After the success of Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019), actor Vicky Kaushal likely has had his choice of projects to work on next and has tied up with filmmaker Shoojit Sircar to tell the story of Udham Singh during India’s struggle for Independence. Singh assassinated the former lieutenant governor of Punjab, Michael O’Dwyer, in March … Read more
Thackeray (2019) producer Sanjay Raut confirmed recently in an interview that a sequel of the biopic of the late Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray is on the anvil. “Balasaheb’s legacy cannot be contained in a span of two hours. Hence, before the film is out, the sequel is already in place,” he told the Bombay Times entertainment … Read more
After making films like Vicky Donor (2012), Madras Cafe (2013) and Piku (2015) in the last decade, this year, filmmaker Shoojit Sircar delved into the melancholic story of Dan, a young man who discovers himself after a friend lands up in a coma, in the form of October. The leisurely pace and beautiful moments in … Read more
National Award winning director Shoojit Sircar on Friday said the disparity between content-driven festival circuit films and commercial Hindi cinema is decreasing. “There was a disparity. But I think it is decreasing. If you look at films such as Masaan (2015), The Lunchbox (2013) and the like, these have worked in mainstream Bollywood and festivals, … Read more