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All Stories for Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
The Friday List: From a talk on puppetry to Amazon Prime Video's Toofan, your weekly calendar of virtual events
Fp Staff • 4 years agoEvery Friday, we'll bring you a curated list of online experiences — performances, talks, tours, screenings — to mark on your weekly calendar.
Explained: Why film industry is rallying against proposed amendments to Cinematograph Act
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThe I&B Ministry had sought suggestions for Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021 by 2 July. A letter with 3,000 signatories from the Indian film industry has opposed the proposed amendments.
Toofan trailer: Farhan Akhtar abandons thug life for boxing in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra film
Fp Staff • 4 years agoToofan premieres on Amazon Prime Video on 16 July.
Toofaan, Farhan Akhtar, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's boxing film, to release on Amazon Prime Video on 16 July
Fp Staff • 4 years agoDirected by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Farhan Akhtar's Toofaan charts the journey of a goon to a boxing champion
Toofan: Release date of Farhan Akhtar, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra boxing film delayed due to surge in COVID-19 cases
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoThe film was originally scheduled to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on 21 May.
Farhan Akhtar responds to Milkha Singh's praise of actor's look in Toofaan: Your words of appreciation mean the world
Fp Staff • 4 years agoToofaan marks the second collaboration for Farhan Akhtar and director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, who previously brought Milkha Singh's life story to the big screen in the 2013 biopic Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
Toofaan teaser: Farhan Akhtar packs powerful punches in the boxing ring
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoToofaan will premiere on 21 May on Amazon Prime Video
Farhan Akhtar's boxing drama Toofaan to release on Amazon Prime Video on 21 May, makers announce with new poster
Fp Staff • 4 years agoToofaan also stars Mrunal Thakur, Paresh Rawal, Supriya Pathak Kapur and Hussain Dalal in supporting roles.
15 years of Rang De Basanti, patriotism versus jingoism and how the modern classic has aged
Karishmaupadhyay • 4 years agoOne can’t help wonder how a film like Rang De Basanti would go down with audiences if it was released today — in the age of jingoism, majoritarianism and divisive politics.
In Eeb Allay Ooo!, Prateek Vats uses monkeys as metaphor to satirise blind faith and superstition in modern India
Devanshsharma • 4 years agoTen years ago, Delhi-6 had an imaginary 'kaala bandar' as a symbol of communal bias. But in Prateek Vats' Eeb Allay Ooo!, monkeys pose a very real and urgent threat to society.