Award-winning actress Shraddha Kapoor of ‘Haider’ and ‘Chhichhore’ fame will reportedly play the role of J&k braveheart Rukhsana Kausar in an upcoming movie. Back in 2009, Rukhsana Kausar, who’s from Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, was in her 20s when she killed LeT terrorist Abu Osama with an axe and forced his accomplices to flee by firing at them after snatching a rifle from them.
Rukhsana was with her mother and brother when this incident took place.
The terrorists had raided their house and started beating up Rukhsana’s family members. She was hiding under a bed at the time of the attack. Mustering courage, she emerged from her hiding place and struck back.
The act of bravery made her a real-life hero. People across the country saluted her courage. She became a role model for many.
Rukhsana was awarded a Kirti Chakra and Prime Minister Narendra Modi also spoke glowingly about her gallantry.
Rukhsana was with her mother and brother when this incident took place.
The terrorists had raided their house and started beating up Rukhsana’s family members. She was hiding under a bed at the time of the attack. Mustering courage, she emerged from her hiding place and struck back.
The act of bravery made her a real-life hero. People across the country saluted her courage. She became a role model for many.
Rukhsana was awarded a Kirti Chakra and Prime Minister Narendra Modi also spoke glowingly about her gallantry.
- 1/5/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
On Oscar nomination morning, director RaMell Ross tuned in to see if his documentary Hale County This Morning, This Evening would make the cut. A year earlier it would have seemed like the longest of long shots, a film without major distribution that defied easy description, dealing with African-American life in the rural South.
Yet when nominations co-host Tracee Ellis Ross (no relation) announced the documentary feature category, there it was: Hale County had beaten the odds.
“I was at home with my partner. We woke up 10 minutes before the announcement, not to stress too much,” Ross recalls. “And then when it happened we both looked at each other and continued watching. We let time pass just to make sure they didn’t back up and go, ‘We actually made a mistake.’”
What Hale County’s nomination tells us is that Oscar Documentary Branch voters gave due consideration to all...
Yet when nominations co-host Tracee Ellis Ross (no relation) announced the documentary feature category, there it was: Hale County had beaten the odds.
“I was at home with my partner. We woke up 10 minutes before the announcement, not to stress too much,” Ross recalls. “And then when it happened we both looked at each other and continued watching. We let time pass just to make sure they didn’t back up and go, ‘We actually made a mistake.’”
What Hale County’s nomination tells us is that Oscar Documentary Branch voters gave due consideration to all...
- 2/11/2019
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’re highlighting the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Blaze (Ethan Hawke)
Not unlike its main subject, Ethan Hawke’s Blaze is likeable, long-winded and a little all over the place. Starring musician Ben Dickey as the titular Blaze Foley, this indie biopic feels like a natural follow-up to Hawke’s last directorial effort, Seymour: An Introduction. That documentary examined the life of Seymour Bernstein, a piano teacher with wise life lessons as curated by failure and regret. This film concerns Foley, an Arkansas-born but Texas-raised singer-songwriter who was killed at the young age of 39. Both are ultimately optimistic, though Hawke does well in finding the sour with the sweet. – Dan M. (full review)
Where to Stream: Amazon,...
Blaze (Ethan Hawke)
Not unlike its main subject, Ethan Hawke’s Blaze is likeable, long-winded and a little all over the place. Starring musician Ben Dickey as the titular Blaze Foley, this indie biopic feels like a natural follow-up to Hawke’s last directorial effort, Seymour: An Introduction. That documentary examined the life of Seymour Bernstein, a piano teacher with wise life lessons as curated by failure and regret. This film concerns Foley, an Arkansas-born but Texas-raised singer-songwriter who was killed at the young age of 39. Both are ultimately optimistic, though Hawke does well in finding the sour with the sweet. – Dan M. (full review)
Where to Stream: Amazon,...
- 1/25/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Deep in the credits for the documentary Of Fathers and Sons comes a startling notation—a mention of the firm that supplied kidnapping and ransom insurance. That’s an indication of just how dangerous the project was for director Talal Derki, who risked his life to get inside a radical Islamist family in Northwestern Syria.
Derki posed as a filmmaker sympathetic to jihadi ideology to gain the trust of Abu Osama, one of the founders of Al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda. He spent two and a half years living in close quarters with Osama and his brood of children, including 13-year-old Osama and his brother, 12-year-old Ayman.
“Although I am an atheist,” Derki, a Syrian of Kurdish descent, has written, “I prayed with them every day and led the life of a good Muslim to find out what is happening in my country.”
The picture he paints is a disturbing and paradoxical one.
Derki posed as a filmmaker sympathetic to jihadi ideology to gain the trust of Abu Osama, one of the founders of Al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda. He spent two and a half years living in close quarters with Osama and his brood of children, including 13-year-old Osama and his brother, 12-year-old Ayman.
“Although I am an atheist,” Derki, a Syrian of Kurdish descent, has written, “I prayed with them every day and led the life of a good Muslim to find out what is happening in my country.”
The picture he paints is a disturbing and paradoxical one.
- 11/19/2018
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Of Fathers And Sons Kino Lorber Reviewed for Shockya.com by: Harvey Karten Director: Talal Derki Screenwriter: Talal Derki Cast: Abu Osama Screened at: Crosby St. Hotel, NYC, 11/7/18 Opens: November 16, 2018 What informal outdoor games did you play with your pals when you were a kid? When I was 12 we played stick-ball in […]
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- 11/9/2018
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
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