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Double WhammyMaking a film with a double role is more difficult than it used to be. Have they gone out of…
CAA KWAN On Signing SpreeAfter roping in actors and models one after another, CAA Kwan is now concentrating on signing…
Three Biggies For Dharma ProductionsThey already had a small release this year in Gippi but the production house is geared up for the…
Sonakshi Sinha In Welcome 2A few weeks ago, we broke the news that Anees Bazmee would start shooting No Entry 2 and the film…
“Love stories will never go out of fashion”The film will release in a few days but we were invited to spend a day on the sets of Kumar…
“Acting is much more than just being a star”After two back-to-back successes – Rockstar and Barfi! – Ranbir Kapoor is all geared up for his…
Ajay Devgn-Katrina Kaif Paired?We’re all aware that Bajirao Mastani is a film that’s very close to Sanjay Leela Bhansali and…
I am the No.1 Dancer of Bollywood: DharmendraThe makers of Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (YPD 2) had decided to make the music launch of the film a…
Tag Archives: Tigmanshu Dhulia
“I learnt that a film never fails, its budget does”
Where most people struggle to find a toehold in this industry, Karan Butani had it relatively easy. After graduating from Whistling Woods International (WWI) in 2009, he began assisting director Tigmanshu Dhulia. Now, he is currently thrilled to be working on his first feature film.
Background
I always ...
Tigmanshu Dhulia Honoured
Critically acclaimed and National Award-winning director Tigmanshu Dhulia was honoured by Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Vijay Bahuguna and has become the State’s cultural and tourism brand ambassador. This honour comes in the wake of Dhulia’s Paan Singh Tomar winning the National Award for Best Film this year. Hailing originally from Uttarakhand, ...
Siddharth Roy Kapur On Paan Singh Tomar Winning National Awards
The 60th National Film Awards announced today saw UTV's Paan Singh Tomar walk away with two prominent awards – Best Feature Film and Best Actor for Irrfan Khan. Paan Singh Tomar, directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, is the true story of a simple farmer, a loyal soldier and a champion athlete ...
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Tagged Disney UTV, Irrfan, National Award, Paan Singh Tomar, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Tigmanshu Dhulia
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60th National Film Awards Announced
The prestigious 60th National Film Awards for 2012 were announced today at a joint press conference addressed by the chairpersons of the three juries – Basu Chatterjee for Feature Films, Aruna Raje for Non-Feature Films and Swapan Mullick for Best Writing in Cinema.
The award for Best Feature Film ...
Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
Please Note: Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns is co-produced by Moving Pictures, which is our sister concern. In keeping with our journalistic code of conduct, we shall not review the film, or any other films produced/co-produced by our banner. However, as with every film, ...
Posted in Movie Reviews
Tagged Brandsmith Motion Pictures, Deepraj Rana, Irrfan Khan, Jimmy Sheirgill., Mahie Gill, Moving Pictures, Nitin Tej Ahuja, Pravesh Rana, Rahul Mittra, Raj Babbar, Rajeev Gupta, Rajesh Khera, sandeep chowta, Soha Ali Khan, Sujay Shankarwar, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Viacom18 Motion Pictures
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Mugdha Godse’s Whacky Item Number In SBAGR
Mughda Godse will be seen in an item number for the first time in Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns. The actress who has no other films in her kitty now says she was looking forward to work with Tigmanshu Dhulia for some time now.
The item song ...
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Tagged Mugdha Godse, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns, Tigmanshu Dhulia
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Bhushan Kumar Is Ecstatic
There’s every reason why Sajid-Wajid should be ecstatic. Bhushan Kumar, the best when it comes to judging the music of a film, complimented the music composers recently for giving him one more blockbuster song.
Sajid-Wajid’s item song for Bullet Raja being directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, Don’t touch my body ...
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Tagged Bhushan Kumar, Bullet Raja, Mahie Gill, Sajid-Wajid, Tigmanshu Dhulia
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Bullet Raja
The first shooting schedule of Fox Star Studios’ Bullet Raja is in progress in Lucknow. Produced by Select Media and Brandsmith Motion Pictures, and directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, the film toplines Saif Ali Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Irrfan, Jimmy Sheirgill and Ravi Kishan.
Posted in Production News
Tagged Bullet Raja, Fox Star Studios, Saif Ali Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Tigmanshu Dhulia
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Movie-Goers Vs Movie-Lovers
My first time ever at the MFF (not something I’m proud of) started with the Hansal Mehta-directed, Shahid, a gritty, visceral film based on the life of human rights activist lawyer Shahid Azmi. The excitement outside Versova’s Cinemax Screen 3 close to 1 pm on Sunday, was palpable… a strange ...
Posted in Mumbai Film Festival(MAMI)
Tagged Janaki Viswanathan, Raj Kumar, Shahid, Tigmanshu Dhulia
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Birthday Bumps
Producer Rahul Mittra of Brand Smith Motion Pictures hosted his birthday party on October 13 in Mumbai. Mittra played a perfect host welcoming everybody with soft music playing in the background.
Mittra’s best friend director Tigmanshu Dhullia was the first one to arrive. The party was also attended by Anjana Sukhani, ...
Of Lenses And Frames
The cinematographer of Kahaani Satyajit Pande talks to Sagorika Dasgupta about his life and success story
Background
When I was very young, I was introduced to photography by my uncle and aunt. My uncle Ranjan Palit is a famous cinematographer and I practically grew up with him in Kolkata. ...
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Tagged Aamir Khan, Charas, Ghanchakkar, Haasil, Kahaani, Kolkata, Raj Kumar Gupta, Ranjan Palit, Satyajit Pande, Shoojit Sircar, Sujoy Ghosh, Taare Zameen Par, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Vidya Balan
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Big B Is Back
After lying low for a while, the Shehenshah of the Indian film industry returned to the small screen yesterday, with Kaun Banega Crorepati 6 (KBC), and it goes without saying that the show was a thumping success. Though we’ve had to wait a while before we got to watch Big ...
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Tagged Amitabh Bachchan, Ekta Kapoor, Kaala Sona, KBC, Mehrunissa, produced, R Balki, Tigmanshu Dhulia
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SBAG Returns…Kahaani Date Ki!
Tigmanshu Dhulia’s next, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns starring Irrfan Khan, Jimmy Shergill, Soha Ali Khan and Mahie Gill has wrapped up more than 90 per cent of its shooting and is going full steam ahead.
And now this Viacom18 Motion Pictures presentation produced by Select Media and Brandsmith ...
Bullet Raja On May 31, 2013
In today’s crowded release calendar, finding the right date is often as important as making the right film! One film that has managed to do both is the Select Media-Brandsmith Production, Bullet Raja, starring Saif Ali Khan and directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia.
Not only is the film all set ...
Gangs Of Wasseypur ll
This is a spellbinding sequel that overwhelms you with power-packed performances and ace direction. Coming close on the heels of the first part – another piece of excellent direction – there is a sense of excitement as you wait for Part II to roll. Gangs Of Wasseypur (GOW) II lives ...
GOW 2 Opens To Tepid Response
When Gangs Of Wasseypur Part 1 released, it took the box office by storm. It also generated considerable buzz for the sequel, Gangs Of Wasseypur ll (GOW 2). But the sequel has managed only an average opening across circuits. This is probably because not many are aware of the film’s ...
Gangs Of Wasseypur II
Mixing of Viacom18 Motion Pictures, JAR Pictures, AKFPL Production and Tipping Point Films’ Gangs Of Wasseypur II is underway at Quality CineLab Studios. Produced by Guneet Monga, Sunil Bohra and Anurag Kashyap, and directed by Anurag Kashyap, the film features Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Richa Chadda, Huma Qureshi, Raj Kumar ...
What’s Cooking?
This is probably the fastest-ever sequel to release in the history of Hindi cinema. Less than a year after the release of Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster in September 2011, its sequel Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster (SBAG) Returns is fast moving towards completion. Last week, the unit returned from a 35-day ...
12th Annual New York Indian Film Festival
May 23- 27, 2012 New York, United States
What’s It All About?
The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is the longest-running showcase of Indian films in the US and was launched in the aftermath of 9/11 attacks. It works with artists and arts organisations in North America ...
Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
The mahurat of Brandsmith Motion Pictures’ Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns was performed on the auspicious day of Akshaya Trithiya at their office on April 24. Produced by Rahul Mittra and directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, the film features Irrfan, Jimmy Shergill, Soha Ali Khan, Deepraj Rana and Pravesh Rana. DoP: ...
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Tagged Deepraj Rana, Irrfan, Jimmy Shergill, Pravesh Rana, Rahul Mittra, Soha Ali Khan, Tigmanshu Dhulia
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Rahul Mittra On Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
Sahib, Biwi Aur Gangster received wide acclaim for its plot, treatment and performance, and it was a roaring success. Now the hit producer-director (Rahul Mittra and Tigmanshu Dhulia) combo is back with its sequel. It’s called Sahib, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns (SBAGR). The sequel has Jimmy and Mahi from the original ...
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Tagged Biwi Aur Gangster, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns, Irrfan, Jimmy Shergill, Rahul Mittra, Sahib, Soha Ali Khan, Tigmanshu Dhulia
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Paan Singh Tomar At IFFLA
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) celebrated its 10th year anniversary from April 10 to 15 at ArcLight Hollywood with the addition of Tigmanshu Dhulia's biopic Paan Singh Tomar to its popular Bollywood By Night segment.
Paan Singh Tomar is the real-life story of Paan Singh Tomar, a ...
99% of the industry is uneducated about filmmaking: Tigmanshu Dhulia
He has the utmost faith in his work and leaves the rest to the audience. And that’s exactly what Tigmanshu Dhulia did, once again, with his recent venture Paan Singh Tomar, which received a good opening and is still doing well.
On the response to his film, Dhulia ...
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Tagged Irrfan, Paan Singh Tomar, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 2, Soha Ali Khan, Tigmanshu Dhulia
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Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Next
The winning jodi of Paan Singh Tomar, Tigmanshu Dhulia and Irrfan Khan is back! Their next film together, the sequel to Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster, produced by Brandsmith Motion Pictures, will go on the floors in May. There was talk that Dhulia would go ahead with another film but sources ...
Milan Talkies On Hold Again?
Finally, we thought, long-hold project Milan Talkies would see the light of the day as Balaji Motion Pictures and director Tigmanshu Dhulia had finalised Imran Khan to play the lead. But now we hear that the dates Khan had allotted to Milan Talkies will be used to shoot Balaji’s other ...
“The audience today wants real cinema”
Tigmanshu Dhulia’s last film, Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster, earned him many compliments. He has also directed Haasil, Charas and Shagird. Now, he is busy promoting his upcoming film, the much-awaited Paan Singh Tomar. Here’s what the director has to say about the film…
Why are you releasing the film ...
Posted in Interviews
Tagged Irrfan Khan, Paan Singh Tomar, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 2, Tigmanshu Dhulia
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Milan Talkies To See The Light
Tigmanshu Dhulia’s long-held project with Balaji Motion Pictures, Milan Talkies, will finally see the light of day, and Balaji wants to launch the project by next month. Our source tells us, “The script has been on hold since last year but Balaji has finally locked it. The shoot will hopefully ...
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Tagged Balaji, Balaji Motion Pictures, Milan Talkies, Tigmanshu Dhulia
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Dhulia-Hooda film on boxing, Bhiwani, shelved
It’s been almost a year since Tigmanshu Dhulia announced his film Bhiwani and now, confirmation that the film has been shelved. It’s a pity because it’s a lot of preparatory work down the drain.
The film, based on boxing, written by Ishqiya director Abhishek Choubey and which was to ...
Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster
When you have no expectations and are treated to a beautifully captured film that is engrossing, it’s refreshing. This movie marks the return of Tigmanshu Dhulia, the director who made Haasil. The film does have its flaws but of the movies that released this Friday, this one is definitely worth ...
Deal Ya No Deal
The business of filmmaking has evolved to make the idiot box and satellite rights a crucial – and supremely lucrative – consideration for filmmakers today. Thus, eyeing satellite rights as a potential revenue source, directors and producers have begun shooting films keeping in mind, not just the theatrical ...
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Tagged David Dhawan, Jab v Met, Krissh, Madhur Bhandkarkar, Mohit Suri, NOKJ, Raajneeti, satellite rights, Shrish Kunder, Tees Maar Khan, Tigmanshu Dhulia
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Thank You!: Blow Hot, Blow Cold
This is what happens when your creative team doesn...
This is what happens when your creative team doesn...
Old Is Gold
Reinventing with the times, Samraat Talkies in Sik...
Reinventing with the times, Samraat Talkies in Sik...
Lessons Learnt
Rising like a phoenix, the industry built on the m...
Rising like a phoenix, the industry built on the m...
Living Eden
There's more to Kenya than wildlife safaris and th...
There's more to Kenya than wildlife safaris and th...
Getting A Grip
Niche sports finally find TV audience in India; wr...
Niche sports finally find TV audience in India; wr...
Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu Draws Mixed Response
This week’s big release Dharma Productions’ Ek Mai...
This week’s big release Dharma Productions’ Ek Mai...
Patriotism: A Depleting Emotion?
At a time when genres like action,comedy and roman...
At a time when genres like action,comedy and roman...
A Cut Above
The editor of Kahaani Namrata Rao tells Sagorika D...
The editor of Kahaani Namrata Rao tells Sagorika D...
Real Cool
On location with team Ghanchakkar
On location with team Ghanchakkar
Budget Ke Side Effects
We bring you the Budget 2013 reaction of our indus...
We bring you the Budget 2013 reaction of our indus...
“The doors are opening for newcomers”
Pooja Salvi launched her career with ad films and ...
Pooja Salvi launched her career with ad films and ...
“It doesn’t take money to make a film, it takes talent”
Neeraj Sharma has done it all – from television to...
Neeraj Sharma has done it all – from television to...
