Showing posts with label Madhuri Dixit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Madhuri Dixit. Show all posts
6 March 2014
Juhi Chawla : Thought director was crazy to offer me negative role
Juhi Chawla says she thought director Soumik Sen had lost his mind when he offered the actress her career's first negative role in his upcoming film 'Gulaab Gang'.
"The first time I heard the role I thought he (Soumik Sen) has gone insane. Gradually, I got convinced after he explained it further. I thought it would be wonderful if I could do it," Juhi, 46, told reporters at a press conference here. The director joked that he had to show his musical side to the actress in order to convince her.
"I had to sing to convince her," Soumik joked. Produced by Anubhav Sinha, the movie also stars Madhuri Dixt, who plays a firebrand leader while Juhi essays the part of a power-hungry politician. Casting Juhi as the antagonist of the film was Soumik's effort to break the mould.
"I had cast Madhuri as the hero of the film as it was in my mind from before but while choosing a villain I thought it must be as big if not bigger," Soumik said. "I was also trying to break the mould as Charlie Chaplin, Amol Palekar have done earlier and therefore Juhi was taken as the villain for the film," he added.
When asked why he didn't give credit to Sampat Pal, who is thought to be an inspiration for the movie, Soumik said that his story is a complete work of fiction and has no connection whatsoever with reality. Dixit, who was last seen on the screen in 'Dedh Ishqiya', said the film gives an important message about women empowerment.
"Through the film we want to give out a message that women need to be empowered, they need to be educated for them to feel independent and get respect in the society. Rajjo is in every woman, there's only the need to identify her," Madhuri said.
28 February 2014
Madhuri voices support for women`s empowerment with poems
Madhuri Dixit, who has been busy promoting 'Gulaab Gang', a film with the powerful message of 'women empowerment', strongly feels about the cause. To reach out to her audience with this message, the actor participated today in a Live Video Chat, where she and director Soumik Sen spoke about the cause, with poems. The beautiful evening saw the powerful recitation of some of the most timeless poems by Madhuri Dixit. The director and the gorgeous actor also answered questions asked by the online viewers.
Director Soumik Sen revealed how the idea of getting Madhuri to recite these poems, excited him. `While shooting for the film, I had shortlisted 3 poems on women empowerment which I thought Madhuriwould like to read. When I handed over these poems to her, she started to read them and being the actor she is, her reading the lines looked like an expressive narration. That is when I thought of shooting the videos. The poems we chose are already a part of our history. With Madhuri's help we could reach out to more people and introduce them to these inspiring words of the legendary poets.`
The makers of the film have released three videos featuring Madhuri Dixit reciting poems written by renowned poets like the popular Urdu poet Sahir Ludhianvi, Dushyant Kumar the poet of modern Hindustani literature and the radical bihari poet, Gorakh Pandey.
Directed by Soumik Sen, the movie is based on women empowerment. Produced by Anubhav Sinha, 'Gulaab Gang' is presented by Sahara Movie Studios & Bharat Shah and is a Benaras Mediaworks production. The film is slated to release on the 7th of March.
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