What was to have been Farhan Akhtar’s debut film as an actor, The Fakir Of Venice, is still to be released a decade after it was completed. Multiple false starts later, It looked like The Fakir Of Venice was finally going to be released next week. While there have been no promotions, save for a trailer being … Read more
Grammy and Academy Award-winning musician AR Rahman has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments. Now, the music maestro, who turned 52 on Sunday, 6 January, feels the “desire” to give back and nurture “some of the younger generations”. Rahman has delivered multiple chartbusters in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, English and Persian films. The founder of … Read more
It is no secret that AR Rahman saves some of his best work for spiritual songs. From ‘Khwaja Mere Khwaja’ in Jodhaa Akbar (2008) to ‘Kun Faya Kun’ in Rockstar (2011), the Oscar winner has made it a habit of leaving a mark with his spiritual songs. In The Fakir Of Venice, Rahman transforms Kabir … Read more
The Fakir Of Venice, starring Farhan Akhtar and Annu Kapoor, will finally see the light of day. It will hit the screens on 18 January 2019 – a decade after it was made. Asked about the delay, the film’s director Anand Surapur told IANS, a news agency: “It was purely attributed to production issues. Last … Read more