Prakash Jha

Om Puri all set to play the role of Maoist Kobad Ghandy in Chakravyuha

Prakash Jha’s best-kept secret in his new film Chakravyuha exploring Maoist insurgency is out. Om Puri plays the real-life character of the controversial capitalist-turned-Maoist Kobad Ghandy. Ghandy’s fascinating journey from Malabar Hill to the Naxalite jungles of Karnataka has flummoxed, fascinated and fired the imagination of generations of social scientists. At 63, Ghandy’s saga continues to be in enigma of social protest and insurgency.

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Submitted by TellychakkarTeam on Fri, 08/10/2012 - 11:53

Deepika is rocking

Suddenly after the success of Cocktail Deepika Padukone is the flavour of the season. Offers from Prakash Jha, Rohit Shetty and apparently Sanjay Leela Bhansali, among others. Deepika is excited about working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, provided it happens. “It would he dream come true to work with him. If he’s looking at me for <em>Ram Leela</em> then I’m most certainly looking back at him. The way his heroines’ roles are written is incredible.”

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Submitted by TellychakkarTeam on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 12:26

Prakash Jha's film is the first Bollywood film in 15 years to get invited to premiere at the London Film Festival

The prestigious London Film Festival’s director Clare Stewart has invited Prakash Jha’s latest film <em>Chakravyuha</em> to be the opening film at the festival. A singular honour, considering no Indian film has opened the London Film Festival since Prakash Jha’s Mrityudand in 1997. There is only one hitch. The festival directorate has requested Prakash Jha to postpone the film’s release date by a week, from 5 Oct to 12 Oct so that the film can be premiered in London.

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Submitted by TellychakkarTeam on Fri, 07/27/2012 - 12:36

Bol Bachchan is a clean entertainer, says Ajay Devgn

Ajay Devgn is on a roll!! After the super success of Singham, he is all set to tickle your comic bone in Rohit Shetty’s <em>Bol Bachchan</em> which is slated to release on 6 July2 012. Talking about his role in the movie (which is inspired by the 1979 super hit film <em>Gol Maal</em>), the actor says, “I play a village wrestler, a strong man who thinks that he can speak English. But the fact is that he is very bad. Since everybody is scared of him, nobody corrects his language”.

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Submitted by TellychakkarTeam on Sun, 07/01/2012 - 05:45

Raajneeti 2 to takeoff with Katrina... without Ranbir

It is official. The sequel to Prakash Jha’s 2010 blockbuster Raajneeti is happening. And Katrina Kaif’s role as the politician who builds a vast empire of power and administration will be further fleshed out. This time she takes centre stage. Yes, Katrina will play a king-sized female politician. <em>Raajneeti 2</em> will chronicle her rise to power and then her descent into a megalomaniacal self-serving politics that would finally destroy her.

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Submitted by TellychakkarTeam on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 13:18