Mumbai: Director Shoojit Sircar's Madras Cafe, a political thriller starring John Abraham and Nargis Fakhri, is set to release on August 30.
The movie is co-produced by Sircar's Rising Sun Films and will see him and music director Shantanu Moitra re-unite seven years after 'Yahaan'.
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04:50 PM, May 02, 2013
Kolkata: Director Shoojit Sircar, whose film 'Vicky Donor' has bagged three national awards, says he was happy and surprised to see the film, which deals with the subject of sperm donation, well received by the audiences. "I did not know how a topic like sperm donation would be received well by the audience, but all my doubts cleared once I came to know that the sensitive infertility issue that the...
07:40 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Mumbai: John Abraham is set to make at least eight films in collaboration with director Shoojit Sircar and says they have a blind faith in each other. Sircar directed 'Vicky Donor', the first film that came out from John's production company, and after that he also did 'Hamara Bajaj' and 'Madras Cafe'. "After that ('Hamara Bajaj' and 'Madras Cafe'), Shoojit and I are making a lot of films together. We...
05:54 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Actor Annu Kapoor joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on winning the award for Best Supporting Actor at the 60th National Film Awards for his film 'Vicky Donor'. Q. Kapoor saab Adaab! Congratulations. Asked by: Yaseen A. Shukriya. Q. Which is your next movie? Asked by: Sundeep Chavan A. 'Yamla Pagla Deewana-2', 'Jai Ho Democracy', 'Badlapur Boys', 'Muawazaa'. Q. Why can't you go to Hollywood? Asked by: kiran A. Haha...let...
06:44 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Director Shoojit Sircar joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the success of 'Vicky Donor' at the 60th National Film Awards. ...
06:52 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Tigmanshu Dhulia's 'Paan Singh Tomar', that narrates the gritty story of a national athlete forced to live the life of an out-law, was announced the best picture at the 60th National Film awards as its lead protagonist Irrfan Khan shared the best actor trophy with Vikram Gokhale for his Marathi film 'Anumati'. ...
06:29 PM, Mar 18, 2013
An ecstatic Shoojit Sircar did what he described as a 'sperm dance' in his room in Hyderabad after he heard his film Vicky Donor has shared the Best Popular Film for providing wholesome entertainment with Ustad Hotel (Malayalam). ...
04:44 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Bollywood actress Nargis Fakhri, who will be seen playing the role of a journalist in Shoojit Sircar's upcoming film 'Madras Cafe', says she had a tough time essaying the character on screen. ...
05:05 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Yami Gautam, who became a household name after 'Vicky Donor', says her next film with Shootjit Sircar is on hold. ...
06:20 PM, Jan 25, 2013
There were reports that the film has a reference to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. ...
01:05 PM, Dec 23, 2012
CNN-IBN Entertainment Editor Rajeev Masand speaks to Anurag Kashyap, Sujoy Ghosh, Shoojit Sircar, Gauri Shinde and Anurag Basu about the kind of cinema they love. ...
03:09 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Mumbai: Post 'Vicky Donor', director Shoojit Sircar is set to make 'Hamara Bajaj' and says he has two actresses in mind for the movie. "I have two leading ladies in mind for this film - Yami Gautam and Parineeti Chopra. Both of them are wonderful actresses. I feel both of them will fit the role, I would like to work with them," Sircar told IANS and added that so far...
02:22 PM, Nov 19, 2012
New Delhi: The characters they chose to portray were imbibed with the quirks that are peculiar to Bengalis. Their trenchant reproduction of difficult roles with a certain matter-of-fact panache made them the toast of the town this year. Yes, this has been a lucky year for the Bengali artistes in Hindi cinema. Actors Parambrata Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Bipasha Basu, Nandana Sen and Reema Sen, and directors...
12:57 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Mumbai: Shoojit Sircar is happy that 'Barfi!' has been selected as India's official entry for the Oscars this year, but at the same time he is upset with the producers of 'Vicky Donor' for not sending it for the jury's consideration. The Film Federation of India (FFI) announced Saturday that Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D'Cruz starrer will be India's official entry for the Oscars in the Best Foreign...
06:13 PM, Sep 23, 2012
New Delhi: Ayushmann Khurrana is going places after the success of his debut film "Vicky Donor". The actor has bagged his third project, an untitled rom-com, to be directed by Rohan Sippy. Ayushmann, who is teaming up with Shoojit Sircar and John Abraham for Hamara Bajaj, will begin shooting Sippy's film from July 20. "It's a buddy film and focuses on the male-bonding between Kunal and me. The film is...
08:15 PM, Jul 04, 2012
The actor, better known as Boomba Da to his legion of faithful fans in Bengal, returned to Hindi cinema after a gap of over 15 years. Word is that Prosenjit is quite upbeat about his next film with Shoojit Sircar, where he will play a rather meaty role. However, rubbishing the recent buzz about him playing former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in the film, the actor asserts, "It is not...
01:04 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Mumbai: The no show of Vidya Balan's superhit movie 'The Dirty Picture' on television has met with mixed reactions from Bollywood, with some filmmakers not in favour of editing the bold content, while others agreeing to the censor board's decision. Vidya Balan's portrayal as southern siren Silk Smitha in 'The Dirty Picture' was set for its worldwide TV premiere on a Sunday afternoon last month. Despite the film being submitted...
04:17 PM, May 08, 2012
Mumbai: Big B is saying a big no to all acting assignments that come his way before September this year. Reason being that the actor will soon take off for Los Angeles for treatment. Our sources reveal that this decision was taken after he underwent a CT scan at a city hospital last month. Well-placed industry sources attribute the alarm to the pain that troubled Bachchan on April 9, two...
12:09 PM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: Shoojit Sircar's 'Vicky Donor' has struck gold with critics as well as the box office but the director says he never expected the film would be lauded so much, especially by the general audience. 'Vicky Donor' was Shoojit's first release six years after 'Yahaan' came and the filmmaker says before its release he was quite sure only college goers would turn up for a film on sperm donation....
01:01 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Director Shoojit Sircar's 'Vicky Donor' is doing extremely well at the box office. The film has garnered around Rs 22 crore so far. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweets," VickyDonor collected between Rs 7 cr and Rs 7.5 cr [early estimates] in Wknd 2, taking the 10-day total to Rs 21.5 to Rs 22 cr nett. Hit." The film is doing well at the multiplexes as well as small...
12:01 PM, Apr 30, 2012
