'The National award that Dibakar has returned for Khosla Ka Ghosla belongs to the producer of the film. So, basically Dibakar is protesting with a gesture over which he has no claim,' says Nihalani.
After the super success of Love, Sex Aur Dhoka, the acclaimed filmmaker is ready to make a political thriller called Shanghai.
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'Your family doesn't want you to come to this field because there's no direction, no formula.' 'It's not as if your career is settled and you will get work consistently.'
'Women have always been given titles like 'mother' or 'housewife'. 'These tags put so much pressure on a woman to be a certain way.'
Instead of sitting back and basking in the glory, the director takes all the critical acclaim with a sense of responsibility.
There is startling accuracy to Dibakar Banerjee's portrayal, notes Sukanya Verma.
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The Shanghai director responds to criticism directed at Kalki Koechlin's portrayal in the film.
'People ask me about my biggest action sequence; this is it, because it involved two giants of Indian cinema.'
The four-day CIFF was packed with so many other new projects, like Radhika Apte's first directorial effort Koyta, with Vikramaditya Motwane as the producer, Venkatesh Maha's Ko Ko Ko, Jeo Baby's Punishment and Shonali Bose's Black Mountain Monpa.
The Shanghai director lists Mirch Masala among his personal favourites.
'Ekta has evolved to the extent that she understands the fight to keep the cinemas alive, to keep collective viewing alive.'
It was a dull weekend at the box office.
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