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  • Priyanka Chopra turns producer with Madamji, launches Purple Pebble Pictures

    Priyanka Chopra turns producer with Madamji, launches Purple Pebble Pictures

    NEW DELHI: The actor-turned singer, model and performer has now added another feather to her cap: Priyanka has now her arrival as a Producer with her maiden project, Madamji, which is in partnership with Madhur Bhandarkar.

     

    The multi-faceted, national award winning Chopra is already Bollywood’s poster girl for pushing boundaries, taking risks and treading new paths.

     

    Madamji is Chopra’s first venture as producer under her banner Purple Pebble Pictures. The film, a signature Madhur Bhandarkar style entertainer, is a gritty, hard-hitting look into the murky world of politics.

     

    Talking about her new step, Chopra said,” I’m in love with everything to do with movies..The process, the creativity, the magic and this is an extension of that.  I’m looking forward to the learning, the madness and the creative satisfaction of bringing a film alive.”

     

    Chopra’s last assignment with Bhandarkar, Fashion, was not only critically acclaimed but also a box-office winner. The film not only won all major awards but also set the foundation and benchmark for acceptance of female oriented films in India.

     

    “I’ve had a wonderful experience working with Madhur in the past. As a director, he has a clear vision of what he wants and his choice of stories has always been very intriguing and exciting.  When he narrated the story to me, apart from everything else, I knew it would a great first project for me in production.  I’ve shared a wonderful, working relationship with both Madhur and Ram and we are all very excited about presenting the story to the world,” she added.

     

    Purple Pebble Pictures and Bhandarkar Entertainment’s ‘Madamji’ goes on the floors in October. The film is produced in association with Ram Mirchandani’s, Rampage Motion Pictures.

     

    Excited about the collaboration, the director of Madamji, Bhandarkar said, “Though I can’t divulge many details on the film at this stage, it is a performance oriented film of an item girl who turns into a top-notch politician and will not just be an eye-opener but a complete entertainer”.

  • Mausam to now release on 23 September

    Mausam to now release on 23 September

    MUMBAI: The release of Eros International and Vistaar Religare‘s Mausam has been postponed for a 23 September release. The film was to release this Friday.

    Eros International COO Ram Mirchandani said, “The release of Mausam has indeed been delayed. It happened because we couldn‘t get the prints that were meant for the overseas circuit in time. Hence we thought it better to defer the release by a week.”

    Explaining the reason in detail, Pankaj Kapur stated, “Going by reports that an entire 30-second sequence has to be deleted, let me clearly say that only a minor correction had to be made in that particular sequence as it was going against the norms of the IAF keeping the National security in mind.

    Since it was a CG generated sequence, it took us time to carry out the correction. And after we got the sequence right, the Censor Board wanted to again review the film. Just yesterday, the Board cleared the film and gave an ‘U‘ certificate.”

    Intervening, Shahid Kapoor added, “We could have released the film in India, but since we wanted the film to have a worldwide release and because we couldn‘t secure the overseas prints, we deferred the release of the film by a week.

    This gives us one more week for the promotion of the film both domestically and internationally. And one more thing that we hope will go in our favour is that in the next two weeks there would be no film worth the mention to give Mausam a fight.”

    As is already known, Mausam was to have its world premiere at the recently concluded Toronto Film Festival. But since the makers couldn‘t get the Censor Board certificate, the film was pulled out from the lineup.