Actor Deepika Padukone will serve as an international jury member at the upcoming edition of the Cannes International Film Festival, that is to be held from May 17 to May 28.
Veteran Bollywood actress and former Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) head Sharmila Tagore feels there are very few scripts written keeping in mind “elderly” heroines, while the same is not true for their male counterparts.There are certain films that cannot be passed (by the censor board) and they take precautions, but we should create an environment where people can create films without getting worried; we should work towards freedom of speech and less on curbing it,” said Sharmila.
Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore will be honoured with the Excellence in Cinema India Award at the 19th edition of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival here.
Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore recently talked about sharing screen-space with her children, actors Saif Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan. In a chat with DNA, the 72-year-old actress said it feels ‘gimmicky’ for a family to come together on screen.
Sharmila Tagore has said that she wasn’t around when her son and actor Saif Ali Khan was growing up, as she was busy with her film career.
In July last year, when the whole nepotism debate was raging, Saif Ali Khan wrote an open letter, where he used the word ‘eugenics’ to defend why nepotism is not bad and star kids are like race horses.
The film begins with the first morning of this newly-wed couple and the first question Amar asks Mansi is, “Coffee piyogi?Amar’s wife Mansi (Sharmila Tagore) does not have even an inkling of how her prosaic and habit-driven husband has actually opened himself to a stormy love affair, and now drinks tea, instead of coffee at work.
This strange dialectic, where both lend life and fiction lend material to each other and get locked in mutual definition and modification, is the central theme of the film, in my opinion.In Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s directed film Anupama (1966), Uma (played by Sharmila Tagore), a quiet, shrinking violet kind of person, finds herself the subject of a novel called Anupama.
A friend in Pakistan picked up the subtext and interwove ruminations of phursat giving his talk the title, “Dil doondtha hai… ” There seemed many reasons to hear the song, to see what had produced it. Mausam is a well-known film, but its memory had survived for me as a crude story of Sharmila Tagore and Sanjeev Kumar’s romance in the hills, and some daughter who was a sex worker.
This melodious number captures the subtle romance between the film’s leads – Dev Anand and Sadhana. Sahir Ludhianvi penned the lyrics for the song, while Rafi and Asha Bhosle added life to it with their voices.Filmed in the picturesque backdrop of Kashmir’s Dal Lake, the song sees Shammi Kapoor praising the beauty of his lover Sharmila Tagore.
Actors Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu have named their newborn daughter Inaaya Naumi Kemmu, the father announced on Sunday.Kunal was in a live-in relationship with Soha, daughter of veteran actress Sharmila Tagore and the late Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, since May 2013.
The sauciest article in this issue of Cine Blitz from 20 years ago is the one that features Bengali actress Moushumi Chatterjee, who takes digs at other Bengali actresses in Bollywood.From terming Suchitra Sen a “bad actress” to calling Sharmila Tagore a woman with “the human touch missing”, the interview is nothing short of controversial and would have been at par with the nepotism debate in this age. “I have no respect for him (lyricist Gulzar) as a person.
Ahead of Pink’s release, actor Amitabh Bachchan hosted an exclusive first screening to a selected few women veterans of the Indian cinema. A source close to the actor told Deccan Chronicle, “His yesteryear co-stars,
such as Waheeda Rehman and Sharmila Tagore, as well as other female luminaries from other fields have been invited for the special preview. This will be a screening unlike any seen before in the industry.”
As June gives way to July, we’ve got quite the list of films for you to keep track of. Appa, Jackson Durai hit the screens today and it’s going to be hard to make a decision between the two. Daddies or zombies?Freida Pinto, Sharmila Tagore and Deepa Mehta have reportedly been invited as members by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore, director Deepa Mehta, and Slumdog Millionaire actress Frieda Pinto have reportedly been invited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to become members of the Academy.
Written and directed by Ayananshu Banerjee, Bodhon is a drama film starring Arpita Pal, Joy Sengupta and Gouri Ghosh in the lead, along with Mamata Shankar, Prabir Das, Konineeca Banerjee, Shayoni Ghosh, Debshankar Haldar and late Soumitra Chatterjee in pivotal roles.Directed by Rituparna Ghosh, Utsab is a drama film featuring a star cast of actors Madhabi Mukherjee, Mamata Shankar, Rituparna Sengupta, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Pradip Mukherjee, Deepankar De, and Arpita Pal.
If songs can be taken out of context, and perhaps only songs can be, Chingari koi bhadke to saawan use bujhaye/ saawan jo agan lagaye use kaun bujaye would be the best bet to do so. Anand Bakshi’s lyrics, Kishore Kumar’s voice and RD Burman’s music make this song from the film Amar Prem one of the most precious musical gifts.
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee died on Sunday at a private hospital in Kolkata, ending a brilliant six-decade-long career of stellar performances in notable films. The 85-year-old actor, who debuted in master filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s Apur Sansar (1959), was considered to be Ray’s favourite actor and had acted in 14 of the auteur’s films. The thespian was often termed as the ‘thinking man’s actor’, who attained critical acclaim both in parallel and well as in commercial films.
A Mohammad Rafi and Asha Bhonsle song, this Valentine’s Day.
The recently released trailer of Sonam Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor’s Veere Di Wedding has opened up a lot of conversations, where the women in the film are seen drinking, having casual sex, using expletives and having second thoughts about marriage and motherhood.It is up to actresses like Sonam, Anushka and Vidya Balan to break the proverbial glass ceiling and refuse to answer insipid questions like working post marriage/motherhood, balancing professional and family life.
The stories are based on the 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning stories from the ‘Spotlight’ team. The film features an ensemble cast, including Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, and Stanley Tucci. Spotlight won the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with Best Original Screenplay, from a total of six nominations.
Time and technology have not only changed the techniques of filmmaking but have also made giving the “first take” a more comfortable affair for actor Saif Ali Khan, who will clock 25 years in the industry next year. — He debuted in 1993 with the film Parampara.
Actor Saif Ali Khan, who was earlier forced to apologise to actress Kangana Ranaut for taking a dig at her through the “nepotism rocks” act at the IIFA Awards, says he himself is against the term and feels it leads to mediocrity.
“There are a lot of things that get overhyped, but I think a lot of people feel very strongly about things like this (nepotism). They are privileged people and life can be very unfair to them. So, it’s good to discuss this. For the record, whatever jokes were made (on the award show), I have already explained my side,” Saif told IANS here on Thursday while promoting his forthcoming film Chef.
Son of Bollywood strong-man Sunny Deol and Pooja Deol, and grandson of Bollywood’s ‘He-Man’ Dharmendra, will soon make his acting debut in a film titled Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas, directed by Sunny himself. The film’s title is inspired from the old Bollywood hit song “Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas” from the Dharmendra film Blackmail. A romantic drama produced by Vijyata Films, the entertainment company owned by the Deol family, Zee Studios will also pitch in for this star kid’s debut.