From Parineeta, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag to Helicopter Eela: A look at Pradeep Sarkar's films
Late filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar had directed several movies from Parineeta, and Laaga Chunari Mein Daag to Helicopter Eela. Here's a
Late filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar had directed several movies from Parineeta, and Laaga Chunari Mein Daag to Helicopter Eela. Here's a look at some of his films.
Published on Mar 24, 2023 04:37 PM IST 10 Photos
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Parineeta is a 2005 musical romance film adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1914 Bengali novel of the same name. This was Pradeep Sarkar's first directorial based upon a screenplay by the film's producer, Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film stars Vidya Balan, Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Raima Sen, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Dia Mirza.
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Pradeep Sarkar in an interview with Businessofcinema.com in 2007 had said about Parineeta, "In my films, the place where people stay also becomes a character, the place is like a moving factor which helps to carry forward the story. I shot Parineeta in Kolkata because I knew the place inside out."
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Laaga Chunari Mein Daag is a 2007 drama film directed by Pradeep Sarkar and produced by Aditya Chopra. It stars Jaya Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Konkona Sen Sharma, Anupam Kher, Kunal Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan.
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Speaking with Businessofcinema.com in 2007 Pradeep Sarkar had spoken about Laaga Chunari Mein Daag. He had said, "I shot Laaga Chunari Main Daag in Benaras because I had shot 7-8 music videos there. The local people, the food, the small-small lanes, animals add a lot to the movie. Moreover if you don't take your actors to a real location, it looks like they are acting in limbo. In an air conditioned studio they may not emote well."
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