romance ( romance x ) is a 1999 french art house film written and directed by catherine breillat .

it stars caroline ducey , pornographic actor rocco siffredi , sagamore stévenin and françois berléand .

the film features explicit copulation scenes , especially one showing caroline ducey 's coitus with rocco siffredi .

romance is one of several arthouse films featuring explicit , unsimulated sex , such as the brown bunny ( 2003 ) , 9 songs ( 2004 ) , all about anna ( 2005 ) , and shortbus ( 2006 ) .

romance ( 1999 film )

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just the way i like my christmastime / romance stories . . . sappy and sweet !
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romance was originally released in 1999 and caused something of a stir amongst critics and audiences alike due to its sexually graphic content , but romance isn’t a film meant to titillate or excite . instead it’s a film that’s meant to explore the difference between the physical and the emotional , what it means to love and not be loved in the same way in return and how context is key when it comes to what is deemed acceptable in the confines of a relationship .
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so overall , romance is a little bit underwhelming on pretty much all fronts . there is a story there but lars von trier has taken it and made a more interesting and entertaining film out of it , and when it comes down to it romance isn’t actually a very enjoyable film to watch . it’s more arthouse than pornography and for all of its flaws it is shot very well but the dreary dialogue and metaphysical pondering bog down what should have been a much more exciting journey of discovery . unless you’re a euro - cinema completist or an arthouse aficionado the appeal of romance may be severely limited .
the film was originally entitled ( and broadcast ) as
music from the heart .
subsequently , the name was changed to
a song from the heart
to avoid confusion with music of the heart ( 1999 ) , which was released the same year .
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a widow ' s daughter writes to santa claus , asking for her mother to find love again . when a struggling writer receives the letter , he finds new inspiration and the beginnings of a romance .
romance can ' t be easily shrugged off . breillat and her brave actors take us places we haven ' t been . for the audience , as well as marie , it ' s a journey that has few signposts .
in the 1840s , cranford is ruled by the ladies . they adore good gossip ; and romance and change is in the air , as the unwelcome grasp of the industrial revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market - town .
it seems 1999 really was the year heath ledger broke through – this was the film that put him on the map in australia and led to 10 things i hate about you . two hands is also a brilliant , if unknown , film in its own right , a tightly told crime thriller with a surreal edge , featuring ledger as jimmy , a small - time crook who ends up deep in debt to serious gangsters .
isobel plans a storybook christmas with her boyfriend , including a cottage in the northwest and a bucket list of holiday traditions . but when he goes awol , the list proves challenging and a tempting new romance turns her life upside down .
the classification ( publications , films and computer games ) amendment bill ( no . 2 ) 1999 introduced into parliament on the 8 december 1999 would have removed the ' x ' classification for films and videos and create a new classification - ' nve ' ( non - violent erotica ) . the bill was referred to the senate legal and constitutional legislation committee to determine the reasons for the change and its possible effects . the committee reported in april 2000 and its report is available from the committee ' s home page . the committee recommended that the bill be passed without amendment .
the film wavers between being a philosophical treatise on women and one about a woman ' s passions .
douglas fetherling , ed . , documents in canadian film ( toronto : broadview press , 1988 ) .
wyndham wise , ed . , take one ' s essential guide to canadian film ( 2001 ) .
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profile of a filmmaker : catherine breillat
beyond french feminisms : debates on women , politics and culture in france , 1981 - 2001 , edited by roger célestin et al . new york : macmillan ( 2003 ) : 202 . catherine breillat ' s
film romance had received much praise - - and criticism - - the previous year for using a porn - film actor and a scene showing a nonsimulated sexual act , including a shot of an erection in the foreground .
a dark and mystery - filled drama about a 70s hippy ( danielle cormack ) who falls in love with a vietnam vet ( kevin smith ) . but has fate brought them together , only in order to drive them apart ? and what exactly happened to their child ? this twist - filled tale of seances , damaged people , and conflicting versions of truth marked the directorial debut of short filmmaker christine parker . at the 1999 new zealand film awards , channelling baby was nominated in six categories , including best actress and best original screenplay . read more about the film here .
in december 1996 the government announced that it would establish community assessment panels to ensure that classification decisions reflected community standards . the scheme involves three panels , each of around twenty people of varying age and background , who view and classify a selection of films that have already been classified by the oflc . the attorney - general announced an extension of the scheme in january 1999 .
a director struggles to film a difficult , intimate sex scene between two actors who happen to hate each other .
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no self - respecting liberal sophisticate can ever profess himself either shocked or aroused by explicit sex on screen : these are the two unbreakable taboos . what everyone always does is airily dismiss this sort of material as
boring
, and this haughty , if sometimes disingenuous dismissal may be the fate of catherine breillat ' s romance . that would not be fair . caroline ducey does not have the charisma and self - possession of , say , catherine denueve in belle de jour , but the film is never as dire or embarrassing as nine and a half weeks or last tango in paris , and does not deserve to join them in the dustbin of cinema history . romance has many brilliant and bizarre moments , particularly the brutally explicit imagery juxtaposing the penetrations of sex and childbirth .
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sandra gathercole , “the best film policy this country never had , ” cinema canada ( june 1978 ) , 28–31 .
katherine monk , weird sex and snowshoes : and other canadian film phenomena ( vancouver : raincoast books , 2001 ) .
of course the film is french . it is said that for the french , wine takes the place of flirting , dining takes the place of seduction , smoking takes the place of foreplay and talking takes the place of sex .
romance
is so analytical that you sometimes get the feeling marie is putting herself through her sexual encounters simply to get material for her journal . these poor guys aren ' t lovers , they ' re case studies .
the canadian cooperation project helps to explain why , during the 1940s and 1950s , there was virtually no feature film production in canada outside of québec ( see the cinema of québec ) . however , thanks to the economic boom in canada following the second world war , a number of small , independent producers began to establish themselves , making primarily industrial films and shorts . in 1941 , nat taylor founded the trade magazine canadian film weekly , and in recognition of the nascent private film sector , the canadian film awards were established in 1949 . ( the canadian film awards would become the genie awards in 1980 and the canadian screen awards in 2012 . ) the inaugural presentation was held in ottawa , and crawley films of ottawa won the first film of the year award for the short film , the loon ' s necklace ( 1949 ) .
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when the show featured a storyline centered on mills ' sister , we got to see two black women in an action / adventure setting , fighting the bad guys instead of waiting to be rescued or seduced . it was exactly the kind of diverse casting i had been waiting for since 1999 , when the issue hit a crisis point as the broadcast networks offered a fall slate of new tv shows without a single character of color .
perfectly capturing one of film’s most iconic stars , it’s easy to forget that downey jr . was only in his mid - 20s while portraying the man . he brings an emotional maturity to perfectly complement the physical performance , elevating this film above the usual biographies .
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one of the most significant events in canadian film history was the establishment of the national film board of canada ( nfb ) . in 1938 , the federal government commissioned scottish filmmaker john grierson — who had coined the term “documentary , ” and had been head of the empire marketing board and the general post office in britain — to study the state of film production in canada . he wrote a report that year that led to the creation of the nfb in may 1939 , and was named the board’s first film commissioner in october 1939 .
the sex scenes that caused so much controversy back in 1999 don’t seem as shocking as they were probably intended to be , granted , we’ve had fifteen years of other films pushing the boundaries as far as explicit sex goes but except for a very close - up ejaculation shot there is very little here likely to cause too much offence – although there is a birth scene that feels like it was designed totally to shock but just feels unnecessary – especially when put up against other extreme movies like baise moi or nymphomaniac , a film that has similar themes but fleshes them out in a more satisfactory way .
the visuals are incredible , proving once again why film is the transcendent visual medium , and how a picture can explore so much more than words . rounding off the film , and truly cementing it as worthy of watching , is a tremendous performance from don cheadle as the homicidal mouse , a friend of washington’s who acts as a spark to the powder keg situation . he steals the film with his performance .
zero’s unique problem creates a real dramatic and intriguing puzzle for the writers to work round , but in fact it becomes the film’s strength .
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only one english canadian feature film was made in the 1940s — bush pilot ( 1946 ) , an imitation of hollywood’s captains of the clouds ( 1942 ) . a print of the film was restored by the national archives ( now library and archives canada ) and tmn television network .
ledger is a magnetic presence and carries the film , although he is ably supported by romantic interest rose byrne . the film undercuts its gritty , serious edge by having jimmy’s dead older brother act as a zombie guardian angel throughout , firmly putting the film into tongue in cheek territory , but also playing up the realism of the grimier side of sydney well . a searing soundtrack led by the mighty powderfinger doesn’t hurt , either .
i would say this film would qualify as pornography if it were the least bit erotic , but it isn’t . i have heard it compared to
) and the world’s first movie studio to rely entirely on artificial light ( in new york city ) , it is almost impossible to speak of a canadian film industry at the birth of cinema . the first public screening of a film in canada took place on 28 june 1896 , in
making full use of its american wilderness location , this film has style , panache and the right amount of crazy you’d expect from the talent involved .
manjunath pendakur , canadian dreams and american control : the political economy of the canadian film industry ( detroit : wayne state university press , 1990 ) .
told via a series of non - linear flashbacks , the film traces the career of slade and his collaborator / lover curt wild ( ewan mcgregor ) . a surreal citizen kane - inspired visual feast , the film is dazzling , metaphorical , and hallucinatory . working as a better biopic of the talents of the 70s then a straightforward film ever could , velvet goldmine is the best representation of glam - rock we’ll ever likely to see on - screen .
romance ,
written and directed by catherine breillat , became notorious on the festival circuit this autumn because it is an intelligent , radical film by a woman , and at the same time it contains explicit nudity and , as nearly as we can tell , actual sex . it is not arousing or pornographic , because the sex isn ' t presented in an erotic way ; it ' s more like a documentary of a dogged woman ' s forced march toward orgasm , a goal she is not sure she values . marie narrates the film herself and also seems to be reading pages from her journal ; she is baffled by herself , baffled by men , baffled by sex . even after climax , her hand closes on air .
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is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
australia ' s censorship system is often the subject of controversy . in recent years there has been debate over the classification of films such as hannibal , lolita and romance , as well as the proposal to replace the ' x ' category with ' nve ' ( non - violent erotica ) and the introduction of internet censorship . there have also been recent changes to the censorship legislation and a review of the classification guidelines is currently being undertaken .
or maybe that’s not quite what it is about as writer / director catherine breillat never really makes a clear point with the film . the story , such that it is , does show promise in several different places as marie strives to break free from her asexual partner , in the physical sense at least , but with the way the character is written the film becomes very frustrating as marie wants sex , then she doesn’t , then she does but not looking at who is doing the deed , and so on . it may be part of her journey of dicovery but the slow pace and marie’s flip - flopping decisions carry on right up until the end of the film and then there’s no real resolution . yes , there’s an ending but what does it mean ? why did it have to go the way it did ? not sure and , based on the narrative of romance , neither is catherine breillat .
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morris , magder and handling . r . the canadian encyclopedia . ( 2012 ) . history of the canadian film industry . retrieved july 9 , 2018 from urltoken
pierre véronneau , peter morris , piers handling . 2012 . history of the canadian film industry . the canadian encyclopedia urltoken ( accessed july 9 , 2018 ) .
a new aggressiveness took hold within the industry as priorities shifted from the low - budget , cultural film to higher - budget , commercial projects . this policy shift came under scrutiny after the critic robert fulford ( writing under the name marshall delaney ) wrote a scathing review of david cronenberg ’s cfdc - funded horror film shivers in the september 1975 edition of saturday night magazine . the review , titled “you should know how bad this film is . after all , you paid for it , ” declared , “if using public money to produce films like this is the only way that english canada can have a film industry , then perhaps english canada should not have a film industry . ” a furious debate was sparked in the house of commons over the use of tax - payer dollars to fund films .
although , the development of feature filmmaking in canada was still sputtering , pioneering work was being done at the nfb . by the late 1950s , norman mclaren had won eight canadian film awards , two major prizes at the berlin international film festival , an academy award for his short film neighbours ( 1952 ) and an oscar nomination for a chairy tale ( 1957 ) . the board’s unit b was putting out work of consistent quality and the candid eye series was producing groundbreaking direct cinema films .
further initiatives were taken to assist in the marketing and promotion of english canadian feature films , an area always perceived as the industry’s achilles heel . amid the monumental missed opportunities of the failed québec cinema act and the film products importation bill , telefilm created the feature film fund in 1986 . in 1998 , the organization increased the broadcast fund to $ 60 million and created the feature film distribution fund , which introduced lines of credit for canadian companies to draw from in order to distribute films internationally .
peter urquhart , 1979 : reading the tax shelter boom in canadian film history , department of art history and communication studies , mcgill university ( montréal , 2004 ) .
usually i am completely taken in by films with naked women and lots of sex , but with catherine breillat ' s romance - not so much . the title is completely misleading . there ' s actually very little romance to be found . instead , we are witness to a woman ' s spiraling decline into self - degradation as she chisels away the last remnants of her self - respect through an endless parade of carnal encounters . the problem here isn ' t with the direction or the performances , it ' s the shallowness of the material . there ' s no balance . there ' s not a single likeable character in the lot . it ' s difficult to care about characters you don ' t like and this screenplay never gives us a reason to like any of them . maybe that ' s exactly what breillat wants , she wants to populate her work with distasteful beings that you can ' t identify with or relate to . if so then i have to believe that her target audiences are serial killers and sadomasochistic sociopaths . this film is dark , pessimistic and depressing , anything but romantic .
at its peak in 1925 , the ompb distributed 1 , 500 reels of film per month , using 28mm , non - theatrical safety stock in order to avoid the fire hazard posed by 35mm nitrate stock . its distribution system became outdated in the late 1920s when 16mm film stock replaced 28mm . after becoming inefficient and irrelevant , the ompb was shut down in october 1934 . however , it established a legacy of government involvement in canadian filmmaking which would become a defining feature of the canadian film industry .
other prominent women filmmakers emerged with their own distinctive visions . mina shum ' s delightful double happiness ( 1994 ) captured the dilemma of a young chinese - canadian woman , played by sandra oh , trying to escape the traditions of her rapacious family , while talented newcomer lynne stopkewich managed a highly successful adaptation of a barbara gowdy short story with her debut feature , kissed ( 1996 ) , a dark romance that focusses on the love life of a young necrophiliac , played by molly parker .
morris , peter , magder , ted and handling , piers . 2012 . history of the canadian film industry . the canadian encyclopedia urltoken ( accessed july 9 , 2018 ) .
a small confession . i saw this film before i ever saw the tv show . and i like it a lot . featuring a cast of such luminaries as kiefer sutherland , david bowie and chris isaak , the film was panned for being boring , incomprehensible and of limited appeal . all valid complaints , but in a way , they’re missing the point .
toy soldiers ’ strength isn’t in the outlandish plot , featuring colombian terrorists , but in the young ensemble cast , featuring sean astin and wil wheaton ( wesley crusher made a film ! ) , whose on - screen chemistry allows the film to crackle with wit , tension , and excitement in all the right places . our full lookback at the movie is here .
this film hit around the time everyone thought brad pitt was just a pretty face , rather than the actual truth that he’s one of our more talented actors working today . however , it sadly meant that this incredibly good film was dismissed by the majority of cinema goers , who wrongly believed it to be more female audience baiting fare . how wrong they were .
peter morris , ted magder and piers handling .
history of the canadian film industry .
in the canadian encyclopedia . historica canada , 1985— . article published january 11 , 2012
pierre véronneau , peter morris , piers handling , r . the canadian encyclopedia . ( 2012 ) . history of the canadian film industry . retrieved july 9 , 2018 , from urltoken
for more on waterworld , incidentally , check out our interview with director kevin reynolds , where he goes into more detail about how many were slating the film even before it was finished .
pierre véronneau , peter morris , piers handling .
history of the canadian film industry
in the canadian encyclopedia . historica canada , 1985– . article published january 10 , 2012 . urltoken
in 2011 , telefilm announced a new system to measure the success of canadian films , one that takes into account the sales of a film’s worldwide rights and gives points based on film festival appearances and awards , as well as the amount of private investment a film generates . in 2013 , a group led by robert lantos that included david cronenberg , atom egoyan , paul gross and former alliance ceo victor loewy attempted to launch starlight , a television channel devoted to canadian movies . however , the proposed channel died when it was denied mandatory distribution by the crtc .
the film is often discussed in the context of censorship , but in fact it has not been cut : the bbfc have earnestly decreed that this is because it is
very french
. ( breillat herself caused a minor sensation at the edinburgh film festival this summer , declaring that censorship was a male urge , and the x certificate was linked to the x chromosome . )
in 2006 the québec comedy bon cop bad cop grossed nearly $ 12 million , making it the most successful canadian film at the domestic box office to date . in 2010 , resident evil : afterlife 3d , a co - production with germany , became the top - grossing canadian film of all time , surpassing porky ' s with a worldwide box office of $ 250 million .
morris , peter , ted magder and piers handling .
history of the canadian film industry
. the canadian encyclopedia . toronto : historica canada , 2012 . web . 11 jan 2012 .
morris , peter , ted magder and piers handling .
history of the canadian film industry
. the canadian encyclopedia . toronto : historica canada , 2012 . web . 11 jan 2012 .
, created the most controversy . the sex scenes in the film turned it into an overnight sensation . kent went on to direct two more features on the west coast before moving to montréal .
with so much going on in that decade , and so many quality films vying for attention , it’s only natural that some have fallen by the wayside , or didn’t get the widespread recognition they deserved . or perhaps a few were dismissed upon release as expensive failures , but deserve to be reassessed several years down the line ? either way , here’s den of geek’s choice of the top 50 underrated films of the 90s . the only caveat for inclusion is that they had to be english language , and released theatrically between 1990 - 1999 . oh , and judging by their wealth of entries below , starring bill paxton . steve martin or , weirdly , seth green…
meg ryan inexplicably has three roles in the film , hanks is at his slapstick comic goofy best , while the film’s insane plot sweeps you along in its melodrama . there is so much fun to be have that you end up loving the daft premise , the inherent whimsy , and the occasionally corny sentiment . it’s fun , it’s exciting , and utterly unlike any big budget rom - com made before or since .
theatre ownership was traditionally the most lucrative sector of the film industry , with the theatre owner typically taking 50 per cent of every ticket sold . because of the high cost of film production , widespread distribution is vital to a film ' s commercial success . in the 1920s , the major hollywood studios ( paramount , rko , 20th century fox , mgm and warner bros . ) adopted a vertically - integrated model of ownership , combining production and distribution under one umbrella . the majors then aligned themselves with the large national theatre chains in order to guarantee an outlet for their product , in some cases purchasing theatre chains outright .
under the constitution the commonwealth government has the power to make laws with regard to telecommunications ( including broadcasting ) and imported material , but not locally produced matter . the latter is under the jurisdiction of the state governments . censorship provisions have thus varied according to the nature of the material ( tv , film , print etc . ) and the state or territory . a commonwealth film censorship board was first established under the provisions of the customs act in 1917 . in 1949 western australia , queensland and tasmania signed agreements with the commonwealth to delegate their film censorship powers and functions to the commonwealth . the other states eventually followed suit .
personally , i think this film should be on everyone’s list of favourite films , but time and time again i’m amazed by the amount of people , including coen brothers fans , who haven’t seen this masterpiece . based loosely on the works of pulp writer dashiell hammett , this film noir set in prohibition - era america details a power struggle between two rival gangs , in which gabriel byrne finds himself in the middle of .
a complex film within a film , the simple set - up of a rich man bored with his life becoming entangled in a game which may or may not be real acts as a launch - pad for fincher to have a lot of fun . the game rewards repeat watches in a way few films do , as each viewing offers new clues and perspectives on what is or is not reality for michael douglas’s lead character .
the growth of canadian nationalism around the first world war promoted a brief flurry in canadian production and other aspects of the film industry . the first widely released canadian newsreels appeared , and feature film production expanded , as did the canadian - owned allen theatres chain and associated distribution companies . the motion picture bureaus established by the ontario government in 1917 , and the federal government in 1918 , also contributed to the boom in activity .
t must have been a while since mainstream cinema audiences were invited to view a young woman submitting to be tied up by an older man ( her employer , as it happens ) , the cord tied between her legs , through her vagina and pulled up good and tight : the unlovely impress of rope on genitalia represented in unforgiving close - up . then the young woman interrupts the process in tears , not through rage at phallocentric oppression in life and art - nothing so dated - but rather anger at her own timid refusal of this adventure and naturally a vertiginous sense of the profound
enigma
in female sexuality . this is the burden and the song of romance , catherine breillat ' s opaque essay in eroticism , a film controversial for its explicit portrayal of male arousal : a pink orchard of erect penises .
i’m going to come out and say it : jackie brown may well be quentin tarantino’s best film . it’s certainly his most confident – the one and only time where he let the film tell its own story , free from any tricks or genre play . it was a shame that jackie brown was so poorly received , as it pushed tarantino further down his pastiche / homage path , which is starting to veer into self - parody .
pierre véronneau , peter morris , piers handling
history of the canadian film industry
the canadian encyclopedia . eds . andrew mcintosh and wyndham wise . toronto : historica canada , 2012 . web . 9 jul . 2018 .
kevin spacey’s debut film as a director is a classic underrated movie worthy of your recognition . pretty much ignored and dismissed upon release ( even earning faye dunaway a razzie nomination ) , it’s actually a well - acted and tightly put together crime film , only let down by its script . matt dillon , gary sinise , and william fichtner are robbers who flee to a bar after a hold - up goes wrong and then seemingly cornered by the police .
in the early 1980s , the film industry in canada was on shaky ground , almost wholly dependent upon government financing and unable to secure screen time in canadian theatres . francis fox , the liberal federal minister of communications , issued the national film and video policy in 1984 , and the cfdc was transformed into telefilm canada with a $ 35 - million broadcast program development fund to reflect its new dual orientation : funding television programs as well as theatrical feature films .
there is a fantasy scene in
romance
where a woman ' s body is divided by a wall . on one side , from the waist down , she is in a brothel . on the other side , from the waist up , in a delivery room . what is the message of the scene ? don ' t be too sure you know . i know i don ' t . it isn ' t some kind of simplistic message linking childbirth with misuse by men . the woman having the fantasy isn ' t really against the activities on either side of the wall . maybe the scene is intended as an illustration of her own confusion about sex .
i enjoyed ( not exactly the right word ) this film more than a real young girl , as i felt it had more to say about intimacy , the lack thereof , and the lengths we are willing to go to obtain it .
european film industries also faced the threat of hollywood domination in the 1920s , but most governments moved quickly to protect their domestic industries by controlling ownership of exhibition and distribution companies , or by stimulating national production . canada took no comparable action .
beginning in the early 1970s , regional film cooperatives — such as the toronto filmmakers co - op ( 1971–79 ) , the atlantic filmmakers cooperative in halifax ( 1974– ) and the winnipeg film group ( 1974– ) — began to train young filmmakers who remained committed to the concept of a cultural cinema . from the early 1980s to the late 1990s , a generation of talented independent filmmakers began to emerge , further aided by the introduction in the mid - 1980s of provincial funding agencies .
ultimately , after going to extreme lengths in her quest to make paul the lover she wants him to be , marie comes to some conclusions about where the power in the relationship lies . because the film has , up to this point , been chock full of images that stretch the boundaries of what can be depicted in a “mainstream” film , the ( ahem ) climax must be even farther beyond the pale . it doesn’t disappoint , as the exclamations among the audience i was in proved .
catherine breillat ' s career has been a treatise on sexuality and womanhood , even her films that aren ' t explicity sexual like sleeping beauty or abuse of weakness are informed by things like menstruation and sub / domme flourishes . romance falls easily in line with pictures of her past like a real young girl as it is very overtly about a woman ' s sexuality and how it connects itself with her feelings of love from her celibate ( unless for child rearing ) boyfriend whom she loves dearly , but becomes increasingly frustrated with as time passes . her relationship with him leads her into many trysts with her other men that finally ends with her on the other end of sexual punishment with a man whose ideas of sexuality…
however , the situation is definitely not what they initially think it is , and every character has a role to play in the proceedings . with a leading trio of that calibre , it’s easy to see where the film gets its power from , as the intensity of the performances really is something to behold , if occasionally veering into a melodrama . spacey keeps things at a tight pace though ( the film clocks in at 97 mins ) , and the energy and claustrophobia of the piece really is exemplary .
after 1912 , film companies in several canadian cities began producing fiction as well as factual films . in halifax , the canadian bioscope company made the first canadian feature , evangeline ( 1913 ) , based on the longfellow poem about the expulsion of the acadians . it was a critical and financial success . the company made several other less successful films before folding in 1915 . the british american film company of montréal , one of several short - lived companies in that city , produced the battle of the long sault ( 1913 ) . in toronto , the conness till film company made several comedy and adventure films from 1914–15 , and in windsor , on , the all red feature company produced the war pigeon ( 1914 ) , a drama about the war of 1812 .
while massively panned upon initial release , and subject to well - documented production troubles , it seems that after every new film released in the alien franchise , alien 3 keeps on looking like a better and better movie by comparison . but is it just the fact that the following movies were either so poor ( resurrection , alien vs predator ) or baffling ( prometheus ) that makes alien 3 seem like a worthy alien film ? not quite , as david fincher’s debut genuinely stands up as a great ( if flawed ) sci - fi horror film with engaging and thought - provoking themes , as well as being a worthy follow - up to alien and aliens . it couldn’t match those films , but it tries to do its own thing , and succeeds with aplomb .
and yet the film has an icy fascination . perhaps it is a test of how men and women relate to eroticism on the screen . i know few men who like it much ( sure proof it is not pornographic ) . women defend it in feminist terms , but you have the strangest feeling they ' re not saying what they really think . at a screening at the toronto film festival there was some laughter , almost all female , but i couldn ' t tell if it was nervous , or knowing .
looking back at hollywood mega - star will smith’s career , it is probably this film which laid the bedrock for his future success . very simply , without his stand - out performance in six degrees of separation , smith would have been regarded as nothing more than a popular tv star / rapper trying his luck in a few films . that he aced this dramatic role so well made the film industry sit up and take note , and led to his becoming one of the most bankable stars of the last few decades .
douglas himself offers one of his finest performances , getting the audience to genuinely invest in a billionaire with the perfect life , and fincher’s control of dramatic suspense , wit and pulp conventions is second to none . we revisited the film in more detail , here .
shot in mexico and slovakia , the film looks great , and you can tell that pearce and carlyle are clearly relishing their roles . the sense of isolation heightens the tension , and the incredible score by michael nyman and damon albarn only adds to this ominous mood .
with a viable , emerging industry beginning to produce critically acclaimed films , and with english and french filmmakers looking to government to protect their fledgling interests , in 1967 the federal government took a significant step towards investing in a domestic industry by creating the canadian film development corporation ( cfdc , now telefilm canada ) , funded with $ 10 million to develop a feature film industry that would last . however , the cfdc only concerned itself with production , and did not attempt to break the stranglehold american interests had over canadian commercial distribution or exhibition .
what is alienating , though , is catherine breillat ' s pedantic insistence on the oppressive and all - important mystery of female sexuality . there is something cold in her vision : the notion of simple pleasure is sacrificed to this brow - furrowing pursuit of a meaning which infinitely recedes . marie is always fretting :
i am a hole - i disappear in proportion to the cock taking me .
really ? well , marie , i would say you ' re not getting out enough , but that can ' t be the problem . peering into a supposed mise en abyme of female sexuality is a killjoy approach which renders simple , unexamined pleasure inauthentic . finally , audiences may revolt - not at romance ' s explicitness , but at its strange whiff of puritanism .
full disclosure – i didn’t like this film when i first saw it . in fact , i’ve never even been much of a kubrick fan . perhaps it’s because i’m getting older , but i’m gradually going through the back catalogue and really appreciating his work . case in point : his last film , notorious for featuring a sexed up tom cruise and nicole kidman . i was left bored and unimpressed on my first few viewings , but catching it again recently i can definitely see what kubrick was trying to achieve , and how close he came to making it work .
the deadline hollywood blog reported on this year ' s event , held in october for more than 150 people including representatives from the top talent agencies in town , def jam recordings co - founder russell simmons , and top executives from several fox - owned tv and film business divisions .
fourteen years on , and the film more than holds up , long outlasting initial criticism that it was marketed at an audience far too young for its violent themes . as well as a young kirsten dunst , the film’s notable acting talent is in the voice roles of the toys . tommy lee jones is chip hazard , leader of the gung - ho and ultimately villainous commando elite , while frank langella plays archer , leader of the peaceful and noble gorgonites . with stunning special effects , mini - mayhem , and exciting set - pieces , small soldiers is a treat .
does live up to its hype . it’s got explicit sex all over the place . body parts engaged in activities normally limited to videos the local blockbuster won’t carry are on full display . it’s all treated very unlike anything in american film . the way nudity and sex is handled is refreshingly unrestrained .
another tense crime thriller stunningly overlooked on release , it was only the word of mouth success of one false move on video that led to it gaining a theatrical run ( can you imagine that happening today ? ) , propelling it into the hearts of many , including legendary film critic gene siskel .
we ' ve con air to thank for this film . yep , while screenwriter scott rosenberg was waiting to hear back about his script for the soon - to - be action classic , he realised he was more interested in the story of his friends’ lives , and their angst as they turned 30 .
for a film to qualify as canadian , it had to be at least 75 minutes long , have at least one producer and two - thirds of the “above the line” creative team who were canadian , and perform at least 75 per cent of the production and post - production services in canada . the tax shelter approach echoed the conclusion of the tompkins report , issued by the secretary of state in 1976 , which argued that , since american control of canada’s theatrical marketplace made it virtually impossible for canadian films to turn a profit domestically , the canadian film industry should focus instead on producing commercial products for export .
remember when katie holmes was cool ? well she was once , and it was in this film . told in non - linear fashion and across several different viewpoints , this doug liman - directed comedy thriller was dismissed by some as ‘junior pulp fiction ’ , but it’s actually much better than that description might imply .
from the beginning , the regulation of film content , distribution and exhibition was a provincial matter , with each province setting its own standards and practices . in 1911 , ontario established the first board of censors in north america and manitoba passed an act that delegated film censorship to the city of winnipeg . british columbia , alberta and québec established active censor boards in 1913 , and manitoba founded a proper provincial board in 1916 . ontario ' s board , considered to set the gold standard across north american jurisdictions , banned the excessive display of the american flag when the united states failed to join the war effort in europe until 1917 .
a decision against the us cartel would have been a historic turning point for the future of filmmaking in canada . apart from the work of associated screen news and government production ( which also suffered funding cutbacks during the depression ) , by the 1930s the canadian film industry had become virtually a branch plant of hollywood .
this optimistic period of expansion was led by a number of enterprising producers : george brownridge , principal promoter of canada ' s first film studio , adanac films ( opened in trenton , on , in 1917 ) and producer of three features including the anti - communist the great shadow ( 1919 ) ; léo - ernest ouimet , a producer , exhibitor and distributor who established the country ' s first film exchange in 1903 and opened canada ' s first luxury theatre in montréal in 1907 ; blaine irish , head of filmcraft industries , producer of the feature satan ' s paradise ( 1922 ) and of two successful theatrical short film series ; bernard norrish , first head of the canadian government motion picture bureau and later head of associated screen news ; charles and len roos , producers , directors and cameramen of many films , including the feature self defence ( 1916 ) ; and a . d .
cowboy
kean , an early cameraman and producer .
had a very different impact on the film industry in québec , where the limited market for french - language films provided investors with no incentive to invest in them . as manjunath pendakur has explained , “in 1978 and 1979 , two - thirds of the films made in québec were produced without benefit of the tax shelter . film directors who in the 1960s helped put canada on the world map — such as claude jutra , gilles carle , michel brault , denys arcand — were unable to get financing to make any french - language films . ” only three per cent of feature films produced in canada from 1978 to 1981 were in french .
in 1997 atom egoyan ' s the sweet hereafter won the grand jury prize , the international critics prize and the ecumenical award at the cannes film festival , making it the most honoured canadian film ever to play the festival . it was nominated for academy awards for adapted screenplay and best director , the first for a canadian director . in 2001 , zacharias kunuk ’s atanarjuat ( the fast runner ) , the first dramatic feature to be shot entirely in inuktituk with an all - inuit cast , won the caméra d ' or at cannes . in 2004 , denys arcand ‘s les invasions barbares / the barbarian invasions ( 2003 ) won the academy award for best foreign language film , another first for a canadian . four canadian films in the next eight years earned oscar nominations in the same category : mehta’s water ( 2006 ) ; villeneuve’s incendies ( 2010 ) ; falardeau’s monsieur lazhar ( 2011 ) ; and kim nguyen ’s rebelle ( war witch ) ( 2012 ) .
the first time i saw this film , i was bored . rewatching it ten years later , i was seriously impressed . a sci - fi tale set in a future where gene - coding is rife , and parents can buy their children’s future success before birth , ethan hawke plays vincent , a non - modified human attempting to get on the space program . a film / tech - noir , the plot details vincent’s attempts to evade being found out , while using genetic samples from a paralysed ‘valid’ ( a career best jude law ) to do so , while also evading the attentions of an ongoing murder investigation at the gattaca space program .
for those unaware of the greatness of toy soldiers , let me explain it thusly . imagine home alone but with terrorists instead of inept burglars , and rebellious prep school boys instead of a precocious blonde child . interested ? good , then throw out the slapstick comedy and you’ve got yourself a high - concept 90s action film .
what makes this film so incredible , though , is nick nolte’s hulking , dominating performance as mike brennan . pot - bellied and moustached , nolte owns the screen with a powerful intensity , making an unlikeable character mesmerising and unforgettable . you’ll find yourself thinking about his titanic performance long after the credits roll , it’s that good .


ayub khan ( born 23 february 1969 ) is an indian film and television actor , most known for tv series , uttaran ( 2008 – 2015 ) .

his mother was the maternal aunt of amrita singh 's mother rukhsana sultana .

he became a household name after his portrayal of ' jogi thakur ' in the show uttaran .

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ayub khan filmography - lists out all of ayub khan movies including the story line as well as the cast and crew .
ayub khan says : “it is television in which i have got the opportunity to grow as an actor .
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uttaran actor ayub khan and his wife niharika ended their marriage after staying together for 16 long - years . their divorce came as a shock to many .
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ayub khan was born on 23 february 1969 . he is going to celebrate his 48 th birthday in 2017 .
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ayub khan was born to a well known hindko family in india . he is the son of a well known actor nasir khan and his wife begum para . his parents are well known actors in india , that’s why he learnt acting from his beloved parents . this multi talented actor is also the nephew of a well know actor dilip kumar in india .
ayub has always been my first love : wife niharika khan
. dna ( newspaper ) . mar 15 , 2010 .
ayub khan ( born february 23 , 1969 ) is an indian film and television actor , most known for tv series , uttaran ( 2008–present ) . he is the son of actor nasir khan and begum para . [ 1 ] his father was the brother of actor dilip kumar . [ 2 ] his mother was the maternal aunt of amrita singh ' s mother rukhsana sultana .
many people don’t know that ayub is a star kid . he is a son of actor nasir khan and actress begum para . this lesser known star is also a nephew of superstar dilip kumar .
( born february 23 , 1969 ) is an indian film and television actor , most known for tv series , uttaran ( 2008–present ) . he is the son of actor nasir khan . . .
ayub khan divorced his first wife after 11 years of marriage to tie a knot with niharika . they have two daughters - zohra and tahura .
it is the age of genre - defying and genre - defining cinema . actor ayub khan , however , prefers to stay loyal to the small screen . his new character is kuber malhotra on star plus’s phir bhi na maane…badtameez dil .
ayub khan’s personal life has many twist and turns . reportedly , he was married to his college sweetheart niharika bhasin after being in a relationship for 15 years .
ayub khan actor family photos , wife , wedding , age , biography is listed here . who is not familiar with one of the best film and television actor ayub khan ? he is one of the top indian actors who have earned notable name and fame due to his acting . he started his acting career in 1992 and worked in more than 20 films and several drama serials in india but he is prominent for his acting in uttaran . ayub is one of the talented actors present in indian cinema industry who has received a number of awards for his acting . he is currently playing the role of manindar in one of the top drama serial shakti - astitva ke ehsaas ki on colors . in this article i’m going to tell you about the versatile actor in indian film and drama industry ayub khan , about his family , wife , wedding and age .
' there ' s writing what you know and there ' s writing what you ' ve known your whole life ' . . . ayub khan din . photograph : sarah lee
ayub khan is a married person and enjoying her married life with his beloved spouse niharika khan . niharika khan is a well known costume designer in india who is currently working in bollywood film industry . she also has performed her talent as an actress in couple of films in bollywood film industry . this beautiful couple is spending very happy married life with their two beloved children .
born to former 1950s actress begum para and actor nasir khan . his mother ' s sister zarina is the mother of rukhsana sultana , mother of actress amrita singh . [ 3 ]
is a compound masculine name ; ayub is the arabic version of the name of the biblical figure job , while khan is a taken from the title used first by the . . .
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interestingly , people don’t know that ayub is an uncle of actress amrita singh . yes , his mother’s sister zarina is the mother of amrita’s mother , rukhsana sultana . well , amrita is older than ayub .
father nasir khan developed alopecia and lost his hair and eye brows . this caused his acting career to end .
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ayub khan is married to costume designer niharika khan , known for films like rock on ! ! ( 2008 ) and the dirty picture ( 2011 ) . they met while in college . when niharika left to the us for her studies , they married other people . after 11 years they divorced and married each other . [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
many of us don’t know that ayub had done a role of parikshit in the popular mythological serial mahabharat in 1988 .
ayub khan has done many bollywood films but after tasting failures in some of the films , the star got sidelined by the industry and remained forgotten . however , he has done many things which still make people remember him for many special reasons .
bollywood is the world of hardworking people where aspiring people come to chase their dream into this entertainment industry . however , some of them couldn’t achieve that fame the films and ended up being cast in supporting roles . and one of those stars is ayub khan .
however , after getting married , niharika went to the us for further studies and was with ayub in a long - distance relationship .
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ayub khan met niharika for the first time in his college days . they fall in love with each other in a very short time but separated due to some reasons . later they both married to other persons and spent their eleven years with them . after this they decided to get married and divorced their spouses . they got married in a private wedding ceremony in india , in which only relatives and close friends were invited .
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after tasting failure in films , ayub chose to try his luck on tv which is turned out to be the best thing for him . his portrayal of jogi thakur in the serial uttaran had become so popular that people now know him as ‘jogi thakur’ .
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“it is television in which i have got the opportunity to grow as an actor . agreed , a good scene in a film remains for posterity but television is a daily product of consumption , where today’s scene is tomorrow’s history . this keeps one on their toes , ” says the actor . while his roles in films such as dil chahta hai , apaharan , mrityudand , gangaajal , and loc kargil brought out his range as a performer , it is the tube that “feeds one financially and creatively” .
ended their marriage after staying together for 16 long - years . their divorce came as a shock to many . if media reports are to be believed the relationship ended amicably . in an interview to an entertainment portal , ayub spoke his heart out about his ex - niharika and her alleged closeness to
begum para’s older sister zarina’s daughter rukhsana sultana is the mother of the indian actress and show business personality amrita singh . ayub is married to actress niharika ( who performed as a faded actress in movie khoya khoya chand ) . niharika has punjabi and parsi influences in her family . they have two daughters , tahura and zohra .
he also spoke about how when you like someone you want that person to be around you whenever possible . ayub feels that niharika and he were never there for each other and had differences in opinions . he also praised his ex - wife and called her a great human being with a good heart and soul in the report .
sukhwinder singh gauhar kanpuri shilpa rao rahat fateh ali khan lata mangeshkar richa sharma sapna awasthi soham chakraborty jazzy b hariharan udit narayan pritam chakraborty shabbir ahmed p . k . mishra indeevar arvinder singh k . k . jaspinder narula sonu kakkar anand bakshi sonu nigam sudesh bhonsle kailash kher anand raj anand akruti kakkar bali brahmabhatt shweta pandit alka yagnik poornima mika singh
“most of the times , one is offered a character that may be alive for , say , 20 episodes . it is in this limited time that one has to make enough impact for the audience to get glued to him and force the writers and directors to keep the character on , ” says khan . in ek hasina thi , for instance , he had to match the charismatic , dominating personality of simone singh , who plays his wife sakshi goenka . “as her husband , rajnath goenka , i was written as a cowering man , but i took the risk of playing him with a little agression . it interested the writers and my role continued , ” says the actor .
i love acting – when i started writing , when east is east took off , i was an actor doing two tv shows . and i’d never , ever envisaged myself being anything but an actor . and then , when east ss east took off , i think i’d become a bit jaded as an actor – i was bored with the roles i was going for . it was always the same – there was nothing being written for black and asian actors , basically . but suddenly the writing took off , and the excitement i used to get from being a young actor i got from writing . and i still get that excitement from writing today . the writing took over , and i was too busy as a writer to do any acting . recently i fell back into acting . i had a musical on in new york , and the lead actor fell down some stairs and broke his shoulder . so i ended up going on and starring in my own musical in new york . i really got the bug back . and a couple of years ago , when they decided they were going to do east is east at the trafalgar studios , i decided to play the father in that , and it was really good fun . so i think the writing gave me back my love of acting . i love writing great parts for good actors . that’s what’s been so fun about doing this – enjoying the actors , and especially watching the young actors enjoying themselves . i find that really satisfying . acting is fun , but i really get off on being the writer now . and this show is really exciting , because it feels like we’re experimenting . it really feels like a first , and that is fun .
sonam ' s nani and ranveer ' s dadaji are siblings . so basically , their mothers are cousins ! . ranveer ' s family background is sindhi . this is a reality ranveer singh is most favorite family member in his house . ranveer singh family background is filmy through his mother . ranveer ' s mother is relative of actor anil kapoor . he is cousin of sonam kapoor and rhea kapoor .
well - known veteran actor pankaj dheer has made a name for himself not only in the film industry , but also in the television industry . kratika sengar was liked by him so much that he wanted her to be his daughter - in - law for his only son , i . e . to be nikitin’s wife . he then , met up with kratika’s parents and got the wedding set up .
fifteen years ago , i didn ' t consider myself to be anything like a writer . in fact , i ' d only very recently given up my career as a hairdresser to become an actor – bit - part and jobbing , fresh from a drama course at salford tech , trying to break into the profession . i wanted to play hamlet , i wanted to be the new daniel day - lewis . at the very least , i wanted to be stretched beyond playing the corner - shop owner or the thug in the likes of casualty or the bill .
it’s a continuous journey . everyone’s really surprised that this show is going to be half - asian and half - english . people are like “wow , this is amazing ! ” it’s 2017 , for chrissakes . things haven’t really moved on in the 25 - 30 years that i’ve been a black actor . we’re still excited and surprised that this is happening now . we still face the same problems . a lot of then kids are still facing the same problems that i faced and wrote about in east is east . that’s one of the reasons that east is east is still being performed today . in the last three years there’s been three productions . there’s one on at the moment in newcastle , and one in nottingham , and there’s going to be another production next year in bolton . the problems that the kids face in east is east are problems that young asians still face today , to do with the sense of identity , and who one is , and how far our parents have assimilated into society , and the problems that are still being thrown up because of that .
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kuber malhotra is a business magnate , egoistic , shrewd and with shades of grey . with a father - son conflict and separated lovers at the core of the storyline , phir bhi na maane…badtameez dil also has an album of 16 original tracks sung by darshan raval , runner - up of reality show india’s raw star , to its credit .
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bollywood celebrities are often spotted with their children . now , it ' s time for tv personalities . they probably look young and glamorous on screen but off screen they are just like any other responsible parent .
archana puran singh & parmeet sethi got married in 1992 and are parents to sons aaryamann and ayushmaan sethi , who are all grown up now . and by the looks of it , they have inherited their parents ' good looks .
shweta tiwari is undoubtedly a successful mother both on and off screen . she has gone through a lot in her personal life and considers her daughter , palak , a constant support in her life .
married off at a tender age of 16 , urvashi dholakia gave birth to twins when she was just 17 years old . she split with her husband after two years of her marriage and has been a single parent since then .
kiran ' s son , shaurya , has worked with david dhawan , abbas mustan , indra kumar and imtiaz ali as an assistant director and his daughter srishti runs a jewellery and clothing label with her mother .
amar upadhyay aka mihir of kyunki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi is married to hetal and has a daughter named chenab and a son named aryaman .
considered as ' the vamp ' of the indian television , kamya punjabi is a single mother to a 7 - year - old girl .
after her divorce from farhan furniturewala , pooja bedi raised her children , omar and aaliya , all by herself while managing her acting and modelling career .
neena gupta had her daughter , masaba , out of wedlock with cricketer vivian richards . being a single mother in the 80s was a huge deal ! masaba gupta is now a famous fashion designer .
vindu has a son named fateh from his first wife farah . after the divorce , he married dina umarova , with whom he has a daughter named amelia .
one of the most loved tv couple , juhi parmar and sachin shroff , have a daughter named samaira who was born in 2013 .
married off at a young age to farid currim , tanaz irani was only 20 years old when she gave birth to her first child , zianne . after the divorce , she married bakhtiyaar irani . tanaz and bakhtiyaar have two children named zeus and zara .
barkha bisht & indraneil sengupta met on the sets of the tv show , pyaar ke do naam . . . ek radha ek shyaam . they got married in 2007 and have a daughter named meera .
rohit roy and mansi joshi have a daughter named kiara , who was born in 2003 .
ronit roy is the father of three children - two daughters and one son . his eldest daughter ona is from his previous marriage and daughter aador and son agasthya , are from his marriage with neelam .
mandira bedi and raj kaushal have a son named vir , who was born in 2011 .
gautami and ram kapoor have two children , a son named aks and a daughter named sia .
one of tv ' s most loved couple , hiten and gauri , have a daughter named katya and a son named nevaan .
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it was while i was still considering a career in acting that i stumbled upon writing . even then , it was only with a fair bit of encouragement ( well , pushing ) from friends that it happened at all . when i began to write east is east , i was sitting at my kitchen table pouring out my life story bit by bit . the first draft came incredibly quickly : there ' s writing what you know and there ' s writing what you ' ve known your whole life . the play was entirely autobiographical : my dad was a pakistani chip - shop owner , my mum a roman catholic born in england . there were 10 of us kids ( although we ' re amalgamated down to six in the play ) , and we were as scrappy and defiant as the play shows , but we were all terrified of my father .
when i was growing up , enoch powell was very much a predominant force outside our house – his opposition to immigration and the fear that provoked was always being thrown in my face . at home , however , our preoccupation was with bangladesh ' s war of independence . the disintegration of pakistan mirrored in some way what was going on with us – for my father the most , i think . raising dual - heritage children in salford in the 70s wasn ' t easy . my father may have married an english woman , but he expected us to be good pakistanis , foisting religious ideals on us that he hardly observed himself . i loved him , but he was a hypocrite .
the story was a personal one ; i never claimed that my father , for instance , was a pakistani everyman . and while i understand that east is east resonated with lots of people , and became part of a moment in 90s british asian culture , i never thought it would become one of the defining works in british asian theatre . in fact , i ' m fairly nervous about the term british asian theatre to begin with . there are plenty of good writers – tanika gupta , parv bancil , amber lone – who have all contributed to enriching that form , but we should remember that they write good stories first and foremost . there is a broader appeal than their marketing might suggest . they definitely shouldn ' t be limited to asian - only audiences .
hanif kureishi once said to me that the very idea of there being a canon of british asian theatre was ridiculous . like black british theatre – of which there is an even richer history – he argued that asian theatre could only be a mainstream success when it was accepted as part of british theatre history as a whole . race is almost as inescapable as class in britain , but there should be a move away from categorising art by ethnicity . it ' s demeaning to suggest that contemporary british theatre is one thing , british asian theatre another .
that ' s not to denigrate the work of good companies out there who are championing asian theatre . tamasha theatre company , for instance , was integral to getting east is east on stage in 1997 . without its artistic co - directors , sudha bhuchar and kristine landon - smith , who encouraged me in the early days and helped me produce that first run , i ' m not sure i ' d have ever got around to writing it . it opened at the birmingham rep and went on to sell out at the royal court before touring . it has been revived , in some form or another , every single year since 1997 – there have been versions in japan and germany , and it even had a fair crack in new york .
its recent return to birmingham rep has been a special occasion for me . twelve years after it was first staged , i don ' t think the story is any less appealing now than it was then , and the fact that people still have an appetite to see it hopefully means they agree . the success of the play , the olivier award nomination – and , of course , the film – have given me a lot of opportunities to be thankful for . there was notes on falling leaves at the royal court in 2004 , rafta , rafta ( my adaptation of bill naughton ' s all in good time ) at the national theatre in 2007 , the sequel to east is east ( which is filming in india next year ) and , perhaps most importantly , a chance to move to spain with my wife and two daughters and write for a living . i won ' t say it ' s all been luxury , but it ' s definitely not a bad lot .
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you’re the creator of channel 4’s new drama series ackley bridge . explain a bit about the show .
well , it’s about a school that’s been amalgamated from what was two schools . they had turned into mainly - asian and mainly - white schools , and local government have gone “this isn’t right , ” so they’ve amalgamated them into one school . so it’s about the lives of the kids , and also their families , and their teachers , and how the amalgamation , and the situation in the area , affects them .
that is the backdrop , and initially that’s what the show is about , but it’s also about the ordinary lives that these people lead , and the problems they face in a rundown area . it’s not just a cultural thing .
it kind of came to me second hand , because it was the forge [ production company ] who approached channel 4 . channel 4 were really excited about the success of the educating series’ – educating yorkshire and educating essex – and really wanted to build on that by creating a new drama . i’d just adapted to sir , with love for the stage , and my kids were going through the education process , and so i was really interested in education . and when it as suggested that it be about amalgamating a multicultural school , it excited me , about the possibilities the story could take . and i also found really exciting the idea of having so many asian actors on screen .
it’s a typical town with all the problems that a lot of northern towns are facing , with the closure of factories and the decline of industry .
it was a very different period . we were the only pakistanis in the area . there was only myself and another boy – he was half egyptian and half english – and one afro - caribbean lad . in salford , at that time , the main road was known as the barbary coast . it was quite cosmopolitan , because it was very close to the manchester ship canal . brown faces were seen all over , it wasn’t as if it was a mainly white area . there were people from all over the world coming in off the docks . but it was a period that was , culturally , very , very white . so this show doesn’t really resemble my background . but it’s about the areas where large communities of immigrants have settled , and it’s about the problems they face . it’s about the problems faced by the children , or even grandchildren of the settlers , are still facing even today .
apart from speaking to my own cousins and their children , who are from the northwest , we went to quite a lot of schools and spoke to the young people about the problems they face . i asked them about if they mixed in their communities , i really got down to it with them . and they were really very open and honest in what they were saying . i hope we’ve been able to reflect the kind of problems that they face .
for me it was pretty much what i’d expected . i come from an asian background , so i know what’s going on in the community , and what kids are facing . but for a lot of the other writers , the white writers were very surprised , and incredibly excited , going to schools and talking to young asians , and seeing life from their perspective . it was a first for most of them , and they were really excited about that . when you see programmes about school that have been on , it wasn’t until educating yorkshire and educating essex that you really got to see young asian schoolkids and the problems that they were facing .
i watched educating yorkshire , and it was one of the things that really excited me and convinced me i wanted to be part of the project . we’re only touching the surface at the moment . there’s so much more to get stuck into , story - wise , with this project . there are so many other areas to explore . i think it’ll really open the envelope . it’s such a complex area . you’re dealing with the kids’ relationships to each other , their relationships with the teachers , the teachers’ relationships , the parents , the impacts on the community . there’s so much potential .
the show was a long time in the making . did the idea change much between inception and filming ?
yeah . it was two - and - a - half years . i wrote the pilot when i was doing east is east in the west end . they wanted it really quickly . they greenlit it really quickly , which was fantastic . and then it went through this long , long , long process . but you can’t just say “we’re going to make a new multicultural drama that’s going to show diversity” . it’s a very simple sentence , but when you get down to the nitty gritty of what goes into making a drama like this , you get into a really long process . there are so many different issues involved .
for me , it was being totally honest about the community that i’m from , and not avoiding the darker issues that are attached to that community . making sure that all the characters from that community had a real voice , and weren’t there as props for white actors . if we’re going to deal with asians , we have to deal with them warts and all , and have a completely honest voice .
i wasn’t on set , but i was doing rewrites all the time . that’s part of the job of being lead writer and also exec producing . because it’s such a fast turnaround on set , in scripts some things change , and my job was to rejig things and rewrite stuff .
i know paul from his work in eastenders , which was very , very fine . i know sunetra because we both worked together , she played my cousin in a tv series called london bridge . and i knew jo joyner’s work as well . but having seen the first two episodes , i was really impressed . the younger actors are amazing . i think the show looks fantastic , and has been directed incredibly well . it has great pace to it , and feels so natural .
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himmanshoo ' s bonding with his brother mohit malhotra is very good . he is very lucky as well as hard - working . himmanshoo has seen him grow . even during his splitsvilla days , he was not serious about his profession . hard work has got him where he is today . himmanshoo has always guided him , but has never helped him to judge things in life . he is happy and proud of his brother ' s work . check out which bollywood actors and tv stars are related too .
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