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Raveena Tandon speaks on the issue of the film in this special feature as Subhash K Jha revisits her Maatr, which released in 2017.

In Maatr, Raveena Tandon takes on the subject of rape with a brutal force. The film lays open some ugly truths about the way the judicial system fails a rape victim.

A raucous raga on the aftermath of rape, much of Maatr unfolds in a stern humourless no-nonsense manner of a fact-finding newshound who won’t go into digressions—because the film’s heroine knows what one wrong turn can do– just to keep the audience’s perception lightened.Which is for the best, really. In India, we can’t afford to laugh about rape the way the French could in the film Elle.

Maatr strips the act of rape of all its filmy glamour and titillating trappings to portray the agony of a woman who watches...

Starring Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla, Subhash K Jha revisits the drama Gulaab Gang that released in 2014.

Debutant director Soumik Sen’s film, Gulaab Gang, is designed as a flamboyant loud and message-driven film on women empowerment. In parts, it looks like a government-sponsored documentary on rural development with Madhuri in it to ensure people care and respond to the message. This would be as good as any place to reveal that the makers’ claims that the film is Not based on Sampat Pal’s missionary zeal is blatantly untrue. From the colour of the saree to the whole idea of making the male species look and feel really really saree..sorry, sorrry…Bro, this is Sampat’s kingdom all the way. If you have any doubts on that score check out Nishtha Jain’s excellent documentary Gulaabi Gang clevery released to pre-empt this imposter’s endeavour.

Women in pink...

In this page of This Day That Year: Subhash K Jha travels back to Gulaab Gang which hit the big screen 11 Years On this day — February 21st.

Women in pink sarees dot the lush rural landscape. They want revenge. Men, all raunchy paunchy rapists, leery bribe seekers, and rowdy merrymakers, get their comeuppance in the hands of these pink ladies armed with sickles, sticks, knives, and gumption. Director Soumik Sen’s film is designed as a flamboyant, loud, and message-driven film on women’s empowerment. In parts, it looks like a government-sponsored documentary on rural development with Madhuri to ensure people care and respond to the message.

This would be as good as any place to reveal that the makers’ claims that the film is Not based on Sampat Pal’s missionary zeal, is blatantly untrue. From the colour of the saree to the whole idea of making the male species look and feel really,...

Ashutosh Rana & Vijay Raaz Star In Murder In Mahim On Jio Cinema. (Photo Credit – Youtube)

Ashutosh Rana is a multi-talented actor and producer who has been a part of many critically acclaimed shows and Movies. Rana has mastered the genre of thrillers with his performances in movies like Saransh, The Great Indian Murder, and more. His next is also a thriller titled Murder In Mahim

Murder In Mahim, the highly anticipated psychological thriller stars Ashutosh Rana and Vijay Raaz in lead roles. The series is a social commentary that explores the chilling murder mystery and the underbelly of Mumbai, highlighting the reconciliation of a lost friendship between Peter (Ashutosh Rana) and Jende (Vijay Raaz). Adapted from a critically acclaimed book by author Jerry Pinto, the gripping series is helmed by Raj Acharya, and created by Tipping Point Films. It also stars talented actors Shivani Raghuvanshi and Shivaji Satam in pivotal roles.

Maatr

Starring Raveena Tandon, Madhur Mittal, Anurag Arora

Directed by Ashtar Sayed

A raucous raga on the aftermath of rape, much of Maatr unfolds in a stern humourless no-nonsense manner of a fact-finding newshound who won’t go into digressions—because the film’s heroine knows what one wrong turn can do– just to keep the audience’s perception lightened.Which is for the best, really.In India we can’t afford to laugh about rape the way the French could in the film Elle.

MaatrMaatr aims to do. It strips the act of rape of all its filmy glamour and titillating trappings to portray the agony of a woman who watches her minor daughter gangraped, after she is raped herself. The two are then dumped on the side of the Highway by the seven wayward sons of influential dads, nocturnal animals who belong in hell. Provided the over-crowded address...

World’s first film on in-line skating, upcoming Bollywood movie Hawaa Hawaai’ directed by Amole Gupte has been receiving tremendous response with its pre-release screenings. Celebrities and various renowned personalities have been batting for the upcoming film which is all set to inspire everyone to fulfil their dreams.

Some incredible reviews have been lining up, marking the path of success for Hawaa Hawaai’. Karan Johar tweeted, “Hawaa Hawaai is moving, motivating and magnificent….brilliantly performed and directed…makes you clap..cry and cheer…big Bravo to all”.

Talented actor Rajkummar Rao, appreciated the movie saying, “#Hawaa Hawaai such an honest and moving film. Saqib Saleem and Partho & the kids are marvellous in the film.”

The exclusive trailer from the movie has already touched the hearts of audiences and has definitely raised their expectations.

Aniruddha Guha, Film and Assistant Editor at Time Out tweeted, “It’s stunning, the performances Amole Gupte draws out from kids.

It was recently announced that Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla are set to share space on the big screen, for the first time, in Anubhav Sinha’s upcoming film Gulab Gang.

Now it has been revealed that Tannishtha Chatterjee, the award winning actress from the British film Brick Lane and more recently Anna Karenina, is all set to join the star cast.

Tannishtha Chatterjee is all set to take on the role of Madhuri’s chief lieutenant, but the actress only accepted the role after the part was re-written for her.

On the subject, a source told the media, “She read the script and loved it. It was her first mainstream Hindi offer. But her role was skimpy and sketchy. Tannishtha asked for it to be fleshed out.”

It has also been reported that actresses Divya Jagdale and Priyanka Bose are all set to join the cast of Gulab Gang too.

The fourth day of the 13th Mumbai Film Festival continued to enthral cinema buffs. Unprecedented numbers of film goers and cinema enthusiasts thronged the cinemas. Accompanying the audience for the movie screenings were celebrities such as Ashutosh Gowariker, Vishal Bhardwaj, Shabana Azmi, Makarand Deshpande, Divya Dutta, Sakshi Tanwar, Raj Zutshi, Brijesh Hirjee, Pravesh Rana, Onir, Satish Kaushik, Irawati Harshe and Aly Khan amongst many others. The star movie of the day was undoubtedly George Clooney's The Ides Of March which once again saw unprecedented numbers of audiences queue up for it. The star cast of Stanley Ka Dabba, which was screened at the festival were also present. In attendance were Raj Zutshi, Divya Dutta, Divya Jagdale and the magnificent kids. The surprise announcement of the film winning the best actor award at Children Young Audience Schlingel made here left them all overwhelmed. Divya Dutta shared how all of them...

Director: Anurag Kashyap, Writers: Kalki Koechlin and Anurag Kashyap, Cinematographer: Rajeev Ravi, Actors: Kalki Koechlin, Naseeruddin Shah, Gulshan Devaiya, Divya Jagdale

That Girl in Yellow Boots (Tgiyb) is set in a godless, libidinous and bureaucratic Mumbai. Its warm tone is just a facade for an utterly gloomy and pessimistic world of this film that director Anurag Kashyap tries to fill with a bit of colour by making his protagonist Ruth wear yellow boots. Her boots also signify her quest of a lost father, “who loves her unconditionally”. Whether she will find her father is a mystery.

Ruth (Kalki Koechlin), a white skinned British national, 20, has been living in India for past one year on a personal mission to find her father whom she doesn’t even recognize; and he seems to have even changed his name. She supports herself by working in a dingy massage parlour where “happy ending” has a sexual connotation.

Anurag Kashyap’s That Girl in Yellow Boots will be the closing film of the 3rd International Film Festival Ahmedabad (Iffa).

Written by Anurag Kashyap and Kalki Koechlin, the film stars Kalki Koechlin as Ruth alongwith Naseeruddin Shah, Prashant Prakash, Gulshan Devaiya, Shivkumar Subramaniam, Divya Jagdale, Kumud Mishra and Kartik Krishnan. It is a thriller tracing Ruth’s search for her father.

The film was recently presented at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. Last year, it was screened at Venice and Toronto where it was picked up by UK-based Swipe films for worldwide distribution.

The International Film Festival Ahmedabad will be held from August 25-28, 2011. Late submissions are open for the festival till August 5, 2011 with a late submission fee of Rs. 1000. Visit www.ifilmfest.in to submit.

The timing could not have been better! Schools have reopened and the monsoons are upon us. ‘Stanley Ka Dabba’ is an ideal DVD to plug and play on a rainy day when your kids have an unexpected holiday or are shut indoors during the evening.

‘Stanley Ka Dabba’ is available on Vcd (Rs.149.00) and DVD (Rs. 299.00) and contain collectibles like school book labels and a time-table card. The DVD comes with a host of special features like Making of the film, Deleted Scenes, Making of the songs & a special section called “Stanley’s Buddies” – where well-known celebrities have become Stanley’s buddy by signing a petition against child labour.

Sweta Agnihotri, C.O.O of Reliance Home Video says, “Stanley Ka Dabba is a perfect recipe for spending quality family time together. Go ahead & enjoy this fantastic fare.”

Synopsis

Imagine this boy in your mind’s eye. He arrives in...

After writing the sensitive Taare Zameen Par, Amole Gupte was next seen as an actor in Vishal Bhardwaj's Kaminey. His role of the crooked politician 'Bhope Bhau' fetched him a lot of acclaim from the critics and the masses. Since then, while Amole has been acting in films such as the soon to be released Phas Gaye Re Obama, what's keeping him busier is his home production and directorial venture Stanley Ka Dabba. Speaking exclusively to Bollywood Hungama, Amole reveals, "Stanley Ka Dabba is an emotional drama about children's tiffin boxes. It's my next directorial venture which I have also written and is even the first film produced by me under my banner Amole Gupte Cinema Pvt. Ltd." Commenting on the cast of the film, Amole says, "Stanley Ka Dabba stars around 250 children most of who have been a part of the workshops conducted by us. Besides the children,...

After writing the sensitive Taare Zameen Par, Amole Gupte was next seen as an actor in Vishal Bhardwaj's Kaminey. His role of the crooked politician 'Bhope Bhau' fetched him a lot of acclaim from the critics and the masses. Since then, while Amole has been acting in films such as the soon to be released Phas Gaye Re Obama, what's keeping him busier is his home production and directorial venture Stanley Ka Dabba. Speaking exclusively to Bollywood Hungama, Amole reveals, "Stanley Ka Dabba is an emotional drama about children's tiffin boxes. It's my next directorial venture which I have also written and is even the first film produced by me under my banner Amole Gupte Cinema Pvt. Ltd." Commenting on the cast of the film, Amole says, "Stanley Ka Dabba stars around 250 children most of who have been a part of the workshops conducted by us. Besides the children,...

After creating waves on the festival circuit, Anurag Kashyap.s thriller .That Girl in Yellow Boots. will open the seventh annual South Asian International Film Festival (Saiff) in New York Oct 27.Presented by HBO, the fest will mark the Us premiere of the movie that has also been co-written by Kashyap and his lady love Kalki Koechlin, who plays the lead in the movie..Kashyap is at the forefront of independent South Asian cinema. Having his film premiere with Saiff is an absolute honour. .That Girl in Yellow Boots. represents transition, and Kashyap pushes cinematic boundaries in order to make that happen,. said Galen Roesenthal, Saiff programme director, in a statement.Set in Pune and Mumbai, .That Girl in Yellow Boots. is a moving story of the travails of a white-skinned foreign girl named Ruth, played by Kalki, who comes to India in search of her Bengali photographer father.On her journey,...

Acclaimed Hindi film director Anurag Kashyap is reportedly ‘on top of the world’ following the news that his latest film, That Girl in Yellow Boots has been selected to screen at the 67th Venice Film Festival, which will take place between 1 and 11 September this year.

That Girl in Yellow Boots will screen at the prestigious festival in the Out-Of-Competition section – a showcase for films by established directors who have already participated in previous editions of the Venice Film Festival.

That Girl in Yellow Boots is a thriller that follows Ruth’s search for her father. Struggling to find independence in the alien city of Mumbai, she is driven to take a job in a massage parlour as she continues the quest to find the man she hardly knew, but can’t forget. Written by Anurag Kashyap and Kalki Koechlin, the film is co-produced by the National Film Development Corporation of...

That Girl In Yellow Boots, a Hindi thriller film directed by acclaimed film-maker Anurag Kashyap and co-produced by National Film Development Corporation of India (Nfdc) has been selected for the esteemed 67th Venice Film Festival. The film will be screened under Out-of-Competition section at this year's Venice Film Festival. Under this section important works by directors already established in previous editions of the Festival are showcased. The festival will take place from 1st to 11th September 2010 at Venice Lido.That Girl In Yellow Boots will also be screened at the forthcoming Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff). The film will have its North American Premiere under Special Presentations.That Girl In Yellow Boots is a thriller tracing Ruth's (Kalki Koechlin) search for her father - a man she hardly knew but cannot forget. Desperation drives her to work without a permit, at a massage parlour. Torn between several schisms, Mumbai becomes...

Anurag Kashyap's new film called That Girl in Yellow Boots will have its North American premiere at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff). Tiff will be held from 9 - 19 September, 2010. The movie stars Kalki Koechlin, Naseeruddin Shah, Gulshan Devaiya, Shivkumar Subramaniam, Divya Jagdale, Kumud Mishra and Kartik Krishnan amongst others. The movie has been written by Kashyap along with Koechlin. Music of the film is by Naren Chandavarkar, whereas cinematography is by Rajeev Rai. That Girl in Yellow Boots is about Ruth (Kalki Koechlin), ...

Anurag Kashyap's directorial venture "That Girl in Yellow Boots" will be screened at Toronto and Venice film festivals. The film will be screened out of competition at Venice International Film Festival which will be held from September 1-11.

Anurag delighted at the selection, wrote on facebook- "After Udaan at Cannes, Yellow Boots scores a double .. its both at Venice and Toronto.. three biggies in a year.. is it a first?"

Anurag produced Vikramaditya Motwane's "Udaan" that was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. 

National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) has joined hands with Anurag Kashyap for "That Girl in Yellow Boots".

Written by Anurag Kashyap and Kalki Koechlin, the film stars Kalki Koechlin as Ruth alongwith Naseeruddin Shah, Prashant Prakash, Gulshan Devaiya, Shivkumar Subramaniam, Divya Jagdale, Kumud Mishra and Kartik Krishnan. It is a thriller tracing Ruth's search for her...