Jacqueline Fernandez (L) had admitted that she was taking acting classes in Los Angeles in order to get experimental with her roles. Smita Patil (R) in a scene from 'Arth'.
It was reported earlier that Sharat Chandra has roped in South actress-filmmaker Revathi to direct the remake of Mahesh Bhatt's path-breaking 1982 drama 'Arth', which had featured Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil and Shabana Azmi as the leads. Incidentally, Revathi played one of the leads in the film's 1993 Tamil remake, 'Marupadiyum', directed by the late Balu Mahendra, as the estranged wife who eventually chooses to live independently as a single mother to the daughter of her domestic help.
Shabana played the role in the original, bagging the National Award and a Filmfare Black Lady for her performance. Smita was equally impressive as the other woman, Kavita, who after breaking up Inder and Pooja's marriage, is racked by guilt and insecurity and ends up breaking off the relationship. It has now learnt that the makers have approached Jacqueline Fernandez to reprise Smita's role of a glamorous actress. Poster of the 1982 drama 'Arth'. According to a source close to the development, Revathi has been working on the script for a while, besides the prep, before starting on the casting. "Now, with that in place, the makers reached out to Jacqueline recently and she really liked both, the concept and her role. She is really excited to be a part of the remake of an iconic film like 'Arth' and has given her verbal consent to the part but is yet to sign on the dotted line," informs a source.
In an interview, the actress had admitted to taking acting classes in Los Angeles and wanting to get experimental with her roles. She'd shared that while she did not want to get away entirely from commercial cinema, as an actress, she did want to discover herself, do things a little differently, adding to the stuff she has done before. "Now, it's all about balancing the two," she had asserted, adding that since the last couple of years, she has been looking for scripts that will take her out of her comfort zone.
'Arth' is a semi-autobiographical film by Bhatt, delving into the filmmaker's extra-marital affair with Parveen Babi with Kulbhushan as his screen alter ego.
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Dulquer Salmaan's "O Kadhal Kanmani" co-star Nithya Menen has also bagged her first Bollywood film - "Mission Mangal".
"In the past also, I was offered plenty of Hindi films. I just wanted to be as choosy with Hindi as I was with films in other languages that I have done. I wanted it (debut Hindi film) to be a really nice film," Nithya told IANS.
"I found this a nice character. I don't think we have done a film like this... you know, a space film," added the star, who made her debut as a lead actress with Kannada film "7 O'Clock" over a decade ago.
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Dulquer Salmaan's "O Kadhal Kanmani" co-star Nithya Menen has also bagged her first Bollywood film - "Mission Mangal"."In the past also, I was offered plenty of Hindi films. I just wanted to be as ch..
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Dulquer, the son of Malayalam megastar Mammootty, chose 'Karwaan', a film that was made on a much smaller budget. Still, the Akarsh Khurana directorial earned a spot in the top 10 Indian movies of 2018, determined by global movie website IMDb customer ratings. He also made his debut in Telugu with "Mahanati", based on the life of actress Savitri.
In an interview with IANS, the "Kali" star, who is one of the rare actors to debut four times, had said: "I am not saying that I am entitled to a big debut in Malayalam film or any language."
But he asserted that his "primary focus will be Malayalam films" and that he will choose from "what comes my way and take a call irrespective of the language".
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Dulquer, the son of Malayalam megastar Mammootty, chose 'Karwaan', a film that was made on a much smaller budget. Still, the Akarsh Khurana directorial earned a spot in the top 10 Indian movies of 20..
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For Aishwarya Devan, who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada language films, it was her role that pulled her towards the Hindi film "Kaashi in Search of Ganga".
"I haven't done many strong roles in south films, so I am very happy that my debut role in Bollywood is of a strong female character," Aishwarya, who played a journalist in the film, had said.
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For Aishwarya Devan, who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada language films, it was her role that pulled her towards the Hindi film "Kaashi in Search of Ganga"."I haven't done many strong roles..
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The year 2018 also saw veteran actress Supriya Pathak making her debut in Telugu filmdom with "Aravindha Sametha Veera Raghava", helmed by Trivikram Srinivas.
"I really enjoyed working with the people. It was wonderful. My director was a wonderful person. I hope I get an opportunity to work there again," said the actress, who had starred in the 1985 Malayalam movie "Akalathe Ambili".
"Those days, a lot of Hindi films were made in south India. Then also, it was much more organised than in Mumbai or north India. My idea of south (Indian film industry) was always that it was more organised and that attracts you because it has got discipline. People are professionals and, still, there is a kind of basic emotion surrounding it and very work-oriented," said Supriya, whose mother tongue is Gujarati.
The year 2018 also saw veteran actress Supriya Pathak making her debut in Telugu filmdom with "Aravindha Sametha Veera Raghava", helmed by Trivikram Srinivas."I really enjoyed working with the people..
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Pankaj Tripathi made his Tamil film debut with Rajinikanth film "Kaala".
Pankaj Tripathi made his Tamil film debut with Rajinikanth film "Kaala".
Neil Nitin Mukesh, who featured in the 2014 Tamil film "Kaththi" by A.R. Murugadoss, made his Telugu debut with "Kavacham" this month. He will also be seen in Prabhas-starrer "Saaho", which will be Shraddha Kapoor's maiden film in Telugu.
Neil Nitin Mukesh, who featured in the 2014 Tamil film "Kaththi" by A.R. Murugadoss, made his Telugu debut with "Kavacham" this month. He will also be seen in Prabhas-starrer "Saaho", which will be S..
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