Mumbai: Instead of being angry with Pitobash Tripathy for badmouthing him, Dibakar Banerjee says he understands the actor's frustration as he himself faced the same humiliation and adds that he would like to work with him again. "I've gone through what Pitobash has. It's not that I was being demeaned." Pitobash, who features in 'Shanghai' in a pivotal role, accused Banerjee of ignoring him during the film's promotion and marketing....
05:38 PM, Jun 24, 2012
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
