Showing posts with label Wales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wales. Show all posts
Sonnalli Seygall returns with romance-horror
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Mohar Basu (MID-DAY; November 24, 2021)
Pyaar Ka Punchnama actor Sonnalli Seygall last appeared in the quirky comedy, Jai Mummy Di, alongside Sunny Singh. Now, the actor is set to feature in a romance-horror film, which pairs her alongside Amrish Puri’s grandson, Vardhan.
“The character is different. This is the kind of script you fall in love with in the first narration. I am shooting for it in London, where the scene is set. I am looking forward to working with the amazing cast.”
A fair share of details had to be arrived at before the unit could finalise an overseas schedule amid the pandemic. “But we finally overcame all odds and I am ecstatic. It is cold, but the locations are exquisite, and that makes it all worth it. We are shooting in London, and on its outskirts in Cardiff, Wales.”
Jungle Cry is a story we all wanted the world to know-Abhay Deol
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Abhay Deol on his next, which is inspired by World Cup win of India’s Under-14 rugby team and features him as coach Rudraksha Jena
Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; January 26, 2019)
On Friday, Abhay Deol posted a picture on Instagram with the caption, “Some mornings be like! Just one of them days ya know?” and appended it with the hashtag #tired and #overworked. Turns out the actor has just wrapped up his next film, Jungle Cry, after a hectic shoot. The real-life story of Rudraksha Jena and the historic win of the Under-14 rugby team of the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences’ (KISS) in 2007, was filmed in Wales and London during November and December. Emily Shah, former Miss New Jersey (2014) who assisted on Captain America 2, Clint Eastwood’s Jersey Boys and Fast & Furious 7, plays a physiotherapist and Abhay’s leading lady.
The actor’s character is modelled on the Indian coach, Rudraksha, and he admits that rugby isn’t a common sport in India. “What makes the win even more impressive is that these kids were football players who had just four months to learn rugby and still managed to lift the World Cup in the UK. This is an underdog story of success and that’s what made it attractive to me,” he says.
Abhay admits that while he was familiar with rugby, he didn’t follow the sport closely and underwent training for months before the film went on the floors. He is quick to add that his trials were nothing compared to what the kids went through. “While shooting in rainy Wales in five degrees temperature, I could wear my jacket over my tracks and root them on, screaming, ‘Come on boys, run and jump,’ while they were shivering in their shorts,” he reminisces. “But be it Emily or Sagar Ballary (director), everyone was heart-warmingly earnest because we were all inspired by the story. This is a story we all wanted the world to know.”
Quiz him on his encounter with his real-life counterpart and Abhay says he was really motivated by the work Rudraksha has been doing. “We also have British footballer Paul Walsh and Dr Achyuta Samanta, who runs KISS, on board. All these guys live to better the lives of others. Paul has his own outfit in Kolkata that trains street kids who rarely get an opportunity to showcase their talent. Sports is an opportunity that comes out of poverty in many parts of the world and I respect these guys for creating a future for these boys,” Abhay asserts.
Associate producer Shabbir Boxwala informs that the film is currently in post-production. “We plan to enter it for the Cannes Film Festival in March,” he informs.
Arshad Warsi & Jackky Bhagnani mistaken for the Taliban by Scotland Yard
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Priya Gupta (BOMBAY TIMES; October 30, 2014)
Arshad Warsi and Jackky
Bhagnani were recently shooting for their upcoming satire Welcome To
Karachi in England, where the director Ashish R Mohan has recreated
parts of Karachi there, when they all got a scare from the Scotland Yard
officers. Talking to us about what actually happened, Jackky
said, “We were shooting in Wales in our Talibani outfits with real guns
in our hands in a quarry that was a private property. Apart from
Arshad sir and me, there were about 300 extras, all in the Talibani
outfits, when suddenly we saw two orange choppers hovering above us. We
merrily continued to fire our guns assuming them to be just normal
choppers that were flying over us, till we saw them pointing
their snipers at us and we found ourselves surrounded in full filmi
style by the Scotland Yard cars. We learnt that they had caught us with
our guns and clothes on their satellite and mistook us to be a terrorist
outfit. Of course we clarified to them and showed them all our
permissions and finally they laughed it off, but we were scared for
those few moments when they gheraoed us.“
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