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1 year, 5 months ago

Love Suspense Thrillers? Know The Best Pick For You This Week

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In the vast landscape of film genres, crime, thriller, and suspense have always captivated audiences. Kahaani, also co-written and produced by Sujoy Ghosh, weaves an intricate tale of a pregnant woman, Vidya Bagchi – portrayed by Vidya Balan – who embarks on a quest to find her missing husband in Kolkata during the time of Durga Puja. The talented ensemble …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Birthday Special: Abhishek Bachchan- The actor who said no to Lagaan

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Here’s the test for how much Abhishek cares for you. Says Abhishek, “I still haven’t forgotten a single moment of my debut film. In Tushar Joshi’s Dasvi, Abhishek Bachchan, in a career-defining performance, plays Gangaram Choudhary, the Chief Minister of an imaginary North Indian state that looks suspiciously like Haryana. It’s very hard to differentiate between the two, but there’s …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Abhishek Bachchan: ‘We always made interesting, different and diverse films but we are now pushing those boundaries a bit more'

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In his last role as ‘Bob Biswas’, Abhishek Bachchan played a mild-mannered contract killer and in his upcoming Dasvi he portrays the role of a jailed politician ‘Ganga Ram Chaudhury’ involved in a scam and who takes up the challenge of passing Class 10 examination from inside a jail. “You have to look to do work that you haven’t done …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Fan asks why Chitrangada was made to knead dough in Bob Biswas, Sujoy reacts

Hindustan Times

Bob Biswas released last year on Zee5 and received a mixed response from viewers. The Abhishek Bachchan and Chitrangda Singh-starrer film received a reaction on Twitter from a viewer telling film's writer Sujoy Ghosh “Khuda ka kauf khao," and Sujoy had the funniest reply for it. The Diya Annapurna Ghosh-directed film revolves around contract killer Bob Biswas, featured originally in …

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3 years ago

From 83 to Bob Biswas, here's how prosthetic in Bollywood movies is created to aid modern-day storytelling

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In recent years, with actors and directors wanting their characters to look different and the demand for a film or show to look realistic, the use of prosthetics has increased dramatically. Getting access to the script is so integral to the process that Johal insists that she “won’t work with people who don’t share their script.” “I need to know …

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3 years ago

Amitabh Bachchan’s Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, Abhishek's Bob Biswas, Mithun Chakraborty's Disco Dancer reunite in epic post

Hindustan Times

Actor Amitabh Bachchan has taken a trip down memory lane and shared an old picture. Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, Amitabh posted the photo comprising himself, his son, actor Abhishek Bachchan, and Mithun Chakraborty. In the picture Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Mithun Chakraborty are seated in three chairs next to one another. and Disco Dancer.." In Agneepath, while Amitabh …

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3 years ago

Preity Zinta watches Bob Biswas with her newborn twins Jai and Gia

Hindustan Times

Preity Zinta is spending time with her newborn twins Jai and Gia at her home in the US. Preity Zinta watched Bob Biswas with her twins. Gene and I are overjoyed and our hearts are filled with so much gratitude and with so much love as we welcome our twins Jai Zinta Goodenough and Gia Zinta Goodenough into our family." …

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3 years ago

Abhishek Bachchan shares ‘like father-like son’ post for Amitabh Bachchan, fan points out their ‘different success rate’

Hindustan Times

Actor Abhishek Bachchan, who is currently basking the success of his crime thriller Bob Biswas, dedicated a post to his father Amitabh Bachchan with a heartfelt note. Sharing a collage of his and Amitabh's pictures, Abhishek wrote, “Like father, like son! My greatest inspiration.” The collage also includes a picture of Amitabh from the film Piku and one of Abhishek …

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3 years ago

Pritish Nandy criticises Abhishek Bachchan’s ‘awful wig’ in Bob Biswas, Sujoy Ghosh reacts

Hindustan Times

Producer Pritish Nandy reviewed Kahaani spin-off Bob Biswas and called actor Abhishek Bachchan an ‘absolute delight’ in the film but criticised his ‘awful wig’. Kahaani director Sujoy Ghosh, who wrote Bob Biswas, reacted to the tweet. Directed by Sujoy’s daughter Diya Annapurna Ghosh, Bob Biswas is based on the insurance agent of the same name from Kahaani, moonlighting as a …

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3 years ago

Abhishek Bachchan offers to get Sonu Sood tractors with help from ‘best in business’, brother-in-law Nikhil Nanda

Hindustan Times

Sonu Sood shared a funny video of him operating the ‘most advanced tractor ever’ while he was in Punjab. Abhishek Bachchan reacted to a video shared online by Sonu Sood. While Saswata Chatterjee played Bob Biswas in the original Kahaani, Abhishek essayed the role in its spin-off and urged viewers to give it a ‘fair chance’. “If you enjoy the …

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3 years ago

Abhishek Bachchan says Aaradhya found his Bob Biswas look ‘cute’, reveals Aishwarya Rai-Jaya Bachchan’s reaction

Hindustan Times

Around a decade ago, Abhishek Bachchan was offered the role of Bob Biswas in Kahaani but was forced to turn it down. Abhishek said that he was ‘very happy’ about the character of Bob Biswas being revisited. Abhishek said that the ‘biggest challenge’ for him was to maintain the weight that he put on for Bob Biswas throughout the lockdown. …

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3 years ago

‘Bob Biswas’ movie review: Misses the target, but just by a whisker

The Hindu

While spending time in the cinematic universe, we often come across characters whom we want to know more intimately. This week, writer-producer Sujoy Ghosh joins hands with director Diya Ghosh, who happens to be his daughter — to dip into his Kahaani universe — and decides to tell us the story of Bob Biswas, the unlikely assassin, who almost bumped …

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3 years ago

Bob Biswas Movie Review: Abhishek Bachchan Plays a Softer Version of Kahaani's Deadly Assassin

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Bob Biswas Director: Diya Annapurna Ghosh Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Chitrangada Singh, Samara Tijori, Ronith Arora, Paran Bandopadhyay, Indira Verma Bob Biswas, essayed by Saswata Chatterjee in Sujoy Ghosh’s 2012 Kahaani, is etched in our minds even after almost a decade of the film’s release. Chatterjee/Bob’s viciously evil smile when he introduces himself as “Aami Bob Biswas…Ek Minute” before shooting down …

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3 years ago

Bob Biswas movie review: Abhishek Bachchan is Kahaani’s eerie hitman in a spin-off that struggles to lift off

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Language: Hindi Sambha from Sholay, Kachra from Lagaan, Bob Biswas from Kahaani … when characters who are barely in a film’s story remain memorable, you should know you have watched something special. So not only do the three leads deliver remarkable performances, but you come away from the film remembering even Saswata Chatterjee playing the destined-to-be-iconic Bob Biswas, the eerie …

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3 years ago

Bob Biswas movie review: Abhishek Bachchan-led Kahaani spin-off is a routine action thriller

Hindustan Times

Diya Annapurna Ghosh’s Bob Biswas raises an interesting question that it doesn’t answer. Watch Bos Biswas trailer: The Zee5 release is a spin-off of the 2012 thriller Kahaani, written and directed by Diya Annapurna Ghosh’s father Sujoy Ghosh. But Diya Annapurna Ghosh’s Bob Biswas, despite showing promise in the first half, becomes a bore. Bob Biswas Director: Diya Annapurna Ghosh …

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3 years ago

Bob Biswas and the company he keeps: What movies say about assassins

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What keeps movie assassins from getting waylaid is an unwritten personal code espousing Spartan discipline, a loner lifestyle, and a severe reluctance to display emotion. We saw Bob Biswas catch his targets unawares all across Kolkata, shoot them at point-blank range, and walk away without breaking a sweat for the first time in Sujoy Ghosh’s 2012 thriller Kahaani. Now Bob, …

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3 years ago

Abhishek Bachchan says Bob Biswas is better than Kahaani: ‘With all due respect…’

Hindustan Times

Actor Abhishek Bachchan will soon be seen as the middle class Bengali assassin in Bob Biswas. Abhishek Bachchan stars in Kahaani spin-off Bob Biswas. In a new interview, Abhishek said that he recently watched the hit original and found Bob Biswas to be the better film. The first draft of the film focused on the characters of Vidya Bagchi and …

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3 years ago

Hindustan Times

Actor Abhishek Bachchan was left in splits after he saw a fan's comment on an old picture of him and his father, actor Amitabh Bachchan. Abhishek along with Chitrangda Singh appeared on The Kapil Sharma Show for the promotion of their film Bob Biswas. In a new promo of the show shared by Sony Entertainment Television on Thursday, host Kapil …

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3 years ago

TKSS: Abhishek Bachchan suggests Ranveer Singh for wedding attires contract, 'he can wear clothes of bride and groom'

Hindustan Times

Actor Abhishek Bachchan has jokingly suggested that actor Ranveer Singh should get a contract for being in charge of wedding attires. In the clip, Abhishek Bachchan and show host Kapil Sharma sang and grooved to Ek Main Aur Ek Tu Hai from the former's film Bluff Master. Chitarangda and Archana Puran Singh were As the video continued, Kapil asked Abhishek, …

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3 years ago

Abhishek Bachchan was over 100 kilos during Bob Biswas shoot, had to maintain it during lockdown: 'Mentally I got stuck'

Hindustan Times

Abhishek Bachchan has been earning a lot of praise for his role in his upcoming film Bob Biswas. He told India Today in an interview, “I mean to put on the weight obviously shooting in Kolkata in winter when you can have Gud Sandesh and all the wonderful sweet food that Kolkata has, but mentally I got stuck because we …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Abhishek Bachchan discusses putting on 20 kg for Bob Biswas, and why he didn't go the prosthetic way for the weight gain

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“Prosthetics, no matter how professionally done, always look fake. I needed to feel Bob Biswas’s belly, and not just pretend with a pillow tied to my midriff,” says Abhishek Bachchan in an exclusive interview. The trailer of Bob Biswas, starring Abhishek Bachchan as the infamous hitman from Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani, renewed interest in the fictional character when it released last …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Not Saswata Chatterjee, Abhishek Bachchan was First Choice for Bob Biswas in Kahaani

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Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh has revealed that he had approached Abhishek Bachchan for the role of menacing contact killer Bob Biswas while making his acclaimed thriller Kahaani, but the actor couldn’t do the film due to scheduling issues. Played by actor Saswata Chatterjee, Bob Biswas –an LIC agent who moonlighted as a cold-blooded contract killer– became the breakout character from the …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Amitabh Bachchan is proud of Abhishek Bachchan fter watching Bob Biswas trailer: 'I am proud to say you are my son'

Hindustan Times

Abhishek Bachchan's Bob Biswas trailer has earned praise from his fans and colleagues alike. He’s wonderful in the film.” Many others also praised Bob Biswas trailer. !” Bob Biswas revolves around the contract killer Bob Biswas who featured originally in Vidya Balan-starrer Kahaani, essayed by Saswata Chatterjee in the film. Written by Sujoy Ghosh and directed by his daughter Diya …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Amitabh Bachchan is proud of his son Abhishek after watching Bob Biswas trailer

India Today

Abhishek Bachchan's upcoming film Bob Biswas is going to be an interesting one and it was evident from the trailer released on Friday, November 19. Based on the intriguing character essayed by Saswata Chatterjee in Sujoy Ghosh’s 2012 thriller, Kahaani, Bob Biswas is all set to premiere on Zee5 on December 3. AMITABH BACHCHAN IS PROUD OF SON ABHISHEK Abhishek …

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Love Suspense Thrillers? Know The Best Pick For You This Week

Birthday Special: Abhishek Bachchan- The actor who said no to Lagaan

Abhishek Bachchan: ‘We always made interesting, different and diverse films but we are now pushing those boundaries a bit more'

Fan asks why Chitrangada was made to knead dough in Bob Biswas, Sujoy reacts

From 83 to Bob Biswas, here's how prosthetic in Bollywood movies is created to aid modern-day storytelling

Amitabh Bachchan’s Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, Abhishek's Bob Biswas, Mithun Chakraborty's Disco Dancer reunite in epic post

Preity Zinta watches Bob Biswas with her newborn twins Jai and Gia

Abhishek Bachchan shares ‘like father-like son’ post for Amitabh Bachchan, fan points out their ‘different success rate’

Pritish Nandy criticises Abhishek Bachchan’s ‘awful wig’ in Bob Biswas, Sujoy Ghosh reacts

Abhishek Bachchan offers to get Sonu Sood tractors with help from ‘best in business’, brother-in-law Nikhil Nanda

Abhishek Bachchan says Aaradhya found his Bob Biswas look ‘cute’, reveals Aishwarya Rai-Jaya Bachchan’s reaction

‘Bob Biswas’ movie review: Misses the target, but just by a whisker

Bob Biswas Movie Review: Abhishek Bachchan Plays a Softer Version of Kahaani's Deadly Assassin

Bob Biswas movie review: Abhishek Bachchan is Kahaani’s eerie hitman in a spin-off that struggles to lift off

Bob Biswas movie review: Abhishek Bachchan-led Kahaani spin-off is a routine action thriller

Bob Biswas and the company he keeps: What movies say about assassins

Abhishek Bachchan says Bob Biswas is better than Kahaani: ‘With all due respect…’

Hindustan Times

TKSS: Abhishek Bachchan suggests Ranveer Singh for wedding attires contract, 'he can wear clothes of bride and groom'

Abhishek Bachchan was over 100 kilos during Bob Biswas shoot, had to maintain it during lockdown: 'Mentally I got stuck'

Abhishek Bachchan discusses putting on 20 kg for Bob Biswas, and why he didn't go the prosthetic way for the weight gain

Not Saswata Chatterjee, Abhishek Bachchan was First Choice for Bob Biswas in Kahaani

Amitabh Bachchan is proud of Abhishek Bachchan fter watching Bob Biswas trailer: 'I am proud to say you are my son'

Amitabh Bachchan is proud of his son Abhishek after watching Bob Biswas trailer