The globally recognized versatile actor who is known to pick his roles carefully, Irrfan Khan will soon be seen as the rough and rugged cop in Sanjay Gupta’s October 9th release, the edge-of-the-seat, action thriller ‘Jazbaa’. Irrfan speaks exclusively to the Indus Age Team about his various roles, co-stars and his inspiration. Excerpts: What attracted you […]
Five long years after Gujarish (2010), the beauty queen and former Miss World, Aishwarya Rai returns with an author-backed role in Sanjay Gupta’s Jazbaa. “Jazbaa” narrates the story of a prominent and respected lawyer, Anuradha (played by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), a suspended cop (played by Irrfan), as they race against time and corruption to save […]
‘Salman Khan’ and ‘Shah Rukh Khan’ are on sale in the goat markets here in Uttar Pradesh where sellers have named goats after the Bollywood stars, hoping to woo customers ahead of Eid on Friday. The simmering rivalry between the two Khans has found its echo in the markets of the state capital where many […]
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will continue to serve the remainder of his sentence at a Pune jail, after Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao rejected a plea for pardon, official sources said here on Thursday. The governor rejected the plea by retired Supreme Court judge, Justice Markandey Katju in March 2013, which came in the form of […]
An humble and honest cinematic multilingual gem “Court” — a courtroom drama that brings alive injustices of India’s legal system — has been chosen to represent the country at the 88th Academy Awards. Director Chaitanya Tamhane is elated at the “surprise”, while a jury member resigned from the panel over differences with the chairman. “Court”, […]
He has wooed audiences the world over with his portrayal of Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham in the hit British period TV drama series “Downton Abbey”. And now actor Hugh Bonneville is essaying Lord Mounbatten — the last Viceroy of British India — for Gurinder Chadha’s forthcoming film “Vicerory’s House”, currently being shot in the […]
Indian director Pan NalinÂ’s film “Angry Indian Goddesses”, a story about a group of Indian girls in Goa gone wild, has been voted as the first runner-up at the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) which concluded here on Sunday. A huge cheer went up when TIFF creative directive Cameron Bailey announced the name of […]
Film: “Pawn Sacrifice”; Cast: Toby Maguire, Live Schreiber, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Lily Rabe, Robin Weigert; Director: Edward Zwick; Rating: *** Based on the true story of American chess legend, Robert James Fischer who was known as “Bobby Fischer”, the film “Pawn Sacrifice” triumphs both as a character study and as a window into history. […]
Cricketer Suresh Raina’s soothing melodious voice will keep you mesmerized as his song “Tu Mili Sab Mila” is just amazing. This much-awaited song, from the high-octane crime drama ‘Meeruthiya Gangsters’ has been unveiled and his confident voice definitely shines through. The music of this romantic song has been composed by Siddhant Madhav and the […]
In today’s era, people don’t look for perfection in a movie but superstars like Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, veteran actor-writer Kader Khan has said, adding a lot of good movies “suffer” due to that on the box office. “Today, people don’t look for elegance and the perfection in any movie, all they care […]