We need to break ground with new ideas: Director Dibakar Banerjee

Last Updated: Friday, June 8, 2012, 11:17

Leave your comfort zone and focus on new ideas and new people to break new ground, says director Dibakar Banerjee who did the same with ‘Shanghai’ and discloses how he has already turned his film into a profitable venture.

Anurag jealous of Dibakar Banerjee, says wife Kalki

Last Updated: Friday, June 8, 2012, 10:28

He is known for making films on unconventional subjects, but Anurag Kashyap is jealous of fellow director Dibakar Banerjee for making a film like `Shanghai`, says the film`s heroine and Kashyap`s wife Kalki Koechlin.

Hope `Shanghai` forces people to ask fundamental questions: Abhay

Last Updated: Thursday, June 7, 2012, 16:01

Abhay Deol hopes that the film has an impact on viewers and impels them into raising their voice.

Abhay, Dibakar screen ‘Shanghai’ for IAS officers

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 18:22

Dibakar and Abhay screened ‘Shanghai’ to a batch of IAS officers ahead of its world premiere.

Abhay Deol’s dare bare act in Dibakar Banerjee’s `Shanghai`

Last Updated: Monday, June 4, 2012, 18:39

Abhay Deol has dared to bare his torso in Dibakar Banerjee`s ‘Shanghai’ a la Ranbir Kapoor`s in ‘Saawariya’. If the latter wore a towel, Abhay will be seen in a lungi for a scene.

It would be hard to ignore `Shanghai`: Dibakar

Last Updated: Monday, June 4, 2012, 18:08

With three successful films behind him, Dibakar Banerjee is confident about his upcoming political thriller ‘Shanghai’ and says it would be hard for the audience to ignore the film.

`Shanghai` best film, Dibakar best director: Kashyap

Last Updated: Friday, June 1, 2012, 20:29

Filmmakers rarely applaud each other`s work - but after watching ‘Shanghai’, Kashyap has declared it is the best film he has ever watched and Banerjee is the country`s best director.

Emraan`s funny bone found in `Shanghai`: Dibakar

Last Updated: Friday, June 1, 2012, 14:15

Dibakar Banerjee says ‘Shanghai’ will be the first film to depict Emraan Hashmi`s comic side.

All my films are entertaining: Dibakar Banerjee

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 12:24

Dibakar says he will never compromise with the entertainment quotient in his movies.

Bollywood last alternative to Hollywood: Director Dibakar Banerjee

Last Updated: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 10:10

Hollywood may have wiped out the ‘whole world`s indigenous film industry’ but Bollywood has held up, giving room to talent from all over the globe, says Dibakar Banerjee.

Wanted to exorcise my demons through `Shanghai`: Dibakar

Last Updated: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 18:05

Dibakar Banerjee says his upcoming political thriller ‘Shanghai’, starring Abhay Deol and Emraan Hashmi in the lead, deals with the two halves of India, who keep warring against each other.