Mani
Shankar’s (BITS ’78) Tango Charlie opens strongly
finishing at the top of the box office as of March 31st
TANGO CHARLIE, a movie about the fight
between the Border Security Forces and the militants
within our country starring Ajay Devgan, Bobby Deol,
Sanjay Dutt and Suniel Shetty is receiving good reviews
at the box office. True to Mani Shankar’s style, he
enmeshes heavy gadgetry and stylized action adroitly.
The story has a strong message to offer -
that violence doesn't pay and that war is futile,
eventually causing human loss. The intentions of the
film-maker need to be applauded!
Anu
Hasan (BITS ’88) turns producer and
takes the Mumbai Express on April 14th
Tamil-Hindi bi-lingual 'Mumbai Express' starring
Kamal
Hassan, is the first movie that has Anu Hasan
sharing production credits.
In Mumbai Express, produced by her
family's production house, Rajkamal Studios,
Kamal Hassan teams up
with Singeetham Srinivas Rao of Pushpak fame. Giving
Kamal company is Manisha Korala. Kamal who plays the
character of Avinashi alias 'Mumbai Express' is a
daredevil deaf motorbike rider who does stunts in deep
wells and other difficult spots. It's a full length
comedy taken in the backdrop of Mumbai with the byline
"Where Crime Meets Confusion!"
Padmini
Chettur’s (BITS ’87) World Premiere of Paper Doll
After
her successful UK premiere of 3 Solos where one writer
called the performance a combination of "serene elegance
and exquisite detail, morphing fluid and lithe movement
with the rich rhythms of the mridangam drum and
saxophone," Padmini Chettur heads off to Netherlands
for the World Premiere of her latest work, Paper Doll.
In Paper Doll, performed by Padmini Chettur's company of
five dancers she examines the chain of paper dolls we
used to cut out when we were children. They represent
perfection, but also two-dimensionality. After the
Netherlands premiere, she takes the show to Berlin and
Brussels.
