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...and they hope to have cameras rolling in 2010. Indian actors Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das, who starred in two earlier Mehta films, "Fire" and "Earth," are on board to star in the project. Both Mehta and Rushdie were born in India, with...

In this article: Salman Rushdie, India, Midnight's Children, Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi, Deepa Mehta, Fire, and Britain

...actors would work together." Known for her strong roles in offbeat films like "Fire", "1947 Earth" and "Bawandar", Nandita also thinks that her being typecast as an "art-house" actor is natural. "Some amount of typecasting is...

In this article: Nandita Das, Ramchand Pakistani, India, Pakistan, Typecasting, Khuda Kay Liye, Before the Rains, Pusan International Film Festival, Maria Wasti, and Telluride Film Festival

...actors Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das, who had acted in Mehta's earlier critically acclaimed but controversial movies including 'Fire' and 'Earth', will have major roles in the movie and the rest of the cast is still being finalised. Azmi...

In this article: Salman Rushdie, Deepa Mehta, Midnight's Children, Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi, Fire, India, and New York

...Jul 31 : Award winning actress and independent filmmaker Nandita Das, critically acclaimed for her performances in Deepa Mehta's 'Fire' and 'Earth' and Jagmohan Mundhra's 'Bawandar' and lauded for her brilliant directorial debut 'Firaaq', was...

In this article: Nandita Das, Deepa Mehta, Fire, India, Bengal tiger, Shahana Goswami, AIDS, Kara Film Festival, and International Thessaloniki Film Festival

NANDITA: NO AFFAIR WITH RAHUL ROY Nandita Das known for her excellent acting in art films like those of Deepa Mehta's 'Water', Fire' and 'Earth' has now ventured into the direction also. She has just completed her directorial debut 'Firaaq'...

In this article: Rahul Gandhi, Rahul Bose, Nandita Das, Deepa Mehta, and Water

...Nandita Das Acclaimed actress Nandita Das after enthralling the audience with her power packed performances in off beat films like Earth and Fire is now ready with her directorial debut venture, a hard hitting film titled, Firaaq which...

In this article: Nandita Das, Fire, Punjab, West Bengal, and India

...services to literature in 2007. India-born Ms Mehta is now based in Canada. Her elemental trilogy Fire, Earth and Water was Canada's official entry for Oscars. She has roped in her favourite Indian actors, Nandita Das and Shabana Azmi to...

In this article: Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie, Deepa Mehta, Nandita Das, Celluloid, India, Oscars, The Satanic Verses, Shabana Azmi, and Indira Gandhi

...the film, though I really want her to. " Nandita Das's haunting directorial debut Firaaq and Deepa's Heaven On Earth have certain similar concerns including human oppression and domestic violence. In fact Deepti Naval in Nandita's fim...

In this article: Narendra Modi, Deepa Mehta, Nandita Das, Ahmedabad, Water, Hyderabad, and Raghu Rai

...and freedom of speech. The film is set in contemporary Delhi, India, in the household of a joint family which runs a fast-food and video business in the ground floor of their two-storey home. The protagonists are the two...

In this article: Fire, Shiv Sena, Deepa Mehta, Ashok Row Kavi, Radha, India, Dilip Kumar, Hinduism, and Ideology