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Nov 30, 2009 06:38 EST

IFFI 2009: INTERVIEW – Tannishtha Chatterjee

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Chatterjee, who was in Goa to present two of her films “Bombay Summer” and “The White Elephant“, has done a number of international projects. Her next film — Dev Benegal’s “Road, Movie” — is slated for a February 2010 release in India.

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Nov 26, 2009 02:13 EST

IFFI 2009: Aijaz Khan on ‘The White Elephant’

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Aijaz Khan‘s debut feature film, about Shabri the drunkard and a ‘holy’ elephant which chooses him as its keeper, is set in a village in Kerala.

The Hindi film, starring Tannishtha Chatterjee, Prroshanth Narayannan and Neena Gupta, is being screened at the 40th International Film Festival of India in Goa.

Khan spoke to Reuters about ‘The White Elephant’, where he got the idea for the film and how the mahout controlling the elephant was the “real hero”.

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