Ketan Mehta

Gangs Of Wasseypur’s powerhouse performer Nawazuddin Siddiqui injured himself on Tuesday night, right after a screening of his latest release <em>Chittagong</em> in Delhi attended by the likes of Sheila Dixit. A shocked member of the <em>Chittagong</em> team informed this writer, “Nawazuddin slipped and fell outside the theatre after the premiere. He has injured his leg badly and was in no position to travel or to shoot the next day.” Apparently Ketan Mehta’s film starring Nawazuddin which was supposed to start shooting later this week had to be postponed.

The unexpected skirmish between two filmmakers Ketan Mehta and Neerraj Pathak has now gone to the courts. On Wednesday, Pathak sent a legal notice to Mehta stating that that he should refrain from making a film on the life of ‘Mountain Man’ Dashrath Manjhi as he, Pathak, had the rights for making the bio-pic and had taken the permission of the family for the same.

In appreciation of the efforts of Aamir Khan in bringing about a kind of social revolution all around the country with his widely appreciated TV show Satyamev Jayate, filmmaker Ketan Mehta, in his own way of lauding the actor-filmmaker, has presented them with an elaborate film that highlights the overwhelming response generated by the show. The seven minute film has been uploaded across social media platforms including Twitter. The short film captures various tweets from an array of influential people from all walks of life and their reactions to the show.

After making biopics on Sardar Patel and Mangal Pandey, Ketan Mehta is all set to make two more biopics. While the first would be entitled <em>Noor</em>, the second would be called <em>Mountain Man</em>. The movie <em>Noor</em>, is a story of Noor Inayat Khan, an Indian princess who became a British spy during World War II. The director has revealed that the film would be an Indo-British-French co-production. It is said that Mehta has zeroed in on Katrina Kaif to play the role of the enigmatic woman.