Noted Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui on Sunday said that he does not want to confine himself only to a certain type of characters. ‘Rautu ki Beli’ a Hindi film, directed by Anand Surapur, in which Nawazuddin Siddiqui has played the lead role, had its Gala Premiere at the 54th International Film Festival of India in Goa.
Answering a question about choosing a role in a film, Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that I do not want to confine myself only to a certain type of characters, and I would prefer diversity of characters.
The film based in Rautu ki Beli, an idyllic town in hilly north India, takes its audience on an investigative journey with Inspector Negi after a school warden is found dead in the town.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that the films that depict the authentic tales of local flavor from across the country will receive world recognition; the more local, the more global.
Answering a question about choosing a role in a film, Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that I do not want to confine myself only to a certain type of characters, and I would prefer diversity of characters.
The film based in Rautu ki Beli, an idyllic town in hilly north India, takes its audience on an investigative journey with Inspector Negi after a school warden is found dead in the town.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that the films that depict the authentic tales of local flavor from across the country will receive world recognition; the more local, the more global.
- 11/26/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Noted Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui on Sunday said that he does not want to confine himself only to a certain type of characters. ‘Rautu ki Beli’ a Hindi film, directed by Anand Surapur, in which Nawazuddin Siddiqui has played the lead role, had its Gala Premiere at the 54th International Film Festival of India in Goa.
Answering a question about choosing a role in a film, Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that I do not want to confine myself only to a certain type of characters, and I would prefer diversity of characters.
The film based in Rautu ki Beli, an idyllic town in hilly north India, takes its audience on an investigative journey with Inspector Negi after a school warden is found dead in the town.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that the films that depict the authentic tales of local flavor from across the country will receive world recognition; the more local, the more global.
Answering a question about choosing a role in a film, Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that I do not want to confine myself only to a certain type of characters, and I would prefer diversity of characters.
The film based in Rautu ki Beli, an idyllic town in hilly north India, takes its audience on an investigative journey with Inspector Negi after a school warden is found dead in the town.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that the films that depict the authentic tales of local flavor from across the country will receive world recognition; the more local, the more global.
- 11/26/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Legendary actress Saira Banu went down memory lane as she remembered her old friend and colleague, the legendary actor Vinod Khanna. Penning a lengthy and emotional tribute to the ‘Hera Pheri’ alum, she remembered an incident from the set of ‘Aarop’ where she detailed his gentlemanly personality and humble nature, admitting that to this day she deeply misses him.
Taking to her Instagram, she shared a poster of the 1973 film alongside a clip of one of the film’s songs and an old clip where he could be seen meeting Dilip Kumar.
She captioned the post: “Vinod loved Sahib incredibly. He was a very thoughtful man. Once, he and I were shooting at Natraj Studios for Guru Dutt’s film ‘Aarop’ directed by Atmaramji. On the very same day, Sahib was headed to the airport and I had requested him to stop by the Studio before his flight to Delhi.
Taking to her Instagram, she shared a poster of the 1973 film alongside a clip of one of the film’s songs and an old clip where he could be seen meeting Dilip Kumar.
She captioned the post: “Vinod loved Sahib incredibly. He was a very thoughtful man. Once, he and I were shooting at Natraj Studios for Guru Dutt’s film ‘Aarop’ directed by Atmaramji. On the very same day, Sahib was headed to the airport and I had requested him to stop by the Studio before his flight to Delhi.
- 10/6/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Legendary actress Saira Banu went down memory lane as she remembered her old friend and colleague, the legendary actor Vinod Khanna. Penning a lengthy and emotional tribute to the ‘Hera Pheri’ alum, she remembered an incident from the set of ‘Aarop’ where she detailed his gentlemanly personality and humble nature, admitting that to this day she deeply misses him.
Taking to her Instagram, she shared a poster of the 1973 film alongside a clip of one of the film’s songs and an old clip where he could be seen meeting Dilip Kumar.
She captioned the post: “Vinod loved Sahib incredibly. He was a very thoughtful man. Once, he and I were shooting at Natraj Studios for Guru Dutt’s film ‘Aarop’ directed by Atmaramji. On the very same day, Sahib was headed to the airport and I had requested him to stop by the Studio before his flight to Delhi.
Taking to her Instagram, she shared a poster of the 1973 film alongside a clip of one of the film’s songs and an old clip where he could be seen meeting Dilip Kumar.
She captioned the post: “Vinod loved Sahib incredibly. He was a very thoughtful man. Once, he and I were shooting at Natraj Studios for Guru Dutt’s film ‘Aarop’ directed by Atmaramji. On the very same day, Sahib was headed to the airport and I had requested him to stop by the Studio before his flight to Delhi.
- 10/6/2023
- by Agency News Desk
"It's very important to convince people there is something sacred about you." Netflix revealed their official trailer for the doc series called How to Become a Cult Leader, streaming at the end of July for anyone who wants to find out the answer. It's the latest in Netflix's series of "How To Become" docs, following the original How To Become A Tyrant in 2021. Citizen Jones & Estuary Films, the producers behind these docs, have also announced How To Make A Mob Boss coming up in 2024 as well. A look inside the cult leader's playbook for achieving unconditional love, endless devotion and the power to control people's minds, bodies and souls. How to Become a Cult Leader is narrated by actor Peter Dinklage, who presents this satirical "guidebook" for capturing a devoted cult following. There are references in this trailer to cults like Aum in Japan, Osho from Wild Wild Country, Michel...
- 7/13/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The new Netflix documentary, Waco: American Apocalypse, follows the 51-day standoff that took place at a Branch Davidian compound in Waco, TX. The Branch Davidians are an apocalyptic religious movement led by David Koresh at the time of the standoff. Waco: American Apocalypse isn’t the only show about cults on Netflix.
David Koresh in ‘Waco: American Apocalypse’ | Netflix The Netflix documentary ‘Sins of Our Mother’ follows a well-known true-crime case
Sins of Our Mother follows the disappearances and murders of Tylee Ryan (16) and J.J. Vallow (7) and the subsequent arrests of Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell. Lori grew up Mormon. This means she was a follower of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or Lds Church.)
Over time, Lori’s religious beliefs and mental state became increasingly concerning, especially after she met Chad Daybell. The pair were part of an extreme cult-like spinoff sect of the Lds Church,...
David Koresh in ‘Waco: American Apocalypse’ | Netflix The Netflix documentary ‘Sins of Our Mother’ follows a well-known true-crime case
Sins of Our Mother follows the disappearances and murders of Tylee Ryan (16) and J.J. Vallow (7) and the subsequent arrests of Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell. Lori grew up Mormon. This means she was a follower of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or Lds Church.)
Over time, Lori’s religious beliefs and mental state became increasingly concerning, especially after she met Chad Daybell. The pair were part of an extreme cult-like spinoff sect of the Lds Church,...
- 4/1/2023
- by Erica Scassellati
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Since Wild Wild Country's March debut, the gripping documentary series has become the latest unscripted phenomenon from Netflix. Executive produced by Mark and Jay Duplass, the series is the work of another set of filmmaking brothers, Chapman and Maclain Way, who made the 2014 documentary The Battered Bastards of Baseball for the platform. Over the course of six episodes, Wild Wild Country follows controversial Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho), his onetime personal assistant Ma Anand Sheela and the "free love" cult they led in 1980s Oregon.
The Way brothers spoke with THR about the genesis of the series, the one ...
The Way brothers spoke with THR about the genesis of the series, the one ...
It seemed much quieter, less crowded and less exciting this year though Jerome Paillard, Exec Director of the Marche says the registered 11,800 is close to last year’s. numbers. Again U.S. leads in attendance followed by France, UK and China with its 700 participants. Again strong projects did very well, Netflix and Amazon were active, and the Chinese were signing deals.Credit: CBS News
Lots of activity on blockchain and Vr initiatives in the R&D sector. The works in progress initiative, Goes to Cannes had nine festival partners — Annecy, Hong Kong’s Haf, Guadalajara, Los Cabos, Doc Alliance, New Horizons’ Polish Days, Vilnius, Thessaloniki — and was well attended by acquisitions execs. Docs account for almost 20% of all the market titles.
And lots of female filmmaker initiatives and conferences starting with 82 women climbing the Red Carpet steps signifying the 82 films directed by women which have screened in Cannes Competition as...
Lots of activity on blockchain and Vr initiatives in the R&D sector. The works in progress initiative, Goes to Cannes had nine festival partners — Annecy, Hong Kong’s Haf, Guadalajara, Los Cabos, Doc Alliance, New Horizons’ Polish Days, Vilnius, Thessaloniki — and was well attended by acquisitions execs. Docs account for almost 20% of all the market titles.
And lots of female filmmaker initiatives and conferences starting with 82 women climbing the Red Carpet steps signifying the 82 films directed by women which have screened in Cannes Competition as...
- 5/22/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
An international film on the controversial spiritual leader Osho was announced at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival that is expected to be backed by the Bollywood showman Subhash Ghai. Reports have it that the film is an India-Italy co-venture to be directed by Italian-based filmmaker Lakshen Sukameli. Screenplay will be written by Sukameli and Kamlesh Pandi. Set against the pre-Independence era during the British Colonial Rule, the film will feature another major role of a female journalist who sets out a mission to unleash the truth behind Osho and to see if he is an enlightened guru or a conman.
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The post After Wild Wild Country, another biopic on Osho and it will be backed by showman Subhash Ghai appeared first on Bollywood Hungama.
- 5/15/2018
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Leading Indian producer Subhash Ghai has joined forces with Rome-based Navala Prods. to launch biographical drama “Osho: Lord of the Full Moon.” The film will be structured as a large-budget India-Italy co-venture.
The film’s focus is the controversial Indian mystic Osho, formerly known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, who died in 1990. He proposed alternative rules for living and self-improvement. His 600 books remain hugely popular best-sellers, and he was recently the subject of six-part Netflix Original documentary series “Wild, Wild Country.”
The narrative film will contain action from the time that India gained independence from British colonial rule, as well as more poetic flashbacks. Beside Osho, the other main character of the film is a female TV journalist who puts her career at stake trying to discover if the guru is a con man, or an enlightened genius. Answering this question changes her life.
The film will be directed by Italy-based...
The film’s focus is the controversial Indian mystic Osho, formerly known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, who died in 1990. He proposed alternative rules for living and self-improvement. His 600 books remain hugely popular best-sellers, and he was recently the subject of six-part Netflix Original documentary series “Wild, Wild Country.”
The narrative film will contain action from the time that India gained independence from British colonial rule, as well as more poetic flashbacks. Beside Osho, the other main character of the film is a female TV journalist who puts her career at stake trying to discover if the guru is a con man, or an enlightened genius. Answering this question changes her life.
The film will be directed by Italy-based...
- 5/13/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
A meditation expert, “Osho,” and sex guru, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s presence radiates in “Wild Wild Country.”
Sex parties, wild dancing, red-clad followers, and a questionable salmonella outbreak are just scratching the surface of Netflix’s latest docuseries. To explain what to expect before diving into the show, we have prepared the following guide on its enigmatic subject.
So what is “Wild Wild Country”?
The story focuses on the controversial uprising of the Rajneeshpuram community in Antelope, Oregon and the man who inspired it all: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. You may know him better as Osho, Bhagwan, or simply Rajneesh.
The series is helmed by Chapman and Maclain Way (directors of another acclaimed Netflix original doc, “The Battered Bastards of Baseball”) and executive-produced by Mark and Jay Duplass.
Well, who is Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh?
The guru, whose birth name was Chandra Mohan Jain, was the spiritual leader of the Rajneesh movement,...
Sex parties, wild dancing, red-clad followers, and a questionable salmonella outbreak are just scratching the surface of Netflix’s latest docuseries. To explain what to expect before diving into the show, we have prepared the following guide on its enigmatic subject.
So what is “Wild Wild Country”?
The story focuses on the controversial uprising of the Rajneeshpuram community in Antelope, Oregon and the man who inspired it all: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. You may know him better as Osho, Bhagwan, or simply Rajneesh.
The series is helmed by Chapman and Maclain Way (directors of another acclaimed Netflix original doc, “The Battered Bastards of Baseball”) and executive-produced by Mark and Jay Duplass.
Well, who is Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh?
The guru, whose birth name was Chandra Mohan Jain, was the spiritual leader of the Rajneesh movement,...
- 4/2/2018
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
DocumentaryIn the early '80s, a multi-million dollar organisation run by Rajneesh and his followers bought 80,000 acres of land in the Us, setting off a bizarre story.Hemanth Kumar C RIn the opening act of Wild Wild Country, the Netflix documentary series directed by Maclain Way and Chapman Way, an elderly gentleman tells the residents of Wasco County, Oregon, “You know, someone will write a book about all this, and I guarantee you that when that book comes out, the people that read it will say it’s fiction.” This was in the mid-’80s when Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh a.k.a Osho became a hugely popular guru among the westerners, which eventually led him to founding Rajneeshpuram, an u topian community, in Oregon, USA. Two decades later, the story seems stranger than fiction, as depicted in Wild Wild Country. Where do we even begin to describe the impact which this bizarre story creates? The documentary is filled with home videos and news clips shot in the early '80s and it focuses on the events that unfolded in Antelope, Rajneeshpuram, and The Dalles in Wasco County, Oregon during the period. To make things even more dramatic than what the premise offers, the directors offer a great amount of insight into the events as they get talking to some of the key players behind all the drama. One of the prime characters in the story, apart from Rajneesh, is Ma Sheela Anand, who was also Rajneesh’s personal secretary at that point of time. Other important characters are key member Jane Stork, Rajneeshpuram mayor David Berry Knapp, and Swami Prem Niren, Osho's personal attorney. In the early ’80s, the people of Antelope, Dalles, and the whole of Wasco County found themselves in an unusual situation. Antelope, a town in the middle of nowhere, as one rancher calls it, is home to 40 residents, most of whom just want to spend the rest of their lives in solitude and solace. And one fine day, it all comes to a standstill when a multi-million dollar organisation run by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, his secretary Ma Sheela Anand and his followers, buys 80,000 acres of land - Big Muddy Ranch - nearby. Slowly, the Rajneeshees trickle down this barren piece of land, and within a short time, it’s transformed into a full-fledged self-sustaining community that’s capable of housing almost 50,000 people. Alarmed by the presence of such large number of ‘outsiders’, the people of Antelope alert the district attorneys and this opens the floodgates for a battle that rages on for almost four years. It’s a classic case of David Vs Goliath; however, the biggest achievement of Wild Wild Country is that it doesn’t tell us who the underdogs here are. It doesn’t take sides to justify the actions that were taken by people from both sides of the battle. In turn, what we get is a first-hand information about the events that unfolded in the way they did, and why some of the people involved were compelled to take extreme measures. To understand what makes Wild Wild Country such an explosive story, it’s vital to understand the relationship which Sheela shared with Rajneesh. She confesses to being deeply in love with Osho, and it is out of this love and a burning desire to make his dream come true that she finds herself in the centre of a raging battle between Rajneeshees (followers of Rajneesh) and the law enforcement officials in the Us. It’s a story of fear and paranoia, and what people end up doing to protect something that they love and worship. In a way, this is about xenophobia and mistrust, racism, the story of two ideologies and cultures clashing with each other, the story of locals vs immigrants, the story of conflicting lifestyles and beliefs, the story of what’s moral and amoral. No wonder, the story resonantes so much even today because, even though it unfolds in 1980s, there is so much that mankind hasn’t learnt yet about what happens when greed engulfs your mind. This isn’t about whom you want to believe in the end. Of course, Sheela Anand and some of her cohorts are guilty of conspiring to commit some horrific crimes, but it wasn’t so in the beginning of this story. She admits to have taken a hard stance, sometimes even issuing threats explicitly, to ensure that Rajneesh’s vision of creating the perfect community, where humanity is liberated from the shackles of the society, comes true. And there lies the biggest conflict in this series. Sheela won’t compromise or take a backstep to reach a consensus with the people in Antelope, and the residents are too wary about her ploys to seize control of their town. As days go by, it becomes evident that Sheela is losing ground and it’s there that she hatches a cunning plan to control the local politics. When the authorities get a whiff of what’s happening in Rajneeshpuram, they launch a counter-attack on Sheela’s plan which ultimately comes back to haunt her. If your moral compass doesn’t go for a toss while watching the series, I don’t know what else will. There are no heroes or villains here - Wild Wild Country is about people who refused to budge and did what they thought was right. The documentary also raises several moral questions - Why do we trust someone, who promises to enlighten us, so much? What is it we seek from our lives? Why does our judgement fail so often? In a world which is governed by a flawed sense of what’s right, is it even possible to create an utopian society? On the flip side, Wild Wild Country leaves out some burning questions like - How much did Rajneesh know about what Sheela and her team were doing to get the job done at the time when things were going haywire? Why were the people in Oregon so hostile towards the Rajneeshees right from the first day? Sure, the residents claim that they wanted to live a normal and quiet life, but that doesn’t stop them from pushing the Rajneeshees to the wall to drive them out of the town. Moreover, despite getting an extensive interview from Sheela to tell her side of the story, Maclain and Chapman way don’t quite tap into her guilt. It feels like she doesn’t quite understand the enormity of the situation that she dragged everyone into when she decided to take law into her own hands. Wild Wild Country is also a wake-up call to the modern society that no matter how much the society evolves, there’ll always be people who are gullible and allow themselves to be drawn into an ideology that appeals to them. We see that happening in real-time in every nook and corner of India. The ‘gurus’ are all over television, internet, and radio, sharing their ‘knowledge’ and wisdom. So far, so good. But when things go terribly wrong, as they happened with Rajneesh’s short-lived stay in the Us, it begs us to ask a question - Why do we allow ourselves to treat some people as Gods? And what’s the price you have to pay for your happiness? Towards the end of Wild Wild Country, it struck me that the widespread violence that happened in Haryana and Punjab in the wake of raids on Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan’s ashram were no different from what happened in Oregon. Whether it’s India or the Us, perhaps there’ll always be a ‘guru’ who promises his followers that there is a better world that beckons us. After watching Wild Wild Country, you might want to think twice before falling under any such spell. Two big thumbs up for the documentary series. You’ll not forget this anytime soon.
- 3/27/2018
- by Editor
- The News Minute
[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers — a.k.a. facts — in regard to “Wild Wild Country.”]
“I guess you could say the problem started when Sheela got here.”
Meet Ma Anand Sheela: the “problem” at the center of “Wild Wild Country.” Though given the inauspicious first impression above by local Oregonian rancher Jon Bowerman, Sheela soon ties audiences into knots with a complex image cultivated from seemingly constant manipulation. Is she the persecutor or the persecuted? A criminal or a victim? Really, she’s both, but how far she skews in one direction is somewhat subjective. Chapman and Maclain Way’s docuseries makes her the central figure for a reason: She’s a character you occasionally hate yourself for hating, and a problem with sorting out.
Born in India as the youngest of six children, Sheela moved to the United States to attend college when she was 18 years old. She later moved back to India with her husband and became a disciple...
“I guess you could say the problem started when Sheela got here.”
Meet Ma Anand Sheela: the “problem” at the center of “Wild Wild Country.” Though given the inauspicious first impression above by local Oregonian rancher Jon Bowerman, Sheela soon ties audiences into knots with a complex image cultivated from seemingly constant manipulation. Is she the persecutor or the persecuted? A criminal or a victim? Really, she’s both, but how far she skews in one direction is somewhat subjective. Chapman and Maclain Way’s docuseries makes her the central figure for a reason: She’s a character you occasionally hate yourself for hating, and a problem with sorting out.
Born in India as the youngest of six children, Sheela moved to the United States to attend college when she was 18 years old. She later moved back to India with her husband and became a disciple...
- 3/19/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
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