Actress Radhika Apte, who is known for ‘Andhadhun’, ‘Badlapur’, ‘Parched’ and others, had a rather turbulent morning on Saturday even before she boarded her flight to an undisclosed location. The actress along with other passengers was stuck in the aerobridge waiting for their flight.
On Saturday, the actress took to her Instagram and shared pictures showing her ordeal at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
She penned a long note in the caption as she shared what all went behind the incident.
She wrote: “I had to post this! Today morning I had a flight at 8:30. It’s 10:50 now and the flight has still not boarded. But the flight said we were boarding and put all the passengers in the aerobridge and Locked It! The passengers with small babies, elderly people have been locked in for over an hour. The security won’t open the doors.”
She further...
On Saturday, the actress took to her Instagram and shared pictures showing her ordeal at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
She penned a long note in the caption as she shared what all went behind the incident.
She wrote: “I had to post this! Today morning I had a flight at 8:30. It’s 10:50 now and the flight has still not boarded. But the flight said we were boarding and put all the passengers in the aerobridge and Locked It! The passengers with small babies, elderly people have been locked in for over an hour. The security won’t open the doors.”
She further...
- 1/13/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Actress Tannishtha Chatterjee, who is known for films like ‘Parched’ and ‘Angry Indian Goddesses’, and is currently awaiting the release of ‘The Storyteller’ and ‘Joram’, has shared that for her travelling in the ‘Kaali Peeli’ taxis of Mumbai was very liberating.
Mumbai’s ‘Kaali-Peeli’ taxis, which have been a symbol of the city for decades, have gone off the roads as per a mandate by the city’s transport department. This comes after the retirement of the legendary red double-decker diesel buses operated by Best which have defined Mumbai’s landscape for many years.
Recollecting her fondest memory, Tannishtha said: “When I first came to Mumbai, I used the Kaali Peeli taxi a lot as I stayed in Kemp’s corner, back in 2005. I have very fond memories of the Kaali-Peeli taxi because the experience in Mumbai was so different for me.”
“Coming from Delhi and having used the national...
Mumbai’s ‘Kaali-Peeli’ taxis, which have been a symbol of the city for decades, have gone off the roads as per a mandate by the city’s transport department. This comes after the retirement of the legendary red double-decker diesel buses operated by Best which have defined Mumbai’s landscape for many years.
Recollecting her fondest memory, Tannishtha said: “When I first came to Mumbai, I used the Kaali Peeli taxi a lot as I stayed in Kemp’s corner, back in 2005. I have very fond memories of the Kaali-Peeli taxi because the experience in Mumbai was so different for me.”
“Coming from Delhi and having used the national...
- 10/31/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Actress Tannishtha Chatterjee, who is known for films like ‘Parched’ and ‘Angry Indian Goddesses’, and is currently awaiting the release of ‘The Storyteller’ and ‘Joram’, has shared that for her travelling in the ‘Kaali Peeli’ taxis of Mumbai was very liberating.
Mumbai’s ‘Kaali-Peeli’ taxis, which have been a symbol of the city for decades, have gone off the roads as per a mandate by the city’s transport department. This comes after the retirement of the legendary red double-decker diesel buses operated by Best which have defined Mumbai’s landscape for many years.
Recollecting her fondest memory, Tannishtha said: “When I first came to Mumbai, I used the Kaali Peeli taxi a lot as I stayed in Kemp’s corner, back in 2005. I have very fond memories of the Kaali-Peeli taxi because the experience in Mumbai was so different for me.”
“Coming from Delhi and having used the national...
Mumbai’s ‘Kaali-Peeli’ taxis, which have been a symbol of the city for decades, have gone off the roads as per a mandate by the city’s transport department. This comes after the retirement of the legendary red double-decker diesel buses operated by Best which have defined Mumbai’s landscape for many years.
Recollecting her fondest memory, Tannishtha said: “When I first came to Mumbai, I used the Kaali Peeli taxi a lot as I stayed in Kemp’s corner, back in 2005. I have very fond memories of the Kaali-Peeli taxi because the experience in Mumbai was so different for me.”
“Coming from Delhi and having used the national...
- 10/31/2023
- by Agency News Desk
More than 30 years after she made her most famous dash across America in Thelma & Louise, two-time Oscar winner Geena Davis has lined up another wild road trip movie with Cowgirl’s Last Ride.
The comedy adventure was originally announced back in 2019, but has now taken shape, with Scoot McNairy (Argo, 12 Years a Slave), Julia Sweeney (Saturday Night Live, Pulp Fiction) and Jill Scott (The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Get On Up) joining the cast and HanWay Films launching sales at the upcoming American Film Market.
Described as a “comedic odyssey set against the vast landscapes of rural Texas,” the story follows retired Texas cowgirl Fay (Davis), who escapes her Dallas nursing home and journey’s back towards her native East Texas, first in a in a stolen pickup truck then on a horse, on a ride of rediscovery to reconnect with her former self, all while in...
The comedy adventure was originally announced back in 2019, but has now taken shape, with Scoot McNairy (Argo, 12 Years a Slave), Julia Sweeney (Saturday Night Live, Pulp Fiction) and Jill Scott (The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Get On Up) joining the cast and HanWay Films launching sales at the upcoming American Film Market.
Described as a “comedic odyssey set against the vast landscapes of rural Texas,” the story follows retired Texas cowgirl Fay (Davis), who escapes her Dallas nursing home and journey’s back towards her native East Texas, first in a in a stolen pickup truck then on a horse, on a ride of rediscovery to reconnect with her former self, all while in...
- 10/23/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Scoot McNairy (Argo), Julia Sweeney (Pulp Fiction), and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jill Scott have joined the cast of Cowgirl’s Last Ride, led by Oscar-winner Geena Davis.
Hanway Films is handling the film and will take it to the upcoming American Film Market. The film is directed by Leena Yadav, whose debut feature film, Parched, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2015. Her 2018 feature Rajma Chawal, which screened at London, was snapped up by Netflix.
Cowgirl’s Last Ride is the latest production from Susan Cartsonis and Suzanne Farwell, the producers behind films such as What Women Want and The Holiday. The pair will produce with their Resonate Entertainment partner Brent Emery, with whom they made the recent Amazon pic Sitting In Bars With Cake. The screenplay was penned by Kris Hunt.
Film’s synopsis reads: We follow an unorthodox retired Texas cowgirl named Fay (Davis), who after battling against the...
Hanway Films is handling the film and will take it to the upcoming American Film Market. The film is directed by Leena Yadav, whose debut feature film, Parched, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2015. Her 2018 feature Rajma Chawal, which screened at London, was snapped up by Netflix.
Cowgirl’s Last Ride is the latest production from Susan Cartsonis and Suzanne Farwell, the producers behind films such as What Women Want and The Holiday. The pair will produce with their Resonate Entertainment partner Brent Emery, with whom they made the recent Amazon pic Sitting In Bars With Cake. The screenplay was penned by Kris Hunt.
Film’s synopsis reads: We follow an unorthodox retired Texas cowgirl named Fay (Davis), who after battling against the...
- 10/23/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The title is set to be introduced to buyers at the American Film Market (AFM).
UK sales outfit HanWay Films has boarded Leena Yadav’s comedy adventure Cowgirl’s Last Ride, starring Geena Davis, and is bringing the title to the American Film Market.
Davis, best known for roles in Thelma & Louse and A League Of Their Own, stars alongside Scoot McNairy, Julia Sweeney and Jill Scott.
Cast was attached prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike commencing.
The story follows an unorthodox retired Texas cowgirl, played by Davis, who battles against the negligent staff of her Dallas nursing home before escaping...
UK sales outfit HanWay Films has boarded Leena Yadav’s comedy adventure Cowgirl’s Last Ride, starring Geena Davis, and is bringing the title to the American Film Market.
Davis, best known for roles in Thelma & Louse and A League Of Their Own, stars alongside Scoot McNairy, Julia Sweeney and Jill Scott.
Cast was attached prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike commencing.
The story follows an unorthodox retired Texas cowgirl, played by Davis, who battles against the negligent staff of her Dallas nursing home before escaping...
- 10/23/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Acclaimed Nepalese filmmaker Deepak Rauniyar has cast Indian actor Tannishtha Chatterjee as one of the leads in his upcoming feature “The Sky Is Mine.”
Chatterjee’s credits include “Brick Lane” (2007), for which she scored a best actress nomination at the British Independent Film Awards, “Parched” (2015) and “Lion” (2016). She won the Asia Star Award for best Asian filmmaker at Busan for her directorial debut, “Roam Rome Mein” (2019).
Rauniyar’s latest work, short film “Four Nights,” is playing at Berlinale Shorts. The filmmaker’s first feature, “Highway,” premiered at the 2012 Berlinale and played Locarno, while his sophomore feature “White Sun” (2016) won awards at the Venice, Palm Springs, Fribourg and Singapore festivals. He is also a Berlinale Talents alumnus.
Written by Rauniyar, David Barker and Asha Magrati, “The Sky Is Mine” examines the caste system endemic to South Asia, where there is great emphasis on skin color. The film will follow Pooja, a light-skinned Nepali police officer,...
Chatterjee’s credits include “Brick Lane” (2007), for which she scored a best actress nomination at the British Independent Film Awards, “Parched” (2015) and “Lion” (2016). She won the Asia Star Award for best Asian filmmaker at Busan for her directorial debut, “Roam Rome Mein” (2019).
Rauniyar’s latest work, short film “Four Nights,” is playing at Berlinale Shorts. The filmmaker’s first feature, “Highway,” premiered at the 2012 Berlinale and played Locarno, while his sophomore feature “White Sun” (2016) won awards at the Venice, Palm Springs, Fribourg and Singapore festivals. He is also a Berlinale Talents alumnus.
Written by Rauniyar, David Barker and Asha Magrati, “The Sky Is Mine” examines the caste system endemic to South Asia, where there is great emphasis on skin color. The film will follow Pooja, a light-skinned Nepali police officer,...
- 2/14/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Mubi is closing the year out on a high note with their December lineup, featuring some of 2021’s most acclaimed U.S. releases.
Highlights include Tsai Ming-liang’s Days (along with his previous feature Afternoon), Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Wife of a Spy, Andreas Fontana’s Azor, Anders Edströ & C.W. Winter’s eight-hour epic The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin), Frank Beauvais’ Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream, and Michael M. Bilandic’s soon-to-premiere Project Space 13.
Also among the lineup is Arnaud Desplechin’s Esther Kahn, a quartet of Godard classics, Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña’s short The Bones, produced by Ari Aster, and much more.
Check out the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
December 1 | Pierrot le fou | Jean-Luc Godard | The Cinema of Marx and Coca-Cola: Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960s
December 2 | Le bel indifferent | Jacques Demy | Scenes from a Small Town:...
Highlights include Tsai Ming-liang’s Days (along with his previous feature Afternoon), Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Wife of a Spy, Andreas Fontana’s Azor, Anders Edströ & C.W. Winter’s eight-hour epic The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin), Frank Beauvais’ Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream, and Michael M. Bilandic’s soon-to-premiere Project Space 13.
Also among the lineup is Arnaud Desplechin’s Esther Kahn, a quartet of Godard classics, Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña’s short The Bones, produced by Ari Aster, and much more.
Check out the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
December 1 | Pierrot le fou | Jean-Luc Godard | The Cinema of Marx and Coca-Cola: Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960s
December 2 | Le bel indifferent | Jacques Demy | Scenes from a Small Town:...
- 11/23/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Photo credit: Aseem Bajaj
With her unique eye, Leena Yadav always has brought something new to the world of cinema. Her slate of films includes the psychological thriller Shabd, the complex human drama Teen Patti that featured Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley, the critically acclaimed thought-provoking drama Parched, and the Rishi Kapoor comedy-drama Rajma Chawal.
Always wanting to challenge herself, her newest project certainly proves that she is committed to that path. The director has taken on a documentary, and not only that it is a true-crime docu-series.
Titled the House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths, the Netflix 3-part series examines chilling truths and theories around the deaths of 11 members of a Delhi family. Was it Suicide, murder… or something else?
Leena Yadav took time out of her busy schedule to talk over Zoom with Stacey about this incredible series. Full of passion for her project and this story, the...
With her unique eye, Leena Yadav always has brought something new to the world of cinema. Her slate of films includes the psychological thriller Shabd, the complex human drama Teen Patti that featured Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley, the critically acclaimed thought-provoking drama Parched, and the Rishi Kapoor comedy-drama Rajma Chawal.
Always wanting to challenge herself, her newest project certainly proves that she is committed to that path. The director has taken on a documentary, and not only that it is a true-crime docu-series.
Titled the House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths, the Netflix 3-part series examines chilling truths and theories around the deaths of 11 members of a Delhi family. Was it Suicide, murder… or something else?
Leena Yadav took time out of her busy schedule to talk over Zoom with Stacey about this incredible series. Full of passion for her project and this story, the...
- 11/3/2021
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
MollywoodWe are still at a stage where even a woman suggesting foreplay to her husband is considered something radical in Malayalam cinema.Neelima MenonIn the middle of a heated argument between a married couple in the recently released short film, Freedom at Midnight, when the wife asks the husband whether he is aware of her “favourite sex position,” it suddenly seemed like a ray of hope. Did that mean our cinema had finally come out of its self-imposed exile around addressing women’s sexual agency/ female desire in their narratives? Are we finally tackling the elephant in the room? But, that ostensible show of liberation turned out to be a delusion as the narrative soon drifts into a usual plot line around a wife who finds out her husband’s extramarital affair and therefore has such a dramatic confrontation. But disappointingly, it turns out that the whole confrontation was imagined...
- 1/20/2021
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
Indian arthouse filmmaker Pushpendra Singh’s latest effort, feminist fable “The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs” (Laila Aur Satt Geet) is bowing at the Singapore International Film Festival after plaudits at Berlin, Hong Kong and Jeonju.
The film, based on renowned Rajasthani writer Vidaydan Detha’s story of a woman discarding all identities society wants to impose on her, and making her own choices, uses the narrative device of seven local folk songs to describe the protagonist Laila’s inner and outer worlds.
“I had read the folktale in 2010 and was fascinated that Vijaydan Detha wrote a feminist story in the late 1960s which also dealt with desire and exploitation and how a woman in a conservative feudal society asserts herself and makes her own choices,” Singh tells Variety. “The idea to adapt it to contemporary times was also a strong drive to choose the subject.”
Sanjay Gulati and Ajit Singh Rathore...
The film, based on renowned Rajasthani writer Vidaydan Detha’s story of a woman discarding all identities society wants to impose on her, and making her own choices, uses the narrative device of seven local folk songs to describe the protagonist Laila’s inner and outer worlds.
“I had read the folktale in 2010 and was fascinated that Vijaydan Detha wrote a feminist story in the late 1960s which also dealt with desire and exploitation and how a woman in a conservative feudal society asserts herself and makes her own choices,” Singh tells Variety. “The idea to adapt it to contemporary times was also a strong drive to choose the subject.”
Sanjay Gulati and Ajit Singh Rathore...
- 11/26/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
She has done some of the finest make-up and prosthetic work in Bollywood. We are talking about the award-winning Preetisheel Singh. Among the many directors she has worked with, some of her best transformations have been for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s epic films.
Preetisheel first worked with Sanjay Leela Bhansali on Bajirao Mastani where she curated Ranveer Singh’s look in the film. Then she got a second chance to work with the prolific filmmaker with Padmaavat. For this film, she not only worked on the stunning looks of Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor, but designed the look once again for Ranveer Singh, this time transforming him as the intimidating Alauddin Khilji.
And now, Bhansali has repeated Preetisheel to curate the look for Alia Bhatt for his upcoming saga Gangubai Kathiawadi.
“Working with Sanjay Sir is one of the most important milestones of my career,” says Preetisheel. “It feels surreal.
Preetisheel first worked with Sanjay Leela Bhansali on Bajirao Mastani where she curated Ranveer Singh’s look in the film. Then she got a second chance to work with the prolific filmmaker with Padmaavat. For this film, she not only worked on the stunning looks of Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor, but designed the look once again for Ranveer Singh, this time transforming him as the intimidating Alauddin Khilji.
And now, Bhansali has repeated Preetisheel to curate the look for Alia Bhatt for his upcoming saga Gangubai Kathiawadi.
“Working with Sanjay Sir is one of the most important milestones of my career,” says Preetisheel. “It feels surreal.
- 2/17/2020
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Gujarati „Hellaro” juggles with components, which are often associated with Indian cinema. With its vibrant colours, impetuous choreography, traditional costumes and melodies, as well as drawing from Incredible India campaign-style folklore aesthetics, it may even seem a movie crafted especially for traditionalists and convention-oriented viewers, but it makes excellent use of these signature components. Moreover, the director Abishek Shah, contrary to the likes of Bhansali, knows the line behind which “stylish” turns into overwrought banal.
Although he tells his period story in a traditional way, his message is thoroughly contemporary. The film corresponds with the current trend of women-centered movies focused on emancipation, carefully looking into deep-rooted patriarchal patterns and despite its costume entourage, relates easily to the “here and now”.
All these heavy-weighted topics are served in a light (but not neglectful) manner. A few years back, Leena Yadav tried similar unpretentious strategy in “Parched”, but her movie, also...
Although he tells his period story in a traditional way, his message is thoroughly contemporary. The film corresponds with the current trend of women-centered movies focused on emancipation, carefully looking into deep-rooted patriarchal patterns and despite its costume entourage, relates easily to the “here and now”.
All these heavy-weighted topics are served in a light (but not neglectful) manner. A few years back, Leena Yadav tried similar unpretentious strategy in “Parched”, but her movie, also...
- 2/12/2020
- by Joanna Kończak
- AsianMoviePulse
Actress-turned-filmmaker Tannishtha Chatterjee, who was quite determined to shoot her debut film "Roam Rome Mein" in Rome, says that the city plays an important role in the story, as the narrative revolves around feminism.
"I had to go to Rome to shoot the film. That was a fact I knew from the beginning, even though I had no budget initially. My film looks at the city of Rome from a different angle because, we must not forget, Rome is the city where the genesis of modern feminism started. I had to go and shoot the film there for that historical context, because feminism is a part of my narrative. The city of Rome plays a character in the film,"
Tannishtha told a publication.
The film has been screened at the Jio Mami 21st Mumbai Film Festival With Star, after doing the rounds of the global festival circuit with screenings at...
"I had to go to Rome to shoot the film. That was a fact I knew from the beginning, even though I had no budget initially. My film looks at the city of Rome from a different angle because, we must not forget, Rome is the city where the genesis of modern feminism started. I had to go and shoot the film there for that historical context, because feminism is a part of my narrative. The city of Rome plays a character in the film,"
Tannishtha told a publication.
The film has been screened at the Jio Mami 21st Mumbai Film Festival With Star, after doing the rounds of the global festival circuit with screenings at...
- 10/25/2019
- GlamSham
Actress Sayani Gupta loves the culture and cuisine of Thailand. Thai cuisine, she adds, is so much more than what most people believe it to be.
"Thai cuisine is so much more than what most people think. A wide range of regional cuisines from north to south, makes it nearly impossible to cover but the real fun is in trying to taste (and devour) as much as you can," Sayani said.
"There is something truly extraordinary about waking up with the ocean at your doorstep. I couldn't have found a more peaceful, and breathtaking home in Koh Samui. Nothing beats uninterrupted views and pool access," added the actress.
During her recent Thai vacation, Sayani stayed in Airbnb properties.
"My home in Bangkok, was Zen central. It was a peaceful haven, amidst the city. Loved the minimalist design and soothing pallet - less is always more," she said.
Over the past few years,...
"Thai cuisine is so much more than what most people think. A wide range of regional cuisines from north to south, makes it nearly impossible to cover but the real fun is in trying to taste (and devour) as much as you can," Sayani said.
"There is something truly extraordinary about waking up with the ocean at your doorstep. I couldn't have found a more peaceful, and breathtaking home in Koh Samui. Nothing beats uninterrupted views and pool access," added the actress.
During her recent Thai vacation, Sayani stayed in Airbnb properties.
"My home in Bangkok, was Zen central. It was a peaceful haven, amidst the city. Loved the minimalist design and soothing pallet - less is always more," she said.
Over the past few years,...
- 10/16/2019
- GlamSham
Acclaimed Indian actor Adil Hussain will headline director Bauddhayan Mukherji’s “Marichjhapi,” one of the new projects introduced this week at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Project Market.
Written by Abhinandan Banerjee and Mukherji, the film will follow the real events of January 1979, where refugees on Marichjhapi island, located in the Sundarbans delta located between India and Bangladesh, wake up to find police boats surrounding their island.
Over the next three months, the refugees are tear-gassed, their huts and fisheries destroyed, women raped, houses burnt, and they are fired upon in the middle of the night. And through all of this, relationships flourish and love blossoms.
Monalisa Mukherji will produce via her and Bauddhayan Mukherji’s outfit Little Lamb Films. “Marichjhapi” is budgeted at $800,000, too big to be self-financed. “For this one I will need co-producers,” Monalisa Mukherji told Variety. “People and countries not just supporting financially, but...
Written by Abhinandan Banerjee and Mukherji, the film will follow the real events of January 1979, where refugees on Marichjhapi island, located in the Sundarbans delta located between India and Bangladesh, wake up to find police boats surrounding their island.
Over the next three months, the refugees are tear-gassed, their huts and fisheries destroyed, women raped, houses burnt, and they are fired upon in the middle of the night. And through all of this, relationships flourish and love blossoms.
Monalisa Mukherji will produce via her and Bauddhayan Mukherji’s outfit Little Lamb Films. “Marichjhapi” is budgeted at $800,000, too big to be self-financed. “For this one I will need co-producers,” Monalisa Mukherji told Variety. “People and countries not just supporting financially, but...
- 10/7/2019
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Acclaimed actor Tannishtha Chatterjee whose credits include “Brick Lane,” “Anna Karenina,” “Lion,” and “Parched,” makes her directorial debut with “Roam Rome Mein.” The film had its premiere at Busan’s ‘A Window on Asian Cinema’ strand.
In the film, an Indian man goes to Rome looking for his missing sister and in the process discovers the real her, his own deep rooted patriarchal ideas, and the reasons why his sister might have wanted to free herself from their oppressive family structure.
“There was an incident that happened in Venice a few years back when I went there for the festival,” Chatterjee told Variety. “I met an old man who told me about his missing daughter. But that experience was also kind of surreal. Till date, I am not quite sure whether it really happened or more precisely what really happened. That was the starting point of the idea.”
“Roam” stars...
In the film, an Indian man goes to Rome looking for his missing sister and in the process discovers the real her, his own deep rooted patriarchal ideas, and the reasons why his sister might have wanted to free herself from their oppressive family structure.
“There was an incident that happened in Venice a few years back when I went there for the festival,” Chatterjee told Variety. “I met an old man who told me about his missing daughter. But that experience was also kind of surreal. Till date, I am not quite sure whether it really happened or more precisely what really happened. That was the starting point of the idea.”
“Roam” stars...
- 10/5/2019
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Adil Hussain, prominent star of Indian independent cinema, will be present at the Busan International Film Festival as the male lead of two Indian world premieres.
In Vijay Jayapal’s “Nirvana Inn,” Hussain headlines alongside Sandhya Mridul (“Bridge”) and Rajshri Deshpande (“Sexy Durga”). At an earlier stage, the film was at the Busan Asian Project Market in 2018 and subsequently received post-production support from the festival’s Asian Cinema Fund.
Hussain also stars in veteran filmmaker Goutam Ghose’s “The Wayfarers” (“Raahgir”) alongside Tilottama Shome (“Sir”).
“The role I play in “Raahgir “is of the poorest of the poor, a tribal man from Central India, a wayfarer, but a giant of a human, who’s humanity is put to the test by the circumstances he suddenly finds himself in. In “Nirvana Inn” my character journeys through the darkest of human despair and guilt and unfathomable sadness which descends on him, and is beyond his control,...
In Vijay Jayapal’s “Nirvana Inn,” Hussain headlines alongside Sandhya Mridul (“Bridge”) and Rajshri Deshpande (“Sexy Durga”). At an earlier stage, the film was at the Busan Asian Project Market in 2018 and subsequently received post-production support from the festival’s Asian Cinema Fund.
Hussain also stars in veteran filmmaker Goutam Ghose’s “The Wayfarers” (“Raahgir”) alongside Tilottama Shome (“Sir”).
“The role I play in “Raahgir “is of the poorest of the poor, a tribal man from Central India, a wayfarer, but a giant of a human, who’s humanity is put to the test by the circumstances he suddenly finds himself in. In “Nirvana Inn” my character journeys through the darkest of human despair and guilt and unfathomable sadness which descends on him, and is beyond his control,...
- 10/3/2019
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Surveen Chawla is an Indian actress and dancer who was born in Chandigarh, India, India, on August 1, 1984. She began her career in Indian soap operas in 2003 and has progressed to also working in films. She is best known for her roles in ‘24’, ‘Parched’, ‘Ugly’, and ‘Hale Story 2’. Although she is well-known in India and relatively well-known in other countries, there are many things that people do not know about her. Here are 10 interesting facts about Surveen Chawla. 1. She is Married to Akshay Thakker Surveen Chawla has been married to actor Ashkay Thakker since
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Surveen Chawla...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Surveen Chawla...
- 9/30/2019
- by Liz Flynn
- TVovermind.com
Radhika Apte Screen Talk at the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival 2019 on Sunday 23rd June, 2019 at Cineworld Leicester Square, London England
Darren Brade Photography
At a very special event on June 23rd at this year’s London Indian Film Festival Radhika Apte gave a special talk with Girl With Pearl Earring director Peter Webber about her stunningly varied career. The brilliant actress has been seen in hit films like Padman, Andhadhun and Kabali garnering rave reviews. She is also known for her independent films like Parched, Phobia and Bombairiya where she really shone in her amazing performances. Apte has also appeared in English films like The Wedding Guest and The Ashram. She won a Jury Award at the Tribeca Film Festival for her bravura performance in Madly. Not only that she has done several Netflix series headlining the original Ghoul, Lust Stories and Sacred Games with great acclaim.
Along...
Darren Brade Photography
At a very special event on June 23rd at this year’s London Indian Film Festival Radhika Apte gave a special talk with Girl With Pearl Earring director Peter Webber about her stunningly varied career. The brilliant actress has been seen in hit films like Padman, Andhadhun and Kabali garnering rave reviews. She is also known for her independent films like Parched, Phobia and Bombairiya where she really shone in her amazing performances. Apte has also appeared in English films like The Wedding Guest and The Ashram. She won a Jury Award at the Tribeca Film Festival for her bravura performance in Madly. Not only that she has done several Netflix series headlining the original Ghoul, Lust Stories and Sacred Games with great acclaim.
Along...
- 6/24/2019
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
This year has been a great one for National Award-winning make-up, hair and prosthetic designer Preetisheel Singh. She started the year with the blockbuster success of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat, where she created the looks for Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor and Deepika Padukone. The film received rave reviews, and the media went ga-ga especially over Ranveer’s look of the evil ruler Alauddin Khilji.
And just as the dust had settled over this controversial epic drama, came the touching and endearing looks of Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor, which Preetisheel curated for Umesh Shukla’s runaway hit 102 Not Out.
But it was this month that the makeover wiz had her hattrick clincher with Anubhav Sinha’s Mulk; a gripping take on Muslim patriotism in a Hindu-majority India. The film has not only made an indelible mark at the box-office, but has managed to effectively send out a...
And just as the dust had settled over this controversial epic drama, came the touching and endearing looks of Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor, which Preetisheel curated for Umesh Shukla’s runaway hit 102 Not Out.
But it was this month that the makeover wiz had her hattrick clincher with Anubhav Sinha’s Mulk; a gripping take on Muslim patriotism in a Hindu-majority India. The film has not only made an indelible mark at the box-office, but has managed to effectively send out a...
- 8/29/2018
- by BollySpice Editors
- Bollyspice
Leena Yadav, who directed the critically acclaimed Parched, is all set to direct her next, Rajma Chawal, with Rishi Kapoor in the lead. The film goes on floor on November 7 in Delhi and is expected to wrap up by December-end in a start to- finish schedule. The film will revolve around a father-son duo and deals with generation gap-related conflicts.
Anirudh Tanwar debuts on screen as Rishi Kapoor’s son, director Leena Yadav says, “The idea behind the film is to illustrate how everything happens over the mobile phone today. People would rather catch up over a chat than have a proper conversation and this affects parent-children relationships. Parents are struggling to cope with technological advancements and Rishi Kapoor portrays the many shades of a father, from funny to intense. Anirudh has trained at Lee Strasberg theatre and film institute and is a perfect fit. I’ve wanted to work...
Anirudh Tanwar debuts on screen as Rishi Kapoor’s son, director Leena Yadav says, “The idea behind the film is to illustrate how everything happens over the mobile phone today. People would rather catch up over a chat than have a proper conversation and this affects parent-children relationships. Parents are struggling to cope with technological advancements and Rishi Kapoor portrays the many shades of a father, from funny to intense. Anirudh has trained at Lee Strasberg theatre and film institute and is a perfect fit. I’ve wanted to work...
- 11/1/2017
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Rishi Kapoor has played varied roles including a patriarch in Kapoor & Sons for which he received immense appreciation. Now the actor is all set to play a father in Parched fame director Leena Yadav’s next. The film in question is a comedy drama revolving around a father-son relationship and deals with the concept ofRead More
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- 9/20/2017
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
National award-winning make-up and prosthetics artiste Preetisheel Singh, who is working on Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor and Deepika Padukone’s looks in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much-awaited period drama Padmavati, says she is trying to do something different with the looks in the film.
“Padmavati is set during the 12th century, and we don’t have paintings from that era from where we can take references,” she said in an interview to Scroll.in. So Preetisheel has gone ahead and photoshoped ideas before putting them into practice. She says, though it is an imaginative and time-consuming process, it’s not very difficult for her as she always tries to make the actor don a look that he or she hasn’t had before.
Now anyone who knows even a little bit about Preetisheel would agree to that. After all, she has made a lot of heads turn with her work...
“Padmavati is set during the 12th century, and we don’t have paintings from that era from where we can take references,” she said in an interview to Scroll.in. So Preetisheel has gone ahead and photoshoped ideas before putting them into practice. She says, though it is an imaginative and time-consuming process, it’s not very difficult for her as she always tries to make the actor don a look that he or she hasn’t had before.
Now anyone who knows even a little bit about Preetisheel would agree to that. After all, she has made a lot of heads turn with her work...
- 8/1/2017
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
National Award-winning make-up and prosthetics expert Preetisheel Singh who created and worked on Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s look for the film Mom, has been receiving accolades and admiration ever since the release of the film. “I’m amazed and humbled by the stupendous appreciation I’ve got,” she says with a smile.
“I’d worked hard on Nawazuddin’s bald look with buck teeth for the film, and I was expecting it to be noticed. But the kind of glowing feedback it has received, is beyond my expectations,” she admits.
“Not only did all the film critics laud the look and character, but audiences including all my friends showered praise. Some sent me colourful bouquets too; another memory I would cherish for a long long time. It all seems like a sudden pleasant dream. Luckily, its reality.”
Preetisheel puts in a special word of thanks for the makers for their faith in her abilities.
“I’d worked hard on Nawazuddin’s bald look with buck teeth for the film, and I was expecting it to be noticed. But the kind of glowing feedback it has received, is beyond my expectations,” she admits.
“Not only did all the film critics laud the look and character, but audiences including all my friends showered praise. Some sent me colourful bouquets too; another memory I would cherish for a long long time. It all seems like a sudden pleasant dream. Luckily, its reality.”
Preetisheel puts in a special word of thanks for the makers for their faith in her abilities.
- 7/28/2017
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Lipstick Under My Burkha
Starring Ratna Pathak Shah , Konkona Sen Sharma, Ahana Kumra, Plobota Borthakur
Directed by Alankrita Shrivstava
An inherently murky claustrophobic air pervades this inconsistently brilliant hardhitting raunchy ‘ram’-com, very conscious of its responsibilities as post-feminist cinema on women’s powerment.
Here is a film that deserves a rousing ovation for bringing out the sexual fantasies and other unspoken yearnings of four middleclass women in a non-metropolitan milieu eking each out an exciting existence from the hard brutal raw material of her inert life.
But the film falls short of being genre-defining. Shrivastava whose earlier and only film Turning 30 only hinted at the post-feminist explosion of Lipstick Under The Burkha, takes charge with an all-knowing confidence of four women from different walks of life and belonging to separate generations.
Perhaps to offset the mess that they make of their lives, the lineup of women is a little too tidy and symmetrical.
Starring Ratna Pathak Shah , Konkona Sen Sharma, Ahana Kumra, Plobota Borthakur
Directed by Alankrita Shrivstava
An inherently murky claustrophobic air pervades this inconsistently brilliant hardhitting raunchy ‘ram’-com, very conscious of its responsibilities as post-feminist cinema on women’s powerment.
Here is a film that deserves a rousing ovation for bringing out the sexual fantasies and other unspoken yearnings of four middleclass women in a non-metropolitan milieu eking each out an exciting existence from the hard brutal raw material of her inert life.
But the film falls short of being genre-defining. Shrivastava whose earlier and only film Turning 30 only hinted at the post-feminist explosion of Lipstick Under The Burkha, takes charge with an all-knowing confidence of four women from different walks of life and belonging to separate generations.
Perhaps to offset the mess that they make of their lives, the lineup of women is a little too tidy and symmetrical.
- 7/22/2017
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Umesh Shukla’s 102 Not Out, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor is a film we have on our list of we must know more! Especially since the movie has Amitabh Bachchan playing a 102-year-old father to Rishi Kapoor as his 75-year-old son. It is based on writer-director Saumya Joshi’s Gujarati play with the actors playing Gujarati characters for the first time.
National Award-winning professional makeup, hair and prosthetics specialist Preetisheel Singh has worked on the looks of Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor the film.
When Preetisheel first learnt about the legends coming together after 26 years, she was excited. Once she started working with them she was floored by their magnetic appeal. “Even after all these years in the business of entertainment, their child-like enthusiasm and devotion to their art is awe-inspiring,” gushes Preetisheel.
“Their energy and intensity is infectious and exhilarating,” she remarks, “so much so that one can...
National Award-winning professional makeup, hair and prosthetics specialist Preetisheel Singh has worked on the looks of Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor the film.
When Preetisheel first learnt about the legends coming together after 26 years, she was excited. Once she started working with them she was floored by their magnetic appeal. “Even after all these years in the business of entertainment, their child-like enthusiasm and devotion to their art is awe-inspiring,” gushes Preetisheel.
“Their energy and intensity is infectious and exhilarating,” she remarks, “so much so that one can...
- 6/30/2017
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
The hot and sexy Radhika Apte, who, never fails to surprise everyone with her roles, is in a holiday mood these days. After having submerged down in work by doing back-to-back films like Parched, Phobia, Kabali and others, it was about time that she took a break from her busy hectic work schedule. Recently, theRead More
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- 6/14/2017
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
It’s over but it opened L.A.’s newest spring season of unlimited international film screenings all over the city throughout the month of April and into Cannes.
The 15th annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) opened with “Lipstick Under My Burkha” and its impressive ensemble cast of Konkona Sen Sharma, Ratna Pathak, Aahana Kumra and Plabita Borthakur in a dramatic, but irreverent and vibrant film about women and faith. The film premiered at the Tokyo Film Festival 2016 and has been lighting up the festival circuit, including just winning the Audience Award at the Glasgow Film Festival. Director Alankrita Shrivastava is confirmed to attend and additional talent to be confirmed.
“Lipstick Under My Burkha”
Iffla concluded on April 9 with a red carpet and gala that featured the Los Angeles premiere of Shubhashish Bhutiani’s “Hotel Salvation” starring Adil Hussain who was in attendance, as well as the...
The 15th annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) opened with “Lipstick Under My Burkha” and its impressive ensemble cast of Konkona Sen Sharma, Ratna Pathak, Aahana Kumra and Plabita Borthakur in a dramatic, but irreverent and vibrant film about women and faith. The film premiered at the Tokyo Film Festival 2016 and has been lighting up the festival circuit, including just winning the Audience Award at the Glasgow Film Festival. Director Alankrita Shrivastava is confirmed to attend and additional talent to be confirmed.
“Lipstick Under My Burkha”
Iffla concluded on April 9 with a red carpet and gala that featured the Los Angeles premiere of Shubhashish Bhutiani’s “Hotel Salvation” starring Adil Hussain who was in attendance, as well as the...
- 4/21/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Radhika Apte started her bollywood journey with Waah!Life Ho to Aise. Since then ,she has come a long way choosing roles that would go on to become her career benchmarks. Looking back at her Bollywood journey so far, here are 6 reasons why Radhika is our girl crush forever! When she took down a reporter in the best way possible! While promoting her film, Parched, a reported tried to bring her attention around the leaked online footage of the film. Instead of staying silent or ignoring it, Radhika had the best reponse! She said, "Controversies are created by people like you. As an artiste, I'm required to do a certain job and I will do it”. She added, “If you get out of your cocoon and look at world cinema, at what people are doing abroad... and what they're successfully doing, you'll probably not ask me these questions. People who...
- 3/25/2017
- FilmiPop
Radhika Apte who was last seen in Phobia, Kabaali and Parched has certainly carved a niche for herself in the industry. The actress recently did a photoshoot for the fashion brand Shift. But what caught our attention was the sheer hot quotient of the photoshoot, the teaser of which was revealed on social networking siteRead More
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- 3/16/2017
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
From unconventional to commercial cinema, Radhika Apte has treaded a rather interesting path in Bollywood. The actress who is known for her roles in films like Phobia and Parched will now star opposite Akshay Kumar in the role of his wife in Padman. Earlier we had mentioned that Radhika Apte will be seen in theRead More
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- 1/17/2017
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
XXX : The Return Of Xander Cage
Starring Vin Diesel, Deepika Padukone
Directed by D J Caruso
D.J Caruso,let’s call him DJ for fun, is a man with a mission. Mission ‘Impassable’. Treading a trickly trippy tactile territory where the slow-drip creativity of the writing team rapidly seeps into the film’s aggressive action rendering it ineffectual and finally redundant, XXX is strictly for fans of Vin Diesel.
They get their money’s worth in his introductory sequence where playing the do-gooder in a Spanish town he steals electrical equipment from on top of a transformer, surf-boards his way through the roads at full speed giving high-fives to the passersby in cars and trucks, and reaches in time to plug-in the community television for a football game for the kids. Awwwwwwww!
Life is all about the simple pleasures of life. XXX: The Return Of Xander Cage could well be one of them,...
Starring Vin Diesel, Deepika Padukone
Directed by D J Caruso
D.J Caruso,let’s call him DJ for fun, is a man with a mission. Mission ‘Impassable’. Treading a trickly trippy tactile territory where the slow-drip creativity of the writing team rapidly seeps into the film’s aggressive action rendering it ineffectual and finally redundant, XXX is strictly for fans of Vin Diesel.
They get their money’s worth in his introductory sequence where playing the do-gooder in a Spanish town he steals electrical equipment from on top of a transformer, surf-boards his way through the roads at full speed giving high-fives to the passersby in cars and trucks, and reaches in time to plug-in the community television for a football game for the kids. Awwwwwwww!
Life is all about the simple pleasures of life. XXX: The Return Of Xander Cage could well be one of them,...
- 1/14/2017
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
There have been many instances where Bollywood actors have bravely come out in public and spoke about their personal issues to spread awareness. And Sonam Kapoor is the latest celebrity to speak about her shocking revelation that she has been living with all these years. In a conversation with a leading channel, Sonam Kapoor, who is known for speaking her mind, confessed that she has been molested when she was younger. "I know I have been molested when I was younger and it was traumatising," she said while speaking at the Bollywood's roundtable 2016. Joining Sonam in the freewheeling conversation at the roundtable were Anushka Sharma, Vidya Balan, Radhika Apte and Alia Bhatt who were chosen as the five leading actresses who have delivered the strongest performances in the year 2016. Anushka for Sultan and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Sonam for Neerja, Vidya Balan for Kahaani 2, Radhika Apte for Phobia and...
- 12/13/2016
- FilmiPop
With her last release Parched receiving critical acclaim, Surveen Chawla was enjoying a short break in Sydney. But, she had to cut short her trip as she fell ill. Test reports suggested that she had been diagnosed with Malaria. Surveen Chawla had flown off to Sydney (Australia) to attend an event and was planning onRead More
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- 10/19/2016
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Leena Yadav’s ‘Parched’ also known as ‘La Saison Des Femmes’ in French, has received a lot of critical acclaim. The film has won many hearts across the globe and will be celebrating its 25 glorious weeks in France this week, making it a silver jubilee success at French Box Office.
The French Distributor, Eric Lagesse explains, “The lifespan of films in France is about 3-4 weeks, but the word of mouth for Parched was so strong that the success is astounding. It is rare for film to have such a long career in the French theatres.”
The film features Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte and Surveen Chawla in lead roles. Parched’ is a film which gives us a message that inspite all the hardships faced by women, their undying spirit and the zest to live life is outstanding.
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The French Distributor, Eric Lagesse explains, “The lifespan of films in France is about 3-4 weeks, but the word of mouth for Parched was so strong that the success is astounding. It is rare for film to have such a long career in the French theatres.”
The film features Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte and Surveen Chawla in lead roles. Parched’ is a film which gives us a message that inspite all the hardships faced by women, their undying spirit and the zest to live life is outstanding.
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- 10/17/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
The trailer of “Shivaay” opens to Ajay Devgn’s trademark piercing gaze, lingering there for a moment before lurching into three minutes of continuous movement as he hurtles, untethered, through Himalayan avalanches and between cartwheeling vehicles. His distinctive baritone cuts through the visuals as he narrates “shlokas” (verses) from Vedic Hindu scriptures describing the transformative capabilities of the deity Shiva, the destroyer of evil and the inspiration for the film’s lead character.
Despite some of these reference points, “’Shivaay’ is not a religious or mythological movie,” Devgn told press during a recent trip to New York, the first of four cities in a U.S-wide promotional tour for the October 28 release, which marks his second as a director. “However, it is firmly based in the idea of faith, and the main character draws heavily from Lord Shiva, both in terms of his spirituality and his superpowers.”
The result is unmistakably Indian,...
Despite some of these reference points, “’Shivaay’ is not a religious or mythological movie,” Devgn told press during a recent trip to New York, the first of four cities in a U.S-wide promotional tour for the October 28 release, which marks his second as a director. “However, it is firmly based in the idea of faith, and the main character draws heavily from Lord Shiva, both in terms of his spirituality and his superpowers.”
The result is unmistakably Indian,...
- 10/5/2016
- by Anisha Jhaveri
- Indiewire
<img class="size-full wp-image-657826 aligncenter" src="http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Leena-Yadav.jpg" alt="Leena-Yadav" width="620" height="420" /> The Rabari community of Gujarat has taken offence to Leena Yadav’s <em>Parched</em> even before it was released. A day before its release, a member of the Rabari community in Gujarat filed a Pil against the film seeking its ban, claiming it projected the community in a bad light. Unperturbed and unwilling to buckle under pressure, the film’s director Leena Yadav says, “Though the Pil was filed a day before our release, we’ve been receiving threats for weeks now. Our dialect specialist Nain Rana and my husband (cinematographer Aseem Bajaj, who is also the co-producer of <em>Parched</em>), have been getting threatening calls saying things like, ‘You don’t know what we can do. We are a community of 7 lakh people.’ They have been trying to reach me. But, they don’t have my phone number. We are not giving into any pressure tactics.” Weirdly, the film makes no...
- 9/26/2016
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
<img class="size-full wp-image-657826 aligncenter" src="http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Leena-Yadav.jpg" alt="Leena-Yadav" width="620" height="420" /> The Rabari community of Gujarat has taken offence to Leena Yadav’s <em>Parched</em> even before it was released. A day before its release, a member of the Rabari community in Gujarat filed a Pil against the film seeking its ban, claiming it projected the community in a bad light. Unperturbed and unwilling to buckle under pressure, the film’s director Leena Yadav says, “Though the Pil was filed a day before our release, we’ve been receiving threats for weeks now. Our dialect specialist Nain Rana and my husband (cinematographer Aseem Bajaj, who is also the co-producer of <em>Parched</em>), have been getting threatening calls saying things like, ‘You don’t know what we can do. We are a community of 7 lakh people.’ They have been trying to reach me. But, they don’t have my phone number. We are not giving into any pressure tactics.” Weirdly, the film makes no...
- 9/26/2016
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
From renowned producer Ajay Devgn to Oscar-winner Director of Photography Russell Carpenter, Leena Yadav’s multi-award winning ‘Parched’ boasts of an impressive line-up of the biggest names not just in Bollywood but Hollywood too. Now with the multi-award winning film set to storm theatres here, the men behind the film’s worldwide success talk about their association with it.
B-Town’s ace star and the film’s producer Ajay Devgn says, “In Parched the four women face their own battles, but the reality is that it’s not their struggle alone. We all know women and men like them in our real lives. Parched had set out to tell the story of every such individual and I’m thrilled and proud of its beautiful journey – reaching out to people across strata and ages. Films like these need to be made and I’m proud of being a part of Parched.
B-Town’s ace star and the film’s producer Ajay Devgn says, “In Parched the four women face their own battles, but the reality is that it’s not their struggle alone. We all know women and men like them in our real lives. Parched had set out to tell the story of every such individual and I’m thrilled and proud of its beautiful journey – reaching out to people across strata and ages. Films like these need to be made and I’m proud of being a part of Parched.
- 9/24/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Parched
Starring Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte , Surveen Chawla, Lehar Khan
Written & Directed by Leena Yadav
Long after Parched played out its poignant plot, I kept thinking about the four women at the forefront of Leena Yadav’s sparkling saga of patriarchal tyranny. The enduring grief and the brief bouts of buoyancy that Rani (Tannishtha Chatterjee), Lajjo (Radhika Apte), Bijlee (Surveen Chawla) and Janaki (Lehar Khan) carry with themselves, lingers in our hearts and minds long after the last frame of Leena’s luminous work dies down.
The film is shot with such inescapable beauty by Russell Carpenter (who moves with fluent fecundity from the soggy sappiness of Titanic to the parched desertscape of this walloping work on women’s empowerment) that you fear for the inner lives of the characters. Would their emotional existence be able to withstand the sheer extraneous splendor of the storytelling?
The answer, my friend, is blowing passionately in the winds.
Starring Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte , Surveen Chawla, Lehar Khan
Written & Directed by Leena Yadav
Long after Parched played out its poignant plot, I kept thinking about the four women at the forefront of Leena Yadav’s sparkling saga of patriarchal tyranny. The enduring grief and the brief bouts of buoyancy that Rani (Tannishtha Chatterjee), Lajjo (Radhika Apte), Bijlee (Surveen Chawla) and Janaki (Lehar Khan) carry with themselves, lingers in our hearts and minds long after the last frame of Leena’s luminous work dies down.
The film is shot with such inescapable beauty by Russell Carpenter (who moves with fluent fecundity from the soggy sappiness of Titanic to the parched desertscape of this walloping work on women’s empowerment) that you fear for the inner lives of the characters. Would their emotional existence be able to withstand the sheer extraneous splendor of the storytelling?
The answer, my friend, is blowing passionately in the winds.
- 9/23/2016
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Actress Kajol has gone all out to support husband Ajay Devgn’s forthcoming movie “Shivaay”.
Speaking about the film which is directed and co-produced by Ajay himself, Kajol said: “I think it’s really amazing to see the kind of response we received for the trailer. Thankfully, we have a very nice product (‘Shivaay’) in front of us.”
“I think the film will speak for itself and is going to be better than the trailer.” She said at the screening of “Parched” on Monday.
“Shivaay” that also stars Sayyeshaa Saigal and Erika Kaar will hit the screens on October 28 and is in for a big clash with Karan Johar’s “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”.
The 42-year-old also heaped praises on Leena Yadav’s directorial “Parched” which is produced under Ajay Devgn’s home production.
“Honestly I didn’t expect that I would love the film so much. I read the...
Speaking about the film which is directed and co-produced by Ajay himself, Kajol said: “I think it’s really amazing to see the kind of response we received for the trailer. Thankfully, we have a very nice product (‘Shivaay’) in front of us.”
“I think the film will speak for itself and is going to be better than the trailer.” She said at the screening of “Parched” on Monday.
“Shivaay” that also stars Sayyeshaa Saigal and Erika Kaar will hit the screens on October 28 and is in for a big clash with Karan Johar’s “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”.
The 42-year-old also heaped praises on Leena Yadav’s directorial “Parched” which is produced under Ajay Devgn’s home production.
“Honestly I didn’t expect that I would love the film so much. I read the...
- 9/21/2016
- by Indicine Team
- indicine
‘Parched’ releases new song ‘Kachhuva’ composed by Hitesh Sonik, sung by Neeti Mohan and penned by Swanand Kirkire and music is on T-series.
‘Parched’ follows the lives of four ordinary women in rural India who begin to break free from the century-old patriarchal traditions. The film stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla and Adil Hussain among others. Screened at more than 20 acclaimed film festivals, Parched has had a successful release in seven countries including France, Belgium, Netherlands, USA, Mexico, Spain and Colombia.
Produced by Ajay Devgn, Parched is set to release nationally on 23rd September.
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‘Parched’ follows the lives of four ordinary women in rural India who begin to break free from the century-old patriarchal traditions. The film stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla and Adil Hussain among others. Screened at more than 20 acclaimed film festivals, Parched has had a successful release in seven countries including France, Belgium, Netherlands, USA, Mexico, Spain and Colombia.
Produced by Ajay Devgn, Parched is set to release nationally on 23rd September.
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- 9/21/2016
- by Maria S
- Bollyspice
Leena Yadav's globally acclaimed film Parched about four spirited women in rural Rajasthan battling patriarchy is all set for an Indian release next Friday. The Indian Censor Board has not only lauded the film for its content, but also shown tremendous liberality by leaving the film's powerful , sometimes disturbing content untouched. Says the film's producer Aseem Bajaj (a reputed cinematographer and the film's director Leena Yadav's husband), "The Censor Board has passed the film for 'Adults Only' with just a few cuts. We are very grateful to the Censor Board. They've shown immense empathy, sensitivity and generosity towards Parched." Apparently, there were two women members in the jury of the Censor Board who were moved to tears by Leena Yadav's film. Says Aseem, "They were all moved and were reluctant to cut anything except a shot of a bare breast. They said it (a breast...
- 9/19/2016
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
<img class="size-full wp-image-655905 aligncenter" src="http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1138907188.jpg" alt="1138907188" width="500" height="277" /> Leena Yadav's globally acclaimed film <i>Parched</i> about four spirited women in rural Rajasthan battling patriarchy is all set for an Indian release next Friday. The Indian Censor Board has not only lauded the film for its content, but also shown tremendous liberality by leaving the film's powerful , sometimes disturbing content untouched. Says the film's producer Aseem Bajaj (a reputed cinematographer and the film's director Leena Yadav's husband), "The Censor Board has passed the film for 'Adults Only' with just a few cuts. We are very grateful to the Censor Board. They've shown immense empathy, sensitivity and generosity towards <i>Parched</i>." Apparently, there were two women members in the jury of the Censor Board who were moved to tears by Leena Yadav's film. Says Aseem, "They were all moved and were reluctant to cut anything except a shot of a bare breast. They said it (a breast...
- 9/19/2016
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
<img class="size-full wp-image-655905 aligncenter" src="http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1138907188.jpg" alt="1138907188" width="500" height="277" /> Leena Yadav's globally acclaimed film <i>Parched</i> about four spirited women in rural Rajasthan battling patriarchy is all set for an Indian release next Friday. The Indian Censor Board has not only lauded the film for its content, but also shown tremendous liberality by leaving the film's powerful , sometimes disturbing content untouched. Says the film's producer Aseem Bajaj (a reputed cinematographer and the film's director Leena Yadav's husband), "The Censor Board has passed the film for 'Adults Only' with just a few cuts. We are very grateful to the Censor Board. They've shown immense empathy, sensitivity and generosity towards <i>Parched</i>." Apparently, there were two women members in the jury of the Censor Board who were moved to tears by Leena Yadav's film. Says Aseem, "They were all moved and were reluctant to cut anything except a shot of a bare breast. They said it (a breast...
- 9/19/2016
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Ajay Devgn and Leena Yadav’s internationally acclaimed film Parched has come up with yet another soul-shattering number, ‘Bhookamp’. Post the raving success of their song, ‘Mai Ri Mai’, the four women saga of debauchery and resilience will thump to the beats of this new song composed by Hitesh Sonik, sung by Kalpana Patowary, Alamgir Khan, Swanand Kirkire and penned by Swanand Kirkire and music is on T-series.
Parched follows the lives of four ordinary women in rural India who begin to break free from the century-old patriarchal traditions. The film stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla and Adil Hussain among others. Screened at more than 20 acclaimed film festivals, Parched has had a successful release in seven countries including France, Belgium, Netherlands, USA, Mexico, Spain and Colombia.
Produced by Ajay Devgn, Parched is set to release nationally on 23rd September.
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Parched follows the lives of four ordinary women in rural India who begin to break free from the century-old patriarchal traditions. The film stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla and Adil Hussain among others. Screened at more than 20 acclaimed film festivals, Parched has had a successful release in seven countries including France, Belgium, Netherlands, USA, Mexico, Spain and Colombia.
Produced by Ajay Devgn, Parched is set to release nationally on 23rd September.
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- 9/17/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Director Leena Yadav has been invited by the prestigious Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences popularly known as the Oscar Library to send in the screenplay of her internationally-acclaimed film ‘Parched’ for their Core Collection. Produced by Ajay Devgn and Written by Leena and Supratik Sen, the film has already garnered over 18 prestigious awards worldwide and the invite comes as another laurel for the makers.
“It’s a great honour for your film’s script to be invited to be a part of the library, so naturally I am delighted. But not just that, I am thrilled with the overall response the trailer and the film has been getting across,” says Leena. Interestingly, the screenplay of Leena’s debut film ‘Shabd’ too is a part of the collection at the Oscar library. “Yes, it is twice as nice for me. It’s encouraging as a filmmaker,” she adds.
“It’s a great honour for your film’s script to be invited to be a part of the library, so naturally I am delighted. But not just that, I am thrilled with the overall response the trailer and the film has been getting across,” says Leena. Interestingly, the screenplay of Leena’s debut film ‘Shabd’ too is a part of the collection at the Oscar library. “Yes, it is twice as nice for me. It’s encouraging as a filmmaker,” she adds.
- 9/15/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Presenting the very first video song Mai Ri Mai from the bollywood movie Parched, which is an Indian drama film starring Radhika Apte, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Surveen Chawla and Adil Hussain.
The internationally-acclaimed film has been produced by Ajay Devgn and is directed by Linaa Yadav, is slated to release on 23rd September, 2016.
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The internationally-acclaimed film has been produced by Ajay Devgn and is directed by Linaa Yadav, is slated to release on 23rd September, 2016.
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- 9/14/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Check out the amazing trailer of the movie Parched, which is releasing on 23rd of September, and stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla and Adil Hussain.
In a rural Indian village called Ujhaas, three ordinary women- Rani, Lajjo and Bijli begin to break free from century-old traditions that have kept them locked in servitude.
Talking about the critically acclaimed film, director Leena Yadav said, “Born a woman, I was raised to judge and treat people as human beings above and beyond their gender, religion or caste. This story is my reaction to a misogynistic society that treats women as objects of sex, where their greatest role is to serve men. Giving my women characters a voice that observes, absorbs and reacts was what drove me to write this drama about ordinary women who are driven to extraordinary ends. All of us are sometimes driven by social structure to be ‘dutiful’ of values and norms,...
In a rural Indian village called Ujhaas, three ordinary women- Rani, Lajjo and Bijli begin to break free from century-old traditions that have kept them locked in servitude.
Talking about the critically acclaimed film, director Leena Yadav said, “Born a woman, I was raised to judge and treat people as human beings above and beyond their gender, religion or caste. This story is my reaction to a misogynistic society that treats women as objects of sex, where their greatest role is to serve men. Giving my women characters a voice that observes, absorbs and reacts was what drove me to write this drama about ordinary women who are driven to extraordinary ends. All of us are sometimes driven by social structure to be ‘dutiful’ of values and norms,...
- 9/13/2016
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
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