Vidya in a new role
Vidya Balan has been appointed as part of the reconstituted Central Board of Film Certification. She looks forward to a phase where cinema celebrates present-day sensibilities and realities.
“I am very happy to join the CBFC and I hope to fulfill my responsibilities as a member to the best of my abilities. I look forward to this new and exciting phase where our cinema will be allowed to reflect the sensibilties, realities and the complexities of the society we are living in today,” Vidya said in a statement.
‘I don’t write keeping an actor in mind. Only after I have finished my writing, I start to think about who would be the best person to play that role. And if he or she is willing to play that role, then he or she is definitely worth the wait.’
—nitesh tiwari
Television star Shweta Tiwari’s daughter Palak is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Oddball Motion Pictures’ film Quickie opposite Darsheel Safary of Taare Zameen Par fame. Talking about her debut, Palak says, “I’m really excited for this film. This is my first venture and there is a lot of pressure that comes along with it. Hope it will be a great journey like I expected it to be and people will appreciate this effort. I really expect this film to do well because personally I love the story.”
3-D Terminator 2
James Cameron has taken time out from crafting the upcoming four Avatar sequels to return to one of his old films, one he says is as up-to-the-minute as ever — Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Cameron converted the 26-year-old film — in which one robot with artificial intelligence battles another to stop nuclear annihilation — into a 3D format that hits movie theatres on August 25. It arrives just as tension over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions is escalating.