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Anurag Kashyap clarifies his ‘half-baked’ comment on Pratik Gandhi, Tillotama Shome’s Saare Jahan Se Accha post blasting Netflix’s ‘morally corrupt’ top bosses

Anurag Kashyap clarifies his ‘half-baked’ comment on Pratik Gandhi, Tillotama Shome’s Saare Jahan Se Accha post blasting Netflix’s ‘morally corrupt’ top bosses

Anurag Kashyap recently shared a long note heaping praise on the British Netflix drama Adolescence. The maverick filmmaker didn’t mince his words while calling out the ‘hypocrisy’ of the ‘dishonest and morally corrupt’ top bosses of the streaming platform. Most recently, the filmmaker issued a clarification after calling Saare Jahan Se Accha ‘half-baked.’ Taking to his Instagram stories, Anurag Kashyap shared a note clarifying his remark on Pratik Gandhi, Tillotama Shome, and Kritika Kamra’s spy-thriller Saare Jahan Se Accha. He wrote, “Just a clarification. I have not seen the show to comment on the outcome. I talked about the time when Netflix.in brought a half-baked show to me as compensation for abandoning maximum city. It was half baked then. Since then there has been writers and creators who have worked on it. And only when it comes out,, one will know it’s good or bad. #saareJahanseAchcha.” For the unversed, the Gangs of Wasseypur director shared an appreciation post for the drama show, Adolescence, and alleged that top bosses of the streaming platform would’ve rejected such …

Tillotama Shome’s film to premiere in Berlin

Tillotama Shome’s film to premiere in Berlin

Tillotama Shome’s Bengali drama, Shadowbox (Baksho Bondi), has been selected for the prestigious 75th Berlin International Film Festival. The film, directed by Tanushree Das and Saumyananda Sahi, will compete in the newly introduced Perspectives section. The makers recently unveiled the movie’s teaser. Starring Shome as Maya, Shadowbox shares the powerful tale of a woman who juggles multiple jobs while caring for her teenage son and her husband, a retired soldier battling PTSD. When he vanishes under mysterious circumstances, Maya is thrust into a fight for survival that challenges her strength, love, and resilience. Talking about the film, debutant director Das said, “In Shadowbox, we wanted to explore the invisible battles fought every day within families—the quiet endurance of women, the stigma around mental health, and the ways in which survival is negotiated in an unforgiving world. The protagonist’s journey is a reflection of countless women who fight to keep their families together despite the odds stacked against them. We hope the film not only sheds light on these struggles, but also sparks conversations about resilience …