Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar on Wednesday said he will put a disclaimer in his forthcoming film "Indu Sarkar" about events being dramatised. "I have said that it (the film) is 70 per cent fiction and 30 per cent real. Events have been dramatised for purpose of the film. I am going to put a disclaimer," he …
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July 12, 2017Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, who has been asked by the censor board to remove words like RSS and Akali from his film Indu Sarkar, says he doesn't wish to make changes as he fears its essence will get affected. Bhandarkar had screened the film on the 1975-77 Emergency for the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) …
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July 11, 2017Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar on Monday said the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) committee has suggested 14 cuts to his forthcoming film "Indu Sarkar", set in the backdrop of the Emergency. "Just got out of 'Indu Sarkar' film censor screening. Am appalled at the 14 cuts suggested by the committee. Will go to the Revising …
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July 10, 2017The Congress on Monday said "reaction" to Madhur Bhandarkar's upcoming "Indu Sarkar" was inevitable because there is an apprehension that the film, set during the Emergency days in India from 1975 to 1977, is a distortion of facts. "If there is anything objectionable in the movie, they (its makers) should have first showed it to …
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July 10, 2017National Award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar says actor Neil Nitin Mukesh, who plays a pivotal role in his forthcoming film "Indu Sarkar", has given an "outstanding" performance in the movie. Neil's character in the film has an uncanny resemblance with the late Congress leader Sanjay Gandhi. Asked if he went through many actors to cast …
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July 10, 2017Madhur Bhandarkar's new film "Indu Sarkar" — set in the backdrop of the 1975 Emergency — is in the news after senior Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam demanded to watch the movie before it was approved for release by the censors. However, the National Award winner says he has no agenda to promote any political ideology …
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July 8, 2017National Award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar says over the years a lot has been said and written about the Emergency period, but he wonders why legal consequences arise only when somebody makes a film on the same subject. "Since 42 years, a lot has been stated and published about 1975 Emergency. But only when a …
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June 30, 2017Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, whose upcoming film Indu Sarkar that has a backdrop of the Emergency era has already courted controversy, feels that a filmmaker should be given equal freedom just as a writer or documentary filmmaker. On Wednesday, Bhandarkar and Kirti Kulhari promoted their upcoming political drama Indu Sarkar at the Twitter office here. Bhandarkar said: "There …
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June 30, 2017Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, whose upcoming film "Indu Sarkar" that has a backdrop of the Emergency era has already courted controversy, feels that a filmmaker should be given equal freedom just as a writer or documentary filmmaker. On Wednesday, Bhandarkar and Kirti Kulhari promoted their upcoming political drama "Indu Sarkar" at the Twitter office here. Bhandarkar …
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June 29, 2017The Congress on Monday condemned the alleged "false depiction" in Madhur Bhandarkar's film Indu Sarkar based on the Emergency and said the film is "fully sponsored". "This film is fully sponsored. The organisation and the individual who is behind the film is known to us. We totally condemn the false depictions in the film," said Congress …
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June 19, 2017Film-maker Madhur Bhandarkar on Friday said he made Indu Sarkar as it was important to tell about the emergency to the today's generation. "I always wanted to make a period film and I am a big fan of 1970s so when me and my writer (Anil) were brainstorming on this, suddenly the idea of the Emergency …
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June 17, 2017Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor has lauded actor Neil Nitin Mukesh's look from upcoming film Indu Sarkar. He calls it "deadly". The 64-year-old actor on Thursday also wished Neil luck for Indu Sarkar, which is helmed by National Award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar. "Neil Nitin Mukesh looks deadly. Good luck son! You look the character. All …
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June 15, 2017Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh is done with the shooting for National Award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's movie Indu Sarkar. He says he feels honoured to be part of the recreated version of the song Chadhta sooraj dheere dheere" in the film. On Wednesday morning, Neil shared a photograph on Instagram of himself in the look …
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May 31, 2017National Award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar is shooting a "reloaded version" of the qawwali "Chadhta sooraj dheere dheere" by Aziz Naza for the upcoming film Indu Sarkar. On Monday, he shared a photograph of the entire set up for the song on Twitter. The photograph shows a grand set up, where over 10 qawwals are …
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May 29, 2017National Award winner Madhur Bhandarkar, who recently wrapped up shooting of Indu Sarkar, set against the Emergency, believes the younger generation should know about what transpired during the turbulent 21-month period in the 1970s. "Emergency is a subject that today's generation doesn't know and they should be aware of it. Today's generation should know exactly …
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