Devashish Makhija
Joram Wins Big At The Durban Film Festival, Director Reacts
Manoj Bajpayee has created history again by becoming the first Indian actor to win Best Actor at the Durban Film Festival for his nervewracking performance in director Devashish Makhija’s Joram.Cinematographer Piyush Puty was also honoured at Durban for his efforts. Responding to the double honour, Makhija says, “Joram was a collective effort to make a film that would hopefully affect and move fellow Indians as much as it would an international audience. Our Durban wins give us hope that perhaps we may just have achieved that.” Manoj Bajpai and Makhija have earlier colla | Click Here...
Review of SonyLIV’s Bhonsle: Persuasive and Powerful
Bhonsle (SonyLIV) Starring: Manoj Bajpayee, Ishita Chakraborty Singh, Virat Vaibhav, Abhishek Bannerjee, Santosh Juvekar Directed by Devashish Makhija Rating: **** Straightaway, this is a persuasive and powerful film that shouldn’t be missed by anyone who has watched any film set in the cultural-political dynamics that govern life in the Mumbai chawls. As relevant as Saeed Mirza’s Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro and N Chandra’s Ankush (the two films that are most decidedly the reference points) Bhonsle has a gut-wrenching immediacy to it. A palpable sense of | Click Here...