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Published : Feb 12, 2019, 9:45 AM IST
কলকাতা, ১২ ফেব্রুয়ারি : মাঠে নেমে পড়লেন রাজ্যের মন্ত্রী অরূপ রায়। প্যাড, গ্লাভস পরে ব্যাট হাতে নেমে পড়লেন ইডেনের বাইশ গজে। চমকে যাবেন না। ভাবছেন রাজ্যের মন্ত্রীর ক্রিকেটার হওয়ার শখ হল বুঝি ! বা মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মমতা ব্যানার্জির ক্যাবিনেটের মন্ত্রী লক্ষ্মীরতন শুক্লাকে দেখে অনুপ্রাণিত হলেন বোধ হয়। ভুল করলেন। আসলে ক্রিকেট অ্যাসোসিয়েশন অফ বেঙ্গলের ফাউন্ডেশন ডে উপলক্ষ্যে ম্যাচ আয়োজন করা হয়েছিল। কমিটি মেম্বাররা নিছকই মজার ছলে ইডেনের নৈশালোকে ম্যাচ খেললেন। বারো ওভারের ম্যাচে প্রেসিডেন্ট একাদশ বনাম সচিব একাদশের বাইশ গজের দ্বৈরথ।
CAB প্রেসিডেন্ট সৌরভ গাঙ্গুলি মাঠে উপস্থিত থেকে দুই দলকে উৎসাহ দিলেন। মা হাসপাতালে, তাই সচিব অভিষেক ডালমিয়া অনুপস্থিত। তবে মজার ম্যাচের আকর্ষণ অবশ্যই রাজ্যের মন্ত্রীমশাই। রান পাননি তিনি। তবে আনন্দ নিলেন। পরে বললেন, "বিরোধী শূন্য রাজ্যে ক্রিকেটে ব্যাটিং করাটা বেশ কঠিন। সময় পাই না। তাই মাঠে নেমে খেলা হয় না।"
কলকাতা, ১২ ফেব্রুয়ারি : মাঠে নেমে পড়লেন রাজ্যের মন্ত্রী অরূপ রায়। প্যাড, গ্লাভস পরে ব্যাট হাতে নেমে পড়লেন ইডেনের বাইশ গজে। চমকে যাবেন না। ভাবছেন রাজ্যের মন্ত্রীর ক্রিকেটার হওয়ার শখ হল বুঝি ! বা মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মমতা ব্যানার্জির ক্যাবিনেটের মন্ত্রী লক্ষ্মীরতন শুক্লাকে দেখে অনুপ্রাণিত হলেন বোধ হয়। ভুল করলেন। আসলে ক্রিকেট অ্যাসোসিয়েশন অফ বেঙ্গলের ফাউন্ডেশন ডে উপলক্ষ্যে ম্যাচ আয়োজন করা হয়েছিল। কমিটি মেম্বাররা নিছকই মজার ছলে ইডেনের নৈশালোকে ম্যাচ খেললেন। বারো ওভারের ম্যাচে প্রেসিডেন্ট একাদশ বনাম সচিব একাদশের বাইশ গজের দ্বৈরথ।
CAB প্রেসিডেন্ট সৌরভ গাঙ্গুলি মাঠে উপস্থিত থেকে দুই দলকে উৎসাহ দিলেন। মা হাসপাতালে, তাই সচিব অভিষেক ডালমিয়া অনুপস্থিত। তবে মজার ম্যাচের আকর্ষণ অবশ্যই রাজ্যের মন্ত্রীমশাই। রান পাননি তিনি। তবে আনন্দ নিলেন। পরে বললেন, "বিরোধী শূন্য রাজ্যে ক্রিকেটে ব্যাটিং করাটা বেশ কঠিন। সময় পাই না। তাই মাঠে নেমে খেলা হয় না।"
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Berlin, 10 February 2019
1. Various of director Yuval Adler posing for photos with Diane Kruger
2. Various of Kruger posing for photos
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin, 11 February 2019
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Diane Kruger, actress - on Dieter Kosslick:
"Yeah, I think the industry is changing. You know, there's change everywhere. Change is good and necessary. I really like that he actually follows through with, you know, because lots of people say pretty words and make very nice Instagram posts but to actually walk the talk, you know, not everybody does. So I think he's leading the way in that sense and I'm glad he does, you know. We do see change in studios. Unions are getting stronger. I was just saying earlier, you know, one of the new SAG rules is - for example - you can't audition in hotel rooms anymore. So I think that the industry is changing. Cinema itself is changing, the structures. It's a good moment actually I think, even though it's uncertain and we don't know where it's going to go, but I think there's fresh air finally - that boys club is finally being broken up you know."
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4. Film clip - "The Operative"
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin, 11 February 2019
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Diane Kruger, actress:
"It was part of the attraction that it's not, you know, a female James Bond or... not that there's anything wrong with that but I think it's a very male dominated genre anyways. I love that genre and I think it's interesting when you really root it in reality or as much as you can anyways. I found it interesting that this film is really a character study about pretty much a drifter, you know, somebody who doesn't belong to a specific country or a specific cause - in this case is not even Jewish. But who finds herself be attracted by I guess a country's identity and fight for their cause, you know, and being uplifted, encouraged by an organization that was eager to adopt her, you know, and giving that self-esteem and she's really good at it and then, you know, the system and the politics that still exists today and we live in, you know, people using people and really nobody wins, everybody loses in a way. And that's very much what the movie is about as well."
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6. Film clip - "The Operative"
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin, 11 February 2019
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Diane Kruger, actress:
"It wasn't really military training, so it's Mossad training and I'm sure it was a very watered down version of what actually happens. But, you know, you've got the little, the heartbeat racing. One of the things they made me do is they gave me a fake passport. They made this whole fake passport thing for me with a fake identity and I had to try and go through immigration in Tel Aviv International Airport, you know, with this. So obviously, of course, I knew if I get arrested they're going to come rescue me. But I still, you know, you stand in line and you go over your cover in your head. And I didn't want to fail also. So things were just put into perspective a little bit, you know? You convince people of different things and what's at stake obviously. What if I really wanted to go to Iran right now because if they find me out, you know, you get shot. I don't know. Or, you know, I had to knock on somebody's door - they opened the door to this high rise building in Tel Aviv and they said, 'Go to the fourth floor and this is the balcony. We need you to appear that's your mission' you know. Honestly like I live in New York - if you do that in New York you're going to get shot. Like the person if, you know, you don't know. So it was it was definitely nerve racking. There are small exercises but it just, you know, you realize how complex it is to be a spy and I could never be a spy ever. I thought I could, trust me. I'm an actor. I observe people. I'm good at that. Yeah, no."
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8. Film clip - "The Operative"
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DIANE KRUGER ON THE FILM INDUSTRY: 'THAT BOYS CLUB IS BEING BROKEN UP'
Diane Kruger says the film industry is changing for good.
The actress, speaking at the Berlin International Film Festival while promoting her new spy thriller "The Operative," said "there's change everywhere" in the industry - from studio practices to union representation.
"That boys club is finally being broken up," said Kruger, while discussing the specific measures being taken to make working environments safer and more diverse. "One of the new SAG rules is - for example - you can't audition in hotel rooms anymore. So I think that the industry is changing."
This year's Berlin Film Festival is actively engaging in wider debates about diversity and gender parity.
In a press conference last month, festival director Dieter Kosslick said that the main focus of the festival would be the #MeToo and Time's Up debate, with 41 percent of the movies in competition directed by women. Actress Juliette Binoche heads the six-member jury.
"I really like that he actually follows through," said Kruger of Kosslick. "Lots of people say pretty words and make very nice Instagram posts but to actually walk the talk, you know, not everybody does. So I think he's leading the way in that sense and I'm glad he does."
In Yuval Adler's "The Operative," Kruger stars as Rachel - a woman recruited by Mossad to work undercover in Tehran.
Although Kruger describes it as a "character study," the role still required her to undergo intense training.
"One of the things they made me do is they gave me a fake passport," she said. "They made this whole fake passport thing for me with a fake identity and I had to try and go through immigration in Tel Aviv International Airport, you know, with this. So obviously, of course, I knew if I get arrested they're going to come rescue me. But I still, you know, you stand in line and you go over your cover in your head. And I didn't want to fail."
Kruger said the exercise gave her an appreciation of the risks taken by real agents.
"There are small exercises but it just, you know, you realize how complex it is to be a spy and I could never be a spy ever. I thought I could, trust me. I'm an actor. I observe people. I'm good at that."
"The Operative" is screening in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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