Cast: Kavin Dave, Sharat Saxena, Sumit Kaul, Mandy Takhar, Sanjay Mishra Director: Jagdish Rajpurohit No one knows the importance of unlearning things more than a director with a theatre background. The audience easily figures it out the moment a 'narrator' appears on the screen - an almost extinct art in Bollywood. Last time it was Vivek Oberoi in 'Deewane Huye Pagal' who had donned the role of a narrator but...
09:05 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Hindi film industry is going through a very interesting phase. On one hand there are big budget films which rely more on marketing than the content, and on the other hand small budget films are also there which are completely dependent on the word of mouth publicity. Director Jagdish Rajpurohit's 'Bumboo' is one such film which doesnt boast of big stars and is also deprived of huge...
12:58 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: They constantly interrupted each other to get in an urgent quip and often finished each other's sentences with perfectly timed guffaws. More than once they threatened to take over the interview as I tried to get in a word. They ignored me, of course. Note to self. When you are talking to two of India's most promising stand-up comics, Gursimran Khamba and Tanmay Bhat, you run the risk...
11:27 AM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: Independent filmmaking in India has shown a tremendous growth in recent years. Director Jagdish Rajpurohit's forthcoming comedy 'Bumboo' is the latest indie film on the block. The film revolves around a hitman and a photographer who accidently reach to the same hotel. Kavin Dave, who is playing the loser photographer in the film says," I am a photo journalist in the film who is very upset in his...
01:24 PM, Mar 22, 2012
New Delhi: Director Jagdish Rajpurohit says his film, an adaptation of Francis Veber's French film L'emmerdeur, is a slice of life film with great comic moments. Rajpurohit, who is making his Bollywood debut with comedy Bumboo, said that the film, which will hit theatres on March 30, will be appreciated by the Indian audience too. "I was flying from Mumbai to Paris few years ago and I watched the film...
06:30 PM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: Eagerly awaited Tamil film 'Aravaan' is a period flick based on the novelist Venkatesan's book 'Kaaval Kottam' and stars Aadhi, Dhansika and Archana Kavi in the main roles. Kabir Bedi is also playing a pivotal character in the film. The film also marks the debut of the singer Karthik as a music director. Apparently the director Vasanthabalan chose Aadhi for the lead character of Varipuli after watching his...
05:37 PM, Feb 29, 2012
In February 2011, Anna Hazare shot to the nation's attention when he conveyed to the prime minister his intention to fast on matters relating to corruption. Since then, he has galvanized a massive, national movement to combat corruption in the country. So, how did Mr Hazare, at the age of 74 and relatively unknown to the masses, manage to spearhead this movement against corruption? Simply put, how did he become...
05:34 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Human rights activist Kavita Srivastava on Tuesday condemned the organisations which disrupted Salman Rushdie's video link that was supposed to take place at 3.45 PM. Slamming the Jaipur-based Milli Council, she said the threat to the author and the Lit Fest was very disturbing. ...
09:09 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Kochi: She shot to limelight with a scintillating performance in the Malayalam film 'Neelathamara', which came in for considerable praise from different quarters of the society. Now, Archana Kavi seems to be all set to repeat that feat in the Tamil film industry as well, if one is to go by the testimonials of those who have seen her work in Vasantabalans 'Aravaan'. The actress, it seems, is intent on...
04:22 PM, Nov 07, 2011
Patna: Janata Dal (United) retained the Daraundha Assembly seat in the by-poll defeating the Rashtriya Janata Dal by 20,092 votes. Kavita Kumari of the JD (U) won the seat defeating RJD candidate Parmeshwar Singh. The by-poll took place following the death of JD (U) MLA Jagmato Devi. Kavita Kumari is the daughter in-law of Jagmato Devi. She secured 51,754 votes as against 31,662 votes polled by Singh. The other major...
01:05 PM, Oct 17, 2011
Jaipur: Civil rights activist Kavita Srivastava's house in Jaipur was raided on Monday morning by the Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh police. The police raided her properties early in the morning after it was alleged that she was sheltering Maoists. After the raids, Srivastava wrote an open letter to the media saying that she was being targeted because she supported the struggle for restoration of human rights in the country. "I have...
12:46 PM, Oct 03, 2011
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