Showing posts with label Promita Sengupta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Promita Sengupta. Show all posts
I might think of marriage again-Manisha Koirala
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Manisha Koirala preps up for a new film, reveals she will adopt a girl child next year and is in the process of writing her memoir
Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; September 8, 2016)
Manisha Koirala is back in action. At 2.30 pm, in
her Versova apartment, she changes from one outfit to another with
professional ease for the look test of Promita Sengupta's directorial
debut, Maulali, which rolls towards the year-end. "She's written a
really good script, there's drama, comedy and revenge. It challenges me
and though it's her first film, I'm confident she'll deliver. At this
age I don't want to take chances with a wrong film," asserts the
46-year-old actress who plays a Bihari-Muslim who reunites with her lost
son after years.Manisha herself wants to adopt a girl next year. It's been four years since she was diagnosed with cancer and the crisis seems to have passed. "I am extremely close to my family but they live in Nepal. I feel lonely when I come back to an empty house. There's a need for human bonding, I've wanted to adopt since I was a child," she reveals.
In 2010, she married Nepali businessman Samrat Dahal. They were divorced two years later but Manisha's still open to the idea of marriage. "Who wouldn't want to get married? Initially it's great, but later, you never know. If somebody nice comes along, I may think about it. What's important at present is a sense of family which will come with the adoption," she says.
For now, Manisha's busy with script readings and working on her Bihari and Urdu accent. Her coactors are being flown down for workshops and Promita is discussing costumes with her. "I'm mostly behind the scenes too, lecturing everyone. Filmmaking is a team effort," says the actress.
She is looking forward to returning to Kolkata where she shot Rituparno Ghosh's 2008 Bengali film, Khela. She feels at home in the city with its culture of music and its Tagore stories she's read over the years. "During Khela, a special fish curry would be made for me every day. I also love mishti doi. Rituda took me shopping for cotton sarees," she reminisces.
She's completed another film, Dear Maya, and there are two-three other offers. But she hasn't signed any other film yet. "I want to do roles I haven't done before. I also want to direct. I have stories of struggle and triumph but haven't sat on them yet. I want to make an off-beat film and I won't act in it," she avers.
She'll soon be a certified yoga teacher and after she finishes Maulali, she wants to do a course in integrative nutrition. "I want to teach people how to live a holistic life. I'm obsessed with being healthy, constantly reading, researching and sharing my knowledge with others," says Manisha who also intends to write a book. "It will be my reflections on life and films. When I was unwell I made lots of notes. I've promised my publisher I'll deliver it to them next year."
Manisha Koirala to play mother to a 20-year-old in Hindi-Bengali film
7:39 AM
Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; June 29, 2016)
While speaking to Mirror
earlier (August 4) Manisha Koirala had admitted that she is hungry for
good roles but none of the offers have been substantial. Now, the
actress has finally found a role that meets expectations and has given
her nod to a Hindi-Bengali film. It marks the directorial debut of
Promita Sengupta who has worked as an associate director to Rakeysh
Omprakash Mehra and Prakash Jha.
“It's a beautiful story about a mother who reunites with her son after 20 years and how their relationship transforms him for the better. It's a strong woman-centric film which we have nurtured for two years before approaching Manisha with it,“ says producer Himanshu Dhanuka. The actress who in the earlier interview had spoken about wanting to adopt a girl and a boy if she was declared cancer-free this year, has agreed to play the mother who like her, is 45 years old.
Manisha plays a Bihari-Muslim and is mostly swathed in a burqa. She will be speaking Hindi with a smattering of Urdu and colloquial Bengali. “We will meet in July to start prepping up with reading sessions and workshops in Mumbai,“ says Himanshu. This is his third film in the world cinema genre after Irrfan Khan's No Bed of Roses, directed by acclaimed Bangladeshi filmmaker, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, and Anjan Dutt's The Bongs Again.
Bengali actor Anirban, last seen in Aparna Sen's Arshinagar, will be playing Manisha's 20-year old-son, named Maulali after the locality in Kolkata where he has grown up. The film will be shot in Kolkata in November and December in a start-to-finish two-month schedule.Manisha will be flying to the City of Joy two weeks before shooting kick-starts to get a feel of the story and her character.
“It's a beautiful story about a mother who reunites with her son after 20 years and how their relationship transforms him for the better. It's a strong woman-centric film which we have nurtured for two years before approaching Manisha with it,“ says producer Himanshu Dhanuka. The actress who in the earlier interview had spoken about wanting to adopt a girl and a boy if she was declared cancer-free this year, has agreed to play the mother who like her, is 45 years old.
Manisha plays a Bihari-Muslim and is mostly swathed in a burqa. She will be speaking Hindi with a smattering of Urdu and colloquial Bengali. “We will meet in July to start prepping up with reading sessions and workshops in Mumbai,“ says Himanshu. This is his third film in the world cinema genre after Irrfan Khan's No Bed of Roses, directed by acclaimed Bangladeshi filmmaker, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, and Anjan Dutt's The Bongs Again.
Bengali actor Anirban, last seen in Aparna Sen's Arshinagar, will be playing Manisha's 20-year old-son, named Maulali after the locality in Kolkata where he has grown up. The film will be shot in Kolkata in November and December in a start-to-finish two-month schedule.Manisha will be flying to the City of Joy two weeks before shooting kick-starts to get a feel of the story and her character.
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