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Turning Wounds Into Wisdom The Shenpenn Khymsar Way!...

“In order to write about life, you must first live it.” – Ernest Hemingway

He writes poetry in four languages, pens lyrics in three, is a monster shredder who composes rock to heavy metal to pop to Spanish to mellow romantic numbers to dark music alike. If that isn’t enough, he is a world-acclaimed Tibetan activist, international rock-u-mentary filmmaker and now writer-director Shenpenn Khymsar is rewriting history by making Broken Wings, the first Nepali-Hindi-English film from Darjeeling, 72 years after Indian independence.
“Broken Wings is the first true representation of the Northeast. To an average Indian, Nepali means momos, security guards and a regiment. In an artistic sense, I am asking for inclusion of people from the Northeast.”
It has not been an easy journey for Khymsar. Born in exile, the struggle to find his true self and the want to go back home seems an eternal quest. “Tibet needs to be free,” he says simply. The rebel in Khymsar has always tried to rebuild his broken wings through the medium of cinema. His unconventional effort of combining political filmmaking with entertainment, mirroring the frustration of an entire young generation in the hills of North-Eastern India is evident in both his documentary ‘Journey of a Dream’ and his current feature, Broken Wings. 

(Filmmaker Shenpenn Khymsar with Actor Vinay Pathak)

(Filmmaker Shenpenn Khymsar with Actor Randeep Hooda)

(Filmmaker Shenpenn Khymsar)

“Life has never been easy. There have been times when I was depressed, rebellious, angry and could not rationally articulate happenings. What kept me going were my dreams.”
The autodidact artist in Khymsar worked on his Hindi, studied scriptures from the Bhagavad Gita to the Upanishads, the Vedas, the Nalanda tradition besides mastering Urdu poetry. When it comes to Shenpenn Khymsar, it looks like victory is the only way forward for a person who refuses to go down to destiny!

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Real Life Aarya – Sushmita Sen Loves Reel Life Sampat Portrayed By Vishwajeet Pradhan...

Miss Universe-turned-Actor Sushmita Sen took to Social Media platforms beginning her appreciation post with “Naam kafi hai.” Meet Vishwajeet Pradhan, the Indian Entertainment industry’s rediscovery, all set to win our hearts again with the Sushmita Sen starrer, ‘Aarya’.
Having been a part of the Indian Entertainment industry for over three decades now, the acclaimed film fraternity veteran Vishwajeet Pradhan’s character takes the centre stage as the indispensable Henchman for the mob boss in Disney+ Hotstar’s latest web-series, Aarya.
Sushmita Sen’s social media platform post read, “Introducing #Sampat (Vishwajeet Pradhan’s character) in #Aarya. A strong presence with an ability to turn any character into a living being!!!? I love his accents..A gifted actor that can seamlessly add humour to even a most volatile character!!!What a privilege to have you be a part of #aaryafamily @vishwajeetpradhan. Love & Respect!!!”
Acknowledging Sushmita’s sweet gesture and appreciation post, an overjoyed Vishwajeet reposts, “#thankyou #sushmitasen #wonderwoman #actress #mother. What a pleasure working with you !!”  
Vishwajeet’s fandom was also seen on both, Sushmita as well as his, social media posts where they were complimenting the actor’s stellar performance, some particularly appreciating the his adopted accent for the show!
What more to expect from this versatile actor? Stay tuned.


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Kamala Harris’s Rise Sends A Message Of Hope To Young Girls Of Colour And Every Immigrant In The US – Tel K Ganesan...

US State Senator, politician, lawyer and Vice-Presidential running mate Kamala Devi Harris has scripted history by being the first Indian-American or African-American woman to be appointed as the Vice-Presidential running mate.

It is a known fact that Kamala Harris has a huge support base in the Indian-American community. Indian-born Hollywood producer, philanthropist and serial entrepreneur Tel K Ganesan is excited at the power push for the senator as it “sends a message of hope to young girls of colour, and any immigrant, for that matter.”

Ganesan, who met Harris at Detroit, Michigan during her political run for the primary race of the Democratic presidential ticket, avers that Harris is “high energy, positive, upbeat and a bubbly person.” Ganesan had an instant connect with her. “We shared wonderful, happy moments. She is very friendly. It is much like talking to a friendly neighbour.” Both Ganesan and Harris’s mother Shyamala Gopalan hail from Chennai. “We very briefly spoke in Tamil – vanakkam and nandri. We did talk about sambar,” he grins.

Though Harris considers herself black, she has also spoken of her Indian roots. Harris has worked in international development around the world and return to live in villages throughout India in the mid-90s. Her matrilineal family of strong South Indian women has always been her inspiration. Her mother is a Tamilian from Chennai, and had moved to the US for higher studies. Her father is Donald Harris, of Jamaican descent. Ganesan is very proud of Harris’s achievement. “As an immigrant, it is a great inspiration. She already has a track record of breaking barriers. She started off as the first person of color in the office of the district attorney in San Francisco as a tough prosecutor and later as California Attorney General before winning the Senate seat four years ago. Harris is also the first person of Indian descent to ever get on the presidential ticket. Harris amassed more than $35 million over 11 months despite challenges that black women candidates face in raising money.  If the Biden-Harris ticket wins, Harris will be the highest-ranking female US official in the country’s 244-year history. And it is not just that, Biden who would be 78 if he wins, might only serve a single four-year term, instantly making Harris a leading 2024 Democratic Presidential contender. She serves on several high-profile committees in the Senate including the Intelligence Committee and the Judiciary Committee.”

Ganesan believes that such a historic move is only possible in a country like the United States. “Hope fuels life and hope fuels opportunities. This will address the bottom-line issue of under-representation of women and minorities on US public company boards and will match the changing demographics we are experiencing in the country today.”

[ Senator Kamala Harris with US Presidential Candidate Joe Biden (above), and Serial Entrepreneur-Mentor- Hollywood Filmmaker Tel K. Ganesan (below) ]

Statistics reveal that 42% of women in the US have faced gender discrimination at work. Even in the military, women represent 16% of the enlisted forces and 19% of the office corps. “Kamala Harris’s rise opens up the dream of women and minorities sharing the same power, privileges, rights and opportunities as the privileged and is a giant stride for women in politics. India and Pakistan have had women in political power, but for the US, this is a first. A person born of immigrant parents running for the second highest position in the land, shows us the impossible is possible. It reinforces that the American Dream is still alive and well.”

LA Filmmaker Atul Arora To Direct Kangana Ranaut

Loves making films on Human Relationship

Ardent admirer of  Nagesh Kukunoor & Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Highlighting his forte as the director, Atul Arora reveals, “I am open to all genre of films. Hollywood filmmakers like Christopher Nolan (latest made “Tenet”) and Quentin Tarantino who last made “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” are my favourites while from Bollywood I adore the works of Nagesh Kukunoor an Sanjay Leela Bhansali. I love making films on human relationship and it is closer to my heart. As of today, music is not the key components of my films. Just like all those Hollywood films, I would like to make songless films.”

WORKING with the “Queen” Kangana Ranaut is just like a creator painting his dreams into reality. Filmmaker Atul Arora from Los Angeles is inching closer to his wish of directing his dream and talented actress Kangana Ranaut for his upcoming untitled Hindi feature film.

Speaking about his new upcoming venture, director Atul Arora confides, “It is a woman-centric film. My writer Pratik, an ad-filmmaker has narrated the script to Kangana ji and I have been told that the script has been liked and appreciated and she is willing to work with me. The coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown thereon had put a spanner to the project for some time. Meanwhile, with the unlocking of 4.0 guidelines things are coming back to normal. After coming on board and signing below the dotted lines we will very soon make an official announcement about it.”

Kangana Ranaut is known for her outspoken behaviour. She has been quite vocal about her opinions on many issues including actor Sushant Singh Rajput and his death case. The actor passed away on June 14 at his Bandra residence and since then a lot of conspiracy theories have been doing the rounds.

Voicing his support, Arora says, Success hasn’t come easy for Kangana Ranaut and it is after a lot of struggle that she has made it to where she is today. While on  Sushant Singh Rajput he has been doing very well in terms of his film career. I have watched his films “Chhichhore” and “M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story” and liked his performances too. It sounds surprising and hard to believe that he could have committed suicide at this point of his career.  On the other hand, It is true that any outsiders who are not a part of the film fraternity are not encouraged or backed upon if they opt for a career in the film industry. I basically feel that all new and deserving talents in various categories should be given the necessary platforms and support.”

The multiple National and other Awards winning actress Kangana Ranaut has delivered power-packed performances  from “Gangster” (2006) and others has made her mark with films like  “Queen” (2014), “Tanu Weds Manu” (2011), “Tanu Weds Manu Returns” (2015), “Krrish 3” (2013), “Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi” (2019) amongst many others.  “She has the potential to carry the whole film on her shoulders,” adds Arora.

 

Kangana Ranaut will soon be seen in a multilingual (Hindi, Tamil & Telugu) biographical film “Thalaivi”; where she is playing the role of J. Jayalalitha, the late politician and film actress who served six terms as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

A green card holder and permanent resident of U.S.A.; Atul Arora had completed his graduation in B.A. from Lucknow from where he hails from. He has also knowledge of Mass Communication and as a visiting faculty member tutor aspiring students for media and entertainment sector. He has made many documentaries, short films,  commercials in Lucknow and Hollywood; he has added to his repertoire by associating himself in various departments (direction, production, locations, etc.) with mainstream bollywood cinemas filmed at his hometown like Anil Sharma’s “Gaddar…Ek Prem Katha” (2001) starring Sunny Deol – Ameesha Patel and produced by Nitin Kenni; J.P. Dutta’s “L.O.C: Kargil” (2003) starring Ajay Devgn – Sanjay Dutt – Kareena Kapoor; Chandan Arora’s “Main Meri Patni Aur Woh” (2005) starring Rituparna Sengupta – Rajpal Yadav  and produced by Ronnie Screwvala; Ashu Trikha’s “Baabarr” (2009) starring Urvashi Sharma – Mithun Chakraborty – Sohum Shah – Mukesh Tiwari and produced by Sunil Saini & Mukesh Shah; Abhishek Chaubey’s “Ishqiya” (2010) starring Naseeruddin Shah – Arshad Warsi – Vidya Balan and produced by Raman Maroo and Vishal Bharadwaj; Maneesh Sharma’s “Ladies v/s Ricky Behl” (2011) starring Ranveer Singh – Anushka Sharma – Parineeti Chopra and produced by Aditya & Yash Chopra;  Habib Faisal’s “Ishaqzaade” (2012) starring Arjun Kapoor – Parineeti Chopra – Gauhar Khan and produced by Aditya & Yash Chopra; Tigmanshu Dhulia’s “Bullett Raja” (2013) starring Saif Ali Khan – Sonakshi Sinha – Jimmy Shergill – Vidyut Jammwal and produced by Rahul Mitra and Nitin Tej Ahuja;    Abhishek Chaubey’s sequel “Dedh Ishqiyaan” (2014) starring Naseeruddin Shah – Madhuri Dixit – Huma  Qureshi and produced by Raman Maroo & Vishal Bharadwaj; Shakir Khan’s “Ishq Ke Parindey” (2015) starring Priyanka Mehta – Rishi Verma and produced by Pawan Goyal; Mudassar Aziz’s “Pati, Patni Aur Woh” (2019) starring Ananya Pandey – Bhumi Pednekar – Kartik Aryan – Kriti Sanon and produced by Bhushan Kumar and Renu Ravi Chopra; Soumik Sen’s “Why Cheat India” (2019) starring Emraan Hashmi – Shreya Dhawantari and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Atul Kasbekar, Tanuj Garg and others; Nikhil Advani’s “Batla House” (2019) starring John Abraham – Mrunal Thakur – Nora Fatehi – Ravi Kissen and produced by Bhushan Kumar, John Abraham, Vinod Bhanushali, Monisha Advani and others; Pushpendra Nath Mishra’s “Ghoomketu” (2019) starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Anurag Kashyap – Ragini Khanna and produced by Anurag Kashyap & Vikas Bahl amongst others.

Meanwhile, Atul Arora’s another directorial venture – again a woman-oriented Hindi feature film “Afsana” on brothel with the backdrop of Lucknowi culture is in the pipeline of release. The film introduces young model Arpita Shrivastava in the title role.  Marathi actor Harsh Kulkarni makes his Hindi debut with this film. Many stage and television actors are also in its cast. N.R. Shivange who has made four successful Marathi films is the producer while Furqan Qureshi (from ZEE) is the executive producer. The film has two songs which has been scored by music director Pravin Kumar. Abid Hussain has penned the screenplay & dialogue on a story – concept by actor Harsh Kulkarni.

Highlighting his forte as the director, Atul Arora reveals, “I am open to all genre of films. Hollywood filmmakers like Christopher Nolan (latest made “Tenet”) and Quentin Tarantino who last made “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” are my favourites while from Bollywood I adore the works of Nagesh Kukunoor an Sanjay Leela Bhansali. I love making films on human relationship and it is closer to my heart. As of today, music is not the key components of my films. Just like all those Hollywood films, I would like to make songless films.”

 

Aashna Hegde’s first cover song Befiker Number one trending song got one million views in one day...

नंबर वन ट्रेंडिंग में आया आशना हेगड़े का पहला कवर सांग बेफिकर, मिले एक दिन में एक मिलियन व्यूज

आशना हेगड़े का पहला कवर सांग “बेफिकर” रिलीज़ होते ही हुआ वायरल,  नंबर वन ट्रेंडिंग में मिलियन व्यूज के साथ

बतौर सिंगर आशना हेगड़े का पहला गीत “बेफिकर” रिलीज़ होते ही वायरल हो गया है। यूट्यूब पर नम्बर वन ट्रेंडिंग में आकर यह कवर सांग सुर्खियां बटोर रहा है। इतना ही नहीं इस गाने को एक दिन में एक मिलियन व्यूज भी मिला है। लगातार दूसरे दिन में ट्रेंडिंग में नम्बर वन पायदान से धीरे धीरे खिसकते हुए 18वें नंबर पर ट्रेंडिंग में रहा है। यूथ में यह सांग बेहद पसंद किया जा रहा है और न सिर्फ आशना हेगड़े की आवाज़ की प्रशंसा हो रही है बल्कि वीडियो में उनकी अदाकारी की भी तारीफें हो रही हैं। लगातार दूसरे दिन भी इस म्यूज़िक वीडियो में तंजील खान और आशना हेगड़े की जोड़ी बेहद प्यारी दिख रही है, उनके बीच गजब की केमिस्ट्री दर्शकों को लुभा रही है। आपको बता दें कि आशना हेगड़े एक ऐसी शख्सियत का नाम है, जिन्हे किसी परिचय की आवश्यकता नहीं है। आशना और तंजील खान लोकप्रिय ग्रुप DamnFam के मेम्बर हैं। उनके बहुप्रतीक्षित कवर सांग बेफिकर के म्यूज़िक वीडियो को रिलीज़ होते ही बेशुमार प्यार मिल रहा है। यह कवर सांग का ट्रैक खूबसूरत एहसास कराता है कि बिना किसी सीमा के प्यार करना चाहिए। यह म्यूज़िक वीडियो कई कारणों से बहुत विशेष है।

बेफिकर गीत वास्तव में आपके दिल को छू जाता है। तंजील ने इस ट्रैक को तैयार किया है और आशना ने वीडियो में फीचर किया है और साथ ही एक सिंगर के रूप में बेहतरीन शुरुआत की है। आशना ने अपनी जादुई आवाज़ से सबको चौंका दिया है। इस क्युट से वीडियो सांग में शुद्ध लापरवाह प्यार को दर्शाया गया है। जैसे ही इसे ऑनलाइन प्लेटफ़ॉर्म पर रिलीज़ किया गया, इसे लाखों बार देखा जा चुका है। इसके अलावा, इसके विडियो में आकर्षक दृश्य और खूबसूरत अदाकारी का शानदार मिश्रण किया गया है। अगर आप एक खूबसूरत सी प्रेम-कहानी को देखना चाहते हैं, तो आपको इस गीत को देखना होगा।

आशना का सिंगर के रूप में अपने अनुभव के बारे में कहना है। ‘मैं बेफिकर गीत को रिकॉर्ड करते समय बहुत घबरा गई थी क्योंकि यह पहली बार था जब मैं एक गीत रिकॉर्ड करने के लिए एक स्टूडियो गई थी। लेकिन मेरी पहली रिकॉर्डिंग के वकत, तंजील ने मुझे बहुत प्रोत्साहित किया। मैं बहुत खुश हूं कि मुझे तंजील के साथ एक नया सफर तलाश करने का एक मौका मिला। यह गीत मेरे दिल के बहुत करीब है क्योंकि तंजील मेरे सबसे अच्छे दोस्तों में से एक है और उसे मुझ पर बहुत भरोसा था जिसने मुझे प्रोफ़ेशनल ढ़ंग से गीत रिकॉर्ड करने के लिए प्रोत्साहित किया।”

दूसरी ओर तंजील ने भी आशना हेगड़े के टैलेंट को माना “इस गीत को लिखने, रिहर्सल करने, रिकॉर्ड करने और शूट करने में हमें चार महीने लगे। ये तमाम दिन बहुत रोमांचक रहे हैं क्योंकि मैं यह सब आशना के साथ कर रहा था। वह मेरे सबसे अच्छे दोस्तों में से एक है और इस सांग की मैंने आशना की वजह से कल्पना की थी। उनकी आवाज और मौजूदगी ने गीत के हर पहलू को बेहतर बनाया। वीडियो की शूटिंग के दौरान, आशना और मैंने बहुत मस्ती की। मुझे खुशी है कि उसने अपने सिंगिंग के करियर की शुरुआत के लिए बेफिकर को चुना।”

इस गीत की मेलोडी, आशना की मधुर आवाज़ और दोनों सितारों के बीच की अनकही केमिस्ट्री आपको इस विडियो को देखने लायक बनाती है। उनके खूबसूरत ऑन-स्क्रीन प्यार को आप इस बेमिसाल विडियो में देख सकते हैं। विडियो में आशना की हंसी और उनकी अदाएं श्रोताओं और दर्शकों के लिए किसी ट्रीट से कम नहीं है।