Bangalore kids to learn art of filmmakingOctober 16th, 2009 BANGALORE - It's going to be a mini club of young and aspiring filmmakers. A group of children in Bangalore is going spend a month learning the art of filmmaking.
11th Osian's-Cinefan Film Festival all set to kick of in New DelhiOctober 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The 11th edition of Osian's-Cinefan Film Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, showcasing about 100 feature and short fiction films from across the world is all set to kick off in national capital in the last week of this month. India will be in the spotlight at this year's film festival in eleven years.
11th Osian film fest to put spotlight on IndiaOctober 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The 11th annual Osian's-Cinefan Film Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, starting here Oct 24, will focus on Indian films and filmmakers for the first time since its inception a decade ago. "Osians-Cinefans young friends Vishal Bhardwaj, Imtiaz Ali, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap and Dibakar Banerjee along with their wonderful star actors and technicians will directly present in NewStream (Cinema Section) the emerging new face of Indian cinema through their films that have won both critical and popular acclaim, Mani Kaul, director general of the film fest, said in a statement released here Tuesday.
Fans associationshindrances in the way of Malayalam cinemaOctober 1st, 2009 After his Vairam became a box office success, MA Nishad is smiling from ear to ear. At a press conference held recently, he said that fans’ associations were one of the biggest hurdles in the way of Malayalam movies.
Shobana loves cinema!September 19th, 2009 Two-time National award winning actress Shobana has expressed her love for cinema and that she is happy with the changes taking place in both commercial and art films. A lot of commercial movies that star her favorite actors do well and also win National awards.
Agaradhi A crime thriller on makeSeptember 5th, 2009 When it comes to Tamil film industry, not many novels are made into films. Indeed, our filmmakers do come up with a convincing statement that– ‘turning words into pictures isn’t an easy deal’.
My deal with Fox Studios is historic: Karan JoharAugust 19th, 2009 MUMBAI - Filmmaker Karan Johar dismisses reports that his deal with Fox Star Studios for his forthcoming Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol-starrer is worth $20 million. He says the deal is not about the money but an attempt to expand the reach of Hindi-language cinema with "My Name Is Khan".
Why do we underestimate our audiences, asks Priyanka ChopraAugust 13th, 2009 MUMBAI - Since moviegoers in India today are exposed to world cinema in a big way, Priyanka Chopra is surprised that quite a few Bollywood filmmakers still follow the escapist route. But she says her new film "Kaminey" doesn't fall in that category and audiences should come with their thinking caps on.
Pa. Vijay to prove himself as a commercial heroAugust 6th, 2009 In this era, where filmmakers are stepping into the shoes of actors, lyric writer Pa. Vijay attempted for the same endeavor.
Book on Muslim culture in Hindi cinema releasedJuly 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A book on the depiction of Musim culture in Hindi cinema from the 1930s, co-authored by an Indain professor and the head of cinema studies at New York University, was released here Saturday evening. The "Islamicate Cultures of Bombay Cinema" was written over a period of almost two years by Ira Bhaskar, an associate professor of cinema studies at the School of Arts and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Richard Allen, chair of Cinema Studies at New York University.
Manali gets its first cinema hallJune 11th, 2009 SHIMLA - Manali, one of Himachal Pradesh's more popular tourist destinations, has got its first cinema hall. It was inaugurated in the Piccadilly multicomplex building this week.
Bhandarkar to make village-themed movie for Manoj KumarJune 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Acclaimed director Madhur Bhandarkar says he will make a realistic film based in an Indian village to fulfil his promise to yesteryears' actor Manoj Kumar. "He always tells me to make a realistic movie set in the villages of India.
Are enough Bollywood films dealing with Indian sub-cultures?June 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - Historical epics, book adaptations, sci-fi thrillers and tragedies - Hindi cinema is churning out movies on multiple themes. But do many of them deal with the myriad sub-cultures of India? Filmmakers are divided in their response.
'Bollywood's domination has harmed India's regional cinema'May 24th, 2009 CANNES - Indian cinema needs to change drastically in terms of both content and approach in order to play its rightful role in the world market, feels Jerome Paillard, director of the Marche du Film or the Cannes Film Market. He says Bollywood's larger-than-life presence tends to play down regional cinema.
Subhash Ghai showcases budding Indian filmmakers' work at CannesMay 23rd, 2009 CANNES - Veteran Bollywood producer-director Subhash Ghai has brought a sizeable and exciting sampling of the future of Indian cinema to the Short Film Corner of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. As many as nine short films made by students of the Mumbai-based Whistling Woods International, the institute conceived and set up by Ghai in Goregaon's Film City, are being showcased here.
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