‘I was never desperate for roles’
Nimrat Kaur wasn't craving for international stardom but that seems to be her calling and destiny, given that she has landed a part in the hit foreign TV series Homeland. She says in the time between The lunchbox and Homeland, she refused umpteen roles in searching for ‘something right'. It was a long wait. “The lunchbox was released a year ago. I shot for it two years ago. So basically, I did my last film two years back. It was a long wait, yes. But it isn't as if I was smugly waiting for a big international project to fall into my lap after The lunchbox,” Nimrat said. She added, “I must have said no to nearly 450 scripts in two years. It wasn't as if I was being fussy. But nothing seemed right for me.”
I would love to direct. I do it in my head when I'm watching other directors direct. think I'm quite good with people. Part of being a director is knowing how different actors work in different ways. The mistake I see even the good directors make is they assume they are the only creative person on that set
— Daniel Radcliffe
Anurag Basu, who is currently seen as a judge on the Zee TV’s India’s Best Cinestars Ki Khoj, revealed, “Today it is easy to get into the industry with these talent shows but during our times it was difficult. I always wanted to be a director but in order to become a director, one needed to be on the sets to understand movie making. So I started as a background dancer.”
After the immense success of Mahabharat, it is being reported that producer Siddharth Kumar Tewari is gearing up to create another magnum opus on the life of emperor Ashoka for Star Plus. Though the producer and the channel have remained tight-lipped on the same, reportedly the research on the project has already started.
Depp to feature in Bob Dylan’s album
Johnny Depp will appear on a new album based on Bob Dylan's lost lyrics. lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes is the result of Dylan handing a collection of unused songs over to producer T-Bone Burnett to find a use for. Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons, Elvis Costello, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes will all feature on the album. Depp, 51, will appear on the record, playing guitar on the track Kansas City — something which occurred when Costello was unable to make a recording session due to a show. last month, Depp made a cameo appearance in Paul McCartney's music video.