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Riz Ahmed Quotes His Inspiration Irrfan Khan After Winning the Gotham Award for Best Actor
Riz mentioned Irrfan and the latter’s lesson to his sons – ‘surrender to the dance of uncertainty’ –after winning the award for his 2019 film Sound of Metal.
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British actor Riz Ahmed won the Best Actor Award at Gotham Independent Film Awards and in his acceptance speech, he mentioned Irrfan Khan, one of India’s finest actors who passed away last year.
Riz mentioned Irrfan and the latter’s lesson to his sons – ‘surrender to the dance of uncertainty’ –after winning the award for his 2019 film
If you were isolated with any two musicians, living or dead, who would it be?
Meesha: Abdullah Siddiqui I think we would make lots of awesome music. The other one I m already isolated with, Mehmood, my husband. We re writing an album together.
Coke Studio or Velo Sound Station?
Meesha: Both.
Have you ever considered starting your own podcast? What would it be about?
Meesha: Awareness. Hard-hitting issues. It s already in the works and we can expect this next year.
Your dream musician collaboration consists of which musician?
Meesha: AR Rahman. I would love love love for the universe to make that happen. Another that I wished for has already come true. The song is in the album, somebody i ve been a huge fan of all my life, somebody international. No spoilers yet.
Education: Welham Girls’ School
Nominations: ITA Award for Best Director – Web Series
Nitya Mehra is a filmmaker, screenwriter and assistant director. She hails from Amritsar and was raised in this place only. She headed to Dehradun for her schooling completing her schooling from the reputed one called Welham Girls School. She comes from a Punjabi family and her mother is a fashion designer, and she always wanted to enter into creative field, which helped her to take up this career.
She then headed to Mumbai to pursue her dreams to enter into the said field and got her first break with the film The Namesake working as Assistant Director in 2006. She then assisted Farhan Akhtar for the film Don with Shah Rukh Khan as a leading actor the same year. Some of her other movies where she worked as an AD include The Other End of the Line, Life of a Pie and Little Zizou. She also worked with the Hollywood with Life of a Pie and The Reluctant Fundamentalist to name a few
Why is Meesha Shafi not showing up in court? Now she has an answer
After Ali Zafar filed defamation suit against Shafi, both Zafar and his fans have been asking her to face the court
December has truly been about Meesha Shafi. The singer has had a couple of tracks released by
Coke Studio and another music show, which has garnered rave reviews and made all the noise on social media.
Soon after the BTS videos of her songs were revealed, many were eager to see what Shafi had in store for her
Coke Studio comeback – and boy, did she deliver!
Adil Hussain: Was chef of my house, saw YouTube recipes to cook for son
Actor Adil Hussain has been busy travelling and shooting during the pandemic, getting himself tested for Covid-19 several times Updated: December 20, 2020 8:33:38 am
Adil Hussain (Illustration: Suvajit Dey)
National Award-winning actor Adil Hussain, 57, was recently seen in the American television series Star Trek: Discovery. He has also featured in international projects such as The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Life of Pi Known to straddle the worlds of mainstream and art house cinema, the actor has been busy travelling and shooting during the pandemic, getting himself tested for Covid-19 several times.