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Ank Turns 50: Preeta Mathur Thakur Revives Dinesh Thakur’s Legacy With New Play on 'Veera Rani Abbakka' (opens the original)
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Appropriately, it all started with a play. Basu Bhattacharya saw the Om Shivpuri-directed play, Aadhe Adhoore, which premiered in Delhi in 1969, and impressed with Dinesh Thakur’s performance, offered him the parallel lead in Anubhav. The actor-playwright-director subsequently bagged other films like Mere Apne, Rajnigandha and Zaroorat and moved to Mumbai. In 1976, missing the stage, he founded his own theatre group, Ank. “Our first production was at a Durga puja pandal in Bandra,” reminisces hi
Rahi Masoom Raza Birth Centenary: Puneet Issar, B Subhash And Tajdar Amrohi Recall The Genius Behind ‘Mahabharat’ And Bollywood’s Iconic Dialogues (opens the original)
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Mahabharat, that’s the first thought that comes to mind when you remember writer-poet-lyricist Dr Rahi Masoom Raza, who co-wrote BR Chopra’s epic series with Pandit Narendra Sharma. Puneet Issar, who became a household name as Duryodhan, recalls going for the audition and being recognised by the trio as the ‘Coolie boy’. His punch, during an action scene of Coolie, had seriously injured Amitabh Bachchan, derailed his career, and typecast him a 6-feet-3-inches, Black Belt fighter. “They pointed o
'I Always Addressed Him As Pandit Rahi Masoom Raza': Puneet Issar Remembers Mentor-Writer Who Gave Mahabharat’s Duryodhan His Voice (opens the original)
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Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza and my father (director Sudesh Issar) had collaborated on Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki, but I remember him from my audition for Rocky a year later. I was in the same batch as Sanjay Dutt and Sunny Deol at Roshan Taneja’s School of Acting. They were private students, but I partnered them during improvisation and diction classes and a camaraderie developed. On Sanjay’s recommendation, Sunil Dutt saab agreed to screen test me for the villain’s role in his son’s debut film, Rocky,
Rekha Bhardwaj: ‘Vishal Discovered Shakespeare on the Train…’ (opens the original)
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Darminyaan, from the series Musafir Café, about an unfinished chapter, unabated longing and an aching sense of loss, is the song on everyone’s lips today. Rekha Bhardwaj, who has sung it with composer Raghav Kaushik, agrees it lures you with its melody and simplicity, its language and Amrita Saluja’s poignant lyrics, its relatable characters and their emotions which we have all felt sometime. “In India, music is a part of our lives. Netflix doesn’t usually have songs in their shows, but for this
"‘English August' Was Both Maddening And Rewarding": Rahul Bose On His 1994 Debut Heading To Venice After 32 Years (opens the original)
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Rahul Bose reminisces about his 1994 debut film which 32 years later, will have its world premiere at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival in September The Dev Benegal-directed English August was declared ‘lost’ after the film’s negatives were destroyed by floods in Prasad Labs’ storage facility. But in 2020, a 35 mm print was discovered at the National Film Archives of India. Restored in 4K, the satirical comedy is now gearing up for a screening in the ‘Venice Classics’ section and Rahul
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