Manoj Bajpayee-starrer 'Despatch', which released on Zee5 on December 13, is a procedural in the world of crime/investigative journalism rather than a thriller. It takes a critical look at the individual that makes up the system.
DIFF 2024: At 13th Dharamshala International Film Festival, Bollywood actor Shahana Goswami spoke about her police thriller film 'Santosh', which is the UK's Oscars nominee, about becoming a global actor, and more.
MC Exclusive: In an exclusive conversation at the recently concluded 13th Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF), Bollywood actor Shahana Goswami tells Moneycontrol’s Tanushree Ghosh about how she landed the titular role in the film SANTOSH, which co-stars Sunita Rajwar and has been directed by Sandhya Suri. The film, which had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, has been selected as the UK’s nominee/entry for the 2025 Academy Awards. Delhi-raised Goswami also talks about Bollywood, working in global projects, stepping into the character of a female cop from a social reality far removed from her own, why she thrives in cinema and doesn’t like the process of theatre, and her character in Kanu Behl-directed film Despatch, co-starring Manoj Bajpayee, that releases in December.
Dharamshala International Film Festival 2024: Global award winners, local flavour, diverse stories, indigenous storytelling and a greater number of films by women filmmakers made the 13th edition of DIFF an indie film festival to reckon with.
'Scoop' actor Tanmay Dhanania, for whom Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov's Un Certain Regard-premiered neo-noir ‘The Shameless’ was his first ticket to Cannes Film Festival, talks about Indian indies and Hindi film industry’s systemic problem.
Cannes 2024: Kolkata-bred Anasuya Sengupta, awarded best performance for Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov’s film, was the production designer on 'Masaba Masaba', 'RAY', 'Brahman Naman', and returns to acting after 15 years since 'Madly Bangalee'
77th Cannes Film Festival: 'The Shameless', a lesbian love story ensconced in a neo-noir revenge thriller spotlighting the world of Indian sex workers, premiered in Un Certain Regard, and bagged the Best Performance award for one of its lead Anasuya Sengupta, the first Indian actor to get the award.
Shahana Goswami on working with as many female directors as male directors, playing Pratima in Zwigato and Lisa in Neeyat, and her most underrated role yet.
In their lead roles, Kapil Sharma and Nandita Das keep Das’s slice-of-life film interesting even when Das’s politics is overt and her storytelling inert.