Shoojit Sircar's 'Sardar Udham' concentrated on the narrative about a lesser-known revolutionary freedom fighter and was released on OTT.
Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar has revealed he was offered a lot of amount to make the sequel to his 2012 film 'Vicky Donor', but he had to turn it down.
Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar feels that there are many such unsung heroes like Sardar Udham who have played a very active part in our freedom struggle and it is time to celebrate them.
Actor Vicky Kaushal wants the audience to feel that there is a Sardar Udham in all of us.
In an interview, producer Ronnie Lahiri revealed that Babil Khan would have made his acting debut in ‘Sardar Udham’.
During the trailer launch of the film, Sircar was asked if he feels he could have waited longer for cinema halls to reopen so that the movie could have had a big screen release.
Pandya's alma mater, NSD and other colleagues, including actors Manoj Bajpayee, Gajraj Rao and casting director-filmmaker Mukesh Chhabra mourned his death on Twitter on Wednesday.
Amitabh Bachchan does it yet again in Gulabo Sitabo grabbing the eyeballs by the force of his consummate performance despite the languid pace of the narrative. But that may not be enough for the film, considering the fact that it is a collaboration of the same team, which has delivered some immensely uplifting movies in the past eight years.
Not only intimate scenes, but the entire process of filmmaking will pose a challenge to the film industry after the lockdown. The industry is likely to set guidelines that address these challenges.
In conversation with Outlook's Lachmi Deb Roy, Director Shoojit Sircar talks about the challenges of working together with Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurana, and the future of cinema halls in the time of OTT platforms.
Ayushmann Khurrana says that 'Vicky Donor' was a role of a lifetime for him, and shaped him as an actor and told people about his intent to do differential and quirky cinema that will stand out for its content
Film 'Thackeray' portrays how an Artist becomes a powerful political leader, says filmmaker Shoojit Sircar.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.