Directed by Onir, the dark tale Shab, set to release June 30th, stars Raveena Tandon, Ashish Bisht, Arpita Chatterjee, Simon Frenay, Areesz Ganddi, Raj Suri, and Shray Rai Tiwar.
Set in the cosmoplitan city of Delhi, Shab is a story of people coming from different walks of life…. some in the search for love and some towards realization of their dreams. It is the story of how destiny and the city shapes their lives.
Meet the characters:
Azfar: Ashish Bisht
Azfar, an aspiring model from Uttarakhand, moves to Delhi to pursue his dreams. He meets Sonal Modi, a fashion diva and socialite, and gets blinded by the glitz and glamour of the industry.
Lonely in the big city, he befriends Neil and Raina. A new friendship develops…
Will the city let him realise his dreams?
Raina: Arpita Chatterjee
Raina moves to Delhi with a bagful of dreams and her younger sister.
Set in the cosmoplitan city of Delhi, Shab is a story of people coming from different walks of life…. some in the search for love and some towards realization of their dreams. It is the story of how destiny and the city shapes their lives.
Meet the characters:
Azfar: Ashish Bisht
Azfar, an aspiring model from Uttarakhand, moves to Delhi to pursue his dreams. He meets Sonal Modi, a fashion diva and socialite, and gets blinded by the glitz and glamour of the industry.
Lonely in the big city, he befriends Neil and Raina. A new friendship develops…
Will the city let him realise his dreams?
Raina: Arpita Chatterjee
Raina moves to Delhi with a bagful of dreams and her younger sister.
- 5/26/2017
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Film-maker Onir has been riding on a high currently, with his recent TEDx Talk, his upcoming – Shab & now winning the prestigious Hollywood International independent Documentary Awards, November 2016 Edition for his Indo- Australian Documentary called ‘Raising The Bar’. The film was premiered at Indian Film Festival Melbourne in August 2016.
“Raising The Bar is a beautiful and authentic insight into human potential, and society’s influence on all of us,” said Cate Sayers, Founder and Director of e.motion21.
With an overwhelming support from the local community in Australia, e.motion21 brought a group of 60 youths with Down Syndrome and their care givers, to India. The documentary captures the lives of 6 of these Indian and Australian children/youth with Down’s Syndrome who met at the World Down Syndrome Congress, In Chennai. The documentary was shot in Melbourne, Kolhapur, Delhi, Agra & Chennai.
The film has been produced by Cate Sayers from emotions 21, Mitu Bhowmik,...
“Raising The Bar is a beautiful and authentic insight into human potential, and society’s influence on all of us,” said Cate Sayers, Founder and Director of e.motion21.
With an overwhelming support from the local community in Australia, e.motion21 brought a group of 60 youths with Down Syndrome and their care givers, to India. The documentary captures the lives of 6 of these Indian and Australian children/youth with Down’s Syndrome who met at the World Down Syndrome Congress, In Chennai. The documentary was shot in Melbourne, Kolhapur, Delhi, Agra & Chennai.
The film has been produced by Cate Sayers from emotions 21, Mitu Bhowmik,...
- 12/10/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Ace director Onir recently visited Iim, Calcutta to address the students at the prestigious TEDx platform. TEDx has featured some of the greatest personalities from across various disciplines. Onir was present to address the audience on the challenges that are faced by Indie cinema today, especially in India. Onir has been an indie film director/producer for more than a decade and one of the few possible authorities on the subject.
In the last decade Onir has carved his niche in Hindi cinema. His debut film My Brother Nikhil was applauded for the awareness and sensitivity it created in its audience and won many national and international awards. Since then the director has been involved in multiple path breaking projects in varying capacities. His film I Am won two National awards and he is looked upon as a pioneer in crowd funding and sourcing through social network in India.
The...
In the last decade Onir has carved his niche in Hindi cinema. His debut film My Brother Nikhil was applauded for the awareness and sensitivity it created in its audience and won many national and international awards. Since then the director has been involved in multiple path breaking projects in varying capacities. His film I Am won two National awards and he is looked upon as a pioneer in crowd funding and sourcing through social network in India.
The...
- 11/28/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Check out the gorgeous Tujhe Ilzam Na Denge composed, written and sung by Avinash Narayan
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Chauranga (Four Colours) is set in the dark hinterland of India where tradition and modernity collide precariously, Chauranga is inspired by a real incident. Fourteen-year-old Santu wants to go to school like his older brother Bajarangi. Their mother works as a maid at the mansion of the upper-caste village headman with whom she is having a dangerous, secret liaison.
When Bajarangi comes home from boarding school on holiday, he exposes Santu to the dreams of city life. But Santu’s destiny was pre-written in a village that’s steeped deep in caste-hierarchy and debauchery. Unaware of the consequences, he is nurturing defiance and courting a few dangerous infatuations that can topple the equations of caste in the village. How far will his defiance take him? What will be the price of his escape?...
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvRlQxcQZEs
Chauranga (Four Colours) is set in the dark hinterland of India where tradition and modernity collide precariously, Chauranga is inspired by a real incident. Fourteen-year-old Santu wants to go to school like his older brother Bajarangi. Their mother works as a maid at the mansion of the upper-caste village headman with whom she is having a dangerous, secret liaison.
When Bajarangi comes home from boarding school on holiday, he exposes Santu to the dreams of city life. But Santu’s destiny was pre-written in a village that’s steeped deep in caste-hierarchy and debauchery. Unaware of the consequences, he is nurturing defiance and courting a few dangerous infatuations that can topple the equations of caste in the village. How far will his defiance take him? What will be the price of his escape?...
- 1/1/2016
- by BollySpice Editors
- Bollyspice
Chauranga, which won the film best award at Mami last year and also the Grand Jury prize at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Iffla, has released their trailer.
The film is set in the dark hinterland of India where tradition and modernity collide precariously, Chauranga is inspired by a real incident. Fourteen-year-old Santu wants to go to school like his older brother Bajarangi. Their mother works as a maid at the mansion of the upper-caste village headman with whom she is having a dangerous, secret liaison.
When Bajarangi comes home from boarding school on holiday, he exposes Santu to the dreams of city life. But Santu’s destiny was pre-written in a village that’s steeped deep in caste-hierarchy and debauchery. Unaware of the consequences, he is nurturing defiance and courting a few dangerous infatuations that can topple the equations of caste in the village. How far will his defiance take him?...
The film is set in the dark hinterland of India where tradition and modernity collide precariously, Chauranga is inspired by a real incident. Fourteen-year-old Santu wants to go to school like his older brother Bajarangi. Their mother works as a maid at the mansion of the upper-caste village headman with whom she is having a dangerous, secret liaison.
When Bajarangi comes home from boarding school on holiday, he exposes Santu to the dreams of city life. But Santu’s destiny was pre-written in a village that’s steeped deep in caste-hierarchy and debauchery. Unaware of the consequences, he is nurturing defiance and courting a few dangerous infatuations that can topple the equations of caste in the village. How far will his defiance take him?...
- 12/11/2015
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
An infatuated young boy who faced death for writing a love letter in a remote village is the subject of Chauranga. The film that won the Best Indian Film award at Mami last year and also the Grand Jury prize at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Iffla, is slated for January 8th release next year.
Director Bikas Ranjan Mishra says, “Chauranga was prompted by a news story. The film is my understanding of the village life where a gruesome act of killing is possible in the name of preserving the sanctity of caste system. It’s a fictional re-telling of the actual incident set in a real village where I grew up and which I was very much a part of.”
Fourteen-year-old Santu wants to go to school. But his destiny was pre-written in a village that’s steeped deep in caste-hierarchy, oppression and debauchery. Unaware of the consequences,...
Director Bikas Ranjan Mishra says, “Chauranga was prompted by a news story. The film is my understanding of the village life where a gruesome act of killing is possible in the name of preserving the sanctity of caste system. It’s a fictional re-telling of the actual incident set in a real village where I grew up and which I was very much a part of.”
Fourteen-year-old Santu wants to go to school. But his destiny was pre-written in a village that’s steeped deep in caste-hierarchy, oppression and debauchery. Unaware of the consequences,...
- 10/17/2015
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Onir's new Hindi film Shab will introduce Bangla superstar Prosenjit's wife Arpita Pal as the female lead. The film will not only transform Arpita's traditional Bengali beauty's image into a hip South Delhi socialite, it will also cast her as a woman in love with a younger one. Apparently Prosenjit was scandalized when he heard the role offered to his wife by Onir. Arpita who is considered one of the finest contemporary actresses in Bengal voluntarily gave up her career to be Mrs. Prosenjit and to look after their daughter, emerging from her self-imposed exile to do the occasional film, like the late Rituparno Ghosh's last released film Satyawanshi. Onir says it took all his persuasive powers to get her on board for this project. "I had actually gone to meet Prosenjit. He had expressed a keenness to work with me. When I went to meet him Prosenjit's wife walked in.
- 4/29/2014
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Satyanweshi, the last film by Rituparno Ghosh, will release outside Bengal on September 20, 2013. The film will be released in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad jointly by PVR Director’s Rare and Venkatesh Films.
Satyanweshi is based on the story ‘Chorabali’ by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, the author of the Byomkesh Bakshi detective series. Sujoy Ghosh ( director of Kahaani) plays the character of Byomkesh Bakshi in the film which also features Aninda Chatterjee and Arpita Chatterjee.
The film opened in West Bengal on September 6.
“Wrapped up the shoot of Satyanweshi, a crime thriller in the molten glow of the pensive falling afternoon,” Ghosh had tweeted two days before his death. He died of heart attack on May 30 this year.
Satyanweshi is based on the story ‘Chorabali’ by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, the author of the Byomkesh Bakshi detective series. Sujoy Ghosh ( director of Kahaani) plays the character of Byomkesh Bakshi in the film which also features Aninda Chatterjee and Arpita Chatterjee.
The film opened in West Bengal on September 6.
“Wrapped up the shoot of Satyanweshi, a crime thriller in the molten glow of the pensive falling afternoon,” Ghosh had tweeted two days before his death. He died of heart attack on May 30 this year.
- 9/11/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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