Treat of Bangladeshi films awaits Indian movie buffs

May 15th, 2009 CANNES - In what represents a significant first for the Indian movie industry, leading international sales agent Fortissimo Films has picked up the global distribution rights of Dev Benegal's Hindi film 'Road, Movie'. Presented by The Indian Film Company (TIFC) in collaboration with Studio 18, 'Road, Movie' is based on a Benegal screenplay that had made it to the prestigious L'Atelier selection of the Cannes Film Festival two years ago.

May 3rd, 2009 DHAKA - New Delhi Sunday handed to Dhaka a list of suspected Indian terrorists believed to be hiding in Bangladesh, the Indian high commissioner here said. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Bangladeshi State Minister for Home Affairs Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj, India's Pinak Ranjan Chakravarti said: 'We have also requested the authorities to step up vigil over them especially during the ongoing polls yet to be completed in the eastern states of India.' The envoy added that a number of issues, including extradition of prisoners, came up for discussion.

April 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It's a dry spell at the box office thanks to the ongoing tussle between the producers and multiplex owners. Movie buffs, deprived of their usual dose of entertainment, are looking for other options.

March 13th, 2009 MUMBAI - India's longest running movie 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge' (DDLJ) has set the national record for being the only movie on continuous play for 700 weeks in a theatre, said a release from the production house. Produced under the Yash Raj Films banner and directed by Aditya Chopra, the movie -- starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol -- opened to full houses and rave reviews worldwide Oct 20, 1995 and is presently running in its 14th year at the Maratha Mandir theatre here.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Cine buffs in the capital have something to look forward to in an otherwise lean month for films. Around 20 film from 19 countries will be screened as part of the 14th European Union Film Festival that kicks off Thursday.

February 15th, 2009 DHAKA - Indian singer Manna Dey says the Dhaka audience is better than that in Kolkata, which makes him come to the Bangladesh capital more often. 'As the Bangladeshi listeners are better than the Kolkata audience, I come here off and on,' he said on the eve of his performance here.

February 10th, 2009 DHAKA - The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) will for the first time organise screening and discussions on films and filmmakers from Bangladesh to mark Ekushey February (Feb 21), the day on which the movement for Bangladesh's cultural renaissance started. Top Bangladeshi filmmakers Tanvir Mokammel, Abu Sayeed, Tareque and Catherine Masud will travel to Pune, the headquarters of the state-run FTII, to participate in the two-day interaction Feb 21-22, The Daily Star said Wednesday.

February 5th, 2009 MUMBAI - After successfully dabbling in movie production and distribution, the Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG) has now forayed into the movie marketing arena through their new division BIG Boom. BIG Boom is a comprehensive movie and entertainment marketing division of Reliance BIG Entertainment Ltd.

January 25th, 2009 HONG KONG - Hong Kong film makers are preparing to leave filmgoers goggle-eyed by releasing the world's first pornographic movie in 3D, a news report has said. Shooting on the Chinese-language film '3D Sex And Zen', budgeted at $4 million, is scheduled for April with producers promising some of the most realistic close-up sex scenes ever.

January 22nd, 2009 WARSAW - Movie buffs are eagerly waiting for the release of 'Chandni Chowk To China' in Poland where no film distributor has so far picked up any Akshay Kumar starrers, EuAsiaNews said. 'It is amazing no film distributor has picked up any movie of Akshay so far whereas his popularity chart has gone up tremendously in the last three years,' said Janusz Krzyzowski, president of the Indian Polish Cultural Committee.

January 14th, 2009 BANGALORE - Suman Ranganath is happy with her second innings in Kannada films, which she started with the hit song 'Chitraana Chitraana' in 'Budhdhivantha' last year. 'The year 2008 has been a lucky year for me as far as my film career is concerned.

January 5th, 2009 BANGALORE - About 130 films from 35 countries, seminars, children films, old Kannada classics and an animation workshop - the forthcoming third Bengalooru International Film Festival promises all this and more to give movie buffs a holistic view of world cinema. Girish Kasaravalli, acclaimed filmmaker and festival director, told IANS that great care has been taken in selecting films to be screened at the week-long fest starting Jan 15.

January 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Sixteen Hindi films were screened in Pakistan last year after a nearly four-decade ban on Indian movies was lifted. But strained ties between the neighbours following the Mumbai terror attack coupled with dipping fortunes of the Pakistani film industry may signal the end of this shortlived 'golden phase'.

December 29th, 2008 AGARTALA - The Films Division will make a movie on the life of legendry music maestro Sachin Dev Burman, an official said here Tuesday. The director of the Eastern Regional Centre of the Films Division, Rajiv Kumar has sent a letter informing about the decision to the Tripura government.

December 24th, 2008 AGARTALA - The Tripura police have arrested 31 Bangladeshi nationals who were working as labourers in a brick kiln in the northeastern state, officials said here Thursday. 'Acting on information from the Border Security Force (BSF), we arrested 29 Bangladeshi nationals Wednesday night from a brick kiln at Amtali, the outskirts of capital Agartala,' said police spokesman Mihir Roy.