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The most prestigious film festival in the world has officially commenced at the French Riviera with 2024 being a significant year for Indian cinema. Seven Indian films have been chosen to be screened at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, with Payal Kapadia-directorial leading the line.

The Malayalam film “All We Imagine as Light” broke the jinx as it became the first Indian cinema in three decades to compete at the festival’s main segment, Palme d’Or. Shaji N. Karun’s 1994 film “Swaham” was the last film to compete in this category.

Though not the Palme d’Or, several other Indian productions have won big in these 30 years and brought glory to the Indian cinema.

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She is one of the most talented actresses in Indian cinema today who always gets completely lost inside her characters. Whether it is Safiya in Manto, Neeti in Delhi Crime Story, Neeli in Qissa, Nutan Yadav in Made In Heaven or Ishrat in Hamid, Rasika Dugal always delivers an outstanding and many times award-winning performance.

To celebrate the success of Hamid, Stacey was able to catch up with Rasika for a fascinating and fun conversation. Check out this in-depth interview where the actress talks of her surprising beginning, the roles she has played, the tears she has cried, and what we will see her in next!

Is acting something you’ve always wanted to do?

No, actually I pretty much fell upon it by chance. I had done a little bit of theatre while I was a student of Mathematics in a college in Delhi, but I never considered it...

Boney Kapoor’s Bayview Projects has snapped up remake rights on Hadi El Bagoury’s Egyptian romantic comedy.

Veteran Bollywood producer Boney Kapoor’s Bayview Projects has snapped up remake rights on Hadi El Bagoury’s Egyptian romantic comedy hit Hepta: The Last Lecture, in a deal brokered by Arab cinema agency Mad Solutions.

Based on Mohamed Sadek’s best-selling book, Hepta revolved around the seven stages of love and was one of the highest-grossing romantic films in the history of Egyptian cinema.

“India and Egypt have been strongly influencing each other’s culture, arts and architecture since ancient times.

Boney Kapoor’s Bayview Projects has snapped up remake rights on Hadi El Bagoury’s Egyptian romantic comedy.

Veteran Bollywood producer Boney Kapoor’s Bayview Projects has snapped up remake rights on Hadi El Bagoury’s Egyptian romantic comedy hit Hepta: The Last Lecture, in a deal brokered by Arab cinema agency Mad Solutions.

Based on Mohamed Sadek’s best-selling book, Hepta revolved around the seven stages of love and was one of the highest-grossing romantic films in the history of Egyptian cinema.

“India and Egypt have been strongly influencing each other’s culture, arts and architecture since ancient times.

Kunal Sharma who was last seen in the critically acclaimed ‘Rahasya’ as Riyaz Noorani will now be seen playing a central role in Arshad Warsi starrer ‘The Legend of Michael Mishra’. Kunal plays the role of a Rockstar, Mithilesh Mathur who is the other Mm, the mix-up mystification to Michael Mishra.

Elated about his next Kunal Sharma says, “It was lovely working with a talented director like Manish Jha. It was his guidance that helped me get into the nerve of the character of Mithilesh Mathur as a Rockstar.”

“I got to learn a lot from an experienced actor like Arshad Warsi. And Aditi Rao Hydari was fun to work with”, further adds the actor.

Other than Bollywood the actor has already made his way internationally.

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Starring Arshad Warsi, Adito Rao Hydari, Boman Irani

Written & Directed by Manish Jha

It took me a while to figure out what is wrong with Manish Jha’s third feature film, and his first in 9 years.

The Legend Of Michael Mishra is the movie equivalent of Eddie Redmayne’s character in The Danish Girl. This is a case of role assumption, a personality masquerade. While Eddie played a girl trapped in a man’s body, The Legend Of Michael Mishra is an animation film masquerading as a feature.

There is no other explanation for the filmed ferocity of cartoonish excesses that slash across the 2-hour film in flinch-inducing flamboyance. The savagely broad satirical strokes with which the characters are painted make the people who populate Manish’s world like like puppets on a swig. These Bihari characters look so drunk they would find it hard to enter Nitish Kumar’s...

Arshad Warsi's latest film The Legend of Michael Mishra which released today has run into a major problem. The film has released all over India except Punjab as the government of Punjab has banned it. On Thursday, a spokesperson for the Punjab government released an official statement announcing the ban of the film stating that the decision was taken due to prevailing strong resentment among the Valmiki community about some objectionable references to Maharishi Valmiki. The film's suspension was aimed to keep peace and social harmony in the state as the film may have caused protests. The government has suspended the film with immediate effect for two months and during this time it will be considered as an uncertified film in Punjab. Directed by Manish Jha, The Legend of Michael Mishra is a madcap comedy starring Arshad Warsi, Aditi Rao Hydari, Boman Irani and Kayoze Irani.

A lot of actors nowadays begin their homework for their roles much before they start shooting for a film and actor Aditi Rao Hydari is no different.

In her next film The Legend of Michael Mishra, where she plays Arshad’s love interest, she has taken every measure to play the part perfectly.

Since the movie is heavily based in Patna and her character hails from the same, she spent time with many locals there to get her Bihari accent right. Aditi says it is important to justify the language that you adopt for a character and also get the tone and pronunciation correct.

As part of her preparation, she also took part in workshops. But it was the day to day interaction with the locals that helped her speak the language accurately.

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Aditi Rao Hydari does a dance number for a first time in her career.

The peppy song ‘Love Letter’ by Kanika Kapoor and Meet bros will see Aditi showcase her sensuous moves. After a really long time, this will be another blockbuster collaboration between Kanika Kapoor and Meet bros.

Inspite of being a trained dancer , this is the first time in 7 years of the career she will be doing a solo dance number for the film ‘The Legend of Michael Mishra’.

‘The Legend of Michael Mishra’ – a quirky comedy also stars Boman Irani and son Kayoze Irani, Arshad Warsi and directed by Manish Jha which is all set to release on 5th August, 2016.

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Check out the official trailer of ‘The Legend of Michael Mishra’ directed by Manish Jha starring Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani and his son Kayoze and Aditi Rao Hydari which is all set to hit the theatres on August 5th 2016!

Wave Cinemas Ponty Chadha in Association with Raju Chadha Presents an Eye Candy Films Production “The Legend Of Michael Mishra” directed by Manish Jha starring Arshad Warsi, Aditi Rao Hydari, Boman Irani & Kayoze Irani in Leading Roles is all set to release on 5th August.

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The Legend of Michael Mishra is presented by Wave Cinemas Ponty Chadha & Produced by Eyecandy Films in Association with Raju Chadha.

The film is directed by Manish Jha and stars Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani, Aditi Rao Hydari and Kayoze Irani.

This quirky love story is all set to hit the theaters on August 5, 2016.

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From Farhan Akhtar and Amitabh Bachchan to Irrfan Khan now, actress Aditi Rao Hydari has an enviable line up of films. In an industry that is so dynastic and driven by weekend collections this girl is proving to be a courageous girl determined to carve her own niche. Aditi is all set to have 6 releases in 2015 alone spanning various genres and eclectic film making styles.

Says an insider source, “Aditi has quite a stellar lot of directors to her filmography for this year: right from Bejoy Nambiar (for Wazir with Farhan Akhtar and Amitabh Bachchan), Abhishek Kapoor (for Fitoor), Sudhir Mishra (for Aur Devdas), National award winning director Subhash Kapoor (for Guddu Rangeela) to Manish Jha (for Eyecandy Films’s The Legend of Michael Mishra) and now Abhinay Deo.

The girl has an appeal of a classic Hindi film actress combining the classic beauty and of course the acting chops.

While most of the industry takes a break during the yearend holidays, not everyone falls within that roster – one such being the classic beauty Aditi Rao Hydari. It is believed that Aditi will be spending the entire holiday season on sets of her films all of which are scheduled for a 2015 release.

“Aditi has quite an eclectic and anticipated line up to her credit: Wazir with Mr Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar, Aur Devdas by Sudhir Mishra, Fitoor by Abhishek Kapoor, The Legend of Michael Mishra by Manish Jha produced by Eyecandy Films and Guddu Rangeela by Subhash Kapoor. She has been shuttling schedules of her film shoots from Kashmir to Lucknow to Delhi to Mumbai to ensure she completes all within the stipulated time. Also, she has a personal belief of ensuring that she ends a year and starts the next on a working note – so that the work continues...

Playing a conman is one thing and a Casanova another, but being a husband to 13 women sounds bizarre. Well, Arshad Warsi will be seen having 13 wives in his upcoming film Fraud Saiyyan. Following the lines of Ranveer Singh who conned women in his film Ladies v/s Ricky Bahl, Arshad Warsi will be using marriage as a means to con the ladies whom he comes across in his life. We hear that Arshad's character will use marriage as a profession and target well settled middle class women who can support him monetarily. Though the story is about love and betrayal, it is being said that the film will be treated with humour. Fraud Saiyyan will be shot extensively in North India especially amidst picturesque locales of Bhopal and it is said to commence from November onwards. Produced by Prakash Jha, Fraud Saiyyan will be directed by Saurabh Shukla. Meanwhile, Arshad Warsi...

It's been a while since we saw the rib-tickling moments created by Arshad Warsi but the actor is currently busy wrapping up with the shoot of The Legend of Michael Mishra also starring Aditi Rao Hydari and Guddu Rangeela alongside Amit Sadh. And now we hear that Arshad Warsi has already signed his next film titled Welcome To Karachi. Earlier, buzz was that the film will have Kunaal Roy Kapur along with Irrfan Khan, however, now it is Arshad who will star in this two hero project with Irrfan Khan. Confirms a source, "After wrapping the shoots for Manish Jha's The Legend Of Michael Mishra and Subhash Kapoor's Guddu Rangeela, Arshad Warsi was planning to take a three-month break to get back in shape for his next film. He wanted to hit the gym on a regular basis to tone up, when he got a call from Vashu...

After the massive success of 'Baby Doll', fans will yet again experience the musical magic of singer Kanika Kapoor and Meet Bros in the upcoming film The Legend of Michael Mishra. The two will be joining hands for a new number titled 'Love Letter'.

Promising to create a bigger wave with the new dance number, producer Kishor Arora maintained that 'Love Letter' will be an apt track resembling the quirky comedy theme of the film. It is said to be one of the most fast paced songs of the album and Kishor stated that after hearing the number they immediately decided to incorporate it for the film.

Directed by Manish Jha, The Legend of Michael Mishra stars Arshad Warsi, Aditi Rao Hydari along with Boman and Kayoze Irani.

An uproar of protest has broken out in the Gehlaur village of Bihar where once lived the legendary 'Mountain Man' Dashrath Manjhi who hand-chiseled a road through a rocky mountain to connect his inaccessible village to the nearest town. Manjhi's family and the villagers claim that they were given the impression that the second season of Aamir Khan's serial on social reform Satyamev Jayate would kick-start with an episode in the mythical Mountain Man, Manjhi. Says a villager, "Aamir Khan visited us on February 25 and told us that the first episode of his serial was dedicated to Dashrath Manjhi. We were all glued to the television in the community hall in our village at 10 am. We were sorely disappointed when the episode aired was about something else. Why did he visit us with the promise that the episode would be about our village hero." When confronted by the villagers' protests,...

Mumbai, Jan 5: Actor Arshad Warsi says he is "nervous and excited" to begin shooting for Manish Jha-directed "The legend of Michael Mishra".

"Good morning. Today, I start shooting for 'The Legend of Michael Mishra', nervous and excited," Arshad tweeted Sunday.

The comedy movie also features Boman Irani, Aditi Rao Hydari and Kayoze Irani.

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Mallika speaks for women's safety

Actress Mallika Sherawat feels there is a strong need to address women's safety and security.

"Right now as we speak, there's a woman suffering abuse! Every minute we don't do something, effects the life of a woman!".

Mumbai, Nov 28: Actress Aditi Rao Hydari is excited about playing a small town girl in Manish Jha's new film, but she is guarded about other details of her role.

The "fun" film will "start" soon, she said.

"I won't say much about it and would want to wait for an announcement. It's the kind of role I haven't done before," the 26-year-old said here Wednesday at a fashion show of Spanish designers where she walked the ramp.

"I had played a somewhat similar girl in 'Yeh Saali Zindagi', a desi girl, and now after playing an urban girl in lot of films, I am playing a girl from small town. I am looking forward to.

After making his (sidekick) debut in the Karan Johar's smash hit film Student Of The Year, Boman Irani's son Kayoze will now be seen in a full-fledged role in the Manish Jha directed The Legend of Michael Mishra. In the film, while Kayoze's character is called Half Pant and Boman's character is called Full Pant, Boman will be seen wearing only full pants while Kayoze will only be seen in half pants, said Manish. Besides the father-son duo, Arshad Warsi and Aditi Rao Hydari have been signed up to play the lead in in the film. The Legend of Michael Mishra, which is slated for a June 2014 release, will go on floor in the last week of November.

Mumbai, Aug 5: Showing rare grace and sincerity, filmmaker Manish Jha has decided to abandon plans for making a biopic on Dashrath Manjhi, the man who dug a roadway out of a mountain that separated his village in Bihar from the nearest hospital.

A few months back, filmmaker Ketan Mehta decided to make a film on the Mountain Man with Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the lead, precipitating a legal war with Manish Jha and his producer who claimed their idea had been stolen by a writer and sold to Ketan Mehta.

But now Jha sees the matter more rationally.

"I think it's important that Dashrath Manjhi's story be told. It doesn't matter.

Showing a rare grace and sincerity, filmmaker Manish Jha has decided to abandon plans of making his bio-pic on Dashrath Manjhi, the man who dug a roadway out of a mountain that separated his village in Bihar from the nearest hospital. A few months back, Ketan Mehta decided to make a film on the Mountain Man with Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the lead, precipitating a legal war with Manish Jha and his producer who claimed their idea had been stolen by a writer and sold to Ketan Mehta. But now Manish sees the matter more rationally. Says Jha, "I think it's important that Darshrath Manjhi's story be told. It doesn't matter who tells it. I guess somewhere I was being egoistic by insisting on making my own film on the subject even when I heard Ketan was doing it. I did feel cheated because I had started work on the subject many years ago.

On May 26, when the 66th Cannes film festival draws to an end, India will anxiously wait to see if either Monsoon Shootout or Dabba will bring home a Camera d’Or, the award given to the best debut film in the festival. Ritesh Batra’s Dabba which played in the International Critics’ Week won an audience award-the Grand Rail d’Or-following unanimous praise by the critics and the audiences.

While we wait, let’s go down in the annals of history to know about the Indian films that won awards at the premier film festival. Although they might seem like a rare and exquisite breed, there are actually quite a few of them starting from the very first edition of Cannes.

At the inaugural edition of the festival in 1946, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar screened in competition and shared the Grand Prix with several other films. The top award-now Palme...

Still from Umesh Kulkarni’s Girni

The 35th edition of the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival will commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema with ‘Namaste India’, a sub – section that will screen 41 Indian shorts.

The sub-section that falls under Panorama section aims to offer “a broader historical and cultural overview of this giant country’s (India) film production.” For this festival has made a varied selection, keeping in mind the cultural and geographical diversity in the country. An inclusive list that includes works from film students to independent film makers on a variety of themes like the city, the country, native and religious communities, prostitution, theatre, tradition, borders, poverty, etc.

Out of these, five shorts will be part of a Retrospective of Umesh Kulkarni, who is also on the International Jury of the festival. His shorts: Darshan, Girni, Three of Us, Gaarud and Vilay will be screened at the festival.

Bejoy Nambiar has been left with no choice but to film the three stories of his new film David in reverse. He has just completed the third story featuring Tamil star Vikram and Tabu. Now he moves into the second story this July with Vinay Virmani and Lara Dutta in the cast, though the two are not paired together. The first story with Neil Nitin Mukesh in the lead has been the most problematic. Though Neil green lighted the project, he has yet to find dates for it, as he's busy shooting for a horror thriller with his lady-love Sonal Chauhan. Says a source, "Neil favoured 3G, the film that was shot in Fiji. Away from prying eyes in Mumbai, Neil and Sonal got to know one another really well." Back home, rather than twiddle his thumb, Bejoy Nambiar has decided to shoot another story with a very unusual cast.

Vidya Balan just told her 'kahaani' successfully while a few years ago Sanjay Gupta too had a vision to present Dus Kahaniyaan in a feature film format. Though the film didn't do many wonders at the box office, it was acclaimed for it's unique presentation and the fact that it boasted of a huge A list star cast. Circa 2012 and the feat is being taken one level higher up with a film which has, hold your breath, 11 stories. Titled Mumbai Cutting, the film tells 11 stories - each of which has Mumbai as its setting. Interestingly the film is ready for over four years and is now finally gearing up for release on 29th June.

"When announced half a decade back, the film was considered special since it had an interesting set of actors like Ranvir Shorey, Vinay Pathak, Soha Ali Khan, Jimmy Sheirgill, Sonali Kulkarni, Neetu Chandra, Sushant Singh, Raima Sen,...

Tulip Joshi began her career with the Yashraj banner in the film Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai then came Manish Jha’s Maatrabhoomi in which Tulip did a challenging role and she won accolades for the same, Tulip now will be seen in a sizzling avatar in Be Careful. It’s a laugh riot directed by Chandrakant Singh and arrives in theatres on 21st Oct. ‘Maahiya Maahiya’ song picturised on Tulip is creating waves these days. Be Careful the film stars Rajneesh (1920 fame), Tanisha Read More...

Tulip Joshi began her career with the Yashraj banner in the film Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai then came Manish Jha’s Maatrabhoomi in which Tulip did a challenging role and she won accolades for the same, Tulip now will be seen in a sizzling avatar in Be Careful. It’s a laugh riot directed by Chandrakant Singh and arrives in theatres on 21st Oct. ‘Maahiya Maahiya’ song picturised on Tulip is creating waves these days. Be Careful the film stars Rajneesh (1920 fame), Tanisha Read More...

Tulip Joshi began her career with the Yashraj banner in the film Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai then came Manish Jha's Maatrabhoomi in which Tulip did a challenging role and she won accolades for the same, Tulip now will be seen in a sizzling avatar in Be Careful. It's a laugh riot directed by Chandrakant Singh and arrives in theatres on 21st Oct. 'Maahiya Maahiya' song picturised on Tulip is creating waves these days. Be Careful the film stars Rajneesh (1920 fame), Tanisha...

The 64th Festival de Cannes will provide platform to film making talent from across the globe to announce their arrival. If you recall, it was A Very Very Short Film that led to the discovery of Manish Jha in the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. The film catapulted him into the big league and helped him find French producers for his next path breaking feature film Matrubhoomi-a Nation Without Women, followed by the critically acclaimed Anwar and Mumbai Cutting. Read More...

An international filmmaking competition, where filmmakers are required to make a movie in 48 hours, is set to begin its Mumbai leg Friday.Called the Mumbai 48 Hour Film Project (48Hfp), the competition will see teams getting the genres Friday and would have to return on Sunday with their fully finished film scripted, shot, edited and scored over the weekend.Over 800 filmmakers have signed up from across the country - Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune among others.Among the film personalities supporting the event as jury members are Amol Palekar, Nagesh Kukunoor, Dolly Thakore, R. Balakrishnan, Paromita Vohra, Shimit Amin, Manish Jha and Niranjan Iyengar.'The 48-hour format is a great precursor to the real world of filmmaking which is fraught with ridiculous deadlines, a ton of pressure from all sides but pure unadulterated fun! I'm looking forward to some crazy creativity!' said Kukunoor in a statement.

Everyone associated with Udaan, which garnered acclaim at the Cannes International Film Festival this year, is being lauded for the effort. But producer Sanjay Singh was relegated to the sidelines. Politician Kripashankar Singh’s son is unperturbed and believes the only way ahead is to make good cinema. He’s roped in Matrubhoomi director Manish Jha to helm his next project, Mountain Man, and is hoping to sign on the Heroes’ star, Sendhil Ramamurthy for it. Still at Cannes, Singh was reluctant to reveal much about his second project, with which he launches his production company, Sanjay Singh Films. “I wanted to make ...

Vikramaditya Motwane’s “Udaan”, the film that made it to Un Certain Regard at Cannes International Film festival after seven years has been the talk of the town lately. With Udaan, Indian cinema’s seven year long jinxed relationship with the premier film festival has come to an end. Murali Nair’s Arimpara was the last film to have made it to Un Certain Regard, the section that carries the second most prestigious award, in the year 2003. Prior to that, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas was presented as a special screening out of competition at the festival in 2002.

Come to think of it, India and Cannes have had a cordial relationship right from the start. 1946, the year one of the oldest film festivals began at Cannes, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar was screened as a Feature film in competition. Neecha Nagar was a pioneering effort in realistic Indian cinema and...

Bollywood filmmakers usually avoid making women-centric films, in fear of delivering a box office turkey. But times have now changed. There is news of not one, but two upcoming films that feature women in major roles. The first is an untitled Shilpa Shetty– Bipasha Basu starrer. While it was kept on hold during the recession, its shooting has supposedly resumed after the two actresses enjoyed themselves on Farah Khan’s show. It is an action film for which Shilpa and Bipasha are undergoing training. It will be written and directed by Manish Jha (of Matrubhoomi fame).

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Bipasha Basu is reportedly slated to star alongside Shilpa Shetty in an action film produced by the Celebrity Big Brother winner. The feature will be written and directed by Manish Jha, who helmed Matrubhoomi, a film about female foeticide in India. Basu told The Times of India: "If everything works out properly, I would love to work with Shilpa. She's (more)...

WhatÂ.s been stopping many female-oriented projects is the supposed commercial non-feasibility of a chick flick. But now, Bollywood divas are all set to make it happen for themselves.The Bipasha Basu-Shilpa Shetty project which was put on the backburner because of the recession is now being revived due to the warm vibes that the two actresses shared while shooting for Farah KhanÂ.s talk show.The film has been under wraps but secretly ShilpaÂ.s plans for a home production have been crystallising. While one Shilpa Shetty-Raj Kundra production is being planned to re-launch ShilpaÂ.s sister Shamita, the other is an action film that Shilpa will be doing with Bipasha.Shilpa and Bipasha will have to undergo special training to acquire the agility to look convincing as action queens. Interestingly, the film is being written and directed by Manish Jha, who has earlier directed Matrubhoomi,...

NEW YORK -- Mobile ESPN will be shut down by year's end after the service that launched with much fanfare at the Super Bowl couldn't bring in enough subscribers as a stand-alone service. It is a rare misstep for the self-proclaimed "worldwide leader in sports," which has changed sports TV and moved into the restaurant business with a network of ESPN Zones across the country. It even became a Gatorade flavor. Mobile ESPN is a mobile virtual network operator, a service that uses a cellular phone's network to deliver content to a subscriber base hungry for its multimedia offerings, in this case sports. But Mobile ESPN senior vp and general manager Manish Jha said Thursday that the company learned that most wireless customers don't change their service based on the entertainment options. Mobile ESPN customers had to pay as much as $199 for a specially designed handset as well as paying for the service.