Mid-day's Mayank Shekhar talks to Neeraj Ghaywan about Made in Heaven 2, and his own struggle with his Dalit identity. Director Neeraj Ghaywan opens up on the conversation-starter episode of Made in Heaven that spotlights owning your Dalit identity. "Pallavi Menke is me,” filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan confesses, before apologising for emotionally choking up, during a video call with mid-day, along with Alankrita Shrivastav, Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar, writer-directors of the second season of the Emmy-nominated series, Made in Heaven (MIH), on Amazon Prime Video. Neeraj Ghaywan is referring to Radhika Apte’s Ambedkarite Dalit, upper-class, lead-character, in the fifth episode of Made in Heaven 2, titled The Heart Skipped A Beat, directed by him. That’s singularly turned into a conversation-starter online.
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Neeraj Ghaywan's directorial debut 'Masaan' opened the sixth Jagran Film Festival in the National Capital after winning two awards at the 68th Cannes Film Festival.
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Neeraj Ghaywan's much acclaimed directorial debut movie 'Masaan' which garnered rave reviews at the 68th Cannes Film Festival, was recently screened in Mumbai. The starcast of the film, Richa Chadda and Sanjay Mishra, among others were present on the occasion.
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In an interesting conversation with Entertainment Editor Mayank Shekhar, Vicky Kaushal shares his success story from Masaan to Uri: The Surgical Strike. So what is Vicky's journey from being an engineering student to Bollywood's one of the top actors? To know all this and more watch Sit With Hitlist
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