A MIGHTY HEAR
BOOKS
Book excerpt: Rakhshanda Jalil's 'A Mighty Heart'
October 27, 2011, 5:27 pm | IBNLive.com BOOKS
Rakhshanda Jalil is a writer, translator and editor. Her debut collection of short stories 'Release and Other Stories' was published by HarperCollins in August 2011. Here's an excerpt from her book 'A Mighty Heart'. Chapter 1 This is a true story. If you don't believe me, ask Zohra. Zohra may occasionally embellish facts, add a dash of colour here or a sprinkling of excitement there, and a generous handful of sparkle on dull unvarnished facts. In her telling, the incidents and people connected with her story may appear far more interesting and colourful than they are in real life, but she does not take liberties with the truth. She tells her story vividly and well,
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Idol Chat: Irrfan Khan, the face of Hindi cinema in Hollywood
November 15, 2008, 11:43 am | CNN-IBN MOVIES NEWS
Irrfan Khan is unquestionably the face of Hindi cinema in the west. His performance in Meera Nair's The Namesake earned him rave reviews and a place in the mindset of both discerning audiences as well as filmmakers. He appeared alongside Angelina Jolie in A Mighty Heart and now has a small role in Danny Boyle's critically acclaimed, Slumdog Millionaire. Here are excerpts from a chat with CNN-IBN Entertainment Editor, Rajeev Masand, about his career in Hollywood and Bollywood. Rajeev Masand: Would you describe this as the most creatively satisfying phase of your career? On the one hand, you are just months away from the release of Billoo Barber which is your first lead title role in a pure masala
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Indian blood runs strong in A Mighty Heart
June 25, 2007, 12:23 pm | CNN-IBN MOVIES NEWS
New York: Irrfan Khan drew attention in the US as an actor with his fine performance in The Namesake. Now, playing the Pakistani official who investigates the killing of journalist Daniel Pearl in the film A Mighty Heart, his American connection has just become stronger. For Irrfan, it was a challenge playing a character based on a real person rather than one created for a script. “Somewhere it was there in the back of my head that this is a real case and you have to have your own perspective on it because Mariane must be writing it after she got a perspective on the incident. It's not from Captain's point of view so I was
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Indian blood runs strong in A Mighty Heart
June 25, 2007, 12:23 pm | CNN-IBN MOVIES NEWS
New York: Irrfan Khan drew attention in the US as an actor with his fine performance in The Namesake. Now, playing the Pakistani official who investigates the killing of journalist Daniel Pearl in the film A Mighty Heart, his American connection has just become stronger. For Irrfan, it was a challenge playing a character based on a real person rather than one created for a script. “Somewhere it was there in the back of my head that this is a real case and you have to have your own perspective on it because Mariane must be writing it after she got a perspective on the incident. It's not from Captain's point of view so I was
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A Mighty Heart premieres in NY
June 15, 2007, 1:37 am | CNN-IBN MOVIES NEWS
New York: Signing autographs, meeting the fans, walking the red carpet and posing for shutterbugs – it was the usual drill for actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as they arrived for the New York premiere of their film, A Mighty Heart. The film, based on a book by Mariane Pearl, documents her ordeal that followed the kidnapping and subsequent murder of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002. The film, however, brings together the celebrity couple in a professional space – while Angelina plays the lead role of Marianne, husband Brad has co-produced the film through his production company, Plan B. So did he suggest that Angelina play the lead
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Paparazzi in India is new: Pitt
June 14, 2007, 6:43 pm | CNN-IBN MOVIES NEWS
New York: At the premiere of A Mighty Heart in New York, Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt had a few words on India and his experience of shooting in the country. The actor spoke to CNN-IBN correspondent Anirudh Bhattacharya at the event. Pitt is one of the film's producers. A Mighty Heart is based on the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan in 2002 and stars Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman and Irrfan Khan. Anirudh Bhattacharya: You shot in India for a long time. How was the experience? Brad Pitt: It was really good. We first shot in southern Pakistan and then moved to India. It was a great experience. It has great
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Check out Pitt-Jolie's labour of love
May 22, 2007, 5:30 pm | CNN-IBN MOVIES NEWS
Cannes (France): They are every photographer's delight and actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were surely in focus when they turned up at Cannes on Monday for the press conference of A Mighty Heart. Co-produced by Brad Pitt's production house Plan B and directed by Michael Winterbottom, A Mighty Heart, is based on Mariane Pearl’s memoir of the same title that details the abduction and murder of her husband and Wall Street journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. Producer Pitt was thrilled to present the film at Cannes. "Someone described it as being a triumphant experience, after all the hard work that goes into a film and coming here and getting to present it, that there
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Jolie in Cannes to promote Pearl film
May 22, 2007, 1:28 am | Associated Press MOVIES NEWS
Cannes (France): Angelina Jolie, who plays the widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in A Mighty Heart, said she was overwhelmed by Mariane Pearl's inner strength and her ability to let go of hatred. "For me, so much of why this film was important to do is because I highly doubt there is anybody in this room who has more reason to hold hate inside herself than Mariane, and she doesn't," Jolie told reporters Monday at the Cannes Film Festival. "She is a very compassionate, thoughtful person who looks to dialogue to change things, to make things better. That is, I think, a lesson for all of us," the 31-year-old actress said. A Mighty
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Jolie, Pitt pack off after Mighty shoot
November 19, 2006, 11:24 pm | Press Trust Of India MOVIES NEWS
Mumbai: After the over-a-month shoot for the film A Mighty Heart in Pune, Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie and her partner and actor Brad Pitt left for home on Sunday. The duo and their three children left by an early morning flight, sources said. Although the shooting of the movie would continue for some time now, Jolie's scenes had already been canned, the sources added. Since the couple arrived in Pune on October 5 for the shoot, controversy has followed them, mainly over the conduct of their bodyguards. The last few days of the shoot in the Mumbai were marred by a run in with the law for Angelina's bodyguards, who were arrested for allegedly manhandling waiting parents
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What fascinated Brad Pitt in India
November 19, 2006, 8:50 pm | IANS MOVIES NEWS
New Delhi: Hollywood star Brad Pitt is so fascinated by India that he wants to come back, as he has "never seen a country like this". "Absolutely. I'll come back for the film (A Mighty Heart that he has come here to shoot along with companion Angelina Jolie). It's really important to me. I hope we can pull it off well," he told a news channel on Saturday. "I love Indian food - chicken masala, dal and naan. I just love it," he said. Brad denied allegations that three bodyguards of Jolie had hurled racial abuses at parents and children at a school in south Mumbai where the film unit was shooting. "It (shooting in
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Spotted! Jolie's boat ride in Mumbai
November 18, 2006, 11:30 pm | ibnlive.com MOVIES NEWS
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Jolie bids adieu | Pitt lashes out
November 18, 2006, 1:49 pm | CNN-IBN MOVIES NEWS
Mumbai: They say all good things come to an end. In this case, all is definately not good. But latest reports say that Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie is heading out of the country after the shoot for her latest film The Mighty Heart ended in Mumbai. There is speculation that Jolie’s shoot ended because of the incident at a Mumbai school that took place on Thursday after which three of her bodyguards were arrested by the Mumbai Police. They were arrested on charges of manhandling and abusing parents at Anjuman-e Islam high school, where the crew was filming. All three were later released on bail of Rs 25,000 each and Jolie’s beau and producer of
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Jolie's troublesome guards held
November 17, 2006, 10:42 am | CNN-IBN MOVIES NEWS
Mumbai: Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie's three bodyguards were arrested by the Mumbai police on charges of abusing, manhandling and hurting the religious sentiments of the crowd at Anjuman-e Islam high school. The parents were protesting, against holding up their children inside the school, well beyond school hours due to the shooting. “When we asked them to stop shooting, they flared up and came to blows. They not hit our men, but also we women,” an outraged parent says. The guardians, who were targeted by the guards and abused, did not take the verbal attack lying down. They registered an FIR against the offenders and three of them Thomas Mcadam (47), Robert Patrick (35) and Michael John Brett
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Jolie's guards 'badmouth' Indians
November 16, 2006, 3:08 pm | ibnlive.com MOVIES NEWS
Mumbai: Trouble was reported at a south Mumbai Islamic school as Hollywood star Angelina Jolie's bodyguards turned abusive and assaulted parents of students while shooting for the film A Mighty Heart. The film's shooting apparently obstructed day-to-day activities at the educational institution Anjuman-e-Islam. “They had rifles in their hands while shooting. The children were scared. When we asked them to stop shooting, they hit the men and even pushed the women around,” said a parent. Parents now demand an apology from Jolie herself though no case has been filed so far. “Since 12:30 our children have been worried. After so much fighting we got them to stop shooting. Even after that they have
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Spotted! Jolie is lovin' it in Mumbai
November 15, 2006, 6:51 pm | ibnlive.com MOVIES NEWS
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