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Ram Gopal Varma’s drama Satya, which starred J. D. Chakravarthy, Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee, Paresh Rawal, Aditya Srivastava

And Saurabh Shukla is back in theatres again after 27 years. Talking with Subhash K Jha, Manoj Bajpayee revisits Satya.

Manoj, how was the special screening of Satya last night?

It was a great screening actually, an amazing interaction when the entire press was there and also so many assistant directors and so many production people, some of the actors, Urmila and Chakravarti, Makrand Deshpande, all of us…Anurag Kashyap made it, Vishal Bhardwaj and yes, of course Ram Gopal Varma.

To be meeting them all together after so many years!

It was great meeting first of all everyone after such a long time. It really seemed to me as if there was no time lost, there was never a gap coming back together and really talking about all those things that...

Anurag Kashyap’s Paanch is finally getting a theatrical release (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Anurag Kashyap is one of the most famous directors in Indian cinema and is known for his genre of movies, which bring out the raw India. Known for directing films such as Gangs of Wasseypur and Return of Hanuman, Kashyap made his directorial debut in 2004 with Black Friday. However, fans might need to learn that even before this movie, the director had filmed another movie, which was never released in theaters.

After more than two decades of anticipation, Anurag Kashyap is finally set to unveil his long-shelved debut film, Paanch. Originally completed in the early 2000s, Paanch has remained unseen due to controversies surrounding its content, which led to its ban by the Central Board of Film Certification (Cbfc). The film’s release is now confirmed for the first half of 2025, which will surprise cinema fans.

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Auteur Anurag Kashyap, who is known for cult-classics like ‘Black Friday’, ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, ‘Ugly’ and others, seems to have been hurt by a close friend.

On Wednesday, the filmmaker took to the Stories section of his Instagram as he re-shared a text from an Instagram page. The post talks about setting boundaries in friendship.

The post read, “The only people who get upset when you set the boundaries are the ones who benefited from you having none.”

Earlier, Kashyap had shared a similar post talking about “low-maintenance” friendships.

Taking to his Instagram Story, the director shared a video with the text that read: “As you get older, you realise only low-maintenance friendships will survive. The ones who are not worried about rain check or immediate response. The ones who understand that we all have busy lives and own battles to fight. The ones who understand that friendship requires zero...

Actress Apoorva Arora, who is awaiting the release of her upcoming streaming show ‘Family Aaj Kal’, has shared her experience of working with the late actor Nitesh Pandey. She said that the two always shared a cordial relationship.

The actress said that he was more than a co-actor, and called him a father figure both on and off-screen as he treated her like a daughter.

Talking about her bond with Nitesh, Apoorva said: “The series beautifully portrays a father-daughter bond, a theme close to my heart as I share a similar bond with my father in real life. Working with Nitesh was a blessing; he was more than just a co-star but a father figure both on and off-screen. Nitesh was amazing on set! Even though he had so much experience, he was always friendly and supportive.”

The actress further mentioned that his energy was infectious, and he could make...