Showing posts with label Adeeb Rais. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adeeb Rais. Show all posts
Three decades after Pestonjee act, Shabana Azmi plays a Parsi character again
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Shaheen Parkar (MID-DAY; August 25, 2018)
Over 30 years after Vijaya Mehta’s Pestonjee, Shabana Azmi plays a Parsi character again in Adeeb Rais’s upcoming short film, Aunty Ji. Says Azmi, “It is a light-hearted film. I am playing a Parsi widow.” The veteran actor says she enjoyed deciding on her character. “I personally shopped for my character’s look.”
Rais, who earlier helmed the Barun Sobti and Shenaz Treasury starrer Main Aur Mr Riight (2014) and the short film Kuch Spice To Make It Meetha, which starred Nauheed Cyrusi and Purab Kohli, adds, “Her Parsi avatar is definitely going to charm the audience. As always, she has slipped into the role wonderfully and added many layers to it. The film is a sweet, sensitive and subtle story about an elderly Parsi lady and an acid-attack survivor. Both women are charming and strong, but conditioned by unnecessary restrictions and pressures from society.”
He adds, “Like most short films, we worked on a shoestring budget, but I am grateful that we could have Shabana ji on board.”
Young Bollywood filmmakers inspire Adeeb Rais for Main Aur Mr Riight
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Parag Maniar (BOMBAY TIMES; December 11, 2014)
Bollywood has been witness
to many young directors making a mark. Farhan Akhtar made his first film
Dil Chahta Hai when he was 27. Similarly, Ayan Mukerji
debuted as a director with Wake Up Sid at 26. Taking this as an
inspiration is 25-year-old director Adeeb Rais, who makes his
debut with Main Aur Mr Riight. He says, “Their films were refreshing and
appealed across all age groups. They are my favourites.“ Adeeb adds,
“Also, films like Vicky
Donor and Queen made me believe that there is a large audience for the
romcom genre.“
Starring Barun Sobti and Shenaz Treasurywala, the romantic comedy shows how two dramatically different people fall in love. Shenaz plays a casting director, while Barun, a struggling actor. “It's a love story that everyone will relate to,“ he says.
Main Aur Mr Riight, produced by Madmidaas Films, releases December 12.
Starring Barun Sobti and Shenaz Treasurywala, the romantic comedy shows how two dramatically different people fall in love. Shenaz plays a casting director, while Barun, a struggling actor. “It's a love story that everyone will relate to,“ he says.
Main Aur Mr Riight, produced by Madmidaas Films, releases December 12.
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