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Viacom 18-John Team Up
We all know Eros International and John Abraham had issues with each other and decided not to work together even though Vicky Donor was such a success. But, Eros International’s loss has turned out to...
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“Phoolan Devi set the ball rolling”
Starting as a reporter and moving on to assisting directors, cinematography was never on the horizon for Kamaljeet Negi. But destiny had other plans Back Then… Before starting out as a cinematographer,...
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Another Madras Café?
When John Abraham decided to back Shoojit Sircar’s next project, Madras Café, it made big news. With Abraham as leading man and Sircar helming this action-drama, the film became one of the hottest...
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Short Takes
• Rensil D’Silva is writing an action-thriller for friend, writer-turned-director Milap Jhaveri. • John Abraham’s next home production Madras Café being directed by Shoojit Sircar is expected to...
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Vikram Malhotra quits Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Viacom18 Motion Pictures, India’s premier fully-integrated motion pictures studio, today, March 19, 2013 announced the resignation of its Chief Operating Officer – Vikram Malhotra. Having spent a...
View ArticleAjit Andhare Joins Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Viacom18 Media Pvt Ltd. announced the appointment of Ajit Andhare, as the Chief Operating Officer of its films business – Viacom18 Motion Pictures. Joining today, Andhare will be responsible for the...
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Glass Half Full, Or Half Empty?
With half the year behind us, now is a good time to take stock and get a sense of how 2013 is shaping up vis-à-vis a fabulous 2012. Well, there is good news and there’s bad news, but we’ll get to that...
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RAW and Ready: Madras Cafe Trailer Launched
Shoojit Sircar is back with his next film Madras Café featuring John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri and Rashi Khanna. Sircar, who delivered a cult hit in 2012, Vicky Donor, is very excited about Madras Café as...
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Why do we insult the audience’s intelligence?
Shoojit Sircar is raring to go with his next release, Madras Café. The talented director speaks to Soumita Sengupta about why he is drawn to unusual subjects and the pressure of living up to...
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Shoojit-John’s Next
Madras Café’s trailer has already created a buzz among the audience, especially among multiplex-goers. And since director Shoojit Sircar is thrilled with the way leading actor John Abraham worked on...
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Let The Good Times Roll
As the industry gets ready to unleash a bunch of potential blockbusters, the question is whether we need to revise the Rs 100-crore benchmark The film industry is riding a wave of not only new-age...
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“The workshop helped me feel the emotions”
Rashi Khanna, whose film Madras Café is yet to release; but Khanna has already created a buzz by her performance in the trailer. Here is a small chat with the actress Background I hail from Delhi and...
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Peek Performance
Cut the perfect trailer and it’s half the battle won. In fact, many would even call a trailer a litmus test of a film’s box-office collections. This week, we asses three films – Madras Café (trailer...
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Short Takes
• Dibakar Banerjee and YRF’s film, directed by Karun Behl, is titled Titli. The film features Ranvir Shorey, Amit Sial and a new actor. • Post the release of Madras Café, Rising Son (owned by Shoojit...
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Exit Parineeti, Enter Rashi
As we all know, Shoojit Sircar is supposed to direct Hamara Bajaj after Madras Cafe being produced by JA Entertainment. We also know that Sircar had already zeroed in on Ayushmann Khurrana to play...
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“Writing Madras Cafe was like wearing a straitjacket”
Dialogue-writing is an art that can make or break a film. This week, we speak to dialogue writer Juhi Chaturvedi (Madras Cafe – thriller) on the importance of dialogue in different genres of film On...
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Madras Cafe
Last year, the producer-director team of John Abraham and Shoojit Sircar had packed a solid punch with the runaway success of their maiden collaboration Vicky Donor. Now the same team returns with the...
View ArticleFive Posers For The Banned Wallahs
Here we go again. Just like the Tamil film Thalaivaa a couple of weeks ago, and Kamal Haasan’s Vishwaroopam earlier in the year, yesterday’s release, Madras Cafe, is the latest to be prevented from...
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