29032024-LSCB-01.qxd 3/29/2024 12:19 AM Page 1 c m y b EMOTIONAL MOMENT Finally, the trailer of Amar Singh Chamkila was unveiled. At the launch event, Diljit Dosanjh got emotional after filmmaker Imtiaz Ali praised him. Diljit portrays Chamkila, the top-selling artist of his era, who rose from poverty to immense fame in the 1980s through his powerful music. TRIBUNE Low phase Samantha Ruth Prabhu said she was at her weakest while she was training for her role in Citadel: Honey Bunny. CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 29 MARCH 2024 PHOTOS: RAVI KUMAR ‘DON’T LET SUCCESS OR FAILURE DEFINE YOU’ Abhay Deol makes no bones about his choice of cinema. Call it away from mainstream movies, categorise it as parallel cinema or simply a risk he chose to take… he calls it an exploration. “I had the access to world cinema even as a child. While Hindi films were a means to escape the other world, I wanted to do films that explored the other world.” For those who want to pursue acting, Abhay says there are many opportunities today, but “don’t let success or failure define you.” Kids’ zone Another highlight of the Day 2 was screening of children films. It started with Aurora Gossé’s Dancing Queen. A package of two short films, Roads and Sing, was also screened. BOMAN IRANI ABHAY DEOL From interactive sessions with Rasika Dugal, Abhay Deol and Boman Irani, to screenings of international titles, Day 2 of Cinevesture kept Chandigarh audiences engaged in a delightful way Stars, stage & SCREEN RAJSHRI DESHPANDE Sheetal & Gurnaaz Kaur A FTER a glittering start last evening, Day 2 of Cinevesture, Chandigarh’s first international film festival, saw the participation of B-town celebs through interactive sessions and masterclasses. Life is good A reflection at their journeys, a mention of their struggles, and enjoying the process… Rasika Dugal and Rajshri Deshpande had a lot to share with the audience. Rasika feels it’s the second best time to join the film industry and her reason is, “People have opened up to indie movies and more such projects are seeing the light of day. OTT too has given a push to content.” Rajshri is comfortable when she says that she didn’t have the option to choose work in her initial days. “From the small vision of a family that wanted its kids to become doctors and engineers, I stepped into movies… that itself was big, so whatever came my way, be it one-scene roles in movies, saas-bahu serials, I did everything.” And then Angry Indian Goddesses happened and things changed for Rajshri. “My learning was on the job and I am proud to say that all my films have reached film festivals. I can say I am a festival baby.” Best known for his Punjabi films Anhe Ghore Da Daan and Chauthi Koot, which premiered at Venice and Cannes Film Festivals respectively, filmmaker Gurvinder Singh is all set to make a web series on revolutionary Bhagat Singh. Stressing that he is still relevant and will continue to remain so, Gurvinder said, “The revolutionary’s character has always fascinated me owing to the multiple layers he boasted of. Not many people have explored him completely. Yes, he was a revolutionary but also had a great sense of humour.” The series will dwell upon how Bhagat Singh and his comrades ‘used’ the trial to amplify their ideas of independence. While many other films have been made on Bhagat Singh, the filmmaker points out that in most films, the narrative was very linear. —IANS ‘Believe in your work’ In an interactive session, Boman Irani opened up RASIKA DUGAL about life from his first film onwards. He also spoke the same time. There’s an about the first digital film to interesting encounter from of be made in India Let’s Talk the earliest shows of Munna that was not even released. Bhai… that’s close to his heart. “But one man noticed it and “A woman on footpath outside that later translated into my a theatre told me, ‘Mamu, picrole in Munna BhaiM.B.B.S. I ture hit hai’. She sold tickets in almost didn’t do the movie black. That was my first apprebecause of the initial one-line ciation which I still cherish.” narration ‘Ek Gunda hai, woh “The movie had a subdued doctor ban na chahta hai’.” response in the first 7-8 days. Thankfully Boman didn’t And once it picked up, we are stop there and we got not still celebrating it 20 years latalone an entertaining movie er. Believe in your work, it but a talent who is sponta- takes only one person to notice neous and method actor at it and that can matter to you.” Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer have got their eggs frozen Future planning Actress Kristen Stewart and her screenwriter fiancée Dylan Meyer, who got engaged in 2021, are looking at options for having children together in the future and for that the two have even got their eggs frozen. Stewart said, “We’ve done really annoying things like freeze our eggs and stuff. So, if we want to, we can.” The couple is in no rush to tie the knot and just have a “loose” plan for their wedding. “We’re both, like, really casual people, and so we did this sweeping, traditional thing where we were like, ‘Marry me! You marry me!’” the 33-year-old said in an Web series on Bhagat Singh interview. The actress added, “And then we just never planned a wedding because we were like, ‘We kind of did it.’ But we’ll do it. I think we have a very loose plan, which is appropriate to us.” Before the two get married, Stew- art wants to direct a movie, The Chronology of Water. Stewart said, “I’m directing a movie soon, and so I have to do that before we get married. Because we have to send invites out and give people time to get ready for that.” — IANS On Big Screen RUCHA PATHAK (C) WITH HER CO-PANELISTS We all believe in his talent and now when he has donned the director’s hat with The Mehta Boys, which he has cowritten, hopes are high. “The movie is about a father-son duo who cannot stand each other but have to spend 48 hours together. I’ve just finished the last shoot schedule of this film and came straight here.” Boman also gave insights into screenplay writing. “A movie is not a sequence of events. It has many elements to it and each holds equal importance. Be it the theme, the conflict, the climax, there are many questions you have to ask yourself before you get down to writing a script.” Film circuit Independent film producers Vivek Rangachari, Sanjay Gulati and Rucha Pathak talked about how to pitch an idea for a project. Sanjay Gulati, producer of IndoFrench film Girl Will Be Girls, says it is possible to make a good film with a small Love, at last! Rebel Wilson shared that her connection with an unnamed sports star changed her life. The actress said, “It was like a rollercoaster. Sometimes, when I was dating men, people would even comment. They’re like, ‘God, Rebel, you can take them or leave them. You weren’t that ever invested’.” “And then, here was somebody where (I) felt so invested in and even thought at one point, ‘Oh, I could give up my career for this person, travel around the world on the tennis circuit’.” Wilson, who announced her engagement to Ramona Agruma last year, shares that the experience has changed her life and her attitude towards love. c m y b Rebel Wilson describes how her heart was ‘cracked open’ by a tennis player The actress said, “I describe it as cracking open my heart. Like you could open a fresh can of tennis balls… that’s what it did to me. And, I guess, when I saw people write love songs or poetry about love, I was like, ‘Oh, that’s nice’. But I don’t think I’d ever understood that until I felt that for a person.” — IANS budget. Appreciating movies like Laapataa Ladies and Madgaon Express, Rucha says, “I am excited about Laapataa Ladies’ release on OTT.” Talking of book adaptations, she says, “Adapting a book into a film or a series is a lengthy process. But the end result is rewarding.” In a separate session, Swanand Kirkire emphasised on the changing language of songs and how that’s changing the music landscape in the film industry. Films Director Seven Winters in Tehran Steffi Niederzoll All Ears Liu Jiayin The Old Oak Ken Loach Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar Parth Saurabh The Promised Land Nikolaj Arcel The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer Paradise Prasanna Vithanage Jalsaghar Satyjit Ray The Whale Darren Aronofsky Sunday Shokir Kholikov Tora’s Husband Rima Das Bahadur – The Brave Diwa Shah Sultana’s Dram Isabel Herguera The New Boy Warwick Thornton
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