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Friday, June 18, 2010

Juhi Chawla plays a Kashmiri Pandit much inspired by Sanjay Suri’s mother in Onir's I A.M


Onir’s “I A.M “-is a tale of 4 stories woven together taking audiences through issues and dilemmas that bruise modern Indian society.


One of the stories –“I A.M Megha” starring the beautiful Juhi Chawla sees her play the role of a Kashmiri Pandit widow based on the life of actor Sanjay Suri’s mother. 


Reveals director Onir  “Juhi’s character is that of a Kashmiri Pandit. Her character is inspired from Sanjay and his mother’s life because they are refugees from Kashmir.”


The story revolving around the life of a refugee takes Juhi (Megha) back to Kashmir after 20 years to the house she lived in and many incidents from Urvashi Suri’s life have been incorporated into the film.


Confirms Sanjay Suri who is also a lead in the film “Yes, it is loosely based on my mother’s story but it is also about coming to terms with your past. Every person who has left Kashmir will identify with that. My mother revisited Kashmir after 17 years but she still didn’t visit our house in Srinagar where dad was killed”

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Controversies never cease to leave Tere Bin Laden




Controversies never cease to leave Tere Bin Laden and the latest addition has humored the film’s team to no end.

Recently Walkwater the production house of the film Tere Bin Laden received an anonymous letter threatening them with dire consequences if they decided to release the film.

Sources reveal that the letter that was addressed to the Walkwater office in the suburbs by a misinformed person stated that they shouldn’t release the film since it was in support of Osama and terrorism.

However the production house remains unfazed by the letter. 

“The person who addressed the letter to us has got the theme of the film Tere Bin Laden all wrong. It doesn’t deal with terrorism least of all support it. It’s a light comedy” clarifies a production source.

It was recently also reported that director Abhishek Sharma received several missed calls from Pakistan after rumors were afloat that the director met with Osama’s son to research aspects of his life.

Walkwater and Abhishek Sharma’s Tere Bin Laden is a tongue-in-cheek comedy about an ambitious young news reporter from Pakistan played by Ali Zafar who is desperate to migrate to the US in pursuit of the American dream. His repeated attempts to immigrate are shot down as his visa is always rejected. But when things couldn’t look worse he comes across an Osama Bin Laden look alike.