Those who enjoyed Mira Nair’s hit movie ‘Monsoon Wedding’ have something more to look forward to. The filmmaker has started working on a Broadway musical version of her film. The musical will feature an Indian cast and will combine circus acrobatics, aerial acting, theatre, music and dance.
The filmmaker said ’she was glad to be back [...]
Film-maker Mira Nair has started working on a Broadway musical version of her 2001 crossover hit ‘Monsoon Wedding’ that will combine circus acrobatics, aerial acting, theatre, music and dance and will feature an Indian cast.
The film-maker said ’she was glad to be back to crossover movies after her Hollywood sojourn’.
‘The stage [...]
The Pravasi Film Festival 2010 ended here Wednesday with the screening of ‘Chehere’ by Rohit Kaushik and a panel discussion on ‘NRI Films – The Road Ahead’. Panelists asked organisers to stipulate guidelines on what should be categorised as NRI cinema.
The session was attended by filmmaker Mira Nair, director Basu Chatterjee, Dhananjoy, the contributing editor [...]
Washington, October 28 (ANI): Hilary Swank and Robert DeNiro have bagged top honours at the 13th annual Hollywood Awards.
Two-time Oscar winner Swank won the Hollywood Actress Award for her performance in Mira Nair’s biopic ‘Amelia’.
“I have to say it’s something very surreal,” Fox News quoted the actress as saying.
“But to have your work recognized? [...]
Washington, October 24 (ANI): Mira Nair has spoken about the trouble she and her team had to go through when the aircraft used in her 2009 biopic Amelia was hi-jacked en-route to the South African film shoot.
The acclaimed director revealed she was bent on using one of the actual Lockheed Elektras the famous aviator Amelia [...]
Washington, Oct 22 (ANI): Hollywood actress Hillary Swank’s high-flying dreams were dashed when Amelia’s insurance company didn’t let her fly alone.
The 35-year-old actress plays iconic aviator Amelia Earhart in the new film ‘Amelia’ directed by Mira Nair.
“I had about 19 hours of flying under my belt, but the insurance policy [...]
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) After acting in several TV soaps for over a decade, popular actor Ram Kapoor is finally set to foray into Bollywood and that too with four projects that include Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Kartik Calling Kartik’ and Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Udaan’.
‘I have signed on for four very interesting films and two of them [...]
Nevada (US), Aug.15 (ANI): India associated filmmakers Golden Globe nominated Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth) and BAFTA nominated Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding) are directing “New York, I Love You” along with nine others, including Oscar nominated Natalie Portman (Star Wars).
Suketu Mehta (Mission Kashmir) is one of the writers [...]
