B R Chopra
Happy Birthday B R Chopra: The Man Who Taught Filmmaking To Yash Chopra
The visionary filmmaker who directed Indian cinema’s first multi-starrer Waqt …If Baldev Raj Chopra had lived longer he would be 106 years old on April 22. History has been a little unkind to Chopra Saab , granting a lot of credit to his younger brother Yash Chopra for the cinematic glory of the Chopra clan , when in fact it was BR Saab who taught his sibling everything about filmmaking. The Senior Chopra was a trueblue reformist filmmaker way ahead of his times, who addressed issues while entertaining the multitudes.Yash Chopra directed such landmarks of | Click Here...
Then and Now: Mahabharat actors Nitish Bharadwaj, Varsha Usgaonkar, Mukesh Khanna, Roopa Ganguly’s Transformation
Mahabharat the epic series was a huge rage in the era of the 1980s and 1990s. The show was huge in its mounting even in the era it was aired. Actor Nitish Bharadwaj as Lord Krishna was supreme and his acting prowess was enormous. Whenever we think of Lord Krishna, Nitish is probably the first and foremost actor who comes to our mind even now. His charm, innocent smile has stayed with us for all these years. Varsha Usgaonkar was a gorgeous younger generation princess in the show. She played the role of Uttara, the princess who married Abhimanyu, son of Arjun. Varsha was gorgeou | Click Here...
Contemporary mythological shows hold the edge in terms of VFX and CG: Puneet Issar
Amidst the Corona lockdown time, mythological shows seem to be ruling the roost. Apart from the chart-busting Ramayan, various versions of Mahabharata too seem to get a fair amount of traction across channels, i.e., Doordarshan and Star Plus. IWMBuzz.com recently spoke to the only actor who has had the privilege of acting in both the above super hit series spread across 32 years. Puneet Issar had not only played Duryodhan in pubcaster Doordarshan’s 1st version of India’s greatest epic, but also essayed lord Purshottam when Siddharth Kumar Tewary remade Ved Vyaas epi | Click Here...
Director Mudassar Aziz On Pati Patni Aur Woh
Mudassar Aziz who has fashioned interesting romantic comedies in the past such as Happy Bhaag Jayegi and its sequel Happy Phir Bhaag Jayegi has a reason for remaking B R Chopra’s 1978 comic classic Pati Patni Aur Woh. “My father was a big fan of that film. I am a 1990s child. So I missed it on release. But every time it was telecast on Doordarshan my family and I would watch it together. I think it was telecast 7-8 times when I was a child. Therefore remaking that film for me was like a childhood dream, just as making films was a dream that I had from my childhood, even though my | Click Here...