Lee Daniels’ The Butler will open the 15th Mumbai Film Festival (October 17-24), which will screen more than 200 films from 65 countries and award $220,000 in cash prizes. How a clerk became erotica writer Mastram We also knew there was nothing sleazy or vulgar about our film." If there is nothing suggestive or vulgar in Mastram why all the provocative tantalizing publicity? Defends Bohra, "Have we shown any nudity or sex in our publicity? We needed to get audiences interested.
We were sure we wanted an 'Adults' certificate. I had started wondering if we'd be able to release our film on time! We finally got what we wanted. Says the relieved producer, "Until Tuesday we were not being given a censor clearance. Much relieved producer Sunil Bohra says, "They cleared our film with just two minor cuts, a visual and an audio one." Apparently the Cbfc wanted the word 'badjaat' to be beeped out, which the makers of Mastram happily did. Sources in the production and financing community alerted Screendaily to the deal, however Cinelicious Pics had not confirmed the deal at time of writingīarely 48 hours before release, Akhilesh Jaiswal's bio-pic on Hindi porn writer Mastram was finally cleared by the Censor Board Of Film Certification (Cbfc) with only two minor cuts. Kashyap co-wrote the screenplay with Syed Zeeshan Qadri, Akhilesh Jaiswal and Sachin Ladia Kashyap produced with Sunil Bohra, Guneet Monga and financier Viacom 18 Motion Pictures Mumbai-based Kashyap’s credits include That Girl In Yellow Boots and Dev D. Adi Shankar of 1984 Private Defense Contractors will present the two-part release. The $5m Hindi-language story charts the life of a family locked in a blood feud with a local union leader-turned-mafia boss from the 1940s to the present day. Gangs Of Wasseypur is a gangster saga set in the heartland of India’s coal industry – the city of Dhanbad in the state of Jharkand – where the local coal mine mafia rules with an iron fist. India's Nfdc Screenwriters Lab set to pitch in Hong KongĮxclusive, Updated July 7: The distributor is understood to have picked up Us rights to Anurag Kashyap’s gangster epic. A goof up finds Manish caught between two hitmen Santosh (Amit Sial) and Himmat (Sushant Singh), a gangster politician Pandit ( Yashpal Sharma), crores of money and more… A Simple Murder review Rangbaaz Phirse ki dark comedian ban jane ki koshish dil se… Rangbaaz Phirse fame Sachin Pathak doesn’t break any new ground in this dark comedy thriller but takes his steps in the right direction. A Simple Murder Story Struggling to get the seed money for his start up Manish (Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub) is leading an unexciting life with his opportunistic wife Richa (Priya Anand). A Simple Murder will be streaming on Sony Liv from November 20, 2020.
Written by Prateek Payodhi, the series is directed by Sachin Pathak. The Sony Liv original dark crime comedy series stars Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Sushant Singh, Amit Sial & Priya Anand in pivotal roles.