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Sridevi with English Vinglish director Gauri Shinde at the Toronto International Film Festival
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Sridevi’s comeback film English Vinglish, slated to hit screens on October 5, is making waves on the international circuit.
Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last Friday, the film got a standing ovation from a packed house at the Roy Thompson Hall, with many praising its “global theme” —— language barrier.
Sridevi, who was present at the screening with hubby Boney Kapoor, English Vinglish director Gauri Shinde and her filmmaker husband Balki, was reportedly “ecstatic” at the response to the film and the encouraging foreign press reviews it has been getting, especially since the film mirrors her own personal struggles. “As a mother and as a human being, I could really relate to the character. I’ve done several films without knowing the language: Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi,” said the still-ravishing Sri, who will be back on the big screen after 15 years.
Will English Vinglish make it big, pre-Puja? Let’s wait and watch.
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Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor
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FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT
What is it with our Bolly stars and unearthly hours? After Priyanka Chopra was spotted outside Salman Khan’s Galaxy Apartments in Bandra recently at 5 in the morning, Ranbir Kapoor was photographed leaving Katrina Kaif’s house in Bandra well past midnight last week.
The Kapoor boy, who is now revelling in the success of his latest film Barfi!, was seen walking into his Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani co-star’s pad at 11pm and leaving well after a two-hour stay. He quickly got into his car, but the waiting paparazzi did manage to get a few shots.
RanKat, anyone?
EXCEL IS A HARVARD CASE STUDY
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Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar |
They have churned out some good cinema over the years. Now Farhan Akhtar and childhood friend and business partner Ritesh Sidhwani have taken their company Excel Entertainment where no other Indian film house has been before — to Harvard!
The prestigious university — where Ritesh had been invited to deliver a keynote address in March — has decided to take the association further by doing a case study on the company that has produced films like Dil Chahta Hai, Don and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.
Harvard Business School cases are a description of a management situation and are used for class discussion in a variety of educational programmes.
As part of their research, a team from Harvard flew down to Mumbai where they did extensive interviews with Ritesh, Farhan and many key members of the Excel team. The case study on the company will be taught to second-year MBA students at Harvard in January-February 2013.
Dil chahta hai more, guys!
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