20032024-LSTL-01.qxd 3/20/2024 12:54 AM Page 1 c m y b LIFE IN VERSES Dharmendra, who was recently seen in the Karan Johar-directorial Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, shared a video of himself lipsyncing to a ghazal written by Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar. He wrote in the caption, "Haqeeqat e zindagi bayaan kar baitha hoon … mere kunbe ke log… mere fans mujhe udas nahin dekh paate ." TRIBUNE On a roll Life Bhumi Pednekar is on a roll. After Bhakshak, she is now all set to come up with Daldal. In the Prime Video series, Bhumi will be seen playing cop. Amrit Raj Gupta has directed the project. LUDHIANA | WEDNESDAY | 20 MARCH 2024 Portrait of an artist DOCUMENTARY: FRIDA DIRECTOR CARLA GUTIERREZ RATING HHHH NET, FLIX & MORE Nonika Singh It’s gonna be fun! Michelle Pfeiffer to star in Oh.What.Fun Filmmaker Michael Showalter has teamed up with Hollywood veteran Michelle Pfeiffer for his next feature film. Written by Showalter and Chandler Baker, the film is a holiday comedy, titled Oh.What.Fun. The project, which is backed by Amazon MGM, is based on a short story from Baker that was originally published by Amazon Original Stories. Pfeiffer will essay the role of Claire Clauster, who organises a special Christmas outing when her family forgets her in the shuffle. By the time they realise their mistake, she’s gone missing. Their Christmas is in jeopardy, but Claire has other plans. — PTI A DOCUMENTARY about the life of the famed Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, sourced in her own writings, her works and photographs sure is a daunting task. And on the face of it, appears a bit tedious too. Especially, if you have seen Salma Hayek’s Oscar nominated biopic on her. Yet, Carla Gutierres’s ambitious film is not just another chronicler. As we follow Frida’s unusual journey marked with many vicissitudes, among other things, it’s her art, the wondrous paintings that grab our attention. What begins simply as a compilation of photographs soon transforms into a fascinating insight into the artist born in 1907. How she hailed as one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century, who saw vibrant colours in the world around her, found true artistic impulses in her own experiences is vividly detailed. So is her personal story, especially her affair with renowned muralist Diego Marcia. Her marriage with him was described as that of ‘an elephant with a dove.’ But of course, at that point in her life, Diego was the toast of the art world, invited to exhibit at MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art) in New York. For a while, the film focuses upon his achievements and commissions more than her and we see more of the person that she was. While some salacious details, including her sexual choices which included women too surface, the idea is never to titillate. What makes the film absorbing is her art and how it became an integral part of her being. Her canvasses animated by the makers remain the most memorable part of the film. Her unusual style was described as surreal, a term interestingly Frida was unaware of. The surreal poet Andre Breton, who took her art to the US and France, considered it as part of surrealism movement. After a failed exhibition in France, Frida grew disenchanted with surrealism and dubbed it as ‘decadent manifestation of bourgeois art.’ For Frida, painting was her reality and not flight of fancy. Indeed, her self-portraits are a deep dive into her life, her mind and emotions. From her love for Diego whom she remarried after a divorce to a miscarriage to her recurring ailments, much can be seen in her evocative paintings brimming with expressions and enigma. As her health deteriorated, a fall out of a bone-crushing accident at 17, colours changed their meaning for her. The sunkissed yellow became the colour of sickness and red that of blood. But just when her dear ones gave up on her, she found the courage to paint again even landed up at her first solo exhibition in Mexico in an ambulance. Surprisingly, her first exhibition in her homeland came rather late, almost close to her death. The film follows a linear graph, and may not detail everything that she or her paintings truly stood for. Yet, it makes for a throbbing portrait of an artist whom the world lost in 1954. Fine editing by the director Carla and David Teagu, which won them the US Documentary Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award at 2024 Sundance Film Festival, ensures her art is finely juxtaposed with her life’s momentous moments. Sound design (music by Victor Hernández Stumpfhauser) enhances the poignancy of her art. “My painting carries with it the message of pain.” Her observations about Mexican culture, capitalism and her communist ideology are well accounted for. Interestingly, the feminist and the artist in Frida blossomed almost at the same time. When she married Deigo again, one of her pre-conditions was that she would pay 50 per cent of the household expenses. The film brings both her indefatigable spirit and artistic temper to life. Must watch, if you are an art aficionado. And an interesting viewing experience if you put value on stories of human grit untainted by greed and powered by passion. The 88minute film streams on Amazon Prime Video. Canadian rapper Drake’s gesture at his recent concert is winning hearts. The rapper helped out yet another fan by granting their wish at his concert in San Antonio, Texas as a part of his It’s All a Blur tour. In a video shared on X, Drake struck up a conversation with a female fan in the crowd, who was holding up a poster that said “I’m five months pregnant, can you be my Rich Baby Daddy?” The poster was a nod to the track off his latest album For All the Dogs, which features Sexyy Red and SZA. Drake then offered the fan a gift, as he said amid roaring applause, “Second of all, I’d love to give you $25,000 so you can be a rich baby mama.” The First Person Shooter rapper has made something of a habit of offering generous gifts to fans in his audiences over the last six months. Rapper Drake gifts $25,000 to pregnant fan at Texas concert In August, he walked on stage in Los Angeles with a pink Hermes Birkin bag and scanned the crowd for a lucky recipient. “Drake ain’t cheap”, he told the audience before pointing at someone in the audience and handing them the designer purse, which costs between $10,000 and $30,000. — IANS Under no Ellie Goulding feels ‘sad as hell’ after announcing her split from husband Illusion Dua Lipa looks back at the time when she had her eureka moment Singer-songwriter Dua Lipa, who recently released her album Radical Optimism, recently talked about her eureka moment. The singer shared that it was a song called Illusion, where she felt that lyrically she got the radical optimism. Dua, in an interview, said that she felt very strong in the moment when she was writing that song. The singer said, “I felt in a stronger power of position, because I was like maybe before, I would have fallen for something like this and now I can dance with the illusion, and it’s something for me too, you know? I think musically also, when Kevin and Danny came together and it was the live drums and the synths and the big music breakdown, in my head the big dance moment, when all those came together it was just a feeling.” — IANS Goodbye We are committed to protecting our family privacy and thank people in advance for respecting our wishes. We won’t be commenting further. Thank you. Beth Peters General Hospital actor Beth Peters passes away at 92 ELLIE GOULDING ‘Tomorrow will be better’ English singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding has confessed that she is ‘feeling sad as hell’ but assured that ‘tomorrow will be better’, making the remarks just weeks after announcing her separation. It was announced last month that the singer-songwriter, 37, and her husband Caspar Jopling, 32, have separated. The former couple confirmed the news in respective statements that were shared with their followers on social media. The BRIT Award winner wrote, “Solidarity to anyone else feeling sad as hell today. Tomorrow will be bet- The film brings Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s indefatigable spirit and artistic temper to life Isn’t he generous? ter.” The post comes weeks after Ellie and Caspar announced their separation. There had been rumours that the pair, who are parents to son Arthur, two, together, had split up prior to the announcement last month. The singer said that the former couple “remain the closest of friends” and have been “co-parenting” together. Ellie said, “In light of recent stories, I feel I have been left with no choice but to let you all know that Caspar and I privately separated some time ago. We remain the closest of friends.” — IANS Beth Peters, an actor and singer who had a recurring role on General Hospital, passed away recently in central Florida after a short illness. She was 92. In the early 1980s, Peters played Mrs Whitaker in eight episodes of the iconic ABC soap series. In an obituary sent by her son, her character profile reads “The motherly Mrs Whitaker dispensed country wisdom from her farm kitchen in Beecher’s Corners, serving as a surrogate mother to Laura Spencer, played by Genie Francis, as the teenager’s story arc saw her fall in love with Luke Spencer, portrayed by Anthony Geary.” Peters began her performing and singing career as a youngster in coastal New Jersey. In 1955, she made her Broadway debut as an extra in the play Inherit the Wind, ultimately playing Mrs Brady in the last months of the show’s production. In addition to General Hospital, Peters has been in Mr. Belvedere, Quantum Leap, Beyond Belief and Hart to Hart. — ANI Tamannaah remembers when she was rejected by Boogie Woogie team Past imperfect Tamannaah Bhatia, who was recently seen in the Telugu film Bhola Shankar, shared that she was rejected from Boogie Woogie, and it has been one hell of a journey for her to get to collaborate with actor Jaaved Jaaferi. The actress on Tuesday attended Prime Video’s slate announcement event, Prime Video Presents, with the team of her upcoming streaming title Daring Partners, which Rana Daggubati announces his talk show The Rana Connection Talk to me Actor Rana Daggubati is all set to come up with an exciting talk show featuring his friends and contemporaries from Indian cinema. The announcement was disclosed at a Prime Video event in Mumbai on Tuesday in the presence of the show’s team. The show is titled The Rana Connection. Taking to Instagram, Prime Video shared the news with fans and captioned the post, “An exciting and curiosity-piquing talk show hosted by celebrated actor Rana Daggubati, featuring his friends and contemporaries from Indian cinema. Rajeev Ranjan and Prashanth Potluri serve as producers on The Rana Connection. Rana Daggubati is a renowned name in the Telugu cinema industry. He got international recognition with his role of Bhallaladeva in Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017). Meanwhile, Rana will be seen in Vettaiyan, directed by TJ Gnanavelraja. — ANI c m y b also stars Diana Penty and Jaaved Jaaferi. Tamannaah said, “I was once rejected from Boogie Woogie. Since, then it has been a journey to share the same platform with Javed sir, it all has come full-circle.” Daring Partners follows the story of two best-friends, who embark on a daring journey as partners in an alcohol start-up. Daring Partners will soon drop on Prime Video. — IANS
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