Norwegian Indo-Film-Fest Award dual honour for Madhur Bhandarkar for his movies ‘Babli Bouncer and ‘India Lockdown’ ! by Chaitanya Padukone

By Chaitanya Padukone 12 Sep 2023 in Latest News

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Multiple National Awards winning maverick filmmaker and star-maker Madhur Bhandarkar was recently honored with a prestigious Best Director (dual) international award at the Indian Bollywood Festival 2023 held in Oslo city in Norway. The award was presented to him by Ms. Lubna Jaffery, the Minister of Culture & Equality, for his socially-relevant, realistic yet massy-entertaining films "Babli Bouncer" and "India Lockdown." .

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Interestingly, the beautiful exotic foreign country Norway ( located in Northern Europe) was very much in the headlines- news thanks to Rani Mukherjee’s YRF socially-realistic Hindi movie titled ‘ Mrs Chatterjee vs. Norway’ which released in March 2023.

Reacting to the foreign Award Madhur said “ Am very happy to receive the international Duo Award in Norway for my landmark maverick films Babli Bouncer and India Lockdown in from the Minister of Culture Lubna Jaffery. Such a proud moment for me and the entire cast and crew of both my movies,” shared Bhandarkar who is working on the scripts of his next upcoming movies

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Madhur Bhandarkar was trending in the social-media news when he met and interacted with yesteryear's legendary star actress Mumtaz at Akbar Khan's recent private party. Reacted Madhur, “It was a great fan moment, meeting Mumtaz-jee. Over the past decades, I have admired her iconic films and popular songs and her performance in films like Khilona (1970 ), Tere Mere Sapne (1971) and Aaina (1977). Am such a huge fan of yours (Mumtaz) that I had even named Tabu's lead bar-dancer character from my realistic crime drama and dance-bar life movie Chandni Bar (2001) as "Mumtaz" !! Which had won the National Award for 'Mumtaz' character played convincingly by excellent star-actress Tabu,", recalled Madhur.

Madhur also disclosed that he also loved the popular song ‘ Do Ghoont Mujhe Bhi’ picturized on Mumtaz from the 1973 film Jheel Ke Us Paar starring Dharmendra and with hit music by RD Burman

'Babli Bouncer' (also known as the super glam-hottie) heroine Tamannah Bhatia has said, “Most of Madhur’s movies are heroine-centric with strong female screen-protagonist strong roles and he tries his best to get the best out of the actress. Frankly, I am grateful to him for casting me in such a challenging lead de-glam tough-brave-girl role in Babli Bouncer.” The lead female cast of India Lockdown ( Aahana Kumra, Sai Tamhankar and Shweta Basu Prasad) also have highly appreciated Madhur’s vision and ability to cast them in such intense, impactful lead roles which have thought-provoking and hard-hitting social messages movies and yet engaging entertainers has consistently tackled important social issues through his brilliant work.

The well-deserved Norwegian Bolly Film Fest Award (2023) presented to daring filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar recognizes his outstanding contribution to cinema, film music and his dedication to creating realistic films that address pertinent societal concerns. "Babli Bouncer" and "India Lockdown" are prime examples of his ability to delve into the realities of contemporary India, highlighting the struggles mostly faced by gritty females in adverse situations and also the common man in facing reality-odds. There are take-away life’s bitter-sweet lessons and also elements of optimistic hope within almost all his movies,

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