'I've never worked on anything with the intention of having it adapted to screen': Hussain Zaidi
Manik Sharma • 5 years agoAfter decades of interviewing criminals, Hussain Zaidi's book — and subsequent Netflix series produced by Red Chillies Entertainment — Class of '83, revolves around Mumbai Police. In this interview, the journalist and writer talks about the boundaries between media, crime and Bollywood.
Amyra Dastur joins cast of Excel Entertainment's web series, an adaptation of Hussain Zaidi's book Dongri to Dubai
• 5 years agoAmyra Dastur will be seen next in T-Series' murder mystery Koi Jaane Na, co-starring Kunal Kapoor.
With The Class of 83, Hussain Zaidi departs from the world of gangsters to write about encounter specialists
Suryasarathibhattacharya • 5 years agoS Hussain Zaidi, former investigative journalist and author of Black Friday: The True Story of the Bombay Bomb Blasts and Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia, launched his new book The Class of 83 and talked about storytelling and writing non-fiction crime during an event at Mumbai's Godrej Culture Lab.
2008 Mumbai Attacks: Author of book on 26/11 discusses significance of his book being adapted into a ZEE5 series
Simran Singh • 5 years agoSandeep Unnithan, the author of Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11, reveals interesting trivia about the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte to play leads in Manto casting director Honey Trehan's directorial debut
Fp Staff • 6 years agoNawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte have previoulsly worked together in Badlapur, Manjhi - The Mountain Man and Sacred Games.
The Dirty Dozen: Read an excerpt from Gabriel Khan's book on Mumbai's underworld and Dawood Ibrahim
Gabriel Khan • 7 years agoIn this chapter of the The Dirty Dozen, Gabriel Khan documents the rise and eventual fall of Samad Khan, a brutal killer and womaniser, at the hands of Dawood Ibrahim
Deepika Padukone, Irrfan Khan to reunite post Piku for Vishal Bhardwaj's crime drama?
Fp Staff • 8 years agoDeepika Padukone has almost zeroed in on her next post Padmavati and it is a Vishal Bhardwaj crime drama with Irrfan Khan.
Hafiz Saeed wants Kabir Khan's 'Phantom' to be banned in Pakistan, on grounds of 'filthy propoganda'
Fp Archives • 10 years agoJuD chief and Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed has filed a plea in a court in Lahore, seeking ban on the release of Bollywood movie Phantom in Pakistan, alleging that the film, set on post-26/11 attacks and global terrorism, contains "filthy propaganda" against the country.