“What to do,” asked the brilliant actor, who has four films in various sections at the ongoing 66th Cannes International Film Festival. “I had no time to get myself any clothes. ‘Ek suit ghar pe padaa hua tha jo pehla pehna nahin tha. Bas wohi lekar aa gaya’.(There was a suit at home that I hadn’t worn. I took it and came here),” said Nawaz who turned a year older Sunday.

But clothes certainly don’t make this actor’s life.

“I feel blessed. To have four of my films here at Cannes, is like a dream. On Saturday we had a screening of ‘Monsoon Shootout’. On Sunday there were screenings of ‘Lunchbox’ and ‘Bombay Talkies’. They were so well-received. I couldn’t have hoped for a better birthday gift,” said the actor.

In the night Nawaz’s friends hosted a birthday bash for him.

“I had lots to celebrate this year. The overwhelming response to my films at Cannes is the highest point in my journey of the last one year.”

“For 13 years I was given no room to grow as an actor. ‘Kuch bhi milta tha main kar leta’ (I accepted what came my way). ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’ changed my life. Today, I feel I’ve just begun my life. So this is my first birthday,” he said.
-IANS

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As many as 15 stars from the Indian cinema industry will be walking the red carpet this time, either to promote their movies or as brand ambassadors of other products. Apart from the regular stars whom we see at the Cannes, there is an addition of new upcoming Bollywood stars who shall be seen at the film festival aswell.

Here’s a list of all the stars who will be attending the Cannes Film Festival this year.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

The actress was first seen walking the red carpet at Cannes in 2002 for the promotion of her movie, Devdas and she’s been a regular since then. She’s one of the most beautiful actresses to ever grace the Cannes representing Indian Cinema. This year, she will be present at Cannes as the brand ambassador of L’Oreal Paris, which is completeing 16 years as the official make-up partner of the Cannes festival.

Vidya Balan

This will be Vidya Balan’s first appearance at the Cannes. The actress has been invited to be a part of the prestigious 10 member jury that includes Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg. The promising star, who’s well known for her roles in movies like, Kahani and The Dirty Picture, commented that she shall be seen in her favourite attire – Saree!

Sonam Kapoor

Sonam Kapoor will also be seen at the Cannes film festival as the brand ambassador of L’Oreal and this shall mark the third time of her being present at Cannes. The actress along with Aishwarya Rai and Freida Pinto, who are joint brand ambassadors of L’Oreal, will be sporting the brand’s new sunset  look which is said to be inspired by Bollywood’s different eras, to mark 100 years of Indian Cinema.

Ameesha Patel

Ameesha Patel’s upcoming movie “Shortcut Romeo” will premier at Cannes this year. She’s been heard saying that she shall be sporting a Manish Malhotra creation for her red carpet appearance. She will be accompanied by Neil Nitin Mukesh and director Susi Ganesh.

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan’s Hollywood debut film, ” The Great Gatsby” starring Leonardo Dicaprio will also premiere at Cannes. Bachchan will appear in a very small role and only for a few seconds. He is also expected to walk the red carpet with his wife Jaya Bachchan, son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai.

Rajinikanth

The trailer of  Kochadaiyaan will be unveiled at the film festival and this Rajnikanth’s movie has been anticipated for a long time! Deepika Padukone stars opposite Rajnikanth and it’s claimed to be the first 3D Indian movie with motion capturing technology.

Sherlyn Chopra

Sherlyn Chopra the ‘outrageous’ sensation will also be seen at Cannes to unveil the second trailer of her new movie, Kamasutra 3D. The actress shall be accompaied with the film’s director Rupesh Paul.

Anurag Kashyap

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap who last time made it to the Cannes for his movie Gangs of Wasseypur will be seen again for the premier of Bombay Talkies. This movie is a compilation of four short movies by Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee and Anurag Kashyap. It’s also a tribute to a 100 years of Indian Cinema.

Nandita Das

Actress Nandita Das who was previous seen as one of the jury members in 2005, will once again be seen at the Cannes this year. The actress will again join the jury for the short films category.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

The talented actor who’s done a great job in his latest Bombay Talkies  will be seen on the red carpet for not just one, not two but three of his movies with Dabba and Monsoon Shootout being the other two.

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Cast- Rani Mukherjee, Randeep Hooda, Katrina Kaif, Saqib Saleem, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vineet Kumar, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Naman Jain.

Direction- Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar.

A quartet of four contemporary movie directors come together to mark the centennial celebration of Indian Cinema by making an anthology of four short films. Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap, these geniuses display something that they have never done before and probably won’t get another chance to. Each was given a budget of 1.5cr and looks like they’ve done justice in all respect.

Plot :

Karan Johar.

The movie starts with Karan Johar’s short film. This movie revolves around three people – Dev ( Randeep Hooda ), Gayatri ( Rani Mukherjee ), Avinash ( Saqib Saleem ). Now, we know Karan Johar and his style of movies, music, stunning locations, ecstactic costumes, etcetra etcetra.  But in this movie, looks like Karan Johar has taken a U-turn from his customary. His film starts with the  monotonous life of a  married couple – Gayatri and Dev and how Gayatri meets her new collegue in Avinash who plays a homosexual rebel in the movie and flips their whole world upside down.

Rani Mukherjee is a sexually repressed wife in the movie and befriends Saqib Saleem at work. While she wonders why her husband ( Randeep Hooda ) doesn’t pay heed to her sexual needs, the young guy turns around the married man’s life and shows him his misplaced sexual tug. While the plot surrounds the ongoing societal cringe on homosexuality, you see how it unfolds the message of how sexuality is being hidden inside closets fearing a stamp of marriage.

Dibakar Banerjee.

A middle class family man ( Nawazuddin Siddiqui )  struggles to make a living. No jobs, no opportunities and no money. Based on the short film of Satyajit Ray’s ‘Patol Babu, Film Star’, Dibakar Banerjee has paid an ultimate tribute to Ray. After failing to reach for a job opportunity on time, Purandar ( Nawazuddin Siddiqui ), he reaches an area where a film shoot is taking place. Eventually, he lands up with a bit part role in the movie and that’s when he imagines his late father talking to him, making him realise the fact that personal satisfaction cannot be compared to monetary incentives.

In the end, the contentment on Nawaz’s face and the way he describes his day’s story to his down-with-fever daughter is just a treat to watch. The plot’s main punch comes here, where Nawaz’s stunning dexterity lures the spectators to the core emotional point. Without any words spoken and just a Tagore song playing in the background, Nawaz’s body language and how he engages her daughter into the whole atmosphere of felicity is completely bliss.

Zoya Akhtar.

A small kid ( Naman Jain ), named Vicky in the movie, is completely allured by Katrina Kaif. The little boy wants to explore his sexuality while his father, played by Ranveer Shorey, is adamant on making his son play sports to get tough. The plot revolves around belief. Self-belief and Dreams. Taking into account how Katrina coming into Bollywood without knowing anybody and a single word of Hindi, is now a superstar, the boy also wants to follow her footsteps. Obviously the boy couldn’t just tell his dad “Kyun Ladki Hone Mein Kya Burai Hai? So he hides his dream within himself and wishes to make it come true when the time is right.

Though the movie doesn’t match up to the other ones, Zoya Akhtar amazes us with her technical expertise. The elation on the guy’s face while watching the item number, Sheila Ki Jawaani, is really worth and how he wishes to be like her. While the performance of Ranveer Shorey as a disciplinarian father is done with perfection, the little kids, Naman Jain and her sister in the film Khushi Dubey are just groundbreaking with their respective roles. Katrina Kaif plays a sparkling cameo in the film.

Anurag Kashyap

Anurag’s short film is about a young man Vijay ( Vineet Kumar )  who arrives in Mumbai to fulfil his ailing father’s (Sudhir Pande) last wish. Anurag Kashyap, with this movie, should be able to tight-lip the naysayers who say that he confines to limited themes for his movies. While he’s known for his swimming against the tide type of dark films, in this movie he has expressed more than just one thing. Vineet Kumar hails from Allahabad, UP and comes to Mumbai with a wish to meet Amitabh Bachchan. He is on a hopeful journey to meet Big B and make him eat his mother’s Murabba. 

Vineet Kumar’s performance in the film considering his role as an outsider to the new city of Mumbai is just outstanding. Anurag’s film evokes millions of emotions in us, happiness, sorrow, a few tears would shed when something transpires during the train journey of Vijay. All in All, one of the best among the four short films.

The Last Word

All the three actors of Karan Johar’s part have performed brilliantly especially newcomer Saqib Saleem. The movie also highlights a very controversial topic in today’s world especially in our country. Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap have done justice in celebrating the 100 years of Indian cinema with their mind boggling plots and expertise. But the standout performance was Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s in Dibakar Banerjee’s short story. His acting keeps you glued to the screen and makes you feel everything that you haven’t yet.

Though the movie has not much of the ‘centenary celebration of Indian cinema’, Bombay Talkies is surely something that everybody should watch and have a glimpse of four different lives living in the same world with four different societal problems.

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Star Cast : Amitabh Bachchan
Rani Mukerji
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Randeep Hooda
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Saqib Saleem
Aamir Khan
Katrina Kaif
Ranbir Kapoor

Music Composer : Amit Trivedi

Directors : Anurag Kashyap
Dibakar Banerjee
Zoya Akhtar
Karan Johar

Producer : Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Ashi Dua

Banner : Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Flying Unicorn Entertainment

Release Date : May 3, 2013

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But Nawazuddin and his unit braved the dangers as the film demanded the location and were shooting in the area until they had hastily leave Shimultala to avoid a confrontation with the Maoists and then completed the rest of the shooting in Kolkata.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui says, “We had to wrap up for our shooting on Friday and quickly leave as there was a bandh call from the Maoists on Saturday. No one in the area dares to defy closure orders from the Maoists. We had no option but to pack our bags and leave.”

Speaking about Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s film that he is currently working on, Nawazuddin says, “I wanted to work with Buddadeb Dasgupta from the time I saw his film Tahader Katha. It was visually stunning. And also, this brilliant director returns to Hindi cinema for the first time since he made Andhi Gali.”

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Shabana Azmi: At my parental home in Janki Kutir, playing Holi is a tradition started by my father (Kaifi Azmi) and now followed by my brother Baba. We play with organic dry colours. There will be family and friends from theatre and cinema. Lots of naach-gaana and khaana.

Irrfan Khan: This Holi I am far away from the madding crowd in the forests of Uttarakhand.

Honey Singh: This Holi I perform in Dubai for a crowd of 20,000 people. For the concert of mine, the gates are being flung open for families and children as well. Through this festival of colours and happiness, I want my fans to know my music is for everyone and for all occasions.

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The movie  is divided into 4 short films. Each directed by a separate director and each concentrating on different aspect of human emotion. Each story is of 20 mins. The film’s story revolves around the lives and problems of common people of our society while all the actors who played their roles looks much perfect and real.

This idea behind making this movie is that they wanted to pay homage to Indian Cinema .The movie will be releasing on May 5th which will mark 100 yr anniversary of the Indian Cinema Industry. Amit Trivedi has composed the music for all the 4 films.

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His initial days of struggle in Mumbai tested his passion and patience for acting. He did television, short films and small roles in Bollywood movies. He no longer wanted to get typecast and was on constant lookout for right opportunity to showcase his potential. Though he made his debut with Sarfarosh, he got his first breakthrough with ‘Black Friday’. Followed by series of small yet substantial roles in films like Firaq, Peepli Live, New York and Kahaani. Gangs of Wasseypur recognized him as a lead actor.

A little insight on his first love and what made shift his attention on acting? He adored a girl in his village who always fancied wedding band players and performers. Nawazuddin was carried away by the girls’ interests and followed her to the performances. He wanted to be admired by his beloved in the same way she admired the actors on TV. During his struggle phase, Nawazuddin came to know about his beloved who was married to a man double her age with 6 kids and was restricted from watching Television and taking resort to any forms of entertainment. But this didn’t stop him from working hard.

Years and years of struggle and hard work later, we now have an established actor who has been internationally praised and critically acclaimed.

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Katrina and Zoya Akthar who have previously worked together on Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara in 2011, will feature the actress playing the muse to a young boy who is extremely fascinated by her. The story further progresses when eventually in the end, the lad finally gets to meet Katrina in person.

Bombay Talkies that features a compilation of four short films marking the centenary year of Indian cinema has been much talked about. The latest on the front is that Katrina Kaif will be seen playing herself in Zoya Akhtar’s segment in the film. The movie is made to celebrate Indian cinema’s centenary year, Bombay Talkies is a collection of four short films by Zoya, Anurag Kashyap, Karan Johar and Dibakar Banerjee. The movie will star Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Saqib Saleem, Katrina Kaif, Randeep Hooda, Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. The music of the whole film is given by “Amit Trivedi”. The movie is cted to expected to release on May 3,2013.

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