Sai Paranjpye

Shabana Azmi fondly remembered her "college mate" and late co-star Farooq Shaikh on his 78th birth anniversary. She shared cherished memories of their St. Xavier's College days, highlighting his unwavering support during exams and her illnesses. Azmi also celebrated their enduring 22-year theatrical collaboration in 'Tumhari Amrita'.

Veteran screenwriter and filmmaker Sai Paranjpye reminisced about the role her mother Shakuntala played in her life and career and her unique and often challenging childhood at an interaction organised by the Pune International Centre.

Moving away from Sai Paranjpye's tale of three friends, David Dhawan will have a new tagline for the remake of Chashm-e-Buddoor –– Kyunki har ek friend kameena hota hai.

Noted theatre and film personality Sai Paranjpye will get the Raja Paranjape award this year.

Doordarshan Urdu kept up the state broadcaster's tribute to Farooque Shaikh by telecasting Katha at 2pm Sunday. The channel is expected to repeat the film at 10pm as it usually does.

After Chashme Buddoor, another Sai Paranjpye's cult classic to be remade.

Actress Kangana Ranaut, who is currently busy shooting for her next film ‘Tejas’, took to social media to pay a tribute to writer-director Sai Paranjpye on her 83rd birthday. In her post, the actress went on to call her one of the ‘lost heroes of cinema’.

On Sunday, January 5, Doordarshan's national channel telecast Sai Paranjpye's 'Katha' at noon, but saved a little-known nugget starring the actor for the 1.30am slot on Monday.

David Dhawan doesn't know why Sai Paranjpye is upset with him for remaking her classic Chashme Buddoor as the rights have been bought by producers Viacom.

Veteran director-writer Sai Paranjpye, known for helming popular films like 'Sparsh' and 'Chashme Buddoor', will be honoured with Indian Excellence in Cinema Award at the upcoming 18th Jio MAMI Mumbai International Film Festival.

HYDERABAD: For film maker and chairperson of Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI), Sai Paranjpye, the controversy over the city being made a permanent venue for International children’s film festival is a ‘non-issue’. Refusing to buy the idea of holding film festivals at different cities, Paranjpye said,“First let us all allow the children’s film festival to take firm roots in the country.

Anguished Sai Paranjpye disowns the remake of Chashme Buddoor because of the director

Kangana Ranaut, currently shooting for her next action flick ‘Tejas’ in Rajasthan, has heaped praise on Indian sisters Puja and Pratima who are doing an internship at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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The filmmaker's autobiography will be out in the next two months

Written and directed by Paranjpye, the Marathi play marks the return of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) to theatre production, an activity it had dabbled in briefly from the late 1980s to the early '90s.

WHEN it comes to creativity and innovation, there are few to match the genius of filmmaker Sai Paranjpye. For her latest film, Bhago, Bhoot (Run, the ghost is coming), shooting for which begins in November, she has decided to cast village children from Zilla Parishad schools in Pune district.

The MAMI Mumbai Film Festival is less than a month away from offering the city a movie extravaganza unlike any other. The festival is set to kick off on 20th October. The press conference began with the announcement of the festival's new brand identity.

Farooque Shaikh was a "delight to shoot with", particularly for the numerous inputs he would bring to a character or a scene, Sai Paranjpye said.

Newbie Sharmila Mandre to step into Deepti Naval's shoes, completing the lead trio in Khalid Mohamed's retelling of the Sai Paranjpye classic

Naseeruddin Shah reflects with pride on his performance in the film 'Sparsh', which recently marked its 45th anniversary. Crediting director Sai Paranjpye for crafting an authentic character, Shah shares his preparation involved observing blind individuals closely. He also appreciated his co-star Shabana Azmi's support, expressing admiration for her influence on his work.

TV presenter-actor Manish Paul has begun shooting the remake of filmmaker Sai Paranjpye's 1983 cult classic 'Katha'.

In a scene from Sai Paranjpye’s film ‘Sparsh’, a faculty member at a school for blind children, Shabana Azmi, demands to know of principal Naseeruddin Shah why the institute has not procured a single new book in Braille in the past three years.

The Aarogya Film Festival, to be held on December 3 and 4 at the NFAI is aimed at educating masses about health-related issues, and spreading awareness on AIDS, gender and sexuality and addiction, women’s health, abortion and disability, and so on.

The legendary Dharmendra talks about his first on-screen pairing with Shabana Azmi, says, "Shooting with Karan and the whole cast was like a picnic. Kab shuroo hua aur kab kab khatm, pataa hi nahin chala"

The actress will be seen in the remake of Katha

The popularity of 'Bareilly Ki Barfi' surprised Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari but the director does not want the baggage of its success to overshadow her future work.