads of fun and songs. "The film is based on true stories of Wasseypur and is a very 'desi' film. We did most of the shooting in a place near Wasseypur. We wanted to capture the shots naturally, so...
02:42 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: The trailer of Anurag Kashyap's much talked about film 'Gangs of Wasseypur' is out. The star cast of the film includes Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Syed Zeeshan Quadri, Aditya Kumar and Reemma Sen. The film will be released on June 22, 2012. ...
05:58 PM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: Well-known dancer and choreographer Uday Shankar's 1948 directorial debut 'Kalpana' has been chosen for screening at the Cannes Classics 2012 programme, which showcases restored prints of masterpieces. This takes the Indian count at Cannes to five this year. Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, whose three productions -- 'Peddlers', 'Gangs Of Wasseypur - Part 1' and 'Gangs Of Wasseypur - Part 2' -- will be showcased at the fest, is elated...
03:09 PM, Apr 27, 2012
Unlike the last few years, Indian films are going to have a better presence at Cannes this year. ...
04:50 PM, Apr 25, 2012
