The National Award winning actress Konkona Sen Sharma was on a break for some time and she was last seen on the big screen in a brief role in Vishal Bhardwaj’s 7 Khoon Maaf. She had also worked in Vishal’s Omkara too where she had an important role to play. Konkona will again be seen in Vishal Bhardwaj and Ekta Kapoor’s ‘Ek Thi Daayan’ which is a Horror Film.

This is the first time I am doing horror and I am collaborating with some great people like Vishal, Ekta, Huma Qureshi, so I am very excited about it,” said Konkana Sen Sharma. The actress last year gave birth to a baby boy and believes motherhood has changed her completely and helped her grow as an actress. Konkana also admitted that she does get scared by every little thing.

“I am very excited because I am coming after a long time as I had a baby. Now my baby is a little older and I have come back with quite an interesting film. This is the first time I am doing horror and I am collaborating with some great people like Vishal, Ekta, Huma Qureshi, so I am very excited about it.” said Konkona Sen Sharma. The actress last year gave birth to a baby boy and believes ‘Mother-Hood’ has changed her completely and helped her grow as an Actress. Konkona also admitted that she does get’s scared by every little things.

“I agree that Mother-Hood has helped me grow as an Actress. Since i am doing a Horror Film, Yes i do get little scared by everything. During my Childhood, I used to hear that at night you must not talk about ghosts. So we as Kids were always scared of talking about Ghost or Evil Spirits at night.” added the actress.

While most Bollywood hotties would love to have dolls modelled on them in their gorgeous best, actresses Konkona Sen Sharma, Kalki Koechlin and Huma Qureshi have done just the opposite. The three actresses, who will be seen in an upcoming supernatural thriller that also stars Emraan Hashmi – have lent their faces to dolls that have been modelled to look like daayans.According to insiders, the dolls will be dressed in black robes and will have their feet pointing backwards.

“Initially, when the filmmakers (producers Vishal Bhardwaj, Ekta Kapoor and director Kannan Iyer) came up with the idea of having these evil-looking dolls that would resonate with the theme of their film Ek Thi Daayan, there was no plan to make them look like either of the three actresses. In fact, when the team bounced these ideas to the cast, they were a bit apprehensive about how it will be received and joked that it would be nice to have the faces of their leads for the dolls. But then Konkona, Kalki and Huma sportingly agreed and the idea to make dolls replicating them came about,” shares the insider.

Reportedly, talks are underway between the production house and a leading brand of toy manufacturers to roll out these daayan dolls that will be part of the film’s merchandise. “It will be a unique marketing move, because so far we’ve only had doll replicas of super-heroes here, apart from Katrina, who has a doll modelled on her looks,” adds the insider.

Dibakar Banerjee mentions that the film Shanghai has recovered its cost, Emraan says that SHANGHAI is his boldest film in context to its content.

Said Dibakar at the success meet, ”We spent Rs12 crore in the making and Rs 8 crore in the marketing of SHANGHAI. From Monday, we have been making profits. This was our aim and we have achieved it. It was never made to be a blockbuster though.”

Emraan says, ”In my career, SHANGHAI is the boldest film I’ve done! We’ve stepped out of the wicket and we’ve made such a film which breaks the convention! Some actors stay in the safe zone and make films for their loyal audiences, like I worked in JANNAT 2, but I really respect Dibakar for making a film like SHANGHAI.”

SHANGHAI, released on 7th June, also stars Kalki Koechlin and Abhay Deol.  Source

Much acclaimed movie Shanghai has hit the cinema halls today. Shanghai is basically a political thriller where the viewers will witness a sensuous socialism and capitalism ideologies with a strong story line.

Though, this type of movie is not new to bollywood but the expertise of Dibakar Banerjee as a director has made the film at par from the traditional political drama making it worth to watch.

Shanghai has definitely taken the bollywood movie regime to a step further with its offbeat subject and excellent show of direction and acting.

Adapted from Vasilis Vasilikos’ novel Z, Shanghai is a story of small town Bharatnagar, where the ruling party proposes an upcoming infrastructure project ahead of the elections for the development of the town and wishes to make it another Shanghai, a dream city.

Then comes respected left wing socialist and activist, Dr Ali Ahmedi (Prosenjit Chatterjee), who is opposes this project, as hundreds of families will loose their shelter due to this project unwillingly. More

Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin, Abhay Deol and director Dibakar Banerjee were in Delhi to promote Shanghai and they were able to attract huge crowds to the promotional gigs. At Shipra Mall, for instance, hundreds of fans turned up to have a dekko at the film stars. People filled in the mall, lined along the balusters and cheered the Shanghai team as the actors took the stage.

Emraan Hashmi got the maximum cheers. He wore a T-shirt that read “Proud to be dirty”. Kalki Koechlin was dressed in shorts and a white shirt, perfect for Delhi summer. Abhay Deol even had a coat on.

During their Delhi stay, the team also visited the JNU campus and had a healthy discussion with the students of the university — known for its active political ethos — on several issues related and unrelated to the film. Dibakar Banerjee even made the Shanghai team grab a bite of the JNU canteen food. Source