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First Look of ‘MS Dhoni – The Untold Story” revealed
MUMBAI: With biopics trending in Bollywood, the first look of the film on the Indian skipper MS was reveled today.
Unveiled by Sakshi Dhoni on Twitter, the poster focuses on his famous t-shirt with his lucky number seven. Clearing the air regarding the cancellation of the movie, she tweeted, “Clearing out all those rumours being carried out past few days.It was all false.. Here you go ….BOOM!!!”
A few weeks ago, there were rumours that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) would oppose the making of this feature film. But BCCI brushed aside any such rumours and mentioned that they have no issues until and unless it hampers the professional life of the Indian captain.
To be titled, MS Dhoni – The Untold Story, the film is slated to release in 2015. The movie will be directed by the A Wednesday and Special 26 famed Neeraj Pandey and star Sushant Singh Rajput as Dhoni.
The biopic will portray Dhoni’s journey- from a small town boy to a full-fledged star cricketer. According to media reports, the leading lady opposite Rajput would be Deepika Padukone or Shraddha Kapoor but nothing has been confirmed yet.
Recent Bollywood biopics include Farhan Akhtar starrer Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Irrfan Khan as Pan Singh Tomar and the latest Priyanka Chopra’s Mary Kom.
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Remembering Gyan Sahay, the lens behind film, television and advertising
From a puppet rabbit selling poppadums to Hindi cinema, he framed it all.
MUMBAI: There are careers, and then there are canvases. Gyan Sahay, the veteran cinematographer, director, and producer who passed away on 10 March 2026 in Mumbai, had one of the latter. Over several decades in the Indian film and television industry, he turned lenses, lights, and the occasional puppet rabbit into something approaching art.
A graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, Sahay built his reputation as a director of photography across a career that stretched from the early 1970s all the way to the digital age. He was the kind of craftsman who understood that a well-composed shot is not merely a technical achievement but a quiet act of storytelling.
For most Indians of a certain age, however, Sahay will forever be the man behind the rabbit. His direction of the iconic long-running television commercial for Lijjat Papad, featuring its now-legendary puppet bunny, gave the country one of its most cheerfully persistent advertising images. It was the sort of work that sneaks into the national subconscious and takes up permanent residence.
His big-screen credits as cinematographer include Anokhi Pehchan (1972), Pagli (1974), Pas de Deux (1981), and Hum Farishte Nahin (1988). In 1999, he stepped behind a different kind of camera altogether, making his directorial debut with Sar Ankhon Par, a drama that featured Vikas Bhalla and Shruti Ulfat, with a cameo by Shah Rukh Khan for good measure.
On television, Sahay was particularly prized for his command of multi-camera production setups, a skill that made him a go-to technician for large-scale shows and reality programmes. In an industry that has never been especially patient with complexity, he was the calm hand on the rig.
In later life, Sahay turned teacher. He participated regularly in masterclasses and Digi-Talks, often hosted by organisations such as Bharatiya Chitra Sadhna, sharing hard-won wisdom on cinematography, the comedy of timing in a shot, and the sweeping changes brought by the shift from celluloid to digital. He was also said to have been involved in a project concerning a biographical film on Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy.
Tributes from the film industry poured in following the news of his passing, with colleagues remembering him as a senior cameraman who served as a rare bridge between two entirely different eras of Indian cinema. That is, perhaps, the finest thing one can say of any craftsman: he kept up, and he brought others along with him.
