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Srijit Mukherji Reveals How Angelina Jolie’s Suicide Attempt Inspired Killbill Society

Srijit Mukherji Reveals How Angelina Jolie’s Suicide Attempt Inspired Killbill Society

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Srijit Mukerji’s 2012 film Hemlock Society struck a chord with the audience for how it dealt with the topic of assisted suicide and mental health. The fresh pairing of Parambrata Chattopadhyay and Koel Mullick was also a hit. Now, Srijit has teamed up with Parambrata for the sequel of Hemlock Society, titled Killbill Society. The film will be released theatrically on April 11.  Ahead of the release, the filmmaker talked about his inspiration behind the film and revealed that Hollywood star Angelina Jolie’s suicide attempt shaped his new film. He also said that the idea of a sequel was always in his mind.  See Also: Srijit Mukherji Talks About Cinema, Relationships And Inspirations In The Ring With Filmfare Bangla Srijit said, “If you remember the last scene of Hemlock Society, it had Ananda Kar (Parambrata) driving away with a new aspirant and taking him under his wings. All these years we were just waiting for the right plot. We did not want to make a sequel just for the sake of making a sequel to such a …

When Sushmita Sen agreed to be part of Srijit Mukherji’s ‘Shekhar Home’… | Bollywood

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New Delhi, Not many know that Bollywood star and former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen has a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo in “Shekhar Home”, a detective web series inspired by the literary works of Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle. When Sushmita Sen agreed to be part of Srijit Mukherji’s ‘Shekhar Home’… Directed by Srijit Mukerji and Rohan Sippy, the West Bengal-set series is a Hindi adaptation of Sherlock Holmes stories starring Kay Kay Menon as the titular sleuth. Set in the early 1990s, “Shekhar Home” is written by Aniruddha Guha and Niharika Puri with dialogues by Vaibhav Vishal. In one of its six episodes, a black-and-white picture of a young Sen makes a guest appearance. Her historic win as the first Miss Universe from India in 1994 is shown a few years away as per the events in the show. When Shekhar looks at the photograph, he remarks: “Isko toh Miss Universe hona chahiye ” Asked how it all came to be, Mukherji said he secured due permission from Sen, who did her first and only Bengali …

After Heeramandi, watch Rajkahini: Srijit Mukerji’s grittier Bengali film on women fighting for freedom | Web Series

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How much Bhansali is too much Bhansali? One has to sit through the 8 episodes of Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar to arrive at that answer. In Bhansali’s eyes, the world of courtesans is filled with beauty and overwhelming grace. When the transition arrives, in the pursuit of independence, it does feel poorly realized. In that regard, there’s 2015’s Rajkahini, the Bengali film directed by Srijit Mukerji, which charts a similar trajectory- albeit with a widely contrasting aesthetic. The film was remade in Hindi with Vidya Balan in the lead, Begum Jaan, but it is the original film which continues to hold a greater impact. (Also read: Heeramandi review: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s sprawling, sparkling debut show is blissfully free of his cinematic trappings) Rituparna Sengupta in a still from Rajkahini. Fight for freedom Rajkahini tells the story of a group of women who live in a brothel run by Begum Jaan (Rituparna Sengupta), whose lives turn upside down when they are informed about the Radcliffe Line, which will pass right through the middle of their house. …

‘Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke’ Creator Srijit Mukherji Talks About The….

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Srijit Mukherji says ‘Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke’ based on experiences of IPS officers(Photo Credit –Instagram) Film director Srijit Mukherji got candid about his upcoming web series ‘Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke’ which revolves around the life of a woman IPS officer, Kavya played by Regina Cassandra. He said: “It is not based on one person, rather it is based on several experiences of brave IPS officers over the years and across the country.” The 45-year-old director, Srijit Mukherji is known for his films like ‘Autograph’, ‘Hemlock Society’, ‘Jaatishwar’, ‘Begum Jaan’, ‘Gumnaami’, among others, and he also directed several web series including ‘Ray’, ‘Feludar Goyendagiri’, and many more. Srijit further shared as a director what were the important factors he kept in mind while directing this web show. He replied: “Police force is the key element of this show. Samar Khan not only produced the show but he has this bank of experience when it comes to these armed forces shows and patriotic shows, so he guided us. There are nuances in the different kinds of operations and functioning …

Srijit Mukherji on remakes: ‘It is someone else’s intellectual property’ | Web Series

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Srijit Mukherji, the noted filmmaker behind films like Begum Jaan and the more recent Shabaash Mithu, is back with a new Hindi web series, Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke. The director has made sure it stands out of the flood of such patriotic shows from the genre with its mostly female cast and pan-India landscape. The show led by Regina Cassandra releases on ZEE5 on Republic Day. The filmmaker has never been open to making remakes and says he would rather do an original no matter the medium, scale or language of the film or show. Also read: Yash says people in the north would make fun of South cinema earlier: They were like ‘yeh kya action hai, udd raha hai’ In an interview with Hindustan Times, Srijit, who predominantly works in Bengali cinema, has also spoken in detail about why Bangla films fail to match up to films from the South in churning crores at the box office. Excerpts: How is Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke different from the many web series from this genre? This is the …