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An Extraordinary Film Director & How He got it Right!

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Fondly known by everyone within the Bollywood industry as 'Hirani', Rajkumar is also known as Raju outside the industry and is currently the toast of Bollywood!  This video explains his filmmaking style. https://youtu.be/l_650e1Clr4 Every single actor and actress from Arjun Kapoor to Parineeti Chopra, Abhishek Bachchan to Ranveer Singh and more – ALL just want to be directed by this phenomenal man! Known as one of the most established and acclaimed Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and Hirani is also a film- editor. There is a lot more to be known  about this director & editor that makes him stand apart from others. These include: He was born in Nagpur to a Sindhi family and his father owned a typing institute there in Nagpur.  He is a Sindhi refugee from what is now Pakistan. He dabbed in theatre in school and college - and writing in plays which bears the imprint of the work that he does now. He studied in St Francis De'...

Is Raazi’s Sweeping Success taking over the Nation?

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Cast:   Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, Shishir Sharma, Soni Razdan, Jaideep Ahlawat, Rajit Kapur, Arif Zakaria, Ashwath Bhatt, Amruta Khanvilkar Music Lyricist : Gulzar with S-E-L ( Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy) Director:  Meghna Gulzar Produced by: Vineet Jain ,  Karan Johar , Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta (under the banners of  Dharma Productions  and Junglee Pictures.) --> Shooting Locations: Doodhpathri, Patiali, Malerkotla and Nabha  Based on Harinder Sikka’s novel, Calling Sehmat, Raazi is also about a Kashmiri girl (Sehmat) who is married to a Pakistani soldier ( Iqbal Syed) in order to extract information for the Indian Intelligence Bureau during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan tension period. Redefining what patriotism is all about, this film has got elements of love, betrayal and patriotism in it and takes us back to the two-nation theory, which has been existent for decades, and gone through many rami...