Her mother for the campaign with Freida Pinto’s photo shoot ‘My Safe Place’

Her entry into films with superhit ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. Then the girl chose to move to Hollywood and is quite a known name there. Known for her perfect sense of style and poise, Freida has done a number of photo shoots. However, her recent photo shoot for a campaign called ‘My Safe Place’ spearheaded by Hollywood actress Emma Watson is a special one as it is her first photo shoot with her mother. The campaign is against violence towards women and the photo shoot shows Freida lying in the lap of her mother, who embraces her protectively.

Check out Freida in the photo shoot with her mother……

The love story between Deepika and Nihar Pandya.

Deepika Padukone certainly won’t like. Director Prashant Chadda is all set to make a film which will be based on the love and break up between Nihar Pandya and Deepika Padukone. Nihar was apparently Deepika’s first lover and she had dumped him for Ranbir Kapoor. The two had met in 2005 in an acting institution where their love blossomed.

Director Chadda said, “Nihar is like my brother. I was very close to Deepika as well once upon a time. In fact, I had launched her in a music video. Everybody knows how she walked out of Nihar’s life for Ranbir. Nihar was heartbroken. He had done everything by the book. He looked after her for three-and-a-half-years. In fact Deepika stayed in Nihar’s house with his parents for three years.”

“Nobody knows that Deepika actually came crying back to Nihar after breaking up with Ranbir the first time. Nihar went looking for Ranbir, intercepted his car and asked him what he was doing with Deepika. Ranbir shot back, ‘Ask your girlfriend that’. Even after all this, Nihar took Deepika back. And then the same thing happened with Yuvraaj Singh,” added Chaddha.

Obvious enough, there are people who do not like the idea and insist that Chaddha drop his idea. However, Chaddha seems in no mood to skip the project. “I owe it to Nihar.” concluded the filmmaker.

I’m getting better roles than ever before – Naseeruddin Shah

It’s quality over quantity for Naseeruddin Shah, a versatile actor who has spent 35 years breathing life into innumerable, well-etched out characters on the big screen। The National Award winner admits he is getting better roles now than ever, but he picks a film only if he has “faith” in it and his “instinct” pushes him to go for it!

“It is extremely gratifying, flattering almost, that so many young people find place for me in their films. I’m probably being offered better parts now than I was being offered five years ago or for that matter in my 35-year-old career,” Naseeruddin, 65, told IANS in an interview.

Naseer has given memorable performances in films “Ijaazat”, “Sparsh”, “Aakrosh”, “Karma” and “Masoom”, to name a few। But in recent times, he has been proving his versatility over and over again without bothering about the screen time he gets.

Whether it was the role of a cricket coach in “Iqbal”, a common man ready to change the system in “A Wednesday”, a conman in “Ishqiya” or a painter in “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara”, he carried out every role with aplomb. The length of the role isn’t as important for him any more, as he says his priorities as an actor have changed over the years.

“When I began my career in films, I had a lot of hopes, most of which have been fulfilled. The hopes were to play varied roles and to be different in every movie. My priorities over the last 35 years have shifted a little.

“I’m still not averse to play great roles, but that is no longer the most important thing for me. Over the last 10 years I think I have come to a realisation of what an actor’s role in a film should be. That’s why I have been participating in any movie that I feel needs support and in which I have faith. The size and the importance of the part has receded to secondary importance for me,” said the actor, who received a Padma Bhushan award in 2003 for his contribution to Indian cinema.

Currently he is looking forward to his return as a lead in a film with Anurag Kashyap’s production venture “Michael”, directed by a newcomer, Ribhu Das Gupta. Naseeruddin plays a tainted cop, whose trials and tribulations have been narrated in the film.

“To get a script like ‘Michael’, where I was the eponymous character, it was a bonus to be present in practically in every frame. But my real reason for doing the film was because I feel it’s a sensible film and it is a film that will be remembered.

“Actors are not remembered as persons but for the roles they do. So at the moment my priority is to be part of movies which will survive the test of time and the ones I am proud of,” he added.

There’s another criterion behind Naseeruddin’s choice of films.

“I choose my films on instinct. My reason to do every film is different. I should just feel like doing it. I believe in my instincts. When I decide to do a film, I don’t think whether that film will work or not or whether it will fetch awards or not. All I think is how can we make this film a good film.”