Friday, January 6, 2012

Jism 2 goes beyond the body: Pooja Bhatt

1:57 AM McGhori

DARJEELING: With 100 years of Indian cinema in 2013, Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt feels that it is time to bring India back to Indian cinema. "We have to explore our own backyards before moving to foreign shores. Why film makers go abroad when there is so much unexplored terrain in India? Darjeeling is a jewel and we have to bring it back to Indian cinema," stated Bhatt. Bhatt along with his daughter Pooja and actor Imran Zahid were in Darjeeling on Thursday. "Despite Ooty and Kashmir being important film locales, as a young director, I preferred to come to Darjeeling in 1979 to shoot for my film Lahoo Ke Doo Rang, starring Shabana Azmi and Vinod Khanna. I had been inspired by a film shot in Darjeeling by Satyajit Ray....
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I’ve no say in the release dates: Vidya Balan

1:55 AM McGhori

MUMBAI: The first promo of Vidya Balan’s Kahaani was unveiled on Thursday. The film is scheduled to hit theatres on March 9. Reportedly, it was to release last October since it is set in Kolkata during the Durga Puja. But the actor, following the success of No One Killed Jessica (2011), coaxed director Sujoy Ghosh to push it to January 2012. Then, physically and emotionally drained by The Dirty Picture (2011), Vidya decided to give herself a ‘break’ before promoting it, resulting in the Kahaani opening two months later. Quiz her and she protests, “I have no say in the release date of my films. It was Viacom 18’s decision entirely. Every film is my baby.” In Kahaani, Vidya plays a six-months pregnant woman in search of her missing...
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