Faruk Kabir
Faruk Kabir On 13 Years Of Allah Ke Banday,And The Rejection That Followed
Says Faruk, “The film got a lot of critical acclaim, was so tight budgeted that though no one lost money, for some reason, I did not get work easily even after being nominated in fourteen categories across all top awards at the time.” In Allah Ke Banday Faruk Kabir displayed remarkable skills in creating a pastiche of mammoth crime and little punishment. The pace leaves meager space for grace. And yet Allah Ke Banday creates a world filled with acute aggression repression and damnation with a reasonable amount of paciness to the edgy narrative. The world that Faruk Kabir | Click Here...
After Khuda Haafiz success, another laurel for director Faruk Kabir
The lockdown might have impacted many artistes from the Indian cinema negatively, but it’s been great for writer-filmmaker Faruk Kabir. His latest release, Khuda Haafiz, has become a huge hit and it continues to rule hearts across the world. And now, another feather has been added to his hat. The Screenwriters Association of India (SWA) has announced the SWA Awards 2020, which is dedicated to screenwriters and lyricists of Hindi feature films, television shows and web series. And Faruk Kabir’s movie on Section 377, titled 377 Ab-Normal, has been nominated for Best Screenplay in the Gend | Click Here...
Review Of Khuda Haafiz: Disney-Hotstar At Its Tackiest
Khuda Haafiz(Disney-Hotstar) Starring Vidyut Jammwal ,Shivaleeka Oberoi, Annu Kapoor, Aahana Kumra and Shiv Panditt Directed by Faruk Kabir Rating: * ½ How much worse can the OTT-sponsored feature-film premieres get? If this is the third-degree torture we deserve during lockdown than God save civilization. Cinema of course is already doomed because everything and anything is now served up as a feature film. Khuda Haafiz has the seeds of a solid thriller planted at its epicenter: a husband enters a bloodied Muslim country in search of his missing wife. | Click Here...
Reasons why you cannot miss Maanvi Gagroo-Zeeshan Ayyub starrer 377 AbNormal
Director Faruk Kabir’s Zee5 Original 377 Ab Normal follows years of litigation to decriminalize homosexuality. Only, it focuses its lens on the lives and loves of those most affected by Section 377 and the social stigma that the LGBTQ community has been saddled with for years. We not only see the arguments that went on in the Indian courts but also get to see the struggles of these five petitioners, who challenged Section 377. The viewers are hooked to this film throughout the back and forth of events. The central story is loosely based on Lucknow man, Arif Jafar (Zeeshan Ay | Click Here...
Review of Zee5’s 377 AB Normal – a half-hearted attempt to dramatize the historic SC ruling
The Rigveda, one of the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism, says –Vikriti Evam Prakriti, meaning what seems unnatural is also natural. Ancient India was quite open-hearted towards homosexuality in society, with detailed chapters dedicated to it in the Kama Sutra. Homosexuality continued to be accepted and approved of in India right till the middle of the nineteenth century. The advent of the British, however, put paid to the free-thinking era of Indian society. The colonial government criminalised homosexuality in 1861, under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. Henceforward, | Click Here...
Coral Bhamra to feature in ZEE5 film, 377 Ab Normal
Coral Bhamra, who was recently seen in the ALTBalaji series Gandii Baat 2 and Kehne Ko Humsafar Hai 2, will now feature in the upcoming ZEE5 film, 377 Ab Normal produced by Aditya Narayan Singh and directed by Faruk Kabir. Coral is presently seen playing the role of Pooja, Bani’s best friend in Kehne Ko Humsafar Hai 2. The series will depict the stories of the five petitioners who lodged complaints against the decision of the Supreme Court of India of making homosexuality legal. IWMBuzz.com reported exclusively about this project featuring popular actors Tanvi Azmi, Maanvi G | Click Here...
Maanvi Gagroo in ZEE5’s web-film on Section 377
Talented young actress Maanvi Gagroo is having a gala time on the web space!! With variety of roles on offer, she has been challenging herself to put her best into every portrayal that she takes up... Recently, she won all hearts in the role of Siddhi in the Amazon Prime series, 4 More Shots Please!!. She has earlier been part of Pitchers and Tripling for TVF, The Good Vibes for SonyLIV and short film Tamashri for ZEE5. She will also be seen in the much-awaited TVF series, Tripling 2 in March this year. Now, Maanvi has been signed up by ZEE5 yet again for the web-film titled | Click Here...
Gaurav Chopraa, Vineet Sharma, Priya Banerjee and Ankur Rathee in Applause Entertainment’s series, Marry Me, Stranger
Sameer Nair led Applause Entertainment has been working on acclaimed novelist Novoneel Chakraborty’s novels on The Stranger Trilogy, the best-selling novels with an edgy and gripping plot. With ace Producer Goldie Behl helming the series, the romantic thriller is in the anvil of launch. Novoneel’s Marry Me, Stranger will have television’s heart-throb Gaurav Chopraa playing a very vital role in the series. Ace film actor Vineet Sharma (Kaal, No Smoking etc) will be seen playing a pivotal role. We hear he will play the role of a senior cop. Young actress Priya Baner | Click Here...