Umesh Shukla
Good News: Sharman Joshi, Mrunal Thakur & Paresh Rawal all set to work in Umesh Shukla’s family entertainer ‘Aankh Micholi’
Some lovely news coming in for all fans of Sharman Joshi, Mrunal Thakur, and Paresh Rawal. As per the latest post by trade analyst, Taran Adarsh, Sharman Joshi, Mrunal Thakur, and Paresh Rawal are all set to work together in Umesh Shukla's next family entertainer titled 'Aankh Micholi'. The first motion poster of the project is out. Take a look below - https://twitter.com/taran_adarsh/status/1416982954664861696?s=08 The movie also stars Divya Dutta, Abhishek Banerjee, Grusha Kapoor, Darshan Jariwala, and Vijay Raaz. We wish Sharman, Mrunal, Paresh, and the entire cast a | Click Here...
Oh My God! A Sequel To The Controversial 2013 Film?
One must congratulate the brave soul producer Ashwin Varde for doing a sequel to Umesh Shukla’s 2013 film Oh My God a mildly amusing debate on atheism versus religiosity . Since then the country has lost its sense of humour about religion. The film had kicked up an uproar during a time when Hindutva was not a major issue.Today when religious sentiments are touching sky-high, a film on the subject of, ‘Does God Exist?’ seems fairly suicidal. A member of film’s core team confirmed the sequel saying, “It is not a controversial subjec | Click Here...
PM Narendra Modi is a combination of Swami Vivekananda and Sardar Patel: Umesh Shukla, maker of Modi: Journey of a Common Man
Well-known film director, Umesh Shukla (Oh My God, 102 Not Out), is very happy with the digital medium for his debut Eros Now web series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The 10 episode Modi : Journey of a Common Man traces the political and personal life of the former from the days of the Emergency in 1975 to entering 7 RCR in 2014. “When I first got this script, I knew that it had enough matter for around 400 hours. And if we tried to reduce all this into a film, we would lose a lot of the essence along with the length, due to the film grammar of needing a start, middle and end. H | Click Here...
Review of Eros Now’s Modi – The Journey of a Common Man: Lionizing its subject to mammoth proportions
In a year that has already witnessed the release of two biopics of political stalwarts – that of the Shiv Sena’s Balasaheb Thackeray and the Congress’s Manmohan Singh, you can now watch a couple more, both on the current Indian Prime Minister, Narayan Damodardas Modi. While one is a Bollywood flick, slated to release anytime soon, the one we’re more interested in, for reviewing’s sake, is a web series, Modi – The Journey of a Common Man, currently streaming on Eros Now. Produced by Eros Now, in association with Umesh Shukla’s Benchmark Pictures and Ashish Wagh and Hites | Click Here...
Punit Talreja bags Eros Now’s series Modi
Talented actor Punit Talreja, who rose to fame with SAB TV show Badi Door Se Aaye Hain, has bagged a meaty role in a web show. We hear the actor will be seen in the biopic of PM Narendra Modi’s life, a 10-episode Eros Now series titled Modi helmed by filmmaker Umesh Shukla. We earlier exclusively reported about Faisal Khan, Prachee Shah, Makrand Deshpande, Darshan Zariwala, Zakir Hussain and Daya Shankar Pandey being part of the project. The web series will capture the childhood and youth of Modi and will conclude with him taking oath as the Prime Minister. Veteran ac | Click Here...
Prachee Shah, Makrand Deshpande, Darshan Zariwala, Zakir Hussain and Daya Shankar Pandey in Eros Now’s series Modi
Eros Now recently announced a ten-episode web series on the incumbent prime minister Narendra Modi. Titled Modi, the series will be helmed by 102 Not Out director Umesh Shukla and produced by Benchmark Pictures. The web series will capture the childhood and youth of Modi and will conclude with him taking oath as the Prime Minister. The shooting of the same has been going on in rural Gujarat, Siddhpur and Vadnagar, the real locations where Modi grew up. Three actors have been roped in to play Modi among whom veteran actor Mahesh Thakur will depict Modi’s journey after | Click Here...