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Deepti Naval alters lingo of film
MUMBAI: In a first-of-its-kind incidence, an actor has altered the language of a film.
Deepti Naval, who, was playing a pivotal role in the Bengali film Memories In March managed to turn it into one in Hindi, all because her Bengali pronunciation was coming in the way of the offbeat film.
The film, set in Kolkata, has Naval playing a bereaved mother who, after her son‘s sudden death, discovers his alternative sex life. Director-turned-actor Rituparno Ghosh plays her dead son‘s gay lover.
Everything was going smooth until Naval arrived on location and when she started her dialogue delivery in Bengali, it not only displeased the director; it hurt her too.
“The Bengali language proved to be more problematic than I thought it would be. I thought my performance would suffer if I kept focusing on the lines. Sanjoy and Ritu suggested that we do the film in Hindi,” Naval has been quoted as saying.
Stuck with a linguistic deadlock, director Nag and scriptwriter writer Ghosh took a flash decision after which Memories In March turned out to be the first film in the history of Indian cinema to change the language for the sake of its leading lady.
Naval comes back to screen after eight years. She last appeared in the 2003 film Freaky Chakra.
Hindi
Rashmika Mandanna, Shanaya Kapoor and Naila Grrewal climb IMDb’s Indian celebrity rankings
Upcoming films and returning shows are driving fan interest across Bollywood and streaming
MUMBAI: Bollywood’s popularity contest has a new weekly scorecard, and the numbers are telling. IMDb’s Popular Indian Celebrities list for this week places Shanaya Kapoor at number six, buoyed by buzz around her film Tu Yaa Main. Naila Grrewal slots in at seven on the back of the returning comedy series Maamla Legal Hai, while Rashmika Mandanna climbs to eighth, riding mounting anticipation for Cocktail 2.
The list, available exclusively on the IMDb app for Android and iOS, tracks trending Indian entertainers and filmmakers each week, drawing on data from more than 200m monthly visits to the platform worldwide.
Further down the rankings, Raaka is keeping two of its biggest names in the spotlight. Deepika Padukone holds 11th position, with Allu Arjun close behind at 13th, as the film continues to find traction with audiences.
The list offers fans a weekly pulse on who is breaking through, who is holding steady, and who is fading. It is a barometer as unsparing as the box office itself.
