Saadat Hassan (Vinay Pathak, whose character’s name serves as a nod to the author who wrote the story the film is based on) arrives at the Lahore Mental Hospital in 1947, just prior to Partition and the subsequent independence of India and Pakistan. He serves both as a narrator of events outside the hospital, and a witness to events inside it.
Ketan Mehta (perhaps best known for Mirch Masala and Bhavni Bhavai)’s film is an adaptation of Saadat Hassan Manto’s short story, “Toba Tek Singh”, which deals with the exchange of the patients of a mental institution several years after Partition. The Lahore Mental Hospital’s most curious inmate is Bishan Singh (Pankaj Kapur), a man who never sits, never lies down, and who, it is said, has not slept for ten years. Bishan Singh, generally quiet, does, nevertheless, have a bit of nonsense that he babbles every so often,...
Ketan Mehta (perhaps best known for Mirch Masala and Bhavni Bhavai)’s film is an adaptation of Saadat Hassan Manto’s short story, “Toba Tek Singh”, which deals with the exchange of the patients of a mental institution several years after Partition. The Lahore Mental Hospital’s most curious inmate is Bishan Singh (Pankaj Kapur), a man who never sits, never lies down, and who, it is said, has not slept for ten years. Bishan Singh, generally quiet, does, nevertheless, have a bit of nonsense that he babbles every so often,...
- 7/24/2016
- by Katherine Matthews
- Bollyspice
Earlier we had reported that the Hansal Mehta directorial titled Simran will star Kangna Ranaut. Further, readers may also be aware of the fact, that the film will be inspired by a series of real life incidents including the life of Sandeep Kaur, a nurse who turned into a bank robber.
Kangna Ranaut recently revealed that she is indeed playing the role of a bank robber but however also further added that her character Simran is a Gujarati girl who wishes to fulfil her mother's dream but ends up losing everything in the process. On the other hand, revealing details about the shoot schedule of the film, filmmaker Hansal Mehta stated that it will be 70 day start to finish schedule and will be shot extensively in U.S. While a few portions may be shot in India, the rest of them will be shot in different cities like Atlanta, San Francisco,...
Kangna Ranaut recently revealed that she is indeed playing the role of a bank robber but however also further added that her character Simran is a Gujarati girl who wishes to fulfil her mother's dream but ends up losing everything in the process. On the other hand, revealing details about the shoot schedule of the film, filmmaker Hansal Mehta stated that it will be 70 day start to finish schedule and will be shot extensively in U.S. While a few portions may be shot in India, the rest of them will be shot in different cities like Atlanta, San Francisco,...
- 5/17/2016
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah turned 63 years today! He is widely considered to be one of the finest Indian stage and film actors. Shah is an influential actor of the Indian parallel (New Wave) cinema and has carved a niche for himself over the years. He has been successful in mainstream Bollywood cinema as well as in parallel cinema.His famous parallel films include Nishant, Aakrosh, Sparsh, Mirch Masala, Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai, Trikal, Bhavni Bhavai, Junoon,...
- 7/20/2013
- GlamSham
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