Actor-writer-director Saurabh Shukla surfaces with his new directorial assignment RAAT GAYI, BAAT GAYI? after a hiatus. After almost five years, to be precise. "I was disheartened after MUDDA and CHEHRAA. I didn't want to make movies just for the heck of it. But I will make up for the lost time by releasing three movies back to back, starting with RAAT GAYI, BAAT GAYI?," Saurabh smiles. Just recently, RAAT GAYI, BAAT GAYI? was honoured at the South Asian International Film Festival in New York. "I was thrilled," he doesn't hide his feelings, but is quick to add, "I wish to clarify, RAAT GAYI, BAAT ...
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strong>Raat Gayi Baat Gayi wins the Best Film Award at HBO’s New York South Asian International Film Festival, 2009 Pritish Nandy Communications’ ‘Raat Gayi Baat Gayi’ premiered and was screened in the Competitions category at HBO’s New York South Asian International Film Festival, 2009 on November 2 and won the Best Film Award. Director Saurabh Shukla [...]
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Mistakes In The Past Neha Neha Dhupia , who’s becoming a favourite face of arthouse films, admits to making mistakes at the start of her acting career in Bollywood. Winning the Miss India crown in 2002 was a stepping stone to Bollywood for Neha, who got stereotyped at the start of her career by doing bold roles that required her to reveal skin. And it took her a long time to get rid of the tag of a ‘sexbomb’ that she got after skin flicks like Julie or Sheesha . Today, looking back, Neha admits she made mistakes. "When I started off I was ...
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New Delhi, Former Miss India Neha Dhupia, who has as many as five films lined up this year, says winning a beauty pageant is no guarantee of striking gold in Bollywood and that it's only hard work that finally counts. "It's not easy to create a place for yourself in Bollywood even if you have a pageant behind you. No one in the industry was holding special carpets for me because I had won the Miss India contest. You have to work hard if you want to prove something. It's taken me a long time to carve a niche for myself, but I'm glad ...
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