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Please consider an interview with director/writer Dilip Mehta and producer Noemi Weis. These courageous filmmakers made "The Forgotten Woman," a quietly powerful documentary that looks at the destitution and marginalization of 20 million widows in India. These women are forced by age-old traditions to live out their remaining years isolated from and shunned by the society at large. This staggering number almost equals the entire population of Canada. As part of Independent Documentary...
BOLLYWOOD films on Tyneside are apparently like Number 1 buses in Heaton. You wait for what seems like an eternity for one and then two land at your bus-stop at once. Nevertheless, the news that a second Bollywood feature film is being shot in the region, which comes just a few weeks after the first film crew (shooting Kaun Bola) arrived on Tyneside is pretty exciting. Shooting began on Apni Boli Apna Des (Our Language, Our Country) last week and will carry on until September....
CONTACT centre workers added a touch of spice to lunch breaks with a Bollywood dancing class. Professional bhangra dancers, including high-profile actor Amit Jalopara, paid a surprise visit to the Stockton-based Virgin Media centre to teach staff some elaborate moves. She said: "Bollywood dancing is a mix of bhangra and classical Indianmoves so isn't easy to pick up, but the staff were great sports and gave it a really good go." The event was held as part of the launch of Virgin Media's...
By AAKANKSHA NAVAL SHETYE Moviegoers are being treated to a new song in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na after Aamir Khan gave in to demands of his fans on his blog. The actor was in a dilemma over the song Jaane Tu Mera Kya Hai that is in the music album, but not in the film that's successfully launched his nephew Imran Khan as the hottest new-Khan-on-the- Bollywood-block. It was picturised as a romantic number on Imran and Genelia D'Souza but had been edited out of the final cut to keep up with...
By AFSANA AHMED In a cunning strategy that's new to Bollywood, Shahid Kapoor has done away with a premiere show and private screenings of his new film with Vidya Balan opening tomorrow; instead, the actor is holding special shows today across a chain of multiplexes only meant for college girls. Tickets to the shows are being sold, yes - actually sold at a premium, after the girls produce their college identity cards. The fringe benefit to this is that not only do his fans get to see the...
By MANDVI SHARMA I'm actually standing in a park, looking at the sky and waiting for my kids to paraglide from a mountain," says Farhan Akhtar over the phone. The director, actor, father of two little girls and now rocker says that he'd love to give more time to his kids. "But with two films and all, it's tough to find more time. So whatever gives me the opportunity to spend time with them is welcome," he says. Farhan says his kids are very excited that their dad is on screen, but are too...
After a dud like Vaana, Meera Chopra is pinning her hopes on her forthcoming film with director Chandra Sidharth of Aa Naluguru fame. She is teaming up with young actor Sharwanand, who shot to fame with Gamyam. The young pair could work up a good chemistry on- screen to revive the career of promising director. The romantic entertainer will commence its shoot from August, according to sources. Meanwhile, the pretty lass will be testing her luck in Tamil filmdom with a Tamil film as well. She...
By SHARADHA SRINIDHI In a year that's been quite disappointing movie-wise so far, Jannat turned out to be an unexpected hit and Emraan Hashmi is riding high on its success. But he denies that the cricket angle was solely responsible for its run at the box office. "Apart from the script, the performances, music and promos were good - that got people's attention. Moreover, match-fixing is something that no other Bollywood movie has portrayed," says the actor, who admits that he's not much of...
By Malini Sen The much-acclaimed film Taare Zameen Par explored with deep sensitivity how a dyslexic child can shine in school if he receives the proper support, and how the same child can lose his way if there is no understanding of his special need. The film's writer and creative-director, Amole Gupte, tells Malini Sen that every child is truly special. How would you define inclusive education? An Inclusive education, to me, is one that does not practice selective exclusion- weeding out...
A month ago (June 6), CT had come up with an article on why multiplexes are pushing the few Bengali releases to the morning shows and thereby not doing enough to promote regional cinema. The show timings effectively pointed out to the discrepancy in treatment given to Hindi and Bengali releases. What's pleasantly surprising is that some amends have been made and there isn't a single morning show for Khela at any of the multiplexes. And Love, another multiplex release, has got just one...
