Naseeruddin Shah is having a ball in Lucknow shooting for Abhishek Choubey’s Dedh Ishqiya, the sequel to the well-received <em>Ishqiya</em>. Says Naseer, “I’ve been here in Lucknow before to shoot for Muzaffar Ali’s <em>Umrao Jaan</em>, Shyam Benegal’s <em>Junoon</em> and Sudhir Mishra’s <em>Yeh Woh Manzil Toh Nahin</em>. But I haven’t been in Lucknow for some years now. The city has changed a lot. It’s great fun...My wife Ratna visits off and on.”

The forthcoming 14th Mumbai Film Festival has decided to honour yesteryear veteran actress Waheeda Rehman with the Lifetime Achievement Award at an eight-day film extravaganza which starts on 18 October. “This year we have decided to award the Lifetime Achievement Award to Waheeda Rehman for the extraordinary work she has put in the last 60 years,” Shyam Benegal, filmmaker and MAMI chairman said in a statement.