Kangana Ranaut and Irrfan Khan attend Amy Winehouse documentary screening
10 July 2015 3:09 PM IST10 July 2015 3:09 PM IST
Kangana Ranaut and Irrfan Khan attend Amy Winehouse documentary screening
Bollywood stars Kangana Ranaut and Irrfan Khan attend the screening of 'Amy', a documentary on the life of troubled British singer Amy Winehouse. Photo: Viral Bhayani- While "Amy" depicts a media-fueled personal tragedy, Kapadia said he also wanted to celebrate an artist and her creative process. Also seen at the screening was director Anurag Kashyap and actresses Tabu and Radhika Apte.
- Mitch Winehouse, argues that the film omits many of those who were close to Amy in the final years of her life, when she had kicked drugs and tried to reduce her drinking."The film portrays Amy as in a downward spiral from 2008 to 2011.They don't
- Kapadia, the British director of the acclaimed Formula 1 documentary "Senna," defends his film as a rounded portrait of the artist, built from more than 100 interviews with people who knew Winehouse. Childhood friends of Winehouse and first manager
- Amy Winehouse died at 27 of accidental alcohol poisoning in July 2011, after a battle with drink and drugs that played out in front of the cameras and on tabloid front pages.
- The singer's father, Mitch Winehouse, has branded the film inaccurate and misleading. He claims director Asif Kapadia depicts the family as doing too little to help the singer overcome addiction.
- Although the documentary helps reclaim the talented, troubled singer as a musician, rather than a mess, the film has still angered her family members.
- Constructed from home movies, friends' phone videos, concert material and other film footage of Winehouse, the movie introduces the Amy Winehouse few people ever got to see — the pre-fame Amy, a happy, witty girl with an extraordinary vocal talent.
Bollywood stars Kangana Ranaut and Irrfan Khan attend the screening of 'Amy', a documentary on the life of troubled British singer Amy Winehouse. Photo: Viral Bhayani
Kangana Ranaut and Irrfan Khan attend Amy Winehouse documentary screening
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