Nil Battey Sannata’s first poster launched on Women’s Day!

Nil Battey Sannata’s first poster launched on Women’s Day!

The first official poster of Eros International, Colour Yellow Productions (Aanand L Rai) and Jar Pictures’ Nil Battey Sannata is out.

Directed by debutant filmmaker Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari (wife of filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari), the movie stars Swara Bhaskar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Ria and Pankaj Tripathi.

Since the film deals with a charming story of a mother and her daughter and talks about aspirations and dreams, the makers including producers – Aanand L Rai, Eros and Jar Pictures and director Ashwiny decided to reveal the movie’s first look on Women’s Day.

Interestingly, Swara will be seen portraying the challenging role of a mother for the first time on screen. Nil Battey Sannata is a lighthearted fun-filled exploration of a mother and daughter’s relationship to schooling and ambition. Tiwari’s drama is a powerful account of motherly love and the often turbulent conflict that can exist between generations.

The movie received tremendous response at the Silk Road International Film Festival in China and the BFI London Film Festival last year. Swara also won Best Actress award for the movie at the Silk Road International Film Festival.

Produced by Colour Yellow Productions and Jar Pictures and directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, Nil Battey Sannata stars Swara Bhaskar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Ria and Pankaj Tripathi. The film will be distributed in India by Eros International and it’s scheduled to release 22nd April 2016.

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Swara Bhaskar: I am a very greedy actor

Having been part of two 100 crore grosser – Tanu Weds Manu Returns and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo last year, Swara Bhaskar has an interesting line up of films releasing in 2016.

The talented actress will be seen portraying a challenging character in her upcoming movie, Anaarkali Aaraawaali wherein she plays the title role of Anarkali, a local singer of live performances of lewd and double-meaning songs and Nil Battey Sannata in which she plays the role of a determined mother of a stubborn teenager.

The versatile actor admits that she is very particular about the roles she decides to do. “I am not someone who picks up roles that I don’t want to do.

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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo – Movie review

Rating: ***

Set on a lavish canvas about Royals residing in palaces and forts, this film directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya is strewed with goody characters preaching ethical ways of living a goody life.

The family drama is about a dreamy world set in the era of Kingdoms and consisting of obedient sons, ‘agyakari’ women where Yuvraj Vijay Singh (Salman Khan) a prince of Pritampur, who is soon to be crowned as king and is engaged to princess Maithili (Sonam Kapoor). Does this awaken memories of Shammi Kapoor’s ‘Prince’ or the much later Anil Kapoor’s ‘Rajkumar’ and dozens of ficticious Raj Gharana Bollywood films.

It seems doubtful if this concept would work in the present times of fast paced lives of people who manage to be in touch with their own families with difficulties.

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Swara Bhaskar takes a trip to The Great Wall Of China

Swara Bhaskar at the Great Wall of China

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s directorial debut Nil Battey Sannata starring Swara Bhaskar was screened as the opening gala film at the 2nd Silk Road International Film Festival in Fuzhou, China. Swara, who essays the protagonist also won the Best Actress award at this prestigious film festival, for her portrayal of a stubborn teenager's determined mother.

Taking time out from her work commitments and busy schedule, Swara accompanied her movie director Ashwiny and acclaimed actress Ratna Pathak Shah, who will also be seen in the film, to travel to the festival. 

The trio completed their commitments and took a Blitzkrieg trip of Beijing to catch the sights and sounds of the city, including one of the Seven Wonders of the World – The Great Wall of China. Swara is a well known travel aficionado and history buff and climbed the Great Wall of China with much enthusiasm. 

Apparently a group of Iranian fellow tourists on the Great Wall recognised Swara as the Bindiya of Rannjhanaa and made her sing old Hindi film songs. The sporting and vivacious actress readily agreed. Sweet!

The Delhi born girl, her director, Colour Yellow Films executive producer Kanupriya and Ratna ji also shopped with enthusiasm. It is learnt that Swara is a tough bargainer and got them all great discounts on all their shopping using her charms, Dilli-wallah attitude and broken Chinese. 

Needless to say the proud actor-director duo also indulged in partying, restaurant and bar-hopping too. Well deserved break we say!

Tanu Weds Manu Returns – Hindi movie review

An entertaining and engrossing sequel

Rating: ****

A sequel to ‘Tanu Weds Manu’, the couple leads a happy married life in Europe.

It is nearly 4 years of their marriage, that Tanu (Kangana Ranaut) and Manu (R. Madhavan) loose interest in living together. She is ruing the loss of romance, while he too, is struggling to figure out what exactly has gone wrong. They visit a counselor, who makes the matters worse and next we see that they are separated.

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Tanu wants to seperate and so she returns to her hometown in Kanpur, India where she feels free and is back to her wild ways.

Manu comes to Delhi for a change in his life, until he meets the Haryanvi athlete Kusum aka Datto (Kangana Ranaut in a double role) – who resembles Tanu. Manu gets interested in this different yet a look-alike girl and comes closer to her.

Salman in Barjatya’s upcoming film – Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

Sooraj Barjatya’s next film with Salman Khan has been in the news for quite some time now. The director Sooraj Barjatya has finally confirmed that the title of his upcoming release is going to be “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo”.

Opposite the Khan will be Sonam Kapoor who has shared screen space with him in her debut film.

The film will be a starry affair with a star cast that includes Anupam Kher, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Deepak Debroyal, Swara Bhaskar and Samaira Rao. This is the cast which has been finalized till date.

The music of the film will be given by Himesh  Reshamiya, lyricist being Irshad  Kamil, director Photography Harish Joshi, Production Design Nitin Desai, Sound Design Jitendra Choudhry, Editor – Sanjay Sankla ,Action by Kaushal Moses and Greg Powell.

The film will go on floors in June this year. It is set to release on Diwali in 2015.

Spokesperson confirms the news and adds, “We have locked the title to be Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. We have largely finalized the other cast and crew too, Salman and Sona being the lead pair. The film will go on floor this June for a 2015 Diwali release. “

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