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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2016
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Showtime
DiCaprio to
produce Captain
Planet movie
• Showtime Desk
Apparently, Leonardo DiCaprio
is ardent to see the 1990s
cartoon series, Captain Planet,
on big screen. Appian Way, the
production company of the
Oscar winner and environmental
advocate, is reportedly teaming up
with Paramount to resurrect the
blue-skinned hero who struck fear
into the hearts of environmental
polluters everywhere.
Paramount is in talks for
the rights to the 1990s cartoon
series, and is reportedly eyeing
screenwriter Jono Matt and Scream
Queens star Glenn Powell to write
the flick, the Hollywood Reporter
reported. If everything goes well,
DiCaprio will produce the project.
The Captain Planet and the
Planeteers TV show aired from
September 1990 to December 1992,
and told the story of five youths
from across the globe who were
sent magic rings, four of them with
the power to control an element of
nature and one controlling heart.
The movie could be an ideal fit for
environmentalist DiCaprio who,
through his foundation, which
he set up in 1998, has pledged
millions to environmental groups
over the years. •
World premiere of
Bangladeshi short
film in Brazil
Ash-Ranbir’s romance censored
• Showtime Desk
Bangladeshi short film 20
Continuous Shots Followed by
Siddharth, written and directed
by Abid Hossain Khan, and
produced by Khona Talkies, has
been selected for the International
Competition of the 26th edition
of Curta Cinema Festival, one of
the top film festivals of the world
solely dedicated to short films. The
film will have its world premiere at
the festival.
Also known as Rio de Janeiro
International Short Film Festival,
the Curta Cinema Festival will be
held from November 3 to 9, 2016,
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Abid Hossain Khan’s debut
short film, 20 Continuous Shots
Followed by Siddharth, is an
experimental film about a young
man named Siddhartha, who
starts living in a slum finding the
meaning of his existence in life.
He sees the grey livelihood flowing
like a sewer, juxtaposed with
sounds of newsreel commentary,
political speech, religious sermon,
etc while those sounds seem more
visible in 20 repeated and morbid
shots followed by Siddhartha.
Abid Hossain Khan acted as the
main protagonist of the film.
Mohammad Raju is the editor and
Dibbyo Samadder is the director
of photography. Furthermore,
Abid has just finished shooting
his second short film produced by
Khona Talkies.. •
• Showtime Desk
After getting into the Indo-Pak
controversy, where a political
outfit demanded a ban on one
of the film’s actors Fawad Khan,
it’s now the Pahlaj Nihalani-led
CBFC’s (popularly called as the
Censor Board) turn to trample
over Johar’s romantic drama, Ae
Dil Hai Mushkil.
According to a report, the
intimate scenes between Ranbir
Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan’s characters have been
snipped off by the Board.
A glimpse of the couple’s
sensual chemistry could be seen
in the ‘Bulleya’ song, but it seems
that viewers won’t get to see
any of it, once the film opens in
theatres on October 28.
A source was quoted that
Karan Johar wanted to make
sure not a single moment was
tampered with. However,
the Censor Board members,
while appreciating the film’s
mature theme and high level
of aesthetics, objected to some
steamy moments between
Aishwarya and
Ranbir Kapoor.
The source
further told the
paper that Johar
put up a tough
fight but the CBFC
members would
have none of it.
Finally, the director
relented and agreed
to delete 3 intimate scenes
between Ranbir and Aishwarya,
one of which is the same as
shown in the trailer.
Johar did have the option to go to
the Revising Committee, which
may have passed the film without
any cuts, but from what it
appears, he chose not to do so.•