Friday 25 January 2013

Film industry to mark Phalke centenary with Bombay Talkies

Film industry to mark Phalke centenary with Bombay Talkies



    The Indian film industry will mark the centenary year of Indian cinema by releasing a film, Bombay Talkies, on May 3, showcasing how cinema has changed our lives. Why this date? Because it was on this day that the father of Indian cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke, released Raja Harishchandra.
    Four directors are on board — Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee and Zoya Akhtar. Producer Ashi Dua notes, “It wasn’t something that happened overnight it took me three years to put the film together, but the wait has been worth it.”

    “It’s a commercial two-hour film with four stories on how cinema inspires a regular human being to romance, hope, dream and get obsessed,” says Dua.
    Anurag’s story, set in Allahabad, features Amitabh Bachchan and deals with a fan’s obsession. Zoya’s segment, set in Indore, has Katrina Kaif and captures the Bollywood aspirations of a small-town girl. Dibakar's tale, set in Parel, Mumbai, features Nawazuddin Siddiqui and showcases how a Marathi boy is an adaptation of a Satyajit Ray story. Karan Johar’s part is about a traditional filmmaker who sells love through his cinema and he does the same in Bombay Talkies, too. His film stars Randeep Hooda and Rani Mukerji. Shooting begins in February.

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