‘Madam X has a unique story’
Film-maker Tigmanshu Dhulia, who has started working on the movie adaptation of writer Ashu Patel's book Madam X based on the underworld, says he decided to make this film because of its “interesting climax” and “unique story.” He says it is different from the regular underworld stories.
“What stuck me was the girl's struggle in this book. This girl is very modern. She was wooing three guys who were dons at a time and then eventually she vanished. I like the story because of its end,” the film-maker said during the launch of the book Madam X. “Neither does she die nor has a change of heart, she just vanishes. Nobody knows where she is,” he added.
As far as budgets go, they (Hollywood) obviously have mega budgets for their films, they have a world audience... We are limited to a Hindi-speaking audience. But I think in what we have, and the budget that we're given, we do more than what they can accomplish in that budget |Emraan hashmi
Kolkata-based couturier Shantanu Goenka’s designs have been lifted and replicas of his ensembles are being sold at boutiques in Kolkata. Shantanu first made this shocking discovery when he stumbled upon the social media pages of these stores and saw photographic proof of the copied designs, which these stores claimed to be their original creations. “These boutiques in Kolkata are pioneers in copying designer wear shamelessly. Since we take no concrete steps against plagiarism, they tend to flourish in this grey area,” he said.
Jeremy’s ‘best role’ so far
Avengers: Age of Ultron star Jeremy Renner says fatherhood has “screwed” his acting career but being a daddy is his “best role” till date. The 44-year-old realised that his priorities have changed since he and former wife Sonni Pacheco welcomed their daughter Ava into the world two years ago, and his work is no longer as important to him. Speaking on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Renner said: “(Fatherhood) really kind of changed my perspective on a lot of things. It's kind of screwed my career in a lot of ways. Because I don't really care about (my career) so much because I care about her so much. She's like number one in my life. And now I get to do movies on the side. Daddy's my best role to date, I think.” Renner will next be seen reprising his role as Hawkeye in Avengers: Age of Ultron.