Abbass

On December 6, 1986, in Paris, police chased and beat Malik Oussekine to death. That was a turning point in the student protests against university reforms under the Devaquet Law. Oussekine, a 22-year-old student, was not a participant in the demonstrations — he was walking alongside the protesters on the way home. The fallout of the police brutality, the subsequent cover-up and the Oussekine family’s attempts for justice and to make sense of their dreadful loss are the subject of Antoine Chevrollier’s gripping four-part series, Oussekine . Hiam Abbass who plays Malik’s mother, Aicha, says she was not living in France during the incident. Speaking over a video call from Paris, Abbass says, “I knew Antoine was writing something about a kid who was killed by the police. I didn’t know who Malik Oussekine was. When it became clear to Antoine where he was going with the story, he told me he was writing a part for me and he wanted my interpretation of the mother of this boy.” … [Read more...] about Hiam Abbass and Slimane Dazi talk of ‘Oussekine’

Around Tinsel Town Cannes rolled out the red carpet for their 75th film festival, and the Indian delegation was part of the celebration , as the country of honour at the Marche du Film. Anurag Thakur said that India would be soon among the leading quality content-producing nations across the globe in the field of media and entertainment. At the festival, jury member Deepika Padukone spoke about India backing homegrown talent with “conviction,” while AR Rahman was also present to promote ‘Le Musk’ The film Good News from Kashmir Valley is set to premiere at the Tongues on Fire film festival in U.K. Bollywood Three star kids — Suhana Khan, Khushi Kapoor and Agastya Nanda — will start their careers with Zoya Akhtar’s ‘The Archies’ Alia Bhatt off to shoot for her Hollywood film ‘Heart Of Stone’ Alankrita Shrivastava to direct a movie on Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch Poonam Dhillon’s daughter Paloma to make debut alongside Rajveer … [Read more...] about India at Cannes 2022, ‘Dhaakad’ review