According to the Hindustan Times, Indian-American Namrata Singh Gujral is currently producing, directing, and co-starring in 1 a Minute, a docu-drama on cancer, while she undergoes “radical cancer treatments” for invasive breast cancer. The 33-year-old actress, best known for her roles in Warner Bros’ Americanizing Shelley and Bollywood’s Kaante, hopes to spread global awareness about cancer, with a focus on global breast cancer.
Joining Gujral as co-stars in the project are fellow cancer survivors and activists Lisa Ray (who was recently diagnosed with cancer) and plays a lesbian in The World Unseen and I Can’t Think Straight), Melissa Etheridge, Olivia Newton-John, Jaclyn Smith, Diahann Carroll, Morgan Brittany and Bollywood actresses Priya Dutt and Mumtaz.
Billy and Danny Baldwin, both of whose lives have been affected by cancer, also appear in the film. Out lesbian Kelly McGillis will narrate the docu-drama, which is expected to release globally in 2010.
Though Gujral...
Joining Gujral as co-stars in the project are fellow cancer survivors and activists Lisa Ray (who was recently diagnosed with cancer) and plays a lesbian in The World Unseen and I Can’t Think Straight), Melissa Etheridge, Olivia Newton-John, Jaclyn Smith, Diahann Carroll, Morgan Brittany and Bollywood actresses Priya Dutt and Mumtaz.
Billy and Danny Baldwin, both of whose lives have been affected by cancer, also appear in the film. Out lesbian Kelly McGillis will narrate the docu-drama, which is expected to release globally in 2010.
Though Gujral...
- 11/30/2009
- by drummerdeeds
- AfterEllen.com
American Indian actress Namrata Singh Gujral of Kaante fame, in which she featured alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt, has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. Bravely, the actress is working on a short movie One a Minute, to spread awareness of the disease, alongside other actresses such as Olivia Newton-John, Jaclyn Smith, Mumtaz and Priya Dutt.
Born in Dharamsala, Namrata is a graduate of the University of West Florida and for five years was Nurse Kathy in NBC's Passions. She was also the first star of Indian origin to feature on Cmt with the Country/Bollywood track Dancing in the Clouds.
Namrata, the star of Americanising Shelley, has suspended filming on her current projects whilst she undergoes treatment but is looking forward to taking the lead in two upcoming Bollywood movies - Mitsein and Himalayan Rhapsody.
Born in Dharamsala, Namrata is a graduate of the University of West Florida and for five years was Nurse Kathy in NBC's Passions. She was also the first star of Indian origin to feature on Cmt with the Country/Bollywood track Dancing in the Clouds.
Namrata, the star of Americanising Shelley, has suspended filming on her current projects whilst she undergoes treatment but is looking forward to taking the lead in two upcoming Bollywood movies - Mitsein and Himalayan Rhapsody.
- 10/8/2009
- Bollyspice
Actress Noureen DeWulf has joined "The Back-Up Plan," an Escape Artists' produced comedy for CBS Films. She joins Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Laughlin in the story which tells of a single woman who wishes to have a baby through artificial insemination. Things get complicated when she meets the man of her dreams. The film is also known as "Plan B." DeWulf, known for roles in films including "American Dreamz," "Americanizing Shelley" and the upcoming "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner. She recently completed "The Strip," directed and written by Jameel Khan and can be seen in "The Goods, Sell Hard" with Will Ferrell, Jeremy Piven, Josh Brolin, Ving Rhames and Ed Helms. ...
- 4/29/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Actress Noureen DeWulf has joined "The Back-Up Plan," an Escape Artists' produced comedy for CBS Films. She joins Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Laughlin in the story which tells of a single woman who wishes to have a baby through artificial insemination. Things get complicated when she meets the man of her dreams. The film is also known as "Plan B." DeWulf, known for roles in films including "American Dreamz," "Americanizing Shelley" and the upcoming "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner...
- 4/29/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Actress Noureen DeWulf has joined "The Back-Up Plan," an Escape Artists' produced comedy for CBS Films. She joins Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Laughlin in the story which tells of a single woman who wishes to have a baby through artificial insemination. Things get complicated when she meets the man of her dreams. The film is also known as "Plan B." DeWulf, known for roles in films including "American Dreamz," "Americanizing Shelley" and the upcoming "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner...
- 4/29/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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