The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: The Hindi Film Industry
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The Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi 2008 opened last night with Sanjay Leela Bhansali‘s production of Padmâvatî, recently at Théâtre du Chatelet. There will be one more performance tomorrow, and the festival runs through July 13th. New York Times Review | Official Site
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* Notes * Krazzy 4 was a bit of a disappointment, it wasn't quite as fun as it could have been and then was also strangely moralizing (society is crazy, not crazy people). It was no fault of the actors: Arshad Warsi, Rajpal Yadav, Irfan Khan, Suresh Menon were all charming as the quartet of mental…
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* Notes * Shot in South Africa and Dubai, the fast paced film Race came out at the end of last month. The plot is fantastically ridiculous, with an alarming plethora of twists and turns. The songs are fun, though some of the dancing from Katrina Kaif and Bipasha Basu was less than convincing.…
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Padmâvatî opened last Friday at Théâtre du Châtelet. In English: IHT | Times of India | Reuters India | The Telegraph En Français: webthea.com | Le Monde | ResMusica.com | AFP
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* Notes * Ashutosh Gowariker's historical epic Jodhaa Akbar was finally released on February 15, after being pushed back four times. The film is doing well at the box office, grossing $2,505,703 so far in North America. Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan give restrained and elegant performances as Mughal emperor and Rajput princess, respectively.…
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Sanjay Leela Bhansali denies rumors that he is to marry choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant. The director turned 45 last Sunday and says working on the opera Padmâvatî, which opens in a little over a fortnight, has been fun. Times of India Article | Official Site
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Théâtre du Châtelet is putting on Roussel's opera ballet Padmâvatî from March 14-24, 2008. Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who directed the films Saawariya, Devdas, and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, the dancing will be choreographed by Tanusree Shankar. The Telegraph Article | Production | SLB's Official Site | Shankar's Biography
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* Notes * Rohit Shetty's comedic thriller Sunday opened a couple of weekends ago, and failed to become the first blockbuster of 2008. Ajay Devgan was entertaining as the corrupt ice-cream eating policeman ACP Rajveer Randhava, and Ayesha Takia was perfectly adorable as his goofy and forgetful dubbing artist love interest Sehar Thapar. Arshad Warsi…
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A few weekends ago the BBC Asian Network's Love Bollywood reported that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Beyoncé Knowles will be in the forthcoming film Kambakth Ishq. Set in Los Angeles, the film is set to be released in India in May 2009, and stars Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor. The Times of India Article | IndiaFM…
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* Notes * Madhuri Dixit made her return to the silver screen in Aaja Nachle, after a five year hiatus. She looks pretty great in the movie, considering she has had two kids since playing Chandramukhi in Devdas. Her dancing was lovely, and it was interesting to see a woman who just turned 40 as…
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