Mahmood Farooqui acquitted in rape case: Know about the Peepli Live co- director. Peepli Live co- director Mahmood Farooqui was acquitted on Monday on charges of raping a US researcher. Farooqui (4. 4) is best known for directing Peepli Live, a comedy that parodies political and media response to farmer suicides in India. The film was nominated for the 2.

Filmfare Best Film award and won the Star Screen Award for Best Ensemble Cast. The director, who hails from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur, studied in the Doon School and graduated from the St Stephen’s College in New Delhi. He was then awarded the prestigious Rhodes scholarship and he went to the University of Oxford in Britain. Farooqui researched for five years at the National Archives to pen his award- winning book, Besieged: Voices from Delhi 1. The book, Farooqui wrote in the introduction, is a “record of the daily life of a city under siege, of the travails of the ordinary life”.

He also worked as a researcher for a book authored by William Dalrymple. Farooqui, with his uncle Shamsur Rahman - - a known Urdu poet and literary critic - - was actively involved in the revival of Dastangoi - - an 1. The Times of India in a 2. To initiate novice audiences, Farooqui charmingly elaborates on Dastangoi etiquette before each performance: He asks the audience to make eye contact with performers, refrain from clapping and express its appreciation verbally with variants of ‘Wah wah’ instead,” a Live Mint article said. Mahmood Farooqui and Danish Hussain performing Dastangoi.

With Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghuvir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Farrukh Jaffar. In the lead up to state elections in the Indian village of Peepli, two poor farmers, Natha. Renowned actor Reema Lagoo, who lent a dash of glamour to Hindi filmdom's concept of motherhood with her sober, yet sleek 'maa' roles, breathed her last at a city. Introduction. Last year’s satirical release, Peepli [Live], accurately captured what takes place in media news rooms. The film revolves around a debt-ridden farmer. Fostering artists at the convergence of film, art, media, live performance, music & technology. Actor Sitaram Panchal, who was struggling with lung and kidney cancer from the past three years, has finally lost the battle and breathed his last today at his residence. Nawazuddin Siddiqui - Get Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s latest news, photo gallery, videos, awards, filmography, biography & quotes by Bollywoodlife.com. Mahmood Farooqui was held guilty of raping a US citizen by a sessions court in 2016 but the Peepli Live co-director challenged the guilty verdict in the Delhi high court.

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File Photo). A Washington Post writer, Rama Lakshmi, desribed Farooqui in an article as “socially and intellectually influential” who “enacts stage performances about injustice, human rights and gender”. The rape case. Farooqui allegedly forced himself on the Columbia University researcher during a party at his house in New Delhi in March 2. According to the police, the complainant had approached Farooqui through a common contact for help with her thesis on Indian sects. She wanted information on the Gorakhnath sect in eastern UP. The woman said she became well- acquainted with him after a few meetings. The woman returned to the US soon after the alleged rape and wrote an email to Farooqui, who apologised for “misbehaving” with her.

She later approached the Delhi Police through diplomatic channels, returned to India and lodged a formal complaint on June 1. Farooqui was convicted last year by a special fast track court in what was claimed to be the first rape case that recognised forced oral sex.“This is perhaps one of the first cases of forced oral sex, which shows two things: that there was a crime for which we did not earlier have an offence named – now it has been recognised as rape,” Vrinda Grover, who was representing the complainant, told The Indian Express last year. Watch The Grand Seduction Full Movie here. Farooqui immediately challenged the guilty verdict in the high court and his wife Anusha Rizwi, who also directed Peepli Live, said the complaint was “manipulated and false”.

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Spouse. Reena Dutta,Divorced,Kiran Rao,2. Parents. Zeenat Hussain,Tahir Hussain. Zodiac: Pisces. Height: 5 feet 6 inches. Biography. Aamir Khan is an Indian film actor, director, and producer who comes from a family of film makers. He started his career as a child actor in uncle Nasir Hussain's film Yaadon ki baaraat (1.

He acted as an adult eleven years later in Holi (1. Qayamat se Qayamat tak (1.

Juhi Chawla. Aamir was born Mohammad Aamir Hussain Khan. Apart from the numerous film awards that he has received, he is also the recipient of the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan. His noteworthy films include Dil, Raja Hindustani, Rangeela, Sarfarosh, Earth, Fanaa, Rang de Basanti, 3 Idiots, Ghajini and Dhoom 3 amongst others.

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He is known to be an experimental, methodical and perfectionist actor. He turned producer with the film Lagaan, which was India’s nomination for the Oscars. He turned director with Taare zameen par. He turned TV presenter with the show Satyamev Jayate. He was married to Reena Dutta, and has two children with her, Ira and Junaaid. They got divorced and he married director Kiran Rao, they have a son named Azaad. His brother Faisal Khan was also an actor.

His nephew is contemporary actor Imran Khan.