Onir

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  Director Onir Slams Iran For 'Mourning A Vile Dictator'. Sudhir Mishra Claps Back, 'Let Iranians Handle'

  Onir finally wrote that he was "consistently agreeing" with Sudhir Mishra and did not support "this illegal war"

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  Onir's We Are Faheem & Karun To Represent India at British Film Institute's Flare 2025

  We Are Faheem & Karun will be screened at the BFI Flare on March 20 and 22, 2025

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  Filmmaker's Talk At Bhopal Lit Fest Cancelled. He Cites "Protest Threat"

  A talk on LGBTQ issues by filmmaker and gay rights activist Onir Dhar at the ongoing Bhopal Lit Fest (BLF) was cancelled as a group threatened to stage a protest, a member of the organizing team said on Saturday.

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  Film Script On Gay Soldier In Indian Army Rejected By Defence Ministry

  The defence ministry has rejected the script of a film showing a gay soldier in the Indian Army. National award-winning filmmaker Onir said that his script was inspired by a now two-year-old NDTV interview of a gay Major who quit the service.

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  "Was Quite Taken Aback": Onir Reacts To Similarities Between Scenes In Made In Heaven And His Film I AM

  "Acknowledgement has never been the strength of this industry," tweeted Onir

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  "No Clue," Tweets Filmmaker Onir, Named As Bigg Boss 14 Contestant

  Responding to Swara Bhasker saying she would like to see him on Bigg Boss, Onir tweeted back that he would be the "perfect fit"

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  'Are You Comfortable In Bed?': Actor Recounts His Experience Of The Casting Couch

  "Whenever I was called by some producers, I was straight away questioned, 'Kya tum bed pe comfortable ho?'"

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  First Poster Of Onir's Film Shab Starring Raveena Tandon Unveiled

  The first poster of Onir's film Shab, starring Raveena Tandon was unveiled by the makers of the film on Tuesday

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  Onir's Shab To be Screened At New York Film Festival

  Onir said: "I am thrilled that the world premiere of the film is happening in New York and that too on my birthday"

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  Prosenjit Chatterjee Wants to Work With These Directors

  "Onir moves around the world with his genre of films and receives critical acclaim. After that, he prepares his films for release on his home turf after one year. This mode of direction and distribution is one model which has worked in this country," said Prosenjit Chatterjee

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  Raveena Tandon Will Surprise Everybody With Shab, Says Onir

  When Onir was asked whether Shab will be Raveena Tandon's comeback film, he said: "Yes it will be, because she had a small role in Bombay Velvet. I genuinely feel that she is an incredible actress and I wanted to work with her on this film since a long time"

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  Censor Board's Chauranga Cuts Are Unfair, Says Onir

  "They have asked us to edit parts of certain scenes, remove long shot from one and close up from another. It is like you are showing a pilot sitting in the cockpit, how to fly the plane, but you are asked not to show the take-off. It is weird because the film deals with caste atrocities," said Onir

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  Onir Started Working on Veda 'Much Before'

  "Why not Hamlet? There are so many films in Bollywood which have been made on Romeo and Juliet. In the recent past, there were films like Ishaqzaade, Ram Leela and Issaq which were based on the tragic love story," said Onir

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  After the Success of Talvar, Onir Says Its Good Time to Release Chauranga

  "There is a great amount of acceptance in the audiences now. Films like Talvar, Killa and Masaan have done well despite not being mainstream. They have received great response. I think it is a very good time to release a film like Chauranga because the audience is opening to stories like these," said Onir

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  Shab Will Show You a Different Side of Delhi: Onir

  The director, who is ecstatic at the way Kolkata is decked up for the Puja festivities, wants to make a film in Bangla.