Showing posts with label Kajarya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kajarya. Show all posts
Mughal-e-Azam song recreated for Kajarya to raise awareness about girl child
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Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; November 23, 2015)
Susheela Raman, who rose to
fame with her soulful rendition of Mukesh's “Yeh Mera Deewanapan Hai“ in
Mira Nair's The Namesake, has a new ace up her sleeve. The BritIndian
singer-composer has lent her voice to a remix of “Mohabbat Ki Jhooti
Kahani“, originally sung by Lata Mangeshkar for K Asif's 1960 epic
Mughal-e-Azam.The song is a part of Madhureeta Anand's film on female infanticide, Kajarya, which had received a standing ovation at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2013. Featuring Ridhima Sud (of Dil Dhadakne Do fame), the film is backed by Eve Ensler, the renowned playwright of The Vagina Monologues.
“I was 10 years old when I first watched Mughal-e-Azam. I was captivated with its splendour and emotional arch, and of course, Madhubala's beauty. The music was exceptional too. But it was only when I was older and in film school that I realise that it was a path-breaking film. I watched the song in colour and its use of mirrors. It's a lovely coincidence that it's a part of my film now,“ says Madhureeta.
The song's rights were acquired by the makers earlier this year. And the director asserts that Susheela with her contemporary style gives the song a new subtext. “It's an updated version,“ she says.
Shot on actress Meenu Hooda, the song portrays her character reconciling with her disappointing past, remembering everyone who has let her down and realising she needs to take control of her life. “The song has a haunting quality to it in the film. Anyone who has known heartbreak will relate to it,“ says Madhureeta.
Most of my scenes in Dil Dhadakne Do are with Ranveer Singh-Ridhima Sud
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Ridhima Sud, the new kid on the block, talks about her Bollywood debut in Zoya Akhtar's next, her brush with the Oscars and Spider-Man Tobey Maguire.
Vickey Lalwani (MUMBAI MIRROR; October 28, 2014)
Years as a model, international projects, acting classes from Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio's coach Larry Moss, and now a Bollywood debut helmed by Zoya Akhtar--Ridhima Sud looks set for a good start in tinseltown.
The Delhi-born actress, who has been cast in Dil Dhadakne Do (DDD) along with Farhan Akhtar, Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh, started her career in front of the camera years ago with a commercial for a popular brand of skincare clinics. The journey then took a global turn.
"I started modelling while still at New York University. I had done a few advertisements when the casting director for the Ballad Of Rustom called me. I met the film's director, Ajita Suchitra Veera, and signed the project the same day. It was in 'contention' for the Oscars this year in the Best Picture category," says Ridhima.
The actress, who was christened Ritz by a French friend who could not pronounce her name, went on to act in Kajarya, a much talked-about film on crime against women in India.
Then Zoya came calling. "I've been stalking her since I was five. Just kidding!" laughs Ridhima. "She personally took my audition for DDD. I think I said yes even before they offered me the film."
She adds, "Zoya is my favourite director. She knows exactly what she wants and allowed a newbie like me to take creative liberties."
Ridhima is reluctant to talk about her character in the film but she reveals, "I can't say who I am starring opposite but most of my scenes are with Ranveer."
She is equally upbeat about her other co-stars during the "incredible" shoot. "Priyanka and Anil (Kapoor) were particularly encouraging," she says, adding that the Indian cast and crew "were much warmer" than foreign teams.
While in New York, Ridhima was a student of Larry Moss, acting coach to Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio. "I was impressed by the fact that a successful actor like Tobey would be in class with newbies in the pursuit of perfecting his acting skills," she says.
Now she has friends in Bollywood. "I'd ideally like to live in multiple cities. I see myself as a child of the world so why make one city my home," she quips.
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