Ali Fazal’s next is Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Milan Talkies!

Ali Fazal 

Tigmanshu Dhulia

Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia’s romantic drama Milan Talkies has been in talks for a while having gone through numerous changes. After buzzes of numerous actors doing the movie including the likes of Shahid Kapoor, Ayushman Khurana and Aditya Roy Kapur.

Now, Ali Fazal who will be assuming the lead role in the much talked about romantic drama to be directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia.

A source reveals that Ali has read the script and given a thumbs up to it and will commence shooting for the movie in March. Sources closer to the actor told, “He has given his dates and Tigmanshu is currently on the lookout for the leading lady. It is set in North India and Ali will start shooting in the second week of March after he returns from the Academy Awards ceremony to be held on March 4.”

Ali is soon to take off to the U.S. to work on his next project after his perfect lead debut in Victoria and Abdul and will also attend the Oscars as Victoria & Abdul has been nominated for two prestigious categories. 

Tigmanshu Dhulia to become a father of a superstar SRK!

Director Tigmanshu Dhulia, who will be depicting the role of megastar Shah Rukh Khan's father in Anand L Rai's next, where Shah Rukh is essaying a dwarf, tells he wanted to be part of the project to see how it is done.

"I do very few films as an actor but when a filmmaker friend feels that I can do justice to certain role and when I need some money then only I do a film. It's a very technical film in which Shah Rukh is playing a character of dwarf so I wanted to see how it is made because when Kamal Hassan (Appu Raja) did it, that time he did that with folded legs and VFX facility also wasn't available," told Tigmanshu at the trailer launch of his forthcoming movie "Raagdesh" on Thursday.

"So, to know that process, I did this film. It's a very time consuming film where you have to give the best effort because you have to shoot each shot with 3 to 4 different approaches and in each day they only used to complete only one scene so it's a hard film to make, but they are giving their best effort for that," he further added.

Speaking about the challenges that he faced while working on "Raagdesh" which is based on 1945 Red Fort Trials when the Indian National Army soldiers were court martialled by the British, Tigmanshu told, "When you are writing a fictional story, that time writer can use his imagination to write a story, but when you have real story, then you have to mould it into proper film script. Then it is challenging, especially when you don't have the permission to tamper with past facts."

"Each scene of this film is documented with the help of some or the other books, so I haven't had any opportunity to take cinematic liberty in this film," he further added.

"Raagdesh" features Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh and Mohit marwah in lead roles.

The movie is slated to release on July 28. 

TIGMANSHU GETS HISTORICAL!

Tigmanshu Dhulia has made films about college politics, athletes and gangsters, and now he’s going to tell the story of a real chapter of Indian history.

The filmmaker is putting together a project about Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's Indian National Army. The untitled production will focus on the infamous Red Fort trials where officers of the INA were court-martialed for charges like treason and murder. I can’t even imagine the level of research that’ll need to go into this project.

Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia keen to promote talent from India's hinterland!

National Award-winning filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia, who has given several much-admired movies like Paan Singh Tomar, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster and Haasil to name a few, now wants to scout talent from the very interiors of India.

According to close sources, Dhulia's core team would soon be visiting interiors of several states to discover new talent. The filmmaker is also planning to keep workshops for them and will be personally involved in it. They want to find actors, director and writers from India's hinterlands and provide them a platform to showcase their talents.

Approving the news, Tigmanshu told, "Yes we are definitely going to execute this, we are currently planning the states which our team would visit and we would be keeping workshops as well. We need to explore more talent and help them with a platform, we are looking for writers, actors and I'll be involved with the whole process."