B'wood Filmmakers Are Breaking the Genre Barrier
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B-10 | Friday, March 6, 2020 BOLLYWOOD www.WeeklyVoice.com Aman Varma’s ‘NRI Diary’ A Gulshan Wanted Never Fall In Love With To Work With Married Men Says Neena Hit In The Film Fest Circuit DEHRADUN: Veteran actress Neena Gupta has warned her fans Radhika Apte not to fall in love with married MUMBAI: Actor Gulshan men. She says she has done it in Devaiah says he decided to do life and suffered. the short ilm “Sleepwalkers” -be In a video shot at Mukteshwar, cause it came with an opportunity Uttarakhand, Neena is seen giv- to work with Radhika Apte and ing a piece of advice to her fans. Shahana Goswami. [...This is how extra marital “Sleepwalkers” marks directo- affairs start.] “He tells you he rial debut of Radhika Apte, and doesn’t like his wife and they are the actress has also scripted it. not getting along for a long time. The ilm is produced by AbhisekhYou fall in love with him, he is a Chaubey, Honey Trehan and Lalit married guy. Then you say ‘why MUMBAI: “NRI Diary”, a new International Film Festival, Lake- Sharma. don’t you separate’. But he says with the man saying f*** off”. ilm featuring actor Aman Verma, city International Film Festival, “I generally prefer working on ‘no, no there are kids’.” Then comes Neena’s advice: is emerging as a big winner in the Ayodhya Film Festival, Everest long formats such as features or She says they then start meet- “Do not get involved in all this, ilm festival circuit even before International Film Festival and a series but it was impossible for ing secretly and go on holidays. do not fall in love with a married release. So, far, the ilm has been World Film Fair Las Vegas. me to pass because it’s my dear That turns to spending nights man. I have done this before, I selected in 12 different national The makers of “NRI Diary” re- friend Radhika’s directorial debut together and ultimately “you have suffered. That is why I say: and international ilm festivals. leased the ilm’s irst look poster and also an opportunity for me want to marry him”. Then, the try not to do it.” The ilm got oficial entry in a while back. In the poster, on to work with Shahana Goswami, woman wants the man to divorce Neena was in a relationship Cotton City International Film can spot Aman Verma along with whose work I greatly admired,” his wife, but he says, “it’s not so with West Indian cricketer Viv- Festival, Kala Samruddhi Inter- Costa, Matyalda, Deva and Mo- Gulshan said. easy, there is property, there are ian Richards in the eighties. They national Film Festival, Hohe In- han Das. The ilm is about the For Gulshan, “Sleepwalkers” is bank accounts etc”. share a daughter, Masaba Gupta. ternational Film Festival, Sams- rape and murder of a foreigner. a commentary on society, class, The woman gets frustrated and Later, Neena went on to marry kara International Film Festival, Scripted by Shashi Kumar and nature, lack of balance and greed. thinks of leaving him. It ends Vivek Mehra. Shunya Online International Film directed by Manish KP Yadav, “The shoot was a challenging Festival, Penzance International the ilm has music by Raj Verma. schedule but it was well worth Film Festival, K Asif Chambal The ilm will release in May. my while.” Adah Looks Cool In Denim MUMBAI: Actress Adah Shar- ma looked ravishing when she re- Short Film Is A Powerful Medium: Monga cently turned out sporting a den- MUMBAI: Oscar-winning Dahi Bhalle’, the dark reality of a ducing the short ilm “Period. im dress with loads of graphitti. short ilm producer marriedGuneet couple in ‘Sleeping Part- End Of Sentence” in the Best Adah was spotted outside the Monga, who recently ner’produced or ‘Pinni’ or ‘Thappad’ re- Live Action category. So, what T-series ofice in the denim dress the anthology “Zindagi Inshort” ally show some real moments of keeps her grounded and enthusi- and she completed her look with -- that amalgamates seven stories life. While ‘Thappad’ is a story of astic after winning an Academy a black handbag. She was all -- says that the short ilm is one of children, ‘Pinni’ is the story of an Award? smiles and looked happy, slaying the powerful mediums to narrate elderly lady. That is the power of “Upbringing I guess. Also, I it with her casual style statement. thought-provoking stories. a short story,” Monga told IANS. am quite spiritual. From the be- The actress was last seen in the Monga says her team went The anthology features Neena ginning of my career as a story- action thriller “Commando 3” through around 200 short stories Gupta, Divya Dutta, Sanjay Ka- teller, whatever production I have starring Vidyut Janwal. The ilmThe romantic comedy deals with before inalising on the inal sev- poor, Manjot Singh, Deepak Do- been a part of so far, life has been was received with a lukewarm re- sex reassignment surgery, narrat- en for “Zindagi Inshort”. briyal, Nakuul Mehta, Isha Tal- a struggle. So, for me, the pro- sponse at the box ofice. ing the story of a man who falls in “These stories really encom- war, Jitin Gulati, Aisha Ahmed, cess of storytelling, with a certain Her upcoming ilm is Abir love with a girl and marries her, pass life. The story of two young- Swaroop Samant among others. conviction is more important for Sengupta’s next, “Man To Man”, only to realise that she is actually sters falling in love in ‘Chhaju Ke Monga won an Oscar for pro- me than anything,” she replied. where she plays the role of a man. a man. B’wood Filmmakers Are Breaking The Genre Barrier By Vinod Mirani in rest of India or, at least in repeat audience, ever). That is “Mary Kom”, “Paan Singh - Towhich, if not taboo, were never Western India, but did not do well also why not many venture into mar”, “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag”,discussed openly. “Vicky Donor” It is said that there are only in Delhi-UP and Punjab circuits. murder mysteries as they have no “Sanju” and “Rustom;” started the trend of such themes. seven genres in ilmmaking. Mehmood, even during his repeat audience. So, ilms that break the norm Films like “Piku” (on constipa- These are action, crime, comedy, peak, was not accepted in pure A historical is a very costly to of the genre-based ilmmaking or tion), “Aligarh” (same sex re- social, historical, mythological comedies in the North. The North make and few producers will ei- expand the scope of that particu- lationship), “Mukti Bhavan” and romance. Rest are offshoots preferred action movies. ther risk that or qualify to make lar genre are now being made. (awaiting peaceful death), “Pad of these basic seven genres. But, these were not action one. Sanjay Leela Bhansali re- “Kapoor & Sons”, for in- Man” (menstruation) have fol- In India, ilmmakers were ilms. Action ilms were consid- vived this genre and, since then, stance, can be described as a lowed this trend. known for making all kinds of ered B-grade stuff. Not meant for some other producers have also family social. Also, “Toilet Ek Then there is a line-up of ilms within these genres. In fact,the regular family or gentry audi- tried their hand. The latest is Ajay Prem Katha” is basically a fam- away from the routine, genre- the genres were divided between ence. Devgn’s “Tanhaji: The Unsung ily social but dealing with an as- bound themes in ilms like: “NH producers as there were produc- There were stars like Dara Warrior”. pect that is age-old but never dis- 10”, “Margarita With A Straw”, ers who specialised in making, Singh, Kamran Khan, Sheikh But, that is about it. What- ilcussed. Similar is the case with “Masaan”, “Hindi Medium”, say, mythological, thriller or fam- Mukhtar and such who mademakers are now making may be “Badhai Ho”, “102 Not Out” and “Lipstick Under MY Burkha”, ily socials. As for comedy ilms, out-and-out action ilms that hadcalled an extension of the basic other such ilms. “Raazi”, “Parmanu: The Story Of not much of the Indian audience their own cinema chains to screen seven genres or going away from There have also been attempts Pokhran”, “Good Newwz”, “Mis- had a taste for comedy. what was called, B-grade cinema. it, depending on the ilm. at making ilms entirely depen- sion Mangal”, “The Accidental There was a time when the There was also a time when a But we never made biopics and dent on special effects. Shah Prime Minister”, “Bala”, “Super tastes in Northern India were lot many ilms commanded a re- now they have become a norm. Rukh Khan’s “Zero” and “Fan” 30” and so on. If the viewer can totally limited. There were ilmspeat value (“Sholay” must hold with the success of ilms like however failed. Now, a lot of identify with the subject, they which celebrated silver jubilees the record for drawing the most “The Dirty Picture”, “Neerja”, ilms are being made on subjectswork. Pulkit, Kriti Launch Delhi Branch Of Chhabra’s Casting School NEW DELHI: Actors Pulkit Samrat tion of the Delhi branch. and Kriti Kharbanda inaugurated Bol- Pulkit Samrat shared: “When I decided lywood casting ace Mukesh Chhabra’sto start acting, it was very dificult for me Delhi branch. to get guidance because I didn’t know The Mukesh Chhabra Casting Com- anyone in the industry. Now with this pany aims to felicitate aspiring actors in setup in Delhi itself, it will be easy for as- Delhi and nearby regions in their journey pirants to get a fair chance and learn from to a big break in the world of ilms.