Vasan Bala
Vasan Bala on plagiarism accusation against ‘Jigra’ & underwhelming box office
Vasan Bala’s latest film Jigra, featuring Alia Bhatt, has been stuck in controversy, facing allegations of box office manipulation and plagiarism, particularly in relation to Divya Khosla's film Savi. Many presume these controversies have impacted the film's performance in theaters. In a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter India, Vasan Bala addressed the plagiarism claims. He explained that Savi was released during the editing phase of Jigra, Bala said that the film is available for everyone to watch, allowing audiences to form their own opinions. He emphasized that he did | Click Here...
‘Jigra’ Review: Alia Bhatt Proves Again Why She is Bollywood’s ‘Jigra’
Rating - **** (4/5) Jigra Cast: Alia Bhatt, Vedang Raina, Manoj Pahwa & more Directed by: Vasan Bala Alia Bhatt - there's nothing this woman can't do. It might be unsettling for the masses to fathom that after doing two commercial potboilers in the form of Gangubai Kathiawadi and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, Bhatt is here taking a drastically different route with Jigra - but that's yet another reminder of the actor's terrific knack of gulping down the script and rooting herself into the character at the expense of the commercial aspect at | Click Here...
“We were DYING to get Alia Bhatt on board for ‘Jigra’-clarifies Somen Mishra against Vasan Bala’s claims
Somen Mishra recently addressed the controversy surrounding Alia Bhatt’s casting in Vasan Bala’s upcoming film Jigra, an emotional thriller co-produced by Karan Johar. The film revolves around a courageous young woman, played by Bhatt, who fights to save her brother, portrayed by newcomer Vedang Raina. A promotional interview clip had triggered online debate, with some alleging that Vasan Bala was "unhappy" when Karan Johar shared an early draft of the script with Bhatt. In a conversation with Tried & Refused Productions, Bala clarified what had happened. He shared that he ha | Click Here...
I think every space creates new opportunities in its first couple of cycles – Vasan Bala
Monica O My Darling has been unanimously liked.Does that give you a big high, considering your sparse output? Yes it's definitely a big high. All the joy across the team who had come together during the second wave of covid and all the hard work has paid off. All the faith was bestowed on me by the producers because this was a script that was a script developed by them for four years before I came in, and giving this script to me. It’s a huge validation and relief that we as a team were able to put together a film that everyone liked. Why so little , | Click Here...
Review Of Monica O My Darling: The Twisted Tormented World Of Vasan Bala
Monica, O My Darling(Netflix) Directed by Vasan Bala Rating: **** Somewhere in the acquisitive amoral chaos of Vasan Bala’s twisted kingdom, Rajkummar Rao and Huma Qureshi, playing two of the most shamelessly self-serving jerks in recent cinematic history, are down on the floor, wrestling with an Usha Uthup pretender singing ‘Loving You So Much I Want To Kill You.’ Yes, physically wrestling, until one of them is almost dead. It is a deliciously demonic moment defining the gender-proof nature of human greed. When you are so money- | Click Here...
Netflix’s Monica, O My Darling To Stream On 11th November
Netflix’s Monica, O My Darling directed by Vasan Bala and starring Rajkummar Rao, Huma S Qureshi and Radhika Apte in lead roles is all set to premiere on 11th November 2022. Monica, O My Darling is a neo-noir that is an ode to movies about the perfect plan that led to mayhem in the lives of the people involved. Discover lust, blackmail, betrayal, blood, mystery, and some robots crushing human skulls as you join your favourite actors on a dark and devilish roller coaster in this whodunnit crime drama where survival is the key. Directed by Vasan Bala, produced by Matchbox Shot | Click Here...
Ray Desecrated, Bengal Appalled
Purists in Bengal are horrified by the tone tenor content and language of Netflix’s Ray,an anthology of four stories written by the iconic Satyajit Ray and brought to the screen by directors Srirjit Mukherjee, Abhishek Choubey and Vasan Bala. “This is not Ray at all,” a leading Bengali filmmaker tells me. “I am shocked that Srijit Mukhrerjee who is familiar with Ray’s work should deem it fit to turn around Ray’s stories and subvert them.” New characters have been added to the original stories,the settings have been changed to a contemporary urba | Click Here...
Arunabh Kumar’s Comic Book Venture as Founder & CEO- Indusverse, launched by Vasan Bala & Jaaved Jaafri
Arunabh Kumar, who is known as a pioneer of online content in India and founder of TVF, having disrupted the world of web shows in India with some of the highest rated shows from Pitchers to Panchayat, has moved on to his next venture which also happens to be around storytelling, but this time in a different format. Earlier this year he took the full-time role of Founder and CEO at Indusverse Pvt. Ltd. a new comic book company with two other partners- Alok Sharma and Saumin Patel as CCO (Chief Creative Officer) and CDO (Chief Design Officer) respectively. The first set of the Comic B | Click Here...