<p>Though &nbsp;2021 was an awful year for new actors, the year was surprisingly fecund for fresh female filmmakers. A &nbsp;look at the 5 female filmmakers who flew across the finishing line.</p>

<p><strong>Seema Pahwa,' Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi':</strong> What a wonderful way for &nbsp;Indian cinema to begin the year! &nbsp;Let me say straight away that 'Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi' was a very fine film, and a spectacular start not just to this year, &nbsp;but also to veteran actress Seema Pahwa’s career as a &nbsp;director. Her understanding of &nbsp;the basically selfish self serving nature of humankind is so deep, and so bang-on that five minutes into the film I &nbsp;felt I &nbsp;was sitting awkwardly as part of &nbsp;Ramprasad’s grieving family, their sickening squabbles over tea and bathroom time, and later on, their bickering over their father’s property, all so lived-in so real it is hurtful even while it is amusing to the extreme. Some critics have commented on a large number of characters &nbsp;, and how difficult it is to figure out who’s who. Nonsense! We are for too long inured in spoonfeeding tactics. It is &nbsp;our &nbsp;duty and &nbsp;obligation to &nbsp;give a &nbsp;film our complete attention when it deserves it, to surrender &nbsp;to &nbsp;the &nbsp;cast of characters &nbsp;unquestioningly.Seema Pahwa’s writing is razor-sharp and &nbsp;crystal-clear. Even the smallest &nbsp;of characters have a &nbsp;life &nbsp;of their own.The &nbsp;domestic politics is &nbsp;never over-punctuated. &nbsp;It emerges from the &nbsp;deep creases and crevices &nbsp;of &nbsp;bereavement &nbsp;like pebbles from the bottom &nbsp;of &nbsp;a &nbsp;tranquil stream.</p>

<p>Most of the time, Ms Pahwa knows when to draw the line.The &nbsp;narrative pulls out of &nbsp;an argument, no matter how heated, &nbsp;before its gets too hot to handle. This is &nbsp;not to say that she leaves the characters and their &nbsp;grievances stranded or unfinished. The wise and &nbsp;articulate &nbsp;construct &nbsp;of &nbsp;the &nbsp;dynamics of &nbsp;bereavement &nbsp;makes plenty of room for mood shifts and yet there is a consistency and a continuity to the ‘family tragedy’, as defined once by Tolstoy. Lucknow where &nbsp;the &nbsp;rites of passage are held is treated not as &nbsp;a city of &nbsp;marvelous experiences &nbsp;but a mere tool &nbsp;in the hands of the people who &nbsp;live there.The director threads her way through the characters, Ramprasad’s genuinely grieving wife(Supriya Pathak, so &nbsp;stately and supremely &nbsp;immersed &nbsp;in the tragedy) and his six children: four sons and two daughters each played with unsurpassable &nbsp;scrupulosity &nbsp;by &nbsp;Manoj Pahwa, Ninad Kamath, Vinay Pathak, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Anubha &nbsp;Fatehpuri and Sarika &nbsp;Singh. Each of these characters plunges into his or her part wholeheartedly unconditionally and &nbsp;non-judgementally. Since I haven’t seen much of Ms Fatehpuri’s work before she is a special &nbsp;revelation. The &nbsp;mercurial changes in mood are &nbsp;recorded with &nbsp;a casual grace that comes naturally to a director who knows her milieu &nbsp;only to well.Other stand-out performances come from Konkona Sen Sharma as the youngest son’s disgruntled &nbsp;wife &nbsp;and Vikrant Massey as the eldest son’s son. The two share a dangerous &nbsp;complicated relationship that could snowball into &nbsp;a sequel. I wouldn’t mind , as &nbsp;long Naseeruddin Shah &nbsp;returns from the dead. His strong presence is felt throughout this spirited &nbsp;vivacious &nbsp;gentle &nbsp;and occasionally vicious film(the drunken eldest son telling his brothers &nbsp;that he had seen his parents &nbsp;“doing &nbsp;it” &nbsp;will make you squirm) &nbsp;on death and its aftermath when every bereaved sits down to do the math.</p>

<p><strong>Renuka Shahane, 'Tribhanga': &nbsp;</strong>Walking that &nbsp;lonely path of &nbsp;going against conventions, the women in 'Tribhanga'&nbsp; are no cardboard feminists. These are people who are real with real problems, not afraid to bare their soul when the director calls ‘action’.Debutante director Renuka Shahane gets more than she had bargained for. Just like life, 'Tribhanga' is &nbsp;somewhat off-kilter, a &nbsp;little askew, at times &nbsp;uneven and even patchy. But the story of three generations of &nbsp;women from one family,spirited, unorthodox, unfettered, &nbsp;holds together, &nbsp;moles warts &nbsp;and all. 'Tribhanga' is a fiercely original film, though &nbsp;cinephiles would like to see distinct shades &nbsp;of Ingmar Bergman’s imperishable classic 'Autumn Sonata' in Renuka Shahane’s striking debut film. But that, &nbsp;like &nbsp;much in life, is only an illusion. The fierce &nbsp;mother-daughter battle &nbsp;so indelibly &nbsp;passionate in Bergman’s film,is ignited here by the &nbsp;presence of Kajol .The fiercest actress on this side &nbsp;of &nbsp;Fearless Nadia and Geeta Bali, Kajol brings to Tribhanga &nbsp;a kind of &nbsp;unrehearsed &nbsp;ferocity that is &nbsp;at once intimidating intriguing and &nbsp;irresistible.Strangely there aren’t that many confrontation &nbsp;scenes &nbsp;between mother Tanve Azmi and &nbsp;daughter &nbsp;Kajol as there were between Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullman in Autumn Sonata. &nbsp;Maybe Ms Shahane in her bid to escape a conventional conflict, went the &nbsp;other way in search of &nbsp;the deathly stillness under the drama of disengagement &nbsp;that &nbsp;defines &nbsp;the fiery Anu(Kajol)’s relationship with &nbsp;her celebrity mother Nayantara(Tanve Azmi), an author who &nbsp;couldn’t write a happy ending for her own &nbsp;life.</p>

<p>There &nbsp;is &nbsp;one &nbsp;major confrontational mother-daughter sequence where &nbsp;after being &nbsp;abused by &nbsp;her Russian husband(why Russian?) Anu bodily pushes her &nbsp;mother out of the door when she pays a sympathy visit. &nbsp;It’s a devastatingly PHYSICAL moment because when Kajol gets physical &nbsp;she really gets &nbsp;physical. Pulling &nbsp;out all stops, she gives one of her best performances in recent years.In contrast &nbsp;kid brother(Vaibhav Tatawaadi) &nbsp;a Krishna bhakt is a quiet gentle soul always trying to &nbsp;calm down his hyper-ventilating sister. It’s a study in contrasts that avoids looking doctored into the plot.More than her &nbsp;complex tangled &nbsp;relationship with &nbsp;her mother, it is Anu’s &nbsp;ongoing fencing with her mother’s biographer &nbsp;that had me fascinated. Anu hurls &nbsp;the choicest &nbsp;Hindi and angrezi abuses at the &nbsp;saintly &nbsp;biographer Milan, played with an aching sincerity &nbsp;by Kunaal Roy Kapur(who according to me is &nbsp;the most talented soul in the family). Kunaal plays the king gentle alpha male that is essential in all films &nbsp;about women protagonists who are &nbsp;victims of patriarchal &nbsp;abuse.Milan speaks shuddh Hindi and never uses strong language, no matter what the provocation. Anu(being &nbsp;Kajol) lets &nbsp;the &nbsp;expletives roll out like rotis &nbsp;at a roadside dhaba. I would like to see a whole film devoted to these two characters. Not that this one is &nbsp;short of &nbsp;lamb-like males. Maaniv Govil plays &nbsp;Kajol’s &nbsp;incredibly &nbsp;gentle partner who makes coffee for her(have you seen even one film about a supportive male where he doesn’t offer to make &nbsp;coffee for his beloved?) &nbsp;while her dances her Oddissi &nbsp;and hurls &nbsp;abuses at &nbsp;everyone who has the misfortune to be in her life.The &nbsp;most admirable part of Tribhanga is that the women are no saints or victims. They are flawed and therefore fabulous.At least two &nbsp;of them Tanve Azmi and Kajol are. The third Mithila Palkar as Kajol’s daughter hardly has breathing space in the plot with two older women shouting down all other &nbsp;voices. But Mithila too &nbsp;manages to leave a &nbsp;strong impact.</p>

<p><strong>Manjari &nbsp;Makijani, 'Skater &nbsp;Girl': </strong>&nbsp;10 minutes &nbsp; into the &nbsp;film,and I was convinced &nbsp;this was Slumdog Millionaire on a skating board in Rajasthan.Then &nbsp;45 minutes later something magical happened. She is called Waheeda Rehman. I don’t know &nbsp;how or where this enchantress, now &nbsp;in the winter &nbsp;of her life, showed &nbsp;up as a doppelganger &nbsp;of Gayatri &nbsp;Devi,telling us &nbsp;why &nbsp;she would fund a &nbsp;skatepark in &nbsp;Rajasthan.We &nbsp;appreciate.I was &nbsp;half-way converted, though &nbsp;acutely embarrassed by the turgid &nbsp;benign-gora-log-inspiring-and-enlightening-brownfaced-kids subtext &nbsp;of &nbsp;the drama. There is &nbsp;a village in Rajashthan called Khempur where &nbsp;the &nbsp;scruffy kids in torn shorts and &nbsp;fading school uniforms &nbsp;get a chance &nbsp;to dream , when a pretty half-British-half-Indian &nbsp;full-on Mother Teresa reincarnation shows up, all muddy &nbsp;and &nbsp;weather beaten &nbsp;but full of beans.</p>

<p>Jessica(Amy/Amrita Maghera) &nbsp;shows up like a dimestore Florid Florence Nightingale.“Tooom yeh karrrr saakta hai,” she eggs &nbsp;on spirited teen-going-on-middleage &nbsp;Prerna(Rachel Sanchita Gupta, a natural, though the brown coloring &nbsp;could have been avoided &nbsp;as kids belonging to the lower castes are not always tanned). Prerna is well played by the debutante .But little &nbsp;Shafin Patel as her kidbrother &nbsp;Ankush is the real discovery of &nbsp;the &nbsp;film. The boy conveys all the &nbsp;acquired maturity and ingrained impishness of &nbsp;a male heir in an impoverished family who &nbsp;understands more of his sister’s &nbsp;pain than he should at his age.Many portions &nbsp;of the film are so touristy &nbsp;I &nbsp;felt I &nbsp;was watching &nbsp;a sponsored &nbsp;propaganda &nbsp;film on colonial superiority. What &nbsp;would we do &nbsp;if &nbsp;foreigners like Jessica and her &nbsp;friend &nbsp;Eric(Jonathan Readwin, Angel’s &nbsp;sidekick) did not show up to &nbsp;change the lives of disadvantaged rural &nbsp;kids?But then &nbsp;I have to admit by the &nbsp;end &nbsp;of it all , I was cheering and sobbing in a climax &nbsp;certainly inspired &nbsp;by &nbsp;Gurinder Chadha’s Bend It &nbsp;Like Beckham , &nbsp;when Prerna flees from her &nbsp;marriage mandap to participate in a skating championship &nbsp;where, hallelujah,the ethereal Waheeda Rehman shows up again. Now if she’s supporting the &nbsp;film, I am in.Besides the &nbsp;two main &nbsp;child actors &nbsp;the film has some really likeable actors like the chap who plays Jessica’s affable &nbsp;local guide and host Vikram(Ankit Rao).Ambrish Saxena and Swati Das are &nbsp;excellent as &nbsp;Prerna’s &nbsp;harried parents . But what was the need for a romantic &nbsp;side-plot where (low caste) Prerna is wooed by &nbsp;a Brahmin boy Subodh(Vinayak Gupta) who has the shiniest teeth since God &nbsp;invented Colgate.Skater &nbsp;Girl is &nbsp;effective when it avoids being schmaltzy and over-cute. When Prerna tells &nbsp;her mother &nbsp;that Jessica Madamji is from London the &nbsp;mother replies, “Yeh &nbsp;kaun sa goan hain?”Really? At the &nbsp;end we are told that the skatepark built in the Rajasthan village to shoot this film now stands &nbsp;permanently &nbsp;as &nbsp;a recreational &nbsp; nirvana for &nbsp;children in &nbsp;and around &nbsp;the venue.For this &nbsp;alone, I &nbsp;forgive the film its excessive &nbsp;cuteness. Besides, &nbsp;Waheedaji &nbsp;mentions that some day she will tell &nbsp;us her character’s back &nbsp;story.So &nbsp;I &nbsp;am looking forward &nbsp;to &nbsp;the sequel. But now I &nbsp;have to go. The skating board beckons.</p>

<p><strong>Kaashvie Nair, 'Sardar &nbsp;Ka Grandson': </strong>&nbsp;With Neena Gupta &nbsp;and Arjun Kapoor playing the &nbsp;eponymous &nbsp;parts &nbsp;Sardar Ka Grandson &nbsp;promised &nbsp;to &nbsp;at least &nbsp;regale us with one of &nbsp;those &nbsp;endlessly endearing &nbsp;sagas of family ties… you know, like Prem Kishen and &nbsp;‘Dadaji’ Madan &nbsp;Puri in the Rajshri &nbsp;classic Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye or &nbsp;Salman and his grandfather Shammi Kapoor in Jab Pyar Kissise Hota Hai. Sadly—and I say this with &nbsp;a heavy heart—Sardar Ka Grandson generates &nbsp;as much chemistry &nbsp;between the &nbsp;Daadi-Grandson &nbsp; pair as fire and &nbsp;ice. Ms Gupta,otherwise such &nbsp;an accomplished &nbsp;actress gives one of her career’s hammiest performances &nbsp;as a sullen sulky &nbsp;Sadarni &nbsp;Rupinder Kaur (was &nbsp;the role written for &nbsp;Sushma Seth) &nbsp;who wants &nbsp;her dying wish to be &nbsp;fulfilled by her beloved grandson: she wants to see her ancestral home in &nbsp;Lahore.Yes, this is one &nbsp;of those steeped-in-nostalgia films about cross-border amity that &nbsp;drowns into its own pool &nbsp;of &nbsp;sweetened &nbsp;tears.It also &nbsp;revels in a plot that threatens to &nbsp;collapse under the &nbsp;double weight of coincidences and &nbsp;improbabilities.As far as improbabilities go try this : &nbsp;when Daadi can’t &nbsp;go to Lahore(she apparently insulted &nbsp;the Mayor &nbsp;of Lahore &nbsp;once at an Indo-Pak cricket match) her ancestral &nbsp;home &nbsp;is brought to &nbsp;Amritsar &nbsp;by &nbsp;a process known as &nbsp;structure relocation. &nbsp; &nbsp;No one said a building can be &nbsp;moved 50 kms by this cumbersome near-impossible &nbsp;process. &nbsp;But the brainwave &nbsp;hit this film’s &nbsp;team so hard that they just decided to go for it, &nbsp;disregarding the basic &nbsp;logistics and &nbsp;practical problems(we are talking about moving a two-storey building &nbsp;from not just one &nbsp;city to another but also from a country &nbsp;completely hostile to &nbsp;the other) hoping that the emotional sway &nbsp;of the &nbsp;idea would be so &nbsp;powerful that all skepticism about the sheer logistics &nbsp; of the main &nbsp;premise . would be swept aside.Regrettably no such miracle happens. &nbsp;For most of its 2 ½ hour length(way tooooo &nbsp;long!) &nbsp; &nbsp;the &nbsp;film remains more &nbsp;admirable &nbsp;for &nbsp;trying to implement &nbsp; a near-impossible &nbsp;idea rather than &nbsp;arriving at any &nbsp;satisfying closureAlong with &nbsp; the ‘grand’ Daadi-Pota &nbsp; idea with &nbsp;ailing Daadi and wailing &nbsp;Family &nbsp;plodding along from one saccharine &nbsp;absurdity to &nbsp;another, with the characters in ‘Lahore’ speaking to one another with every sentence prefixed with ‘Janaab’, &nbsp;grandson &nbsp;Amreek Singh has his own heart problems.As &nbsp;Arjun &nbsp;Kapoor’s love interest all Rakul Preet Singh &nbsp;has to do is &nbsp;be there for her man. So much for &nbsp;the empowered female &nbsp;protagonist. While one female heroine in this &nbsp;film thinks emotional manipulation &nbsp;at an autumnal age is &nbsp;cute, the &nbsp;other thinks following her &nbsp;man around after he has &nbsp;repeatedly taken her for granted is some kind of &nbsp;a salvation for the post-feminist modern woman.The &nbsp;performances range from the hammy to the clammy . Redoubtable actors &nbsp;like Kumud Mishra(playing the aforementioned mayor), Soni Razdan(wearing one sourpuss expression &nbsp;throughout &nbsp;the &nbsp;prolonged narrative) and Divya Seth(reduced to playing a pumped up nostril-flaring &nbsp;prop) seem &nbsp;lost in the &nbsp;fumes &nbsp;of &nbsp;bonhomie that swirl &nbsp;in this dreary fairytale confection.Aditi Rao and John Abraham &nbsp; play &nbsp;the &nbsp;younger &nbsp;versions &nbsp;of &nbsp;Neena Gupta and her &nbsp;husband in Lahore.As absurd as that may sound,this is &nbsp;easier to believe than the whole idea &nbsp;of &nbsp;a home being translocated &nbsp;from Lahore to Amritsar.For a &nbsp;first-time director &nbsp;Kaashvie Nair &nbsp;has some fresh &nbsp;ideas.All she has to do next time is to make sure the ideas are rooted &nbsp;to at least a semblance of &nbsp;credibility . We know &nbsp;faith &nbsp;can move mountains. But this is &nbsp;ridiculous.</p>

<p><strong>Diya Annapura Ghosh, 'Bob Biswas': </strong>&nbsp;Young debutante Diya Ghosh’s film is &nbsp;a puzzle of a film. The killings aren’t meant to be &nbsp;funny(they never are). But some of them are so &nbsp;incongruous with the mood of the moment that one can’t help laughing at the sheer absurdity &nbsp;of it.At heart, Bob Biswas is &nbsp;a &nbsp;very sad film. It is &nbsp;about dangerous attention-arresting drugs, second chances,sexual harassment at work ,pesky neighbours , chowmein sellers &nbsp;with &nbsp;violent skills &nbsp;and homeopathic &nbsp;medicines. &nbsp;It is &nbsp;the story of &nbsp;a middleaged man with &nbsp;a receding &nbsp;hairline &nbsp;and a chance of rehabilitation to match the &nbsp;hairline, trying hard &nbsp;to heal old wounds.Abhishek Bachchan with his bewildered &nbsp;expression and bemused &nbsp;responses to the world around him, is the pitch-perfect Bob Biswas. Murderously innocent , hopelessly lost in a Kolkata he abandoned many &nbsp;years ago. Now &nbsp;he reclaims a &nbsp;city , a life &nbsp;and a family that have moved on.With tragic consequences.The family, though, is &nbsp;not quite &nbsp;the &nbsp;hiccup that Bob &nbsp;can wish away. Chitrangda &nbsp;Singh as Bob’s wife is mysteriously unobtainable.</p>

<p>The tender moments &nbsp;between Singh &nbsp;and Bachchan , beautifully subdued and silken, reminded me &nbsp; of &nbsp;an old &nbsp;Prakash Mehra &nbsp;film Haseena Maan Jayegi where &nbsp;wife Babita isn’t sure whether her war-returned &nbsp;husband is her husband or &nbsp;his twin brother. You wish Bob &nbsp;would &nbsp;find his &nbsp;mojo &nbsp;again. But &nbsp;life is never &nbsp;kind to those with a dark past. Nemesis catches up with &nbsp;Bob in ways that are most unexpected and brutal. Sujoy &nbsp;Ghosh’s screenplay owes &nbsp;its &nbsp;tone of savage grace &nbsp;to Korean cinema where &nbsp;awful things happen to good people whose lives spin out &nbsp;of control.You want &nbsp; good things to happen to Bob, partly because he is played by the convivial &nbsp;Bachchan. More to the point, Bob’s killings are so bereft of malice. He pulls the trigger because…well,he has &nbsp;to. The &nbsp;narrative is &nbsp;nubile in its expressions of &nbsp;love and violence. Past transgressions and &nbsp;present atonement.As in Sujoy Ghosh’s &nbsp;Kahaani, Kolkata in Bob Biswas is &nbsp;captured in &nbsp;all its bustling glory. Thankfully no Durga Puja &nbsp;shows up during the course &nbsp;of the &nbsp;plot.The casting, both &nbsp;big and small, is impeccable. Specially &nbsp;outstanding are veteran Bengali actor Paran Bandyopadhyay as &nbsp;a homeopathic medicine &nbsp;dealer with deadly secrets and Purab Kohli as &nbsp;a slimy drug dealer who belts out R D Burman’s Duniya mein logon ko in both &nbsp;RD and Asha Bhosle’s voices. Newcomer &nbsp;Samara Tijori has an important &nbsp;role &nbsp;as Bob’s &nbsp;stepdaughter.She is &nbsp;a confident debutant .Bob Biswas &nbsp;appears deceptively tranquil on the surface. &nbsp;As the &nbsp;deep disturbances &nbsp;bubble to the &nbsp;surface we know what Bob Biswas doesn’t. &nbsp;There are no second chances &nbsp;in life .<br />
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Though 2021 was an awful year for new actors, the year was surprisingly fecund for fresh female filmmakers. A look at the 5 female filmmakers who flew across the finishing line.

Though 2021 was an awful year for new actors, the year was surprisingly fecund for fresh female filmmakers. A look at the 5 female filmmakers who flew across the finishing line. Seema Pahwa,' Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi': What a wonderful way for Indian cinema to begin the year! Let me say straight away that 'Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi' was a very fine film, and a spectacular start not just to this year, but also to veteran actress Seema Pahwa’s career as a director. Her understanding of the basically selfish self serving nature of humankind is so deep, and so bang-on that five minutes into the film I felt I was sitting awkwardly as part of Ramprasad’s grieving family, their sickening squabbles over tea and bathroom time, and later on, their bickering over their father’s property, all so lived-in so real it is hurtful even while it is amusing to the extreme. Some critics have commented on a large number of characters , and how difficult it is to figure out who’s who. Nonsense! We are for too long inured in spoonfeeding tactics. It is our duty and obligation to give a film our complete attention when it deserves it, to surrender to the cast of characters unquestioningly.Seema Pahwa’s writing is razor-sharp and crystal-clear. Even the smallest of characters have a life of their own.The domestic politics is never over-punctuated. It emerges from the deep creases and crevices of bereavement like pebbles from the bottom of a tranquil stream. Most of the time, Ms Pahwa knows when to draw the line.The narrative pulls out of an argument, no matter how heated, before its gets too hot to handle. This is not to say that she leaves the characters and their grievances stranded or unfinished. The wise and articulate construct of the dynamics of bereavement makes plenty of room for mood shifts and yet there is a consistency and a continuity to the ‘family tragedy’, as defined once by Tolstoy. Lucknow where the rites of passage are held is treated not as a city of marvelous experiences but a mere tool in the hands of the people who live there.The director threads her way through the characters, Ramprasad’s genuinely grieving wife(Supriya Pathak, so stately and supremely immersed in the tragedy) and his six children: four sons and two daughters each played with unsurpassable scrupulosity by Manoj Pahwa, Ninad Kamath, Vinay Pathak, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Anubha Fatehpuri and Sarika Singh. Each of these characters plunges into his or her part wholeheartedly unconditionally and non-judgementally. Since I haven’t seen much of Ms Fatehpuri’s work before she is a special revelation. The mercurial changes in mood are recorded with a casual grace that comes naturally to a director who knows her milieu only to well.Other stand-out performances come from Konkona Sen Sharma as the youngest son’s disgruntled wife and Vikrant Massey as the eldest son’s son. The two share a dangerous complicated relationship that could snowball into a sequel. I wouldn’t mind , as long Naseeruddin Shah returns from the dead. His strong presence is felt throughout this spirited vivacious gentle and occasionally vicious film(the drunken eldest son telling his brothers that he had seen his parents “doing it” will make you squirm) on death and its aftermath when every bereaved sits down to do the math. Renuka Shahane, 'Tribhanga': Walking that lonely path of going against conventions, the women in 'Tribhanga' are no cardboard feminists. These are people who are real with real problems, not afraid to bare their soul when the director calls ‘action’.Debutante director Renuka Shahane gets more than she had bargained for. Just like life, 'Tribhanga' is somewhat off-kilter, a little askew, at times uneven and even patchy. But the story of three generations of women from one family,spirited, unorthodox, unfettered, holds together, moles warts and all. 'Tribhanga' is a fiercely original film, though cinephiles would like to see distinct shades of Ingmar Bergman’s imperishable classic 'Autumn Sonata' in Renuka Shahane’s striking debut film. But that, like much in life, is only an illusion. The fierce mother-daughter battle so indelibly passionate in Bergman’s film,is ignited here by the presence of Kajol .The fiercest actress on this side of Fearless Nadia and Geeta Bali, Kajol brings to Tribhanga a kind of unrehearsed ferocity that is at once intimidating intriguing and irresistible.Strangely there aren’t that many confrontation scenes between mother Tanve Azmi and daughter Kajol as there were between Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullman in Autumn Sonata. Maybe Ms Shahane in her bid to escape a conventional conflict, went the other way in search of the deathly stillness under the drama of disengagement that defines the fiery Anu(Kajol)’s relationship with her celebrity mother Nayantara(Tanve Azmi), an author who couldn’t write a happy ending for her own life. There is one major confrontational mother-daughter sequence where after being abused by her Russian husband(why Russian?) Anu bodily pushes her mother out of the door when she pays a sympathy visit. It’s a devastatingly PHYSICAL moment because when Kajol gets physical she really gets physical. Pulling out all stops, she gives one of her best performances in recent years.In contrast kid brother(Vaibhav Tatawaadi) a Krishna bhakt is a quiet gentle soul always trying to calm down his hyper-ventilating sister. It’s a study in contrasts that avoids looking doctored into the plot.More than her complex tangled relationship with her mother, it is Anu’s ongoing fencing with her mother’s biographer that had me fascinated. Anu hurls the choicest Hindi and angrezi abuses at the saintly biographer Milan, played with an aching sincerity by Kunaal Roy Kapur(who according to me is the most talented soul in the family). Kunaal plays the king gentle alpha male that is essential in all films about women protagonists who are victims of patriarchal abuse.Milan speaks shuddh Hindi and never uses strong language, no matter what the provocation. Anu(being Kajol) lets the expletives roll out like rotis at a roadside dhaba. I would like to see a whole film devoted to these two characters. Not that this one is short of lamb-like males. Maaniv Govil plays Kajol’s incredibly gentle partner who makes coffee for her(have you seen even one film about a supportive male where he doesn’t offer to make coffee for his beloved?) while her dances her Oddissi and hurls abuses at everyone who has the misfortune to be in her life.The most admirable part of Tribhanga is that the women are no saints or victims. They are flawed and therefore fabulous.At least two of them Tanve Azmi and Kajol are. The third Mithila Palkar as Kajol’s daughter hardly has breathing space in the plot with two older women shouting down all other voices. But Mithila too manages to leave a strong impact. Manjari Makijani, 'Skater Girl': 10 minutes into the film,and I was convinced this was Slumdog Millionaire on a skating board in Rajasthan.Then 45 minutes later something magical happened. She is called Waheeda Rehman. I don’t know how or where this enchantress, now in the winter of her life, showed up as a doppelganger of Gayatri Devi,telling us why she would fund a skatepark in Rajasthan.We appreciate.I was half-way converted, though acutely embarrassed by the turgid benign-gora-log-inspiring-and-enlightening-brownfaced-kids subtext of the drama. There is a village in Rajashthan called Khempur where the scruffy kids in torn shorts and fading school uniforms get a chance to dream , when a pretty half-British-half-Indian full-on Mother Teresa reincarnation shows up, all muddy and weather beaten but full of beans. Jessica(Amy/Amrita Maghera) shows up like a dimestore Florid Florence Nightingale.“Tooom yeh karrrr saakta hai,” she eggs on spirited teen-going-on-middleage Prerna(Rachel Sanchita Gupta, a natural, though the brown coloring could have been avoided as kids belonging to the lower castes are not always tanned). Prerna is well played by the debutante .But little Shafin Patel as her kidbrother Ankush is the real discovery of the film. The boy conveys all the acquired maturity and ingrained impishness of a male heir in an impoverished family who understands more of his sister’s pain than he should at his age.Many portions of the film are so touristy I felt I was watching a sponsored propaganda film on colonial superiority. What would we do if foreigners like Jessica and her friend Eric(Jonathan Readwin, Angel’s sidekick) did not show up to change the lives of disadvantaged rural kids?But then I have to admit by the end of it all , I was cheering and sobbing in a climax certainly inspired by Gurinder Chadha’s Bend It Like Beckham , when Prerna flees from her marriage mandap to participate in a skating championship where, hallelujah,the ethereal Waheeda Rehman shows up again. Now if she’s supporting the film, I am in.Besides the two main child actors the film has some really likeable actors like the chap who plays Jessica’s affable local guide and host Vikram(Ankit Rao).Ambrish Saxena and Swati Das are excellent as Prerna’s harried parents . But what was the need for a romantic side-plot where (low caste) Prerna is wooed by a Brahmin boy Subodh(Vinayak Gupta) who has the shiniest teeth since God invented Colgate.Skater Girl is effective when it avoids being schmaltzy and over-cute. When Prerna tells her mother that Jessica Madamji is from London the mother replies, “Yeh kaun sa goan hain?”Really? At the end we are told that the skatepark built in the Rajasthan village to shoot this film now stands permanently as a recreational nirvana for children in and around the venue.For this alone, I forgive the film its excessive cuteness. Besides, Waheedaji mentions that some day she will tell us her character’s back story.So I am looking forward to the sequel. But now I have to go. The skating board beckons. Kaashvie Nair, 'Sardar Ka Grandson': With Neena Gupta and Arjun Kapoor playing the eponymous parts Sardar Ka Grandson promised to at least regale us with one of those endlessly endearing sagas of family ties… you know, like Prem Kishen and ‘Dadaji’ Madan Puri in the Rajshri classic Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye or Salman and his grandfather Shammi Kapoor in Jab Pyar Kissise Hota Hai. Sadly—and I say this with a heavy heart—Sardar Ka Grandson generates as much chemistry between the Daadi-Grandson pair as fire and ice. Ms Gupta,otherwise such an accomplished actress gives one of her career’s hammiest performances as a sullen sulky Sadarni Rupinder Kaur (was the role written for Sushma Seth) who wants her dying wish to be fulfilled by her beloved grandson: she wants to see her ancestral home in Lahore.Yes, this is one of those steeped-in-nostalgia films about cross-border amity that drowns into its own pool of sweetened tears.It also revels in a plot that threatens to collapse under the double weight of coincidences and improbabilities.As far as improbabilities go try this : when Daadi can’t go to Lahore(she apparently insulted the Mayor of Lahore once at an Indo-Pak cricket match) her ancestral home is brought to Amritsar by a process known as structure relocation. No one said a building can be moved 50 kms by this cumbersome near-impossible process. But the brainwave hit this film’s team so hard that they just decided to go for it, disregarding the basic logistics and practical problems(we are talking about moving a two-storey building from not just one city to another but also from a country completely hostile to the other) hoping that the emotional sway of the idea would be so powerful that all skepticism about the sheer logistics of the main premise . would be swept aside.Regrettably no such miracle happens. For most of its 2 ½ hour length(way tooooo long!) the film remains more admirable for trying to implement a near-impossible idea rather than arriving at any satisfying closureAlong with the ‘grand’ Daadi-Pota idea with ailing Daadi and wailing Family plodding along from one saccharine absurdity to another, with the characters in ‘Lahore’ speaking to one another with every sentence prefixed with ‘Janaab’, grandson Amreek Singh has his own heart problems.As Arjun Kapoor’s love interest all Rakul Preet Singh has to do is be there for her man. So much for the empowered female protagonist. While one female heroine in this film thinks emotional manipulation at an autumnal age is cute, the other thinks following her man around after he has repeatedly taken her for granted is some kind of a salvation for the post-feminist modern woman.The performances range from the hammy to the clammy . Redoubtable actors like Kumud Mishra(playing the aforementioned mayor), Soni Razdan(wearing one sourpuss expression throughout the prolonged narrative) and Divya Seth(reduced to playing a pumped up nostril-flaring prop) seem lost in the fumes of bonhomie that swirl in this dreary fairytale confection.Aditi Rao and John Abraham play the younger versions of Neena Gupta and her husband in Lahore.As absurd as that may sound,this is easier to believe than the whole idea of a home being translocated from Lahore to Amritsar.For a first-time director Kaashvie Nair has some fresh ideas.All she has to do next time is to make sure the ideas are rooted to at least a semblance of credibility . We know faith can move mountains. But this is ridiculous. Diya Annapura Ghosh, 'Bob Biswas': Young debutante Diya Ghosh’s film is a puzzle of a film. The killings aren’t meant to be funny(they never are). But some of them are so incongruous with the mood of the moment that one can’t help laughing at the sheer absurdity of it.At heart, Bob Biswas is a very sad film. It is about dangerous attention-arresting drugs, second chances,sexual harassment at work ,pesky neighbours , chowmein sellers with violent skills and homeopathic medicines. It is the story of a middleaged man with a receding hairline and a chance of rehabilitation to match the hairline, trying hard to heal old wounds.Abhishek Bachchan with his bewildered expression and bemused responses to the world around him, is the pitch-perfect Bob Biswas. Murderously innocent , hopelessly lost in a Kolkata he abandoned many years ago. Now he reclaims a city , a life and a family that have moved on.With tragic consequences.The family, though, is not quite the hiccup that Bob can wish away. Chitrangda Singh as Bob’s wife is mysteriously unobtainable. The tender moments between Singh and Bachchan , beautifully subdued and silken, reminded me of an old Prakash Mehra film Haseena Maan Jayegi where wife Babita isn’t sure whether her war-returned husband is her husband or his twin brother. You wish Bob would find his mojo again. But life is never kind to those with a dark past. Nemesis catches up with Bob in ways that are most unexpected and brutal. Sujoy Ghosh’s screenplay owes its tone of savage grace to Korean cinema where awful things happen to good people whose lives spin out of control.You want good things to happen to Bob, partly because he is played by the convivial Bachchan. More to the point, Bob’s killings are so bereft of malice. He pulls the trigger because…well,he has to. The narrative is nubile in its expressions of love and violence. Past transgressions and present atonement.As in Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani, Kolkata in Bob Biswas is captured in all its bustling glory. Thankfully no Durga Puja shows up during the course of the plot.The casting, both big and small, is impeccable. Specially outstanding are veteran Bengali actor Paran Bandyopadhyay as a homeopathic medicine dealer with deadly secrets and Purab Kohli as a slimy drug dealer who belts out R D Burman’s Duniya mein logon ko in both RD and Asha Bhosle’s voices. Newcomer Samara Tijori has an important role as Bob’s stepdaughter.She is a confident debutant .Bob Biswas appears deceptively tranquil on the surface. As the deep disturbances bubble to the surface we know what Bob Biswas doesn’t. There are no second chances in life .

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<p>Three new talents get a chance to shine this week. While Ahan Shetty, son of yesteryears’ star Suniel Shetty has been hyped all across the media of every variety, two other lowkey talent this week has been neglected. And they are so much the better for it.</p>

<p>Director Sujoy Ghosh's daughter Diya makes her directorial debut in 'Bob Biswas'. She has hardly been speaking to the media, allowing her work to speak for her when it streams on Zee5 from Friday.</p>

<p>Abhishek Bachchan who plays the title role in 'Bob Biswas' is all praise for the debutante director. "She is so sure of every move in her script. It’s hard to believe this is her first film. People speak of nepotism. &nbsp;But Diya being Sujoy Ghosh’s daughter doesn’t entitle her. It just makes it doubly difficult for her to prove herself."</p>

<p>Interestingly Diya is not the only industry girl making her debut in 'Bob Biswas'. Samara Tijori, daughter of actor Deepak Tijori, plays &nbsp;Abhishek Bachchan’s daughter in 'Bob Biswas'.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-bob-biswas-review-abhishek-bachchan-turns-the-deadly-assassin-into-a-family-man-433751" hreflang="en">'Bob Biswas' review: Abhishek Bachchan turns the deadly assassin into a family man</a></p>

<p>Says Abhishek, “She is such a natural-born actress. Just like her father who was such a scene-stealer. ”</p>

<p>As for Ahan, the pressure to deliver has grown over the weeks, no thanks to the constant exposure in the media.</p>

<p>A &nbsp;director who has introduced major talent in his cinema thinks spreading the star son all across the media is a mistake. “Let the boy prove himself. Producer Sajid Nadiadwala should have let &nbsp;Ahan's film ('Tadap') be released before exposing him to the media. So much &nbsp;pre-release media exposure can only &nbsp;go against the boy.”</p>

<p>Hopefully, Ahan will live up to the hype created around him.<br />
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Three new talents get a chance to shine this week. While Ahan Shetty, son of yesteryears’ star Suniel Shetty has been hyped all across the media of every variety, two other lowkey talent this week has been neglected.

Three new talents get a chance to shine this week. While Ahan Shetty, son of yesteryears’ star Suniel Shetty has been hyped all across the media of every variety, two other lowkey talent this week has been neglected. And they are so much the better for it. Director Sujoy Ghosh's daughter Diya makes her directorial debut in 'Bob Biswas'. She has hardly been speaking to the media, allowing her work to speak for her when it streams on Zee5 from Friday. Abhishek Bachchan who plays the title role in 'Bob Biswas' is all praise for the debutante director. "She is so sure of every move in her script. It’s hard to believe this is her first film. People speak of nepotism. But Diya being Sujoy Ghosh’s daughter doesn’t entitle her. It just makes it doubly difficult for her to prove herself." Interestingly Diya is not the only industry girl making her debut in 'Bob Biswas'. Samara Tijori, daughter of actor Deepak Tijori, plays Abhishek Bachchan’s daughter in 'Bob Biswas'. 'Bob Biswas' review: Abhishek Bachchan turns the deadly assassin into a family man Says Abhishek, “She is such a natural-born actress. Just like her father who was such a scene-stealer. ” As for Ahan, the pressure to deliver has grown over the weeks, no thanks to the constant exposure in the media. A director who has introduced major talent in his cinema thinks spreading the star son all across the media is a mistake. “Let the boy prove himself. Producer Sajid Nadiadwala should have let Ahan's film ('Tadap') be released before exposing him to the media. So much pre-release media exposure can only go against the boy.” Hopefully, Ahan will live up to the hype created around him. Samantha Ruth Prabhu's WhatsApp chat with mother is sweet and emotional 'Inside Edge 3' review: The series is still edgy and engrossing

3 star kids Ahan Shetty, Samara Tijori, Diya Ghosh make their debut this Friday

<p>In 2012, filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh and writer Advaita Kala created the iconic character Bob Biswas in the unforgettable film 'Kahaani'. Played by the versatile Saswata Chatterjee, the film was not centred around him but on Vidya Balan but despite limited screen presence, Chatterjee made his character- a deadly assassin one of the most iconic characters of Hindi cinema.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
In 2021, as Ghosh's daughter Diya Annapurna Ghosh makes her debut as a film director with a spin-off story on the iconic character in ZEE5's 'Bob Biswas', she makes him mellow, humanizing the killer complete with a wife and two kids.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
Featuring Abhishek Bachchan as Bob Biswas, who once killed mercilessly, the new film delves more into Bob's personal life and how he wants to change himself for his family. The film opens with Bob getting discharged from the hospital after being in a comatose state for 8 years. His wife Mary (Chitrangada Singh) and young song Benny (Ronith Arora) take him home which he has no recollection of. Bob also has a daughter Mini (Samara Tijori) who is preparing for a medical entrance. A deadly assassin at one point in time, Bob, we are told, met with an accident and now has lost his memory. Even as he and his family want to start afresh, Bob is unwittingly embroiled in a nexus of drug mafia, corrupt policemen, and shady henchmen. While his memory is sketchy, he still has the skills to kill his target in point-blank range and walk out nonchalantly.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
After a spate of killings which includes the murder of a drug dealer (Purab Kohli), investigative office Indira Verma (Tina Desai) takes on the case- trying to put together the missing pieces.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
Bachchan's Bob Biswas is rather subtle and very confused. He isn't as cold-blooded or eerie as Chatterjee's Bob Biswas. Neither is he an intriguing character anymore. A lot of time is spent on Bob the family man- which may or may not is needed to define a character who became iconic for his unusual demeanour and a rather surprising career choice. The 2021 version of Bob Biswas is surprisingly dull, and mellowed and the story is less exhilarating than the 2012 film.&nbsp;</p>

<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SJYlfSNH3as" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br />
Comparisons are inevitable considering both 'Kahaani' and Bob Biswas is remembered to date. For a debutante, Diya Annapurna Ghosh delivers a decent film that is slick and well made. But she also takes on a big gamble by narrating the story of a popular character.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
Perhaps the success of Bob Biswas in 'Kahaani' was due to the fact it was a mysterious character who would emerge out of nowhere, kill with an evil smile plastered on his face and nonchalantly disappear.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
While making a standalone film, humanising him makes him normal, and naturally rather unexciting.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
Abhishek Bachchan plays the role well. As Bob Biswas he is convincing but it's a huge burden to be playing a character that Chatterjee already has made so popular. If one can look past Chatterjee's performance (which is difficult, naturally) Bachchan delivers a solid performance of a man confused, conflicted and rather menacing. It's unlike any other character he has played on screen and Bachchan delivers. So does Chitrangada Singh who plays his wife, completely in awe with the mysterious man.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
Other actors who stand out are the veteran Paran Bandopadhyay who plays Kali Da- Bob's supplier of guns and overall secret keeper and debutant Samara Tijori as the conflicted, hassled Mini.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
'Bob Biswas' as a stand-alone film is good- provided one doesn't compare it to the hugely successful 'Kahaani'. It tries hard to create an impression with a fresh story but the burden of the hugely successful hit is hard to shrug off and that's where it crumbles.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
'Bob Biswas' is streaming on ZEE5.&nbsp;</p>

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In 2012, filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh and writer Advaita Kala created the iconic character Bob Biswas in the unforgettable film 'Kahaani'. Played by the versatile Saswata Chatterjee, the film was not centred around him but on Vidya Balan but despite limited screen presence, Chatterjee made his character- a deadly assassin one of the most iconic characters of Hindi cinema.

In 2012, filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh and writer Advaita Kala created the iconic character Bob Biswas in the unforgettable film 'Kahaani'. Played by the versatile Saswata Chatterjee, the film was not centred around him but on Vidya Balan but despite limited screen presence, Chatterjee made his character- a deadly assassin one of the most iconic characters of Hindi cinema. In 2021, as Ghosh's daughter Diya Annapurna Ghosh makes her debut as a film director with a spin-off story on the iconic character in ZEE5's 'Bob Biswas', she makes him mellow, humanizing the killer complete with a wife and two kids. Featuring Abhishek Bachchan as Bob Biswas, who once killed mercilessly, the new film delves more into Bob's personal life and how he wants to change himself for his family. The film opens with Bob getting discharged from the hospital after being in a comatose state for 8 years. His wife Mary (Chitrangada Singh) and young song Benny (Ronith Arora) take him home which he has no recollection of. Bob also has a daughter Mini (Samara Tijori) who is preparing for a medical entrance. A deadly assassin at one point in time, Bob, we are told, met with an accident and now has lost his memory. Even as he and his family want to start afresh, Bob is unwittingly embroiled in a nexus of drug mafia, corrupt policemen, and shady henchmen. While his memory is sketchy, he still has the skills to kill his target in point-blank range and walk out nonchalantly. After a spate of killings which includes the murder of a drug dealer (Purab Kohli), investigative office Indira Verma (Tina Desai) takes on the case- trying to put together the missing pieces. Bachchan's Bob Biswas is rather subtle and very confused. He isn't as cold-blooded or eerie as Chatterjee's Bob Biswas. Neither is he an intriguing character anymore. A lot of time is spent on Bob the family man- which may or may not is needed to define a character who became iconic for his unusual demeanour and a rather surprising career choice. The 2021 version of Bob Biswas is surprisingly dull, and mellowed and the story is less exhilarating than the 2012 film. Comparisons are inevitable considering both 'Kahaani' and Bob Biswas is remembered to date. For a debutante, Diya Annapurna Ghosh delivers a decent film that is slick and well made. But she also takes on a big gamble by narrating the story of a popular character. Perhaps the success of Bob Biswas in 'Kahaani' was due to the fact it was a mysterious character who would emerge out of nowhere, kill with an evil smile plastered on his face and nonchalantly disappear. While making a standalone film, humanising him makes him normal, and naturally rather unexciting. Abhishek Bachchan plays the role well. As Bob Biswas he is convincing but it's a huge burden to be playing a character that Chatterjee already has made so popular. If one can look past Chatterjee's performance (which is difficult, naturally) Bachchan delivers a solid performance of a man confused, conflicted and rather menacing. It's unlike any other character he has played on screen and Bachchan delivers. So does Chitrangada Singh who plays his wife, completely in awe with the mysterious man. Other actors who stand out are the veteran Paran Bandopadhyay who plays Kali Da- Bob's supplier of guns and overall secret keeper and debutant Samara Tijori as the conflicted, hassled Mini. 'Bob Biswas' as a stand-alone film is good- provided one doesn't compare it to the hugely successful 'Kahaani'. It tries hard to create an impression with a fresh story but the burden of the hugely successful hit is hard to shrug off and that's where it crumbles. 'Bob Biswas' is streaming on ZEE5.

'Bob Biswas' review: Abhishek Bachchan turns the deadly assassin into a family man

<p>One of the most popular characters from Vidya Balan starrer 'Kahaani', Bob Biswas gets his own stand-alone film.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The trailer of 'Bob Biswas' was unveiled on Friday. Featuring Abhishek Bachchan in the titular character, the trailer gives a sneak peek into the intriguing film that is set to release on December 3 on Zee5.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
The two and a half minute long trailer gives a glimpse into the complicated journey of Bob Biswas, a middle-aged hitman-for-hire who comes out of a prolonged coma and does not remember any details about his life and his past, including his wife and children. As he tries to remember his identity, episodes from his past come alive, and the trailer shares a peek into his moral dilemma between embracing his criminal past versus his newly developed sense of right and wrong.</p>

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The original film had Bengali film star Saswata Chatterjee playing the character. In this film, Abhishek takes on the role while Chitrangda Singh plays his wife.&nbsp;<br />
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Calling it "one of the coolest films" he has ever worked on, Abhishek shared, "We had an amazing team working on 'Bob Biswas'. I have thoroughly enjoyed deep-diving into and creating the immersive world of Bob. It`s one of the coolest films I have worked on and I hope people truly enjoy the trailer and the film."<br />
<br />
'Bob Biswas' is directed by Diya Annapurna Ghosh and written by Sujoy Ghosh and produced by Gauri Khan, Sujoy Ghosh and Gaurav Verma.<br />
<br />
Bob Biswas` is set to premiere on December 3, 2021, on ZEE5.&nbsp;</p>


One of the most popular characters from Vidya Balan starrer 'Kahaani', Bob Biswas gets his own stand-alone film. The trailer of 'Bob Biswas' was unveiled on Friday.

One of the most popular characters from Vidya Balan starrer 'Kahaani', Bob Biswas gets his own stand-alone film. The trailer of 'Bob Biswas' was unveiled on Friday. Featuring Abhishek Bachchan in the titular character, the trailer gives a sneak peek into the intriguing film that is set to release on December 3 on Zee5. The two and a half minute long trailer gives a glimpse into the complicated journey of Bob Biswas, a middle-aged hitman-for-hire who comes out of a prolonged coma and does not remember any details about his life and his past, including his wife and children. As he tries to remember his identity, episodes from his past come alive, and the trailer shares a peek into his moral dilemma between embracing his criminal past versus his newly developed sense of right and wrong. The original film had Bengali film star Saswata Chatterjee playing the character. In this film, Abhishek takes on the role while Chitrangda Singh plays his wife. Calling it "one of the coolest films" he has ever worked on, Abhishek shared, "We had an amazing team working on 'Bob Biswas'. I have thoroughly enjoyed deep-diving into and creating the immersive world of Bob. It`s one of the coolest films I have worked on and I hope people truly enjoy the trailer and the film." 'Bob Biswas' is directed by Diya Annapurna Ghosh and written by Sujoy Ghosh and produced by Gauri Khan, Sujoy Ghosh and Gaurav Verma. Bob Biswas` is set to premiere on December 3, 2021, on ZEE5.

'Bob Biswas' trailer: Abhishek Bachchan plays contract killer in 'Kahaani' spin-off story

<p>Abhishek Bachchan has released the first look of his next movie 'Bob Biswas'. The fill will release on ZEE5 on December 3.<br />
<br />
In the upcoming movie, Bachchan is playing the role of infamous serial killer Bob Biswas. The character was featured originally in Vidya Balan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui's super hit movie 'Kahaani',&nbsp;in the movie, the character&nbsp;was essayed by Saswata Chatterjee.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Revealing that the trailer of the film will be out on Friday, November 19, Bachchan shared the motion poster.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Sharing on his Instagram, Abhishek wrote, “Ek minute… Bob ki nazar aap par hai. Watch #BobBiswas trailer tomorrow at 12 PM.”&nbsp;</p>

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<p>In the first look, Abhishek can be seen sporting Bob’s hairstyle and looks at the camera intensely. A voiceover can be heard, ''Aapko shayad yaad nahi, asal me aap bahut bure aadmi ho (You might not remember, but you’re a bad man…”</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/watch-zee5-drops-trailer-of-desi-noir-series-qatil-haseenaon-ke-naam-430318" hreflang="en">Watch: Zee5 drops trailer of desi noir series ‘Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam’</a><br />
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The movie is helmed by debutant director Diya Ghosh and written by Sujoy Ghosh.<br />
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Talking more about the film, Ghosh said, "This is a new `Bob Biswas`, he is like any of us. In life, we all have various roles to play, whether as a parent, spouse or friend and in each role we are equally responsible and accountable. This is the world of Bob, where he is trying to cope with each role as his life unfolds before him.''</p>


Abhishek Bachchan has released the first look of his next movie 'Bob Biswas'. The fill will release on ZEE5 on December 3. In the upcoming movie, Bachchan is playing the role of infamous serial killer Bob Biswas.

Abhishek Bachchan has released the first look of his next movie 'Bob Biswas'. The fill will release on ZEE5 on December 3. In the upcoming movie, Bachchan is playing the role of infamous serial killer Bob Biswas. The character was featured originally in Vidya Balan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui's super hit movie 'Kahaani', in the movie, the character was essayed by Saswata Chatterjee. Wedding bells! These B-town couples to tie knot soon: Alia Bhatt-Ranbir Kapoor to Vicky Kaushal-Katrina Kaif Revealing that the trailer of the film will be out on Friday, November 19, Bachchan shared the motion poster. Sharing on his Instagram, Abhishek wrote, “Ek minute… Bob ki nazar aap par hai. Watch #BobBiswas trailer tomorrow at 12 PM.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Abhishek Bachchan (@bachchan) × In the first look, Abhishek can be seen sporting Bob’s hairstyle and looks at the camera intensely. A voiceover can be heard, ''Aapko shayad yaad nahi, asal me aap bahut bure aadmi ho (You might not remember, but you’re a bad man…” Watch: Zee5 drops trailer of desi noir series ‘Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam’ The movie is helmed by debutant director Diya Ghosh and written by Sujoy Ghosh. Talking more about the film, Ghosh said, "This is a new `Bob Biswas`, he is like any of us. In life, we all have various roles to play, whether as a parent, spouse or friend and in each role we are equally responsible and accountable. This is the world of Bob, where he is trying to cope with each role as his life unfolds before him.''

Bob Biswas: Abhishek Bachchan shares intriguing first look

Bollywood actress Chitrangda Singh’s social media game is always on fleek. The 44-year-old actress regularly posts pictures and reels on her Instagram page which her over one million fans love to see and comment on.

Bollywood actress Chitrangda Singh’s social media game is always on fleek. The 44-year-old actress regularly posts pictures and reels on her Instagram page which her over one million fans love to see and comment on. From expressing her love for animals and meditation to doing lip-syncs on dialogues from famous movies and sharing photoshoot snaps, Singh sure knows how to keep herself entertained and her fans, amused. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @chitrangda × View this post on Instagram A post shared by @chitrangda × In one such recent video, the actress can be seen lipsyncing to a dialogue, originally delivered in the film by the character of Hazel Grace, played by Shailene Woodley. Sharing that cute video, Singh wrote, “"#Slidebacksunday to those TikTok busy weekends! The movie fault in our stars .. had so many amazing dialogues .. one of them when John says to Grace. You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. John Green.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by @chitrangda × The film was originally based on best-selling author John Green’s book by the same name and has been adapted into a film in Bollywood with Sanjana Sanghi and deceased Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. The actress has also made similar videos of her in the past. See some of them here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by @chitrangda × View this post on Instagram A post shared by @chitrangda × On the work front, Chitrangda Singh will be seen next in the film 'Bob Biswas' alongside Abhishek Bachchan.

Chitrangda Singh is India’s fitting response to Shailene Woodely’s Hazel Grace from ‘Fault In Our Stars’

<p><strong>Abhishek Bachchan</strong> looks unrecognisable as she shoots for his upcoming film as killer next-door, <strong>Bob Biswas.</strong>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Spotted in Kolkata this week, <strong>Abhishek is shooting</strong> the film with <strong>Chitrangada Singh.&nbsp;</strong></p>

<p>In pictures that have surfaced from the sets, <strong>Abhishek looks</strong> much different from his usual stylish self. Wearing a wig that we saw <strong>Bob Biswas</strong> wearing in hit film ‘Kahaani’, Abhishek is seen wearing large glasses and is dressed in blue shirt and dark pants.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Abhishek Bachchan and Chitrangda Singh resume the shooting for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BobBiswas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BobBiswas</a> in Kolkata... The Shah Rukh Khan and Sujoy Ghosh production, directed by Diya Annapurna Ghosh, will be wrapped up by December 7... Some pics from the sets! <a href="https://t.co/WRkFvRLPad">pic.twitter.com/WRkFvRLPad</a></p>
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<p>Earlier, Chitrangada had shared a picture of herself preparing for the shoot. “On set .. face paint on ! Yayy #bobbiswas #boundscript #cityofjoy #happytobebackatwork,” she wrote.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">On set .. face paint on ! Yayy <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bobbiswas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#bobbiswas</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/happytobebackatwork?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#happytobebackatwork</a> 😌😎 <a href="https://t.co/ALfVE7Vhn4">https://t.co/ALfVE7Vhn4</a></p>
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<p>Talking more about resuming work, Chitrangda said, “It really felt good to be back on the sets after a gap of 8 months. I’m glad to be back. We’ve been following all the necessary precautions and maintaining social distancing because the virus is still there and we all need to be careful. It does feel a bit different with only limited people allowed on sets now, but that is how the new normal is and slowly everyone will get used to it.”</p>

<p>Earlier this week, even Abhishek had announced that the shoot has resumed on the movie. “#BackToBeingBob Stay safe everyone. Travel safe. #maskon keep your mask on. #shotoniphone12promax,” he had written in an Instagram post.</p>

<p>‘Bob Biswas’ is produced by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment. The film is being directed by Sujoy Ghosh’s daughter Diya Annapurna Ghosh. It tells the back story of gun-for-hire Bob Biswas, played by Saswata Chatterjee in Sujoy’s ‘Kahaani’.</p>


Abhishek Bachchan looks unrecognisable as she shoots for his upcoming film as killer next-door, Bob Biswas. Spotted in Kolkata this week, Abhishek is shooting the film with Chitrangada Singh.

Abhishek Bachchan looks unrecognisable as she shoots for his upcoming film as killer next-door, Bob Biswas. Spotted in Kolkata this week, Abhishek is shooting the film with Chitrangada Singh. In pictures that have surfaced from the sets, Abhishek looks much different from his usual stylish self. Wearing a wig that we saw Bob Biswas wearing in hit film ‘Kahaani’, Abhishek is seen wearing large glasses and is dressed in blue shirt and dark pants. Abhishek Bachchan and Chitrangda Singh resume the shooting for #BobBiswas in Kolkata... The Shah Rukh Khan and Sujoy Ghosh production, directed by Diya Annapurna Ghosh, will be wrapped up by December 7... Some pics from the sets! pic.twitter.com/WRkFvRLPad — Rahul Raut (@Rahulrautwrites) November 26, 2020 × Earlier, Chitrangada had shared a picture of herself preparing for the shoot. “On set .. face paint on ! Yayy #bobbiswas #boundscript #cityofjoy #happytobebackatwork,” she wrote. On set .. face paint on ! Yayy #bobbiswas #happytobebackatwork 😌😎 https://t.co/ALfVE7Vhn4 — Chitrangda Singh (@IChitrangda) November 25, 2020 × Talking more about resuming work, Chitrangda said, “It really felt good to be back on the sets after a gap of 8 months. I’m glad to be back. We’ve been following all the necessary precautions and maintaining social distancing because the virus is still there and we all need to be careful. It does feel a bit different with only limited people allowed on sets now, but that is how the new normal is and slowly everyone will get used to it.” Earlier this week, even Abhishek had announced that the shoot has resumed on the movie. “#BackToBeingBob Stay safe everyone. Travel safe. #maskon keep your mask on. #shotoniphone12promax,” he had written in an Instagram post. ‘Bob Biswas’ is produced by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment. The film is being directed by Sujoy Ghosh’s daughter Diya Annapurna Ghosh. It tells the back story of gun-for-hire Bob Biswas, played by Saswata Chatterjee in Sujoy’s ‘Kahaani’.

Abhishek Bachchan looks unrecognisable as killer next-door Bob Biswas; see pics

<p>Abhishek Bachchan is all set to star in a film produced by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment. Titled 'Bos Biswas', the film will mark the debut of director Sujoy Ghosh's daughter Diya Annapurna Ghosh and will be made in association with Bound Script Production. Shah Rukh`s wife Gauri Khan along with Sujoy Ghosh and Gaurav Verma will serve as the producers.&nbsp;<br />
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Reports suggest that the film is a spin-off from Vidya Balan’s 'Kahaani' which had Bengali actor Saswata Chatterjee playing the serial killer by the same name.&nbsp;<br />
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Red Chillies Entertainment shared the news on Instagram. "Nomoshkar! Thrilled to announce our upcoming film, #BobBiswas in association with #BoundScriptProduction; starring @bachchan and directed by #DiyaAnnapurnaGhosh," the post read.</p>

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<p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B5R7HxwCe1R/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Nomoshkar! 🙏🏻👓 Thrilled to announce our upcoming film, #BobBiswas in association with #BoundScriptProduction; starring @bachchan and directed by #DiyaAnnapurnaGhosh. @gaurikhan @iamsrk #SujoyGhosh @_gauravverma @bobbiswasfilm</a></p>

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<p>Exuding happiness over the announcement, the actor also put out a tweet reading, "Excited to announce my next film!! Bob Biswas. Can`t wait to get started. Working with many favourites."</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Junior Bachchan is also awaiting the release of `The Big Bull` which is being produced by Ajay Devgn.&nbsp;The film marks the duo reunion after seven years, they last collaborated in Rohit Shetty`s `Bol Bachchan`.<br />
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Apart from `The Big Bull`, Abhishek will be next seen in Anurag Basu`s yet-untitled next, also starring Rajkummar Rao, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Aditya Roy Kapur, and Pankaj Tripathi.&nbsp;</p>


Abhishek Bachchan is all set to star in a film produced by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment. Titled 'Bos Biswas', the film will mark the debut of director Sujoy Ghosh's daughter Diya Annapurna Ghosh and will be made in association with Bound Script Production.

Abhishek Bachchan is all set to star in a film produced by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment. Titled 'Bos Biswas', the film will mark the debut of director Sujoy Ghosh's daughter Diya Annapurna Ghosh and will be made in association with Bound Script Production. Shah Rukh`s wife Gauri Khan along with Sujoy Ghosh and Gaurav Verma will serve as the producers. Reports suggest that the film is a spin-off from Vidya Balan’s 'Kahaani' which had Bengali actor Saswata Chatterjee playing the serial killer by the same name. Red Chillies Entertainment shared the news on Instagram. "Nomoshkar! Thrilled to announce our upcoming film, #BobBiswas in association with #BoundScriptProduction; starring @bachchan and directed by #DiyaAnnapurnaGhosh," the post read. View this post on Instagram Nomoshkar! 🙏🏻👓 Thrilled to announce our upcoming film, #BobBiswas in association with #BoundScriptProduction; starring @bachchan and directed by #DiyaAnnapurnaGhosh. @gaurikhan @iamsrk #SujoyGhosh @_gauravverma @bobbiswasfilm A post shared by Red Chillies Entertainment (@redchilliesent) on Nov 24, 2019 at 11:29pm PST × Exuding happiness over the announcement, the actor also put out a tweet reading, "Excited to announce my next film!! Bob Biswas. Can`t wait to get started. Working with many favourites." Meanwhile, Junior Bachchan is also awaiting the release of `The Big Bull` which is being produced by Ajay Devgn. The film marks the duo reunion after seven years, they last collaborated in Rohit Shetty`s `Bol Bachchan`. It is being helmed by Kookie Gulati and as per media reports, the feature will star Ileana D`Cruz. The first poster of the film was out in September where Abhishek described it as "an unreal story". Apart from `The Big Bull`, Abhishek will be next seen in Anurag Basu`s yet-untitled next, also starring Rajkummar Rao, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Aditya Roy Kapur, and Pankaj Tripathi.

Abhishek Bachchan to star in Shah Rukh Khan's new production 'Bob Biswas'

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