New Delhi, April 11 (Inditop) Dusky actress Chitrangada Singh is playing important roles in two of Sudhir Mishra’s projects and says she is getting repeat roles in his films is thanks to her sense of “comfort and responsibility” with the director.
“I feel a sense of comfort and responsibility with him. He has always been there for me in the industry and we share a mutual respect for each other. I think it’s also because I completely believe in him as a director,” Chitrangada told IANS.
The actress debuted with Mishra’s “Hazaaron Khwaishen Aisi” (2003) and is to now appear as Chandramukhi in his rendition of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel “Devdas” titled “Aur Devdas”.
In her next untitled project with the director, she plays a courtesan. The film is slated to go on floors next year.
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Sharman Joshi finds a friend in Chetan Bhagat
Bollywood actor Sharman Joshi is shooting for “Three Idiots”, based on Chetan Bhagat’s bestseller “Five Point Someone”, and says he has stuck a “special chord” of camaraderie with the author.
“Chetan and I have become very good friends. We like each other so much that I got to read his third and most-awaited book ‘Three Mistakes of My Life’ in the manuscript form even before it was released in the market,” Sharman told IANS.
Produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the film is being directed by Rajkumar Hirani and also stars Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead apart from Sharman.
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Big B’s persona overshadows a character: Rakeysh Mehra
Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra says Amitabh Bachchan’s larger-than-life screen presence sometimes outshines his characters in films.
“Mr. Bachchan is a school on his own. His persona is huge and he has a style of his own. He has given birth to a different kind of acting approach, which has generations to follow. But it is a double-edged sword as often than not it tends to overshadow a character in a film,” Mehra told IANS.
Three-film-old Mehra debuted in the Hindi film industry with Amitabh in the lead in “Aks” (2001). The actor was also seen in a cameo in his last film “Delhi-6” (2009).
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