Priyanka Chopra makes waves at Red Sea International Film Festival \
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Priyanka Chopra makes waves at Red Sea International Film Festival

03-Dec-2022
"The White Tiger" actor Priyanka Chopra recently appeared at the Red Sea International Film Festival at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Check out the looks she served at the red carpet.
03-Dec-2022 Entertainment
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Did you know Anil Kapoor got ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ because of his film ‘Taal’? \
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Did you know Anil Kapoor got ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ because of his film ‘Taal’?

13-Aug-2022
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 13 (ANI): Anil Kapoor has done many films and we all love most of them! But, today, he reminded us of one great film that he did 23 years ago and we aren't going to lie, we did get some 'Taal' nostalgia!
13-Aug-2022 Entertainment
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Celebrating India’s Rich Historic & Cultural Heritage on National Tourism Day 2022 \
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Celebrating India’s Rich Historic & Cultural Heritage on National Tourism Day 2022

24-Jan-2022
India is known to the world for its prosperity, natural beauty & resources, eternal wisdom, diversity, culture and heritage, since ancient times. It is India’s traditions that are so deeply intrigued and delicately woven in our day-to-day lives that attract tourists from foreign lands to visit India. National Tourism Day 2022 Date & Significance: Celebrating […]
24-Jan-2022 Lifestyle
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Tigmanshu talks about creating Rashomon-like The Great Indian Murder and having Eureka moments \
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Tigmanshu talks about creating Rashomon-like The Great Indian Murder and having Eureka moments

21-Jan-2022
New Delhi Jan 21 PTI The film that comes to mind when one looks at the premise of The Great Indian Murder is Akira Kurosawas masterpiece RashomonTigmanshu Dhulia who has directed the upcoming Disney Hotstar series agrees Kurosawas film is the apt reference hereThe Great Indian Murder is an adaptation of author Vikas Swarups novel Six Suspects which revolves around the murder of the son of a high-profile ministerRashomon is the correct reference here said Dhulia who has also adapted Swarups 2008 bookConsidered one of the greatest films ever made Rashomon is a 1950 Japanese period movie which follows the story of a noblemans bride who is raped by a bandit The nobleman is killed or has possibly died by suicideFour characters -- the bandit the woman the samurai and the woodcutter who witnessed the episode -- narrate their own version of what they sawThats there in the novel too because murder takes place at one venue which is at a party Like Rashomon even in the series we always come back to the scene of crime with a different point of view the series director told PTI in a Zoom interviewKnown for critically-acclaimed films like Paan Singh Tomar Haasil and the Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster franchise Dhulia made his digital debut in 2019 with season one of Disney Hotstar shows Out of Love and Criminal JusticeThe National Award winner who is a family friend of producer Priti Vinay Sinha said he knew she had acquired the rights to the bookI was also greedy to board as Slumdog Millionaire was based on his book QA and that film by Danny Boyle won so many Oscars I thought I am getting to make a project on the same writers second novel so lets grab it with both hands he addedDhulia 54 described Six Suspects as an edge-of-the-seat read which took a lot of time to adapt to screenThe director who has often penned his film scripts said there was a time during his days in the late 1980s at Delhis National School of Drama where all he did was translate English plays to HindiI was the worst actor in my class But I was 19 and didnt know better so I used to blame the writing how do you expect anyone to do realistic acting from this heavy worded material Dhulia also known for his acting chops in Gangs of Wasseypur films Zero and Raat Akeli Hai saidSo I started translating English plays into Hindi Our drama schools library is very resourceful Initially all I did was adaptations of many plays when I used to come home to Allahabad where we would do plays So I was familiar with the exercise of adaptation the theatre postgraduate addedWhats easy with a book adaptation is that the director already has that Eureka moment to go ahead with the storyYour job is to find many such Eureka moments in the given material and tie them together Whats difficult is the thought When a character in the novel is thinking about something you have lines written about it the challenge is to film it for screen To achieve that he created the characters of DCP Sudha Bharadwaj and CBI officer Suraj Yadav -- played by Richa Chadha and Pratik Gandhi -- who dont exist in the novelIn the novel there is murder and mystery but no investigation So we thought it was a good way to incorporate two different strong characters -- male and female They will be used as a medium to bring the thought processes of the suspects to the fore he pointed outInterestingly Chadhas character is named Sudha Bharadwaj Asked if the part is a nod to the real-life activist Dhulia said its all about having names that rhymeBharadwaj an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case was released from prison on bail in December after spending three years in jailHer case is sub judice Shes out on bail so Id like to refrain from saying any more But she is a symbol in her own way the director addedAccording to reports Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub was supposed to star in The Great Indian Murder but was dropped from the show following the controversy around Prime Video series TandavDhulia who also starred in Tandav called the turn of events very tragicZeeshan is my junior from drama school he is also my neighbour The situation was like that at that time that we were advised to let him go We were working with so many junior artistes What if someone did something Would we handle the situation or shoot the show Unwantedly we had to go through this decision It is regrettable The Great Indian Murder backed by Ajay Devgn under his banner ADF and Sinha for RLE Media will start streaming from February 4 PTI RDS SHD SHD
21-Jan-2022 National
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Freida Pinto reveals details of her secret wedding with Cory Tran \
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Freida Pinto reveals details of her secret wedding with Cory Tran

23-Oct-2021
Freida Pinto discloses details of her secret wedding to her fiancé and photographer Cory Tran. They got married when they were under quarantine due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ star states when they got engaged in November 2019, they expected to have “the most wonderful wedding,” but the pandemic intervened.  “I should clear […]
23-Oct-2021 Entertainment
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In No Time Pikoo Finger Watch Has Become the Fashion Statement; Know More! \
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In No Time Pikoo Finger Watch Has Become the Fashion Statement; Know More!

18-Oct-2021
What can be a true style statement in the view of a normal person? A style statement that is endorsed by most top-notch celebrities. The followers of the artist continuously observe them know about new trends in fashion and lifestyle. If you surf social media at present the one amazing trend going on. Yes, we […]
18-Oct-2021 Lifestyle
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