Bollywood has had a rocky relationship with cricket over the decades, often reflecting India’s changing society. Bollywood, India’s “dream machine”, has always reflected the mood of the nation by drawing inspiration from real life – including from cricket, although it has had a rocky relationship with the sport. “Cricket and cinema really are two religions in this country,” says Kabir …
After several comedy outings such as Golmaal Returns, Golmaal 3 and Housefull 2, actor Shreyas Talpade has now set eyes on thriller. Actor Shreyas Talpade garnered praise for his work in the film Kaun Pravin Tambe?, which released this year. Those movies either didn’t work, or if they worked, they didn’t do much for me, career-wise,” asserts the Iqbal actor. …
Few Indian actors are as qualified to take on Pravin Tambe’s biopic as the Hindi-Marathi star Shreyas Talpade who first attracted the national spotlight playing a deaf-mute cricketer in Nagesh Kukunoor’s 2005 film Iqbal. is based on the inspiring true story of the Maharashtra-born Tambe who had never played first-class cricket and had tried hard to get a Ranji selection …
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