Meet Anita Pratap - Nargis Fakhri's inspiration for 'Madras Cafe'

Meet Anita Pratap - Nargis Fakhri's inspiration for 'Madras Cafe'
Monday, August 05, 2013 14:21 IST
By Santa Banta News Network
Sources say Nargis Fakhri's upcoming journalist role in 'Madras Cafe' is based on Indian scribe Anita Pratap

With a slew of Bollywood actresses playing journalists in recent and upcoming films, now it's Nargis Fakhri's turn. Insiders say the actress' role in Shoojit Sircar's upcoming film co-starring John Abraham is based on real-life Indian scribe Anita Pratap. Incidentally, Anita was the first journalist to interview the slain LTTE chief Prabhakaran.


A source says, `John has been showing his film to his close friends in the industry and after the first trial itself, everyone has been talking about her character being inspired from Anita.`

Perhaps the similarity struck home as the film shows Nargis interviewing Anna (Ajay Ratnam), a fictional character portrayed as the head of the rebel terrorist group while covering the political unrest in Sri Lanka.

Media frenzy


Madhubala played a reporter in the 1960 film Kala Bazaar. In recent times, Konkana Sen Sharma essayed a celeb journo in Page 3 while Preity Zinta did hardcore reporting in Lakshya.

While Kangna Ranaut was a suave journalist in Knock Out, Rani Mukerji performed convincingly as a bad-mouthed TV journalist in No One Killed Jessica.


Kareena Kapoor will be seen essaying an international journalist in Prakash Jha's upcoming film. Amrita Rao is portraying a journo in Anil Sharma's next.

Raveena Tandon will play a journalist-columnist who forms an intense relationship with a younger lad in Sudipto Chattopadhyaya's forthcoming project. Neha Dhupia essays the role of a scribe in Rensil D'Silva's upcoming film.
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