As with any time I try to explain a massive figure in Indian film to the uninitiated, the temptation rises quickly to compare director Sanjay Leela Bhansali to someone in Hollywood.
And, as with any time I actually make these comparisons, everything falls short. Bhansali depicts spectacle evocative of the work of Baz Luhrmann, but even that is a pale imitation (no disrespect to either). There is no one literally anywhere in the world creating cinema with the scale and grandeur that Bhansali has cultivated as his signature, a style so distinct that his own peers pay homage to it while he’s still alive and working.
But at the top of IndieWire’s conversation about Bhansali’s career, he’s quick to shake the larger-than-life visual splendor of his creations, emphasizing — as writer, director and producer, among his many hats — that the stories themselves evoke that scope.
“It’s...
And, as with any time I actually make these comparisons, everything falls short. Bhansali depicts spectacle evocative of the work of Baz Luhrmann, but even that is a pale imitation (no disrespect to either). There is no one literally anywhere in the world creating cinema with the scale and grandeur that Bhansali has cultivated as his signature, a style so distinct that his own peers pay homage to it while he’s still alive and working.
But at the top of IndieWire’s conversation about Bhansali’s career, he’s quick to shake the larger-than-life visual splendor of his creations, emphasizing — as writer, director and producer, among his many hats — that the stories themselves evoke that scope.
“It’s...
- 5/2/2024
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Katrina Kaif Once Called Out Aamir Khan For Calling Ek Tha Tiger Salman Khan’s Film (Photo Credit –Instagram/Wikimedia/IMDb)
Katrina Kaif is one of the few actresses who never think twice before calling a spade a spade. In fact, she does not even shy away from publicly calling out actors during their media interviews. She once called out Aamir Khan during an interview, interrupting the actor who kept calling Ek Tha Tiger, Salman Khan’s film.
During an interview session, Aamir was engrossed in a conversation with a reputed journalist and was discussing the economics of Ek The Tiger and its performance at the box office. However, he kept saying, “Salman Khan ki picture Ek Tha Tiger.” Katrina decided to put her foot down.
She interrupted the conversation with Komal Nahta and told Aamir Khan, “See, you are doing it again!” Aamir was surprised at this interruption and...
Katrina Kaif is one of the few actresses who never think twice before calling a spade a spade. In fact, she does not even shy away from publicly calling out actors during their media interviews. She once called out Aamir Khan during an interview, interrupting the actor who kept calling Ek Tha Tiger, Salman Khan’s film.
During an interview session, Aamir was engrossed in a conversation with a reputed journalist and was discussing the economics of Ek The Tiger and its performance at the box office. However, he kept saying, “Salman Khan ki picture Ek Tha Tiger.” Katrina decided to put her foot down.
She interrupted the conversation with Komal Nahta and told Aamir Khan, “See, you are doing it again!” Aamir was surprised at this interruption and...
- 1/16/2024
- by Trisha Gaur
- KoiMoi
Gal Gadot has made her fair share of action films, from her role as the Amazonian princess Diana in “Wonder Woman” and the DC universe to Netflix’s “Red Notice” to the long-running “Fast and Furious” franchise. But after those films, Gadot was eager to do more in the action space — specifically from a female point of view. So she willed “Heart of Stone” into being.
With Gadot’s new Netflix movie, the actress and producer on the project wanted to do more. “I grew up watching ‘Bond,’ and ‘Mission: [Impossible],’ and ‘Bourne Identity’ and ‘Die Hard,'” Gadot told TheWrap in an interview conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike. “I love these movies. I love the action, and the twists and turns and drama, the scope. I want to make movies that the audience can come in and we can take them through a journey for two hours, and make...
With Gadot’s new Netflix movie, the actress and producer on the project wanted to do more. “I grew up watching ‘Bond,’ and ‘Mission: [Impossible],’ and ‘Bourne Identity’ and ‘Die Hard,'” Gadot told TheWrap in an interview conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike. “I love these movies. I love the action, and the twists and turns and drama, the scope. I want to make movies that the audience can come in and we can take them through a journey for two hours, and make...
- 8/7/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
Alia Bhatt received words of praise from the British Film Institute’s Robin Baker, who said that the Bollywood actress should be nominated at the British Academy Film Awards and Oscars for her performance in ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’.
Alia thanked Baker for all the appreciation coming her way.
On Instagram, Robin wrote: “If I was a member of BAFTA or the Academy (I’m not), this year I would be voting for Alia Bhatt as Best Actress for her performance in Gangubai Kathiawadi. She plays a prostitute turned underworld brothel madam turned campaigner for sex workers’ rights, and the joy of her performance is how she grows as her character develops.”
The head curator at BFI added: “The film is big, brash, sentimental and hugely enjoyable, but Bhatt is sensational. There’s the additional pleasure of the film’s classic Hindi cinema references – from Gangubai’s love of Dev Anand to...
Alia thanked Baker for all the appreciation coming her way.
On Instagram, Robin wrote: “If I was a member of BAFTA or the Academy (I’m not), this year I would be voting for Alia Bhatt as Best Actress for her performance in Gangubai Kathiawadi. She plays a prostitute turned underworld brothel madam turned campaigner for sex workers’ rights, and the joy of her performance is how she grows as her character develops.”
The head curator at BFI added: “The film is big, brash, sentimental and hugely enjoyable, but Bhatt is sensational. There’s the additional pleasure of the film’s classic Hindi cinema references – from Gangubai’s love of Dev Anand to...
- 1/4/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor, celebrated their first New Year as a married couple on Sunday. On the occasion, Alia shared pictures from the pyjama party, hosted by her and Ranbir at their residence in Bandra area of Mumbai.
The party was attended by Aditya Roy Kapur, Ayan Mukerji, Shaheen Bhatt, Luv Ranjan with his wife Alisha Vaid, and Rohit Dhawan with his wife Jaanvi Desai. Alia shared a set of three pictures on her Instagram handle.
She wrote in the caption: “Happy new new … with my loveliest ones.” In the images, Alia can be seen in a grey pyjama set while Ranbir is in a black pyjama set. Alia also shared two solo pictures of herself in which she is sitting in a balcony wearing a 2023 headband.
2022 had been a special year for Ranbir and Alia. Alia tasted success on the professional front with ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ and ‘Brahmastra’, Ranbir...
The party was attended by Aditya Roy Kapur, Ayan Mukerji, Shaheen Bhatt, Luv Ranjan with his wife Alisha Vaid, and Rohit Dhawan with his wife Jaanvi Desai. Alia shared a set of three pictures on her Instagram handle.
She wrote in the caption: “Happy new new … with my loveliest ones.” In the images, Alia can be seen in a grey pyjama set while Ranbir is in a black pyjama set. Alia also shared two solo pictures of herself in which she is sitting in a balcony wearing a 2023 headband.
2022 had been a special year for Ranbir and Alia. Alia tasted success on the professional front with ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ and ‘Brahmastra’, Ranbir...
- 1/1/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
The biggest celebration of Indian cinema, the International Indian Film Academy and Awards (Iifa), returns with its 23rd edition to Abu Dhabi, on February 9th, 10th and 11th, 2023. As the countdown to the biggest celebration of Indian Cinema worldwide draws near, International Indian Film Academy (Iifa) Awards announces its 12 Popular Category nominations
Rounding out the 12 Popular award Categories are Best Picture | Direction | Performance in a Leading Role (Female)| Performance in a Leading Role (Male) | Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) | Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) | Music Direction| Best Story (Original) | Best Story (Adapted) | Lyrics | Playback Singer (Female) | Playback Singer (Male). Global Voting goes Live on Tuesday, 27th December 2022 and is open to everyone on https://gvote2023.iifa.com/
The top picks for the ‘Best Picture’ category are Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, Darlings, Drishyam 2, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Vikram Vedha
Nominations for the ‘Direction’ category are Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva, Darlings,...
Rounding out the 12 Popular award Categories are Best Picture | Direction | Performance in a Leading Role (Female)| Performance in a Leading Role (Male) | Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) | Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) | Music Direction| Best Story (Original) | Best Story (Adapted) | Lyrics | Playback Singer (Female) | Playback Singer (Male). Global Voting goes Live on Tuesday, 27th December 2022 and is open to everyone on https://gvote2023.iifa.com/
The top picks for the ‘Best Picture’ category are Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, Darlings, Drishyam 2, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Vikram Vedha
Nominations for the ‘Direction’ category are Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva, Darlings,...
- 12/26/2022
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
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For the latest THR Presents screening, powered by Vision Media, Hilton Dresden has a conversation with director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, whose new film, Gangubai Kathiawadi, tells the epic story of a woman who makes the most of the dire circumstances she’s forced into.
Bhansali adapted his latest endeavor from part of the book Mafia Queens of Mumbai, written by S. Hussain Zaidi. Gangubai follows its eponymous character, a young woman from a well-to-do family tricked by her lover and sold into sexual slavery. Rather than let her situation break her spirit, Gangubai reinvents herself and assumes command of the brothel she’s been imprisoned inside, eventually rising to impressive political and socioeconomic power and freeing other young women from forced sex work.
“I didn’t know that she existed,” Bhansali says. “I lived one lane away from the brothels of Mumbai where this film is based,...
For the latest THR Presents screening, powered by Vision Media, Hilton Dresden has a conversation with director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, whose new film, Gangubai Kathiawadi, tells the epic story of a woman who makes the most of the dire circumstances she’s forced into.
Bhansali adapted his latest endeavor from part of the book Mafia Queens of Mumbai, written by S. Hussain Zaidi. Gangubai follows its eponymous character, a young woman from a well-to-do family tricked by her lover and sold into sexual slavery. Rather than let her situation break her spirit, Gangubai reinvents herself and assumes command of the brothel she’s been imprisoned inside, eventually rising to impressive political and socioeconomic power and freeing other young women from forced sex work.
“I didn’t know that she existed,” Bhansali says. “I lived one lane away from the brothels of Mumbai where this film is based,...
- 12/15/2022
- by Hilton Dresden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Indian auteur Sanjay Leela Bhansali has told stories of the underrepresented in several of his works and his latest film, “Gangubai Kathiawadi,” for which Oscar and BAFTA campaigns are running, is an addition to that canon.
Bhansali’s debut “Khamoshi” (1996) delved into the world of deaf-mute people; “Black” (2005), told the tale of a young woman who can’t see, hear, or speak; and “Guzaarish” (2010) followed a magician paralyzed in an accident who makes a court petition to end his own life.
“Gangubai Kathiawadi,” starring top Indian actor Alia Bhatt, debuted at Berlin earlier this year. Based on the book, “Mafia Queens of Mumbai,” written by S. Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges, it follows the true story of young Ganga, who runs away from her small town of Kathiawad to pursue her dreams of becoming a movie star, but is betrayed and sold to a brothel in Bombay’s infamous red-light district,...
Bhansali’s debut “Khamoshi” (1996) delved into the world of deaf-mute people; “Black” (2005), told the tale of a young woman who can’t see, hear, or speak; and “Guzaarish” (2010) followed a magician paralyzed in an accident who makes a court petition to end his own life.
“Gangubai Kathiawadi,” starring top Indian actor Alia Bhatt, debuted at Berlin earlier this year. Based on the book, “Mafia Queens of Mumbai,” written by S. Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges, it follows the true story of young Ganga, who runs away from her small town of Kathiawad to pursue her dreams of becoming a movie star, but is betrayed and sold to a brothel in Bombay’s infamous red-light district,...
- 12/15/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Top Indian actor Alia Bhatt is having one of the best years of her life, starring in three of the biggest hits of the year, “Rrr,” “Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva” and “Gangubai Kathiawadi.” Her first production, Netflix’s “Darlings,” was a smash hit for the service. And the star also became a mother recently. “Gangubai Kathiawadi,” directed by Indian auteur Sanjay Leela Bhansali, is now amidst campaigns for both the Oscars and the BAFTAs. In her first major interview since she became a mother, Bhatt breaks down her “Gangubai Kathiawadi” journey. Based on the book, “Mafia Queens of Mumbai,” written by S. Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges, the female empowerment tale tells the true story of young Ganga, who runs away from her small town of Kathiawad to pursue her dreams of becoming a movie star, but is betrayed and sold to a brothel in Bombay’s infamous red-light district,...
- 12/6/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s hit Hindi crime drama Gangubai Kathiawadi is going for the gold, officially launching a campaign in all categories at next February’s BAFTA Film Awards. This is the latest example of a growing number of foreign-language movies aiming to cross over into mainstream races. It’s also the most recent from India as Telegu blockbuster Rrr is making a similar push at the Oscars.
Starring Alia Bhatt, Gungubai is being submitted across Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Leading Actress and Film Not in the English Language, among others. Bhansali’s Devdas was previously nominated at the 56th BAFTA Awards in the non-English language race. He will be in London for various events to support his bid this year and will deliver a BAFTA Masterclass on November 28.
Based on the book, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, the film charts the rise of a simple girl who was...
Starring Alia Bhatt, Gungubai is being submitted across Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Leading Actress and Film Not in the English Language, among others. Bhansali’s Devdas was previously nominated at the 56th BAFTA Awards in the non-English language race. He will be in London for various events to support his bid this year and will deliver a BAFTA Masterclass on November 28.
Based on the book, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, the film charts the rise of a simple girl who was...
- 11/9/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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