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India.com
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
Taapsee Pannu Donates Insulated Water Coolers To Underprivileged Communities, Encourages Fans To ‘Give It A Try'
Mumbai: With temperatures soaring, actress Taapsee Pannu stepped in to help the underprivileged by donating insulated water coolers to equip them for the summer season. Taapsee took to Instagram, where she shared a motley of pictures from her humanitarian work. She could be seen walking through a narrow alleyway lined with makeshift homes dressed in a fluorescent green safety vest paired with dark green T-shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers. In one image, she is carrying large insulated water coolers and even giving out some insulated bottles. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Taapsee Pannu (@taapsee) For the caption, she wrote: 'The next round With @hemkunt_foundation Helping them equip themselves for this summer this time it was to help them store some cool water for their families. Joy of helping people out of your comfort zone is real, try it.' The actress had earlier too donated fans and water coolers. Speaking about her involvement, the actress had shared, 'We often take basic comforts like a fan or a cooler for granted, but for so many people, especially in this unbearable heat, even a small breeze can feel like a blessing.' 'Being part of this initiative moved me deeply. It's not just about giving—it's about standing with people, understanding their pain, and doing what little we can to ease it.' Talking about acting, Taapsee has completed filming for her upcoming movie 'Gandhari'. 'Gandhari' promises a riveting storyline filled with relentless determination and intense personal stakes, set against the backdrop of gripping mystery and high-powered action. Audiences will see Taapsee Pannu as a fierce mom on a mission,' reads the plot description from streaming giant Netflix,reports 'Gandhari', which also stars Ishwak Singh marks Kanika Dhillon and Taapsee's sixth collaboration after back-to-back success with 'Manmarziyaan', 'Haseen Dilruba', 'Phir Aayi Hasseen Dilruba' and many more.
India.com
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
This Bollywood thriller earned 4 times its budget, was debut film of Canadian actress, film is…., lead actors are...
Very few romantic thriller films have been made in Bollywood. These films can be counted on fingers. 'Haseen Dilruba', 'Andhadhun', and 'Raj' are on top in the category of such films. Here we are going to tell you about another such romantic thriller film. The romantic thriller film, released a year before Dino Morea and Bipasha Basu's 'Raj' proved to be a superhit. Like the film, the songs were also superhits. The Canadian actress made her Bollywood debut with this film, released in 2001. Then she worked with many big actors, including John Abraham-Mahesh Babu and became a top actress. The story of this romantic thriller film was written by Mahesh Bhatt and its director was Vikram Bhatt. Aftab Shivdasani was in the lead role in the film. The name of this film which became a superhit at the box office is 'Kasoor'. Lisa Ray made her Bollywood debut with 'Kasoor'. Lisa was born in Canada. Before her Bollywood debut, she worked in the Tamil film 'Netaji' and the Kannada film 'Yuvraj'. Before this, she played a very small role in the 1994 film 'Hanste Khelte'. Lisa Ray's voice in 'Kasoor' was dubbed by Divya Dutta. Divya Dutta was also in the film, but surprisingly, Mona Ghosh Shetty dubbed her voice. Irrfan Khan and Ashutosh Rana also played important roles in the film. The story of 'Kasoor' starts with the murder of a girl named Preeti. Preeti is the wife of a journalist named Shekhar. Ashutosh Rana's character, Inspector Lokhande, suspects Shekhar and claims to have evidence against him and arrests him, and declares him guilty. Lisa Ray's character, Simran Bhargava, fights Shekhar's case. During this, a lot of high-voltage drama is seen. Shekhar and Simran fall in love with each other. Simran tries her best to prove him innocent. But one mistake of Shekhar exposes his whole secret. In the climax, it is revealed that he was the one who killed his wife. The audience liked this film very much. According to India Today, this film made on a budget of Rs 3 crore, collected Rs 14 crore.
Hindustan Times
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Kanika Dhillon on doing an action film with Taapsee Pannu in Gandhari, how it differs from other mother-child films
She began her film journey as a screenwriter and has now turned producer. Ask Kanika Dhillon if much has changed, and she responds that even now, all she wants to do is tell stories. As she gets ready to launch her next project, Gandhari (yet again with her frequent collaborator Taapsee Pannu), she speaks with HT about the genesis of the film and why partnering with Netflix time and again makes sense for her. Gandhari is a revenge drama directed by Devashish Makhija and starring Taapsee in the lead role. Talking about how the film came into being, Kanika tells us, "This is about a different sort of fear, or rather fierceness as a human being. To what extent can a mother go to protect her child? That idea is where Gandhari started. Action is something that I think is a very exciting genre. I've not done something like that before. So all these things came together." Kanika has worked with Taapsee in the two Haseen Dilruba films as well as Manmarziyaan, in which she was the screenwriter. Talking about bringing her on board, she says, "She was also in the right frame of mind that she wanted to do an action film. So, it just kind of happened at the right time. Also, as people and as artist, I think we were ready for it to kind of delve into something as emotional and as driven as the story we have here." Time and again, it has been argued that the audiences won't accept women-led action or mass films. But Kanika disagrees. "I don't think the onus is on the audience to accept or not to accept. I think they are very open to connecting to a well-told story. So, I think it is on us to tell it how we want to. I think it's a more internal conflict of a creator rather than an audience preference. I think a well-told story always finds an audience," she says. Before Gandhari, there had been other films based on mothers fighting for their children. But Kanika is not wary of any comparisons. Every child and mother's bond is as old as nature and earth, and as unique, because you can't replace your own mother," she says, adding, "So in the same way, this emotion is so universal, while being unique. Each mother is a world in her own self, and the bond that that mother shares with her child is unmatchable and is so unique that you will not find it replicated in another mother-child bond." She adds that Gandhari's setting also differentiates it from other similar films. Kanika explains, "Gandhari is very rooted in its cultural bearing. That differentiates it. So, I don't think there are going to be comparisons or overlaps because it has a unique story, standing on its feet with its fierce emotions." She talks about expanding the horizons, and naturally, the conversation moves to taking such Indian stories global via streaming. Talking about partnering with Netflix again (for Gandhari after Haseen Dilruba), she says, "It has a global audience, and as creators, what we're looking for a medium to reach the biggest audience that there is out there. With the advent of streaming giants like Netflix, our stories can get to travel and reach those audiences. It can put us on the map there. We didn't have that access to a global audience earlier which we do have now and that's great." Gandhari, backed by Kanika's Katha Pictures and directed by Devashish Makhija, is set to premiere on Netflix later this year.
