That 2012 began with an overwrought hyper-melodramatic brutal and tumultuous remake of Agneepath and ended with Yash Chopra’s muted mellow all-heart-no-malice ode to romance Jab Tak Hai Jaan seems indicative of the direction that Bollywood seems headed for. The journey, as we can see, is unpredictable and largely exciting. Looking back, some films of 2012 that fetched hype-star ratings seem bloated and over-eager to please either critics or the masses, but never both. Luckily the films that were truly meritorious did get a place under the swoon.
Each year Bollywood surprises us, and not always in a good way. 2012 seems like a watershed year even by the continuously evolving standards of filmmaking set by envelope-pushing directors who have filtered into filmdom during the past years. 2012 was the year when Tigmanshu Dhulia, Sujoy Ghosh and Shoojit Sircar came into their own with films that took mainstream cinema to new heights. It was...
Each year Bollywood surprises us, and not always in a good way. 2012 seems like a watershed year even by the continuously evolving standards of filmmaking set by envelope-pushing directors who have filtered into filmdom during the past years. 2012 was the year when Tigmanshu Dhulia, Sujoy Ghosh and Shoojit Sircar came into their own with films that took mainstream cinema to new heights. It was...
- 1/17/2013
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
For those who felt that Shekar Suman's son Adhyayan Suman had done the vanishing act, the news is that he is back with a remake of the Hollywood hit medical thriller Awake. To be titled Heartless, the film will mark the directorial debut of Shekhar Suman and will have Giselle Monteiro, who will be playing Jessica's part in the film. Adhyayan, who is really excited to work with Giselle, is slated to play Hayden Christensen's part in the adaptation. The filmmakers are in touch with the Weinstein Company to buy the rights of the original film to avoid any copyright issues later on. While the famous Page 3 writer Nina Arora has been working on the script and the screenplay, Niranjan Iyengar has written the dialogues. Adhyayan, who has just wrapped up shooting for Milind Ukey's Dehradun Diaries, added that the film supposed to start last year, but got stalled.
- 3/9/2012
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Shekhar Suman is all set to direct his son Adhyayan in his directorial debut tentatively titled Heartbeat, which is based on the remake of the hit Hollywood flick, Awake. Besides directing, Shekhar is also said to be producing the film. Page 3 scriptwriter, Nina Arora and dialogue writer Niranjan Iyengar have been roped in by Suman for the film. Adhyayan said that they're getting the best people to work with them on the film, so things can't go wrong and that Niranjan has come up with an exciting first draft. An enthusiastic Adhyayan is also ecstatic about the new music composer Gaurav Dagaonkar who will be working on the film's music. Reportedly, the Sumans are in constant touch with the Weinstein Company to buy the remake rights of the original Hollywood film, but the characters and the situations in the film are going to be altered so it won't be...
- 3/15/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Shekhar Suman is all set to direct his son Adhyayan in his directorial debut tentatively titled Heartbeat, which is based on the remake of the hit Hollywood flick, Awake. Besides directing, Shekhar is also said to be producing the film. Page 3 scriptwriter, Nina Arora and dialogue writer Niranjan Iyengar have been roped in by Suman for the film. Adhyayan said that they're getting the best people to work with them on the film, so things can't go wrong and that Niranjan has come up with an exciting first draft. An enthusiastic Adhyayan is also ecstatic about the new music composer Gaurav Dagaonkar who will be working on the film's music. Reportedly, the Sumans are in constant touch with the Weinstein Company to buy the remake rights of the original Hollywood film, but the characters and the situations in the film are going to be altered so it won't be...
- 3/15/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
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