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Om Puri "livid" over Ahuja comparison

11 November 2009 2:43 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Om Puri has spoken out against the revelations made by his wife in her new biography of him. The East is East actor is angry that his journalist wife Nandita has written about his long-running affairs with his two maids in Unlikely Hero: The Story Of Om Puri. He told Mumbai Mirror: "Why highlight these aspects when there’s so much more to me? I had hoped when my life was chronicled it would be an inspirational story." Nandita responded to the newspaper: "My book on my husband is a biography, not pornography. The book (more) »

- By Zakia Uddin

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Irish Crew Board 'East is East' Sequel

28 September 2009 7:24 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »

Assassin Films and the BBC's 'West is West', the sequel to Damien O'Donnell's 1999 feature 'East is East', is to start production this coming October and features several Irish crew members. The film's Irish contingent includes Peter Robertson as director of photography for the film, Simon Willis is the project's sound record artist and Stephen O'Connell is the film's editor. Principal photography of 'West is West' starts in October and the team plan to film in Manchester for one week and then move on to Pakistan for five weeks. »

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[DVD News] - "Doghouse" - on Blu-ray and DVD from October 12th

27 September 2009 9:34 AM, PDT | www.ohmygore.com/ | See recent OhMyGore news »

The battle of the sexes just got bloody in the outrageously funny comedy-horror, "Doghouse", from award-winning director Jake West ("Evil Aliens") and starring Danny Dyer ("The Football Factory", "Severance") and BAFTA Award-winner Noel Clarke ("Adulthood", "Kidulthood"). "Doghouse" is released on Blu-ray and DVD on the 12 October, 2009, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The cast boasts a host of other British talent including Stephen Graham ("The Damned United", "This Is England"), Lee Ingleby ("Place Of Execution"), Emil Marwa ("East Is East"), Keith-Lee Castle ("Young Dracula"), Neil Maskell ("Rise Of The Footsoldier", "The Football Factory"), Christina Cole ("Lost In Austen"), Adele Silva ("Emmerdale"), Tree Carr ("Evil Aliens"), Emily Booth ("Zone Horror") and Billy Murray »

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Om Puri to play a terror mastermind in Rensil D'Silva's Kurbaan

19 September 2009 3:23 AM, PDT | BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news »

Naseeruddin Shah ostensibly played a terror mastermind in Neeraj Pandey's A Wednesday. But finally it turned out to be the role of messiah on a mission to 'cleanse the society'. Now, Naseer's arch-rival Om Puri has taken on the role of an unapologetic hardcore terrorist in Rensil D'Silva's Kurbaan. Bollywood characters derived from headlines specially ones that are taken from extremist news reports, are now being seen as tricky territory. In Rensil D'Silva's hushed and much talked-about Kurbaan, Om Puri plays a hardcore terrorist who masterminds a massive terror attack in the Us. Surely a politically-incorrect role for an actor, if ever there was one! In fact, Irrfan Khan had said no to play a global terrorist in Kurbaan. Playing a terrorist automatically puts the actor in the suspicious list on the international airports. And so what if it's just a part? But Om is fearless. "I'm aware of the repercussions. »

- Subhash K. Jha

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Om Puri to play a terror mastermind in Rensil D'Silva's Kurbaan

19 September 2009 3:23 AM, PDT | BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news »

Naseeruddin Shah ostensibly played a terror mastermind in Neeraj Pandey's A Wednesday. But finally it turned out to be the role of messiah on a mission to 'cleanse the society'. Now, Naseer's arch-rival Om Puri has taken on the role of an unapologetic hardcore terrorist in Rensil D'Silva's Kurbaan. Bollywood characters derived from headlines specially ones that are taken from extremist news reports, are now being seen as tricky territory. In Rensil D'Silva's hushed and much talked-about Kurbaan, Om Puri plays a hardcore terrorist who masterminds a massive terror attack in the Us. Surely a politically-incorrect role for an actor, if ever there was one! In fact, Irrfan Khan had said no to play a global terrorist in Kurbaan. Playing a terrorist automatically puts the actor in the suspicious list on the international airports. And so what if it's just a part? But Om is fearless. "I'm aware of the repercussions. »

- Subhash K. Jha

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Bisson: 'East Is East to become trilogy'

31 August 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

When news surfaced earlier this year that the BBC plans to mount a sequel to East Is East (cleverly shifting compass points to be titled West Is West), several questions immediately popped up. What would happen to the Khan family? Where would the sequel take place? How can it live up to the original? While speaking to Digital Spy soaps chief Kris Green, Emmerdale's Chris Bisson, who starred in the much-loved 1999 comedy, answered those questions and informed us that not one but two sequels are in the pipeline. Is the sequel to East Is East definitely happening?

"West Is West is definitely happening - it's shooting in Bombay this month. I'm not part of it, though." That's a shame.

"Well it might be a trilogy and I might be involved in the third one! It's only a rumour and it's still just a rumour (more) »

- By Simon Reynolds

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BBC Films announces 'East Is East' sequel

19 May 2009 11:14 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

BBC Films has announced plans to make a sequel to the 1999 movie East Is East, which will be entitled West Is West The follow-up to the Bafta-winning film will feature much of the same cast, with Om Puri and Linda Bassett returning to play George and Ella Khan in a script written by original screenwriter Ayub Khan-Din, the Daily Telegraph reports. BBC Films managing director Jane Wright said: "People remember East Is East as an absolutely charming, funny but poignant piece and this film will be the same. "It's (more) »

- By Mayer Nissim

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