Tag: Bandit Queen

Special court to take up Behmai massacre case on February 12

The court has to give its verdict on the role of the four surviving accused Posha, Bhikha, Vishwanath and Shyambabu. While Posha is still in jail, the rest are out on bail.

January 31, 2020

Phoolan Devi’s autobiography to be adapted into web series

Phoolan Devi's life has inspired numerous cinematic adaptions including Shekar Kapur's critically acclaimed film, Bandit Queen, and the recent Abhishek Chaubey film, Sonchiriya.

June 3, 2019

People can’t complain about nepotism by just sitting in small towns: Manoj Bajpayee

For Manoj, getting a National Award was always his big dream.

November 3, 2018

PLUS POINTS

United after 40 years Forty years after he went missing, a 66-year-old Manipuri man was reunited with his family, thanks to his fondness for Hindi film songs and a video clip posted on YouTube, says a report in Assam Tribune. Khomdan Singh was 26 when he left his Imphal home in a huff in 1978. …

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April 22, 2018

Directing a musical a new challenge: Shekhar Kapur

Veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, known for movies like “Bandit Queen”, “Mr India” and “Masoom”, is directing his first directorial and says it is like a new challenge and adventure. Kapur on Sunday tweeted a series of photographs and captioned it: “My first snow outside my window in St. Gallen, Switzerland. My first experience at directing …

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January 21, 2018

Couldn’t stop imagining: Shekhar Kapur on becoming filmmaker

Shekhar Kapur, says he became a filmmaker because he couldn't stop imagining new stories everyday

November 29, 2017

Shekhar Kapur appointed scholar in US-based university

Veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has announced that he has been appointed as a scholar at the MIT Media Lab — an interdisciplinary research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Proud to be appointed honorary Scholar at MIT. Start my semester soon. It’s going to be the most exciting next phase of my life,” Kapur …

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October 30, 2017

Shekhar Kapur turns model for daughter

Ace filmmaker Shekhar Kapur turned model for his daughter Kaveri, who tried her hand at make-up by experimenting with eye glitter on him. Kapur took to Twitter on Saturday to share a photograph of himself with eye glitter. “My daughter Kaveri experimenting with eye glitter eye makeup. Using me as a model! Something’s not quite …

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October 22, 2017

Lows bother me only when bank balance is reducing: Manoj Bajpayee

Critically acclaimed actor Manoj Bajpayee won his first National award for the film “Satya” and since then has worked in a number of films where some worked well but some went unnoticed. However, Manoj says that these slumps don’t bother him until it starts effecting his bank balance. Present at the first edition of the …

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September 5, 2017

‘Peepli Live’ actor Sitaram Panchal passes away

Bollywood actor Sitaram Panchal passed away early morning on Thursday after battling kidney and lung cancer. He was 54. The actor, who made his Bollywood debut in 1994 with "Bandit Queen" and went on to feature in critically-acclaimed films such as, "Peepli Live", "Slumdog Millionaire", "Paan Singh Tomar" and "Jolly LLB 2", died at his …

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August 10, 2017

Courage, she wrote

 INDIAN cinema continues to pay celluloid tributes to the woman as a victimised martyr who falls prey to patriarchal codes and dominance like Mother India and Bandit Queen or to circumstances beyond control such as films like NH10 and Nirja. They are strong women too, like Mary Kom but these new women of the recently …

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September 23, 2016