The Interview (2021 film)

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The Interview
Cover Story (2011) Hindi Movie key art.jpg
Original tentative poster of the film
Directed byLaurence Postma
Written byLaurence Postma
Farrukh Dhondy
Produced bySunitha Ram
Laurence Postma
Ram Samtani
Pappee Sangtani
StarringAnjum Nayar
Jackie Shroff
CinematographyUday Tiwari
Edited byYule Rohan Kurup
Music by Monty Sharma
Shamir Tandon
Production
companies
Fourth Wall Entertainment
Glorious Entertainment
Release date
  • August 2021 (2021-08)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

The Interview: Night of 26/11 (formerly titled Cover Story) is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Laurence Postma and co-written by Farrukh Dhondy and starring Anjum Nayar and Jackie Shroff. It is the second official remake of the acclaimed Dutch film Interview , directed by Theo Van Gogh in 2003, [1] the first being Interview by Steve Buscemi in 2007. Originally planned to release in 2011, it was delayed for unspecified reasons and finally released in August 2021. [2]

Contents

Plot

A successful film actress (Anjum Nayar) and a special assignment for a magazine Cover Story, a one night account (on the night of 26/11) of an interview by a journalist (Jackie Shroff), a former war correspondent, with the film star and the scoop that the correspondent gets for the publication.

Cast

Soundtrack

Release

Critical reception

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References

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