Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone starrer 'Piku' could sweep away awards at the TOIFA 2016

The Amitabh Bachchan-Deepika Padukone starrer comedy drama 'Piku' could sweep away most of the awards at the 2nd edition of the Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) - 'Piku' is leading the nomination in the popular category at TOIFA 2016 with seven nods including best film and best actor.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 26 February 2016.

The 2nd edition of Times of India Film Awards is scheduled to take place in Dubai on March 18. The awards ceremony will witness performances by Bollywood celebrities like Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Yo Yo Honey Singh and many others.
'Piku' has secured other nods in categories like best director for Shoojit Sircar, Deepika for best actress, best supporting actor for Irrfan Khan and two nods (best film and best male actor) in critics’ choice. The film is a road drama that revolves around a hypochondriac old father and his cranky daughter.
Apart from 'Piku', this year’s frontrunner 'Bajirao Mastani', a historical epic starring Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, and romantic-comedy 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns' come second with six nods apiece. 'Bajirao Mastani' helmer Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been nominated in the best director category and the movie has also registered nominations in the best film, best actor, best actress categories.


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Big B rides a scooter in Kolkata - shooting for another movie

Big B's love for Kolkata is well known and he keeps returning to the city to shoot movies. Only last year, he had been here to shoot for 'Piku' when he pedaled around on a bicycle in the eastern metropolis wearing a kurta and hat for Shoojit Sircar’s film. He has come back to Kolkata to now shoot for Ribhu Dasgupta’s “Te3N”.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 28 November 2015.

This time the megastar Amitabh Bachchan was back on the road riding a scooter for “Te3N”. He now wore a brown check shirt and dark brown trousers. He kick-started the two-wheeler at the historic Writers’ Building complex which used to be the permanent seat of the West Bengal government.
Wearing a helmet, Big B rode the scooter for a few seconds for a shot and a big circle of onlookers gathered at the venue in the central business district as the star listened to his director’s instructions carefully prior to the shot. Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh is the creative producer of thriller “TE3N” which also stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vidya Balan.
It may be recalled that in “Piku”, Big B portrayed the role of a 70-year-old Bhashkor Banerjee and had cycled around in north Kolkata.

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It was raining laurels for the movie ‘Piku’ acted by Amitabh Bachhan, Deepika Padukone and Irfan Khan when the film walked away with many of the coveted awards.
The IFFM awards for 2015 for best film went to “Piku”, best director award went to Shoojit Sircar for the same film and the best actor award went to Irrfan Khan for his performance in “Piku”.
Bhumi Pednekar of “Dum Laga Ke Haisha” picked her first award for the best actress.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 16 August 2015.

The gala event took place at the iconic National Gallery of Victoria and was attended by several luminaries and high profile dignitaries that included Australian High Commissioner to India Patrick Suckling, Indian High Commissioner Navdeep Suri, Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt, Consul General Manika Jain, Anil kapoor, Bhumi Padnekar, Simi Grewal, Sonam Kapoor, film director Shoojit Sircar, Rajeev Masand, Victorian special minister Gavin Jennings.
Incidentally, this year’s award ceremony coincided with the 69th Indian Independence Day celebrations. Anil Kapoor and Suri hoisted the tricolor in the presence of a massive crowd of Indian community.
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This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 11 August 2015.

It depicts the life in a village of Bengal and each of its characters, from the children to the old men and women, portrayed lifelike renderings that made Pather Panchali a masterpiece.
Hailed as one of the most important works of world cinema, the Society for the Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives has organized a seminar that will bring together some famous names from Indian cinema. The speakers would include three popular Bengali directors in Bollywood -Shoojit Sircar, Sujoy Ghosh and Dibakar Banerjee.
Other participants ae likely to be Dileep Padgaonkar, Sharmila Tagore, Aparna Sen, Suman Mukhopadhyay and Nandita Das. The event would be moderated by Dhritiman Chatterjee.
The movie had broken all cultural and linguistic barriers and had succeeded in reaching to the global audience. The seminar is expected to be held on August 30.
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