Showing posts with label Anurag Kashyap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anurag Kashyap. Show all posts
Monday, April 18, 2011
Monday, November 29, 2010
Kashyap to make his most expensive film
Anurag Kashyap is all set to make the most expensive film of his career, which will go on floors on December 3. Kashyap, Sunil Bohra and Studio 18 will co-produce the film.But here’s the most interesting bit: though the film, tentatively titled Gangs of Wasseypur, will have no A-list stars, its budget will be nothing less than a whopping Rs 45 crore, approximately.That does not include any locations outside of India. Then why the big budget? When quizzed about it, Kashyap said, “Yes, it is an expensive film and I have never worked on such a big budget before.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Review of Reviewers
They’re so busy panning films and filmmakers that they never consider what the objects of their easy scorn make of their opinion. No easy star ratings for them either
Towards the end of November 2004, an Indian blog pointed out that a film critic of The Times of India had lifted direct sentences while reviewing the animation film Shark Tales. To the blogger it was plagiarism, but in truth the reviewer had made it clear that they were not her lines. But instead of naming the person—a reputed American film critic of Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert—whose sentences she lifted, she turned one person into many. ‘Critics say…’ she wrote, before repeating entire sentences and opinions of Ebert. It remains a puzzling affair. Why would anyone use another’s opinion in one’s opinion piece? Either the reviewer had not seen the movie or had no opinion of her own, which in her chosen profession can be a little bit of a disadvantage. Ironically, other than a few murmurs on the web, it did not make any difference to the reviewer, newspaper or film industry.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Direction of directors
if we take out Raju Hirani from the equation, 3 of the most talked about diretors in recent times have been:
1) Anurag Kashyap
2) Vishal Bhardwaj
3) Dibakar Banerjee
All three of them have had different level of successes in last few years, but one thing that has been common is critical appreciation that has been bestowed upon them by critics and people who have seen their movies. They all operate with small budget, have really good ear for music, relatively unknown star cast, realistic movies, and in a way they make movies which have real people, not heroes and heroines. I am just going to try to explain what I like and what I do not about each one of them, and who I think is the best among some of the finest directors of India.
1) Anurag Kashyap
2) Vishal Bhardwaj
3) Dibakar Banerjee
All three of them have had different level of successes in last few years, but one thing that has been common is critical appreciation that has been bestowed upon them by critics and people who have seen their movies. They all operate with small budget, have really good ear for music, relatively unknown star cast, realistic movies, and in a way they make movies which have real people, not heroes and heroines. I am just going to try to explain what I like and what I do not about each one of them, and who I think is the best among some of the finest directors of India.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
That girl in yellow boots: Anurag Returns
Seems interesting, though similar theme has been tried so many times, looking for father and all, and I do not find anurag that good TBH, but lets see what he has in store for us.
On a side note I think Kalki is a good actress
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Anurag Kashyap: On the verge of biggest coup of the century?
His first film was almost rejected by the censor board for its bold treatment, his consequent films have lifted the veil of idiocy and rhetoric that are part of Indian films and paens are still being written for his interpretation of India’s cult hero Devdas with his Dev D.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Ranbir teams up with Shammi; John in trouble, Aamir in Bombay Velvet?
The team of Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar is all ready to start shooting in July. Ranbir Kapoor, as always, is taking his role very seriously and has been prepping for months. So much so, he is even learning to play the guitar for the role. Grand uncle Shammi Kapoor will also be working in the project and but naturally Ranbir is super excited about it. In the past, Shammi has worked with Ranbir’s father Rishi Kapoor and now it’s the young scion’s chance to face the camera with the dancing star of yesteryears.
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John Abraham has been facing a lot of bad luck where his movies are concerned. Three of his completed films Hook Ya Crook, 1-800-Love and Aashayein are stuck with no sign of imminent release. What John is really banking on is Race 2 and Dostana 2 to resurrect his career. We know it won’t be long before the hunk bounces back.
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Aamir is sole lead in Bombay Velvet according to the latest from Anurag Kashyap in DNA!!!
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"We feel Aamir has the intensity and the depth to shoulder the movie all alone":Anurag Kashyap in 2day's DNA on Bombay Velvet 22 minutes ago via mobile web
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"Shahrukh is a nice actor but this film is tailormade for Aamir":Anurag on rumors of Aamir n SRK both being in Bombay Velvet. 19 minutes ago via mobile web
Ranbir teams up with Shammi; John in trouble, Aamir in Bombay Velvet?
The team of Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar is all ready to start shooting in July. Ranbir Kapoor, as always, is taking his role very seriously and has been prepping for months. So much so, he is even learning to play the guitar for the role. Grand uncle Shammi Kapoor will also be working in the project and but naturally Ranbir is super excited about it. In the past, Shammi has worked with Ranbir’s father Rishi Kapoor and now it’s the young scion’s chance to face the camera with the dancing star of yesteryears.
LINK
John Abraham has been facing a lot of bad luck where his movies are concerned. Three of his completed films Hook Ya Crook, 1-800-Love and Aashayein are stuck with no sign of imminent release. What John is really banking on is Race 2 and Dostana 2 to resurrect his career. We know it won’t be long before the hunk bounces back.
LINK
Aamir is sole lead in Bombay Velvet according to the latest from Anurag Kashyap in DNA!!!
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"We feel Aamir has the intensity and the depth to shoulder the movie all alone":Anurag Kashyap in 2day's DNA on Bombay Velvet 22 minutes ago via mobile web
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"Shahrukh is a nice actor but this film is tailormade for Aamir":Anurag on rumors of Aamir n SRK both being in Bombay Velvet. 19 minutes ago via mobile web
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Anurag Kashyap to direct The Godfather Remake
Anurag Kashyap's adaptation, Gangs of Wasseypur, based on the coal mine mafia, starts shooting next month
Every B-Town filmmaker has cherished a dream to make his own film adaptation of Mario Puzo's The Godfather.
Feroz Khan did it with Dharmatma, Ram Gopal Varma with Sarkar and Prakash Jha with Raajneeti. And now, it's Anurag Kashyap's turn. His film, titled Gangs Of Wasseypur (named after the Dhanbad area in Jharkhand) where the coalmine mafia exercises a stronghold.
Location change
While Ram Gopal Varma and Prakash Jha chose to set their adaptations in the political domain, Kashyap will shift Michael Corleone's parivaar to the coalmines of Dhanbad. Manoj Bajpayee will play a coalmine owner modelled on Marlon Brando's Don Corleone. The film will also star Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Piyush Mishra and a newbie, Raj Yadav. Shabana Azmi is being considered for a major role.
Produced by UTV, the film begins shooting in July.
Shooting elsewhere
Kashyap has been denied permission to shoot in Dhanbad and will shoot in Singhaul, Bihar instead. Gangs Of Wasseypur will be made in two parts as two separate feature films shot concurrently, just like Ram Gopal Varma's Rakta Charitra.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who plays a role inspired by Al Pacino's Michael Corleone in The Godfather, will pay Dhanbad a secret visit to research on Kashyap's most ambitious project to date. Says the excited actor, "It has been my secret desire to play Al Pacino's role someday. We start shooting July-end. It's a fantasy come true."
Anurag Kashyap to direct The Godfather Remake
Anurag Kashyap's adaptation, Gangs of Wasseypur, based on the coal mine mafia, starts shooting next month
Every B-Town filmmaker has cherished a dream to make his own film adaptation of Mario Puzo's The Godfather.
Feroz Khan did it with Dharmatma, Ram Gopal Varma with Sarkar and Prakash Jha with Raajneeti. And now, it's Anurag Kashyap's turn. His film, titled Gangs Of Wasseypur (named after the Dhanbad area in Jharkhand) where the coalmine mafia exercises a stronghold.
Location change
While Ram Gopal Varma and Prakash Jha chose to set their adaptations in the political domain, Kashyap will shift Michael Corleone's parivaar to the coalmines of Dhanbad. Manoj Bajpayee will play a coalmine owner modelled on Marlon Brando's Don Corleone. The film will also star Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Piyush Mishra and a newbie, Raj Yadav. Shabana Azmi is being considered for a major role.
Produced by UTV, the film begins shooting in July.
Shooting elsewhere
Kashyap has been denied permission to shoot in Dhanbad and will shoot in Singhaul, Bihar instead. Gangs Of Wasseypur will be made in two parts as two separate feature films shot concurrently, just like Ram Gopal Varma's Rakta Charitra.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who plays a role inspired by Al Pacino's Michael Corleone in The Godfather, will pay Dhanbad a secret visit to research on Kashyap's most ambitious project to date. Says the excited actor, "It has been my secret desire to play Al Pacino's role someday. We start shooting July-end. It's a fantasy come true."
Monday, June 14, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Anurag Kashyap to direct Manoj Bajpai
Manoj Bajpai, Anurag Kashyap: Friends again
Manoj Bajpai and Anurag Kashyap to work together again after falling out ten years ago
Manoj Bajpai and Anurag Kashyap had clicked when they were working with Ram Gopal Varma. Anurag wrote three films for Manoj - Satya, Shool and Kaun. They both quit working with Ram Gopal Varma after they aired their differences with their mentor. Both the friends also fell out over a misunderstanding, but now they are set to work together after almost ten years.
Our source said, “After they fell out, they didn’t speak to each other for almost eight-nine years. They were extremely close until then. They recently caught up and Anurag offered him not one, but two films. Manoj is quite kicked and is looking forward to acting in both.”
Manoj Bajpai said, “All I can say is that I am doing two films with Anurag but I can’t share details. I have had a long standing relationship with him and he gave me some of the best films of my career. Finally, he will be directing me.”
Anurag is just as happy with the reconciliation. He added, “When I was writing the script, the first person I thought of was Manoj and I just called him. He was very happy and I asked him if he could come over right away and he agreed. After that, I narrated the script, he said yes, we got drunk and became emotional. It is a gangster film set in Bihar, but I can’t give you other details of the second film. The misunderstandings are a thing of the past and I want to do justice to him after our three films together.”
Manoj Bajpai and Anurag Kashyap had clicked when they were working with Ram Gopal Varma. Anurag wrote three films for Manoj - Satya, Shool and Kaun. They both quit working with Ram Gopal Varma after they aired their differences with their mentor. Both the friends also fell out over a misunderstanding, but now they are set to work together after almost ten years.
Our source said, “After they fell out, they didn’t speak to each other for almost eight-nine years. They were extremely close until then. They recently caught up and Anurag offered him not one, but two films. Manoj is quite kicked and is looking forward to acting in both.”
Manoj Bajpai said, “All I can say is that I am doing two films with Anurag but I can’t share details. I have had a long standing relationship with him and he gave me some of the best films of my career. Finally, he will be directing me.”
Anurag is just as happy with the reconciliation. He added, “When I was writing the script, the first person I thought of was Manoj and I just called him. He was very happy and I asked him if he could come over right away and he agreed. After that, I narrated the script, he said yes, we got drunk and became emotional. It is a gangster film set in Bihar, but I can’t give you other details of the second film. The misunderstandings are a thing of the past and I want to do justice to him after our three films together.”
Anurag Kashyap to direct Manoj Bajpai
Manoj Bajpai, Anurag Kashyap: Friends again
Manoj Bajpai and Anurag Kashyap to work together again after falling out ten years ago
Manoj Bajpai and Anurag Kashyap had clicked when they were working with Ram Gopal Varma. Anurag wrote three films for Manoj - Satya, Shool and Kaun. They both quit working with Ram Gopal Varma after they aired their differences with their mentor. Both the friends also fell out over a misunderstanding, but now they are set to work together after almost ten years.
Our source said, “After they fell out, they didn’t speak to each other for almost eight-nine years. They were extremely close until then. They recently caught up and Anurag offered him not one, but two films. Manoj is quite kicked and is looking forward to acting in both.”
Manoj Bajpai said, “All I can say is that I am doing two films with Anurag but I can’t share details. I have had a long standing relationship with him and he gave me some of the best films of my career. Finally, he will be directing me.”
Anurag is just as happy with the reconciliation. He added, “When I was writing the script, the first person I thought of was Manoj and I just called him. He was very happy and I asked him if he could come over right away and he agreed. After that, I narrated the script, he said yes, we got drunk and became emotional. It is a gangster film set in Bihar, but I can’t give you other details of the second film. The misunderstandings are a thing of the past and I want to do justice to him after our three films together.”
Manoj Bajpai and Anurag Kashyap had clicked when they were working with Ram Gopal Varma. Anurag wrote three films for Manoj - Satya, Shool and Kaun. They both quit working with Ram Gopal Varma after they aired their differences with their mentor. Both the friends also fell out over a misunderstanding, but now they are set to work together after almost ten years.
Our source said, “After they fell out, they didn’t speak to each other for almost eight-nine years. They were extremely close until then. They recently caught up and Anurag offered him not one, but two films. Manoj is quite kicked and is looking forward to acting in both.”
Manoj Bajpai said, “All I can say is that I am doing two films with Anurag but I can’t share details. I have had a long standing relationship with him and he gave me some of the best films of my career. Finally, he will be directing me.”
Anurag is just as happy with the reconciliation. He added, “When I was writing the script, the first person I thought of was Manoj and I just called him. He was very happy and I asked him if he could come over right away and he agreed. After that, I narrated the script, he said yes, we got drunk and became emotional. It is a gangster film set in Bihar, but I can’t give you other details of the second film. The misunderstandings are a thing of the past and I want to do justice to him after our three films together.”
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