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Via Bollywood Hungama https://ift.tt/7iFGULWAcclaimed actress Tisca Chopra recently spoke out about facing ageism in the film industry. In a candid interview with Galatta Plus, Chopra revealed a disheartening experience where she was replaced by “someone younger” just days before a film shoot.
The Taare Zameen Par actress recalled, “In 2016, there was a particular director who strung me along for a bit of time. We started doing prep, costumes, lines, and everything. About four days before the shoot, he said they were going with someone younger. Then, he tried to fob it off by saying it’s the call of the producers. But I could see that it was just… I didn’t want to hear that anymore.”
The actress further expressed her disappointment with the film industry’s focus on youth over experience. She elaborated, “By that time, I also got a sense of the fact that there were things going on in my head that I had been ignoring for some time. I’ve had the benefit of working with wonderful directors and learning from them by watching their process and imbibing that.” She added, “If youth and beauty are the only two things that are attractive in a particular market… my insides rebelled against that. If they are interested only in the young and beautiful, it’s a very sad world we’re living in.”
This experience, however, also ignited a creative fire in Chopra. She decided to take control of her narrative and explore filmmaking. She revealed, “I had been doing this piece called Chutney at Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai. It was based on Bhisham Sahni’s story. It too had morphed into something else by that time in my head. So, I narrated that to a few, very close people and we came up with the story and wrote it. The protagonist was neither good-looking nor young. Nor did she have any other privileges. She was not well-spoken and didn’t have a male heir or a child. And yet, she controls the narrative in that story.”
Speaking of the professional front, Tisca was last seen in Netflix’s original film Murder Mubarak, directed by Homi Adajania.
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Via Bollywood Hungama https://ift.tt/OecHYfQLegendary actress Meena Kumari’s legacy continues to spark conversation. Sharmin Segal, star of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s series Heeramandi, drew criticism for her performance despite the show’s overall success. In a previous interview, Sharmin cited Meena Kumari’s portrayal of “nothingness” in the classic film Pakeezah as an inspiration for her character in Heeramandi. However, Meena Kumari’s stepson, Tajdar Amrohi, has expressed strong disagreement with this comparison.
Speaking to Zoom TV, Amrohi asserted, “Zameen aasman ka fark hai between ‘Heeramandi’ and Pakeezah (There is a difference of earth and sky between them). Don’t compare the two. Nobody can make Pakeezah again. Neither Meena Kumari nor Kamal Amrohi can ever be born again.”
He further added, “I don’t want to say much about this since Bhansali is a big fan of my father Kamal Amrohi. In every film of his, Bhansali tries to take shots in a very similar way as my father did. Once, he had come to Kamalistan Studio, he asked where my Dad used to sit, where my Dad walked. Out of great respect, he touched the ground where my Dad sat. That was 15 years ago, and after that I never met him again. I must say here that each one of of us has an individual taste. This all is my opinion. There might be people who have liked Heeramandi more than Pakeezah.”
He concluded by saying, “I don’t know Sharmin. But no, I can’t relate to her statement on nothingness.” For the unversed, Sharmin, in an interview with ETimes stated that, “Meena Kumari was one of my inspirations. I tried to bring Meena Kumari’s nothingness from Pakeezah into my character in Heeramandi.”
Coming to the Netflix show, it is set against the backdrop of India’s independence struggle, and explores the lives of courtesans in Heera Mandi, Lahore, during the pre-partition era. The series boasts a star-studded cast including Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, and Aditi Rao Hydari, and has been renewed for a second season.
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Via Bollywood Hungama https://ift.tt/OecHYfQShah Rukh Khan, the Bollywood superstar, arrived at the Rashtrapati Bhavan last evening in style for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s oath ceremony. He was joined by his manager, Pooja Dadlani.
Reliance Industries’ chairman, Mukesh Ambani, and his son, Anant Ambani, were also seen. In a video, the actor, dressed in a navy blue pantsuit, looked stunning. He complemented his outfit with a pair of black sunglasses and his signature man bun.
Shah Rukh was also spotted warmly hugging Akshay Kumar, who also attended PM Modi’s oath-taking event. He later greeted Gautam Adani, the chairman of the Adani Group. Kangana Ranaut, the BJP MP-elect from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, who also attended the occasion.
In addition to Shah Rukh, many Bollywood celebs attended the event, including Dharmendra, Anil Kapoor, Vikrant Massey, Rajkumar Hirani, Anupam Kher, and Kailash Kher.
Earlier in the day, megastar Rajinikanth was seen leaving his Chennai abode for Delhi. Speaking with reporters at the airport, he said, “I am going to take part in the swearing-in ceremony… It is a very historic event… Assuming office for the third consecutive term is Narendra Modi’s big achievement, my hearty greetings to him. People have elected a robust opposition which is a healthy sign for democracy.”
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Via Bollywood Hungama https://ift.tt/OecHYfQThe debut web-series of Zeenat Aman titled Show Stopper has found itself in the midst of a controversy yet again and this time it involves actress Digangana Suryavanshi. Best known for her work in television, Digangana has now been accused by the makers of extortion and further the lawyer of the producers has also gone to allege that the actress has made threatening statements towards the makers.
According to the reports, the producers of Show Stopper have accused the actress of taking money under the pretext of roping in some big names from the Bollywood industry. This had led to producers MH Films have filed a complaint against Digangana Suryavanshi under sections 420 and 406 of the Indian Penal Code, that is for serious form of cheating that includes inducement and criminal breach of trust. In fact, News18 Showsha has revealed about the police report filed by director of the show, Manish Harishankar against Suryavanshi in which he has reportedly stated, “During the making and after the completion of the said web series, the proposed accused kept telling me that she knows superstars like Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, and as she has personal relations with them, she would be in a position to rope in such popular actors to be the presenters of the said web series initially.”
The director also revealed that they flew to Ajmer, where under the pretext of Akshay Kumar allegedly, Digangana took away an iPAd from them and has not returned it till date. “My editor carried the iPad, which contained entire footages of the web series… She insisted that that he should handover the iPad with the entire 16 episodes of the web series. After that, she told my editor to wait outside (hotel room) as she said that she will go alone and have a meeting with Akshay Kumar, and on the pretext of showing the footage/clips of the web series, she took the iPad from my staff and till date has never returned us back,” he added.
In fact, it is being said that these reports that Digangana also demanded Rs. 6 crores to be paid to Akshay Kumar post her alleged meeting with the Bollywood superstar.
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