India's “renaissance woman” Aparna Sen – actress, director, producer, fighter for women's right, diversity and ethnic & religious minorities – whose career in the film business spans over six decades, was presented with the Red Lotus Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 in Vienna. The filmmaker was unfortunately not able to fly over to recieve it, and the award was presented to the winner through the German film critic and editor of the film magazine Shomingeki, Rüdiger Tomczak.
Parama: A Journey With Aparna Sen screened at Red Lotus Asian Film Festival Vienna
Only a few months ago, Sumah Ghosh's documentary “Parama: A Journey With Aparna Sen” about the Indian helmer celebrated its world premiere in the Cinema Regained strand of IFFR, and it was only logical to include it in the repertoire of Red Lotus Asian Film Festival. It is a film that gives a deep insight into the life and work of one of the...
Parama: A Journey With Aparna Sen screened at Red Lotus Asian Film Festival Vienna
Only a few months ago, Sumah Ghosh's documentary “Parama: A Journey With Aparna Sen” about the Indian helmer celebrated its world premiere in the Cinema Regained strand of IFFR, and it was only logical to include it in the repertoire of Red Lotus Asian Film Festival. It is a film that gives a deep insight into the life and work of one of the...
- 5/3/2024
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
With complaints before Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over the manner in which Ranjith, chairman of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy that runs the state film awards selection, is interfering in the decision of the jury when the awards was decided, director M. Lijeesh approached Kerala High Court on Monday, making the controversy murkier.
Lijeesh, in his petition pointed out that since a few people have openly said about the way Ranjith interfered in the selection of awards, the Court should see that the awards that have been declared be cancelled.
Incidentally, soon after the awards were announced last month, popular director Vinayan slammed Ranjith, for interfering in the decision of the jury when the awards was decided.
And to emphasis it, voice clips of members of the jury was also put out and then he approached Vijayan, who ordered a probe into the allegations.
Soon came the All India Youth Front...
Lijeesh, in his petition pointed out that since a few people have openly said about the way Ranjith interfered in the selection of awards, the Court should see that the awards that have been declared be cancelled.
Incidentally, soon after the awards were announced last month, popular director Vinayan slammed Ranjith, for interfering in the decision of the jury when the awards was decided.
And to emphasis it, voice clips of members of the jury was also put out and then he approached Vijayan, who ordered a probe into the allegations.
Soon came the All India Youth Front...
- 8/7/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 3 (Ians) All India Youth Front ( Aiyf), the youth wing of the second biggest ally of the ruling Left Front government Cpi, on Thursday urged Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the State Culture Minister Saji Cherian to order a probe by an external agency into the ongoing controversy over the Kerala State Film Awards.
Trouble broke out last week when director Vinayan slammed director Ranjith, presently chairman of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy- that runs the state film awards selection for interfering in the decision of the jury when the awards was decided.
In their complaint to Vijayan- Aiyf has demanded a probe by an agency outside the Academy.
Vinayan also has complained to Vijayan and has given audio clips that reveals that all was not well in the selection of the award winners.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the jury, Goutam Ghose has denied of any external...
Trouble broke out last week when director Vinayan slammed director Ranjith, presently chairman of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy- that runs the state film awards selection for interfering in the decision of the jury when the awards was decided.
In their complaint to Vijayan- Aiyf has demanded a probe by an agency outside the Academy.
Vinayan also has complained to Vijayan and has given audio clips that reveals that all was not well in the selection of the award winners.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the jury, Goutam Ghose has denied of any external...
- 8/3/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Superstar Mammootty on Friday won his 8th Kerala State Film Award for his stellar role in the film ‘Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam’.
Mammootty, who in September is turning 72, continues to dazzle as since early this week, the talk had begun that this time he will walk away with the best actor award as such was his performance.
Incidentally the last time the superstar got the state award was way back in 2009.
Architect turned actress Vincy Aloshious, who was spotted at a talent show telecast on a TV channel in 2018 and made her entry into the Malayalam films, has won the best female actor award for her role in ‘Rekha’
“I was expecting that the film ‘Rekha’ wins some award as it was a great team effort and when the award has come to me, there is nothing bigger than this, as this is my first award of the Kerala government,” the 27-year-old actress said.
Mammootty, who in September is turning 72, continues to dazzle as since early this week, the talk had begun that this time he will walk away with the best actor award as such was his performance.
Incidentally the last time the superstar got the state award was way back in 2009.
Architect turned actress Vincy Aloshious, who was spotted at a talent show telecast on a TV channel in 2018 and made her entry into the Malayalam films, has won the best female actor award for her role in ‘Rekha’
“I was expecting that the film ‘Rekha’ wins some award as it was a great team effort and when the award has come to me, there is nothing bigger than this, as this is my first award of the Kerala government,” the 27-year-old actress said.
- 7/21/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Chitrangda Singh, who is known for films like ‘Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi’, ‘Yeh Saali Zindagi’, ‘Baazaar’ and ‘Modern Love Mumbai’, is playing the lead role in Goutam Ghose’s next Indo-Italian yet-to-be-titled film, which also stars Italian actor Marco Leonardi, known for his work in the acclaimed movie ‘Cinema Paradiso’.
The film is being made in English, Hindi, and partly in Italian with its story revolving around issues of human displacement, through the story of a couple and their child. The first look of the film has been released and it shows the actress in a de-glam look. Donning a plain orange saree and minimalist make-up, Chitra looks sharp and beautiful.
The official statement from the production house Life Journey Films Production Llp stated, “Chitrangda is that rare combination of beauty with talent. She has proved her mettle as an actress. We are thrilled to work with her. The role is...
The film is being made in English, Hindi, and partly in Italian with its story revolving around issues of human displacement, through the story of a couple and their child. The first look of the film has been released and it shows the actress in a de-glam look. Donning a plain orange saree and minimalist make-up, Chitra looks sharp and beautiful.
The official statement from the production house Life Journey Films Production Llp stated, “Chitrangda is that rare combination of beauty with talent. She has proved her mettle as an actress. We are thrilled to work with her. The role is...
- 12/17/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
The Film Heritage Foundation in partnership with Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation (Tff) and the International Federation Of Film Archives (Fiaf) is all set to conduct the Film Preservation And Restoration Workshop India 2022 at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalay (Csmvs Museum), Mumbai.
Since its inception in 2015, this highly commendable flagship training programme has travelled successfully to cities such as Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata and attracted unconditional endorsements from film luminaries such as Amitabh Bachchan, Shyam Benegal, Naseeruddin Shah, Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, S S Rajamouli, Nagarjuna, Chiranjeevi, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Goutam Ghose.
The seven-day workshop designed by David Walsh, Training and Outreach Coordinator, Fiaf, will include theory and practical group sessions in the best practices of the preservation and restoration of celluloid and digital films and film-related material like paper, photographs, and 3D objects. It will be held from December 4 to December 10.
Aside from this, there will...
Since its inception in 2015, this highly commendable flagship training programme has travelled successfully to cities such as Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata and attracted unconditional endorsements from film luminaries such as Amitabh Bachchan, Shyam Benegal, Naseeruddin Shah, Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, S S Rajamouli, Nagarjuna, Chiranjeevi, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Goutam Ghose.
The seven-day workshop designed by David Walsh, Training and Outreach Coordinator, Fiaf, will include theory and practical group sessions in the best practices of the preservation and restoration of celluloid and digital films and film-related material like paper, photographs, and 3D objects. It will be held from December 4 to December 10.
Aside from this, there will...
- 11/12/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
The late Govindan Aravindan’s 1978 masterpiece “Thamp̄” (“The Circus Tent”) is one of two Indian films at this year’s Cannes Classics selection, alongside Satyajit Ray’s “Pratidwandi” (“The Adversary”) from 1970.
“Thamp̄” was painstakingly restored by India’s Film Heritage Foundation (Fhf), an organization founded by filmmaker Shivendra Singh Dungarpur in 2014. Dungarpur facilitated the restoration of Uday Shankar’s landmark film “Kalpana” (1948) by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation, the restored version of which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012. He also collaborated with the World Cinema Foundation again for the restoration of the 1972 Sinhalese film “Nidhanaya” directed by eminent Sri Lankan filmmaker Lester James Peries. The restoration premiered at Venice in 2013.
The restoration of “Thamp̄” was a process that took eight months to achieve. Fhf, as a member of the International Federation of Film Archives, also put out a call to all the 171 member institutions around the world...
“Thamp̄” was painstakingly restored by India’s Film Heritage Foundation (Fhf), an organization founded by filmmaker Shivendra Singh Dungarpur in 2014. Dungarpur facilitated the restoration of Uday Shankar’s landmark film “Kalpana” (1948) by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation, the restored version of which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012. He also collaborated with the World Cinema Foundation again for the restoration of the 1972 Sinhalese film “Nidhanaya” directed by eminent Sri Lankan filmmaker Lester James Peries. The restoration premiered at Venice in 2013.
The restoration of “Thamp̄” was a process that took eight months to achieve. Fhf, as a member of the International Federation of Film Archives, also put out a call to all the 171 member institutions around the world...
- 5/25/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Awards
Siân Heder’s “Coda,” an Apple original film, has won the 2021 Sundance Film Festival: London Award presented by BIFA.
The award was voted for by 40 leading professionals from the British film industry assembled by the British Independent Film Awards.
The film follows Ruby, a Coda or Child of Deaf Adults, who is torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents. The film stars Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, and Marlee Matlin, and is produced by Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger.
It had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S., where it won best director U.S. dramatic, U.S. grand jury prize: dramatic and the audience award: U.S. dramatic. Walsh-Peelo attended the London event with Heder joining virtually for a Q & A.
The film will debut in cinemas and on Apple TV Plus on Aug.
Siân Heder’s “Coda,” an Apple original film, has won the 2021 Sundance Film Festival: London Award presented by BIFA.
The award was voted for by 40 leading professionals from the British film industry assembled by the British Independent Film Awards.
The film follows Ruby, a Coda or Child of Deaf Adults, who is torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents. The film stars Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, and Marlee Matlin, and is produced by Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger.
It had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S., where it won best director U.S. dramatic, U.S. grand jury prize: dramatic and the audience award: U.S. dramatic. Walsh-Peelo attended the London event with Heder joining virtually for a Q & A.
The film will debut in cinemas and on Apple TV Plus on Aug.
- 8/4/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The brilliant Vidya Balan, has been invited to be a part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the governing body behind the Oscars. She was the only actor from India among 395 new invitees to join in the class of 2021.
The Academy in the announcement of her invitation mentioned her performances in Tumhari Sulu and Kahaani among her outstanding films.
Check out the tweet with the full brochure
It's time to announce our new members! Meet the Class of 2021. https://t.co/17gbIEXOzJ #WeAreTheAcademy
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) July 1, 2021
Also on the list are producers Ekta Kapoor and Shobda Kapoor for their amazing work.
They will be joining earlier invitees Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Irrfan Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Salman Khan and filmmakers Goutam Ghose and Buddhadeb Dasgupta.
Congratulation Vidya!
Currently, her newest film Sherni is roaring on Amazon Prime.
The Academy in the announcement of her invitation mentioned her performances in Tumhari Sulu and Kahaani among her outstanding films.
Check out the tweet with the full brochure
It's time to announce our new members! Meet the Class of 2021. https://t.co/17gbIEXOzJ #WeAreTheAcademy
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) July 1, 2021
Also on the list are producers Ekta Kapoor and Shobda Kapoor for their amazing work.
They will be joining earlier invitees Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Irrfan Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Salman Khan and filmmakers Goutam Ghose and Buddhadeb Dasgupta.
Congratulation Vidya!
Currently, her newest film Sherni is roaring on Amazon Prime.
- 7/2/2021
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Adil Hussain says an actor will only be able to depict compassion on screen only if he is empathetic in life.
The actor features in the film "Raahgir: The Wayfarers" and says the artistes in the film have done a great job depicting these emotions. He shares screen space with Neeraj Kabi and Tilotama Shome in the film directed by the veteran Goutam Ghose.
The film is based on a short story by Prafulla Roy and centres around the story of three daily wage labourers in dire need, and how they showcase humanity despite their problems.
"The film is about three human beings Nathuni, Lakhpati and Chopatlal, whose empathy and compassion come out when they opt for humanity over survival. They have nothing to fall back on and Goutam da has beautifully captured that in this film. If an actor is not really empathetic in real life, it will show on screen,...
The actor features in the film "Raahgir: The Wayfarers" and says the artistes in the film have done a great job depicting these emotions. He shares screen space with Neeraj Kabi and Tilotama Shome in the film directed by the veteran Goutam Ghose.
The film is based on a short story by Prafulla Roy and centres around the story of three daily wage labourers in dire need, and how they showcase humanity despite their problems.
"The film is about three human beings Nathuni, Lakhpati and Chopatlal, whose empathy and compassion come out when they opt for humanity over survival. They have nothing to fall back on and Goutam da has beautifully captured that in this film. If an actor is not really empathetic in real life, it will show on screen,...
- 5/26/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Tollywood Telugu cinema has a significant history of films portraying the politics of the Left, including the Naxalite movement in the state. Jahnavi ReddyChiranjeevi made his debut in 1978 with Pranam Khareedu, in the role of a man who worked for an exploitative feudal landlord. The film ends with Chiranjeevi stabbing the landlord, as the entire village revolts against him. Over the years, Chiranjeevi, one of the biggest stars of Telugu cinema, went on to play the underdog in many films. In the past couple of decades, however, in line with changes in dominant themes in mainstream Telugu cinema, he has mostly played more powerful characters, including that of the ‘benevolent’ feudal lord Indrasena Reddy in Indra (2002), one of his biggest hits, and more recently in his last film to release, Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019). In his upcoming film Acharya, Chiranjeevi is set to play a left-wing revolutionary. Director Koratala Siva...
- 9/1/2020
- by Jahnavi
- The News Minute
Currently India is the 103rd country in the list of 119 countries of the world in respect to the hunger index. ‘Raahgir’ is an angry manifesto by a veteran film maker who has shown the symbiotic relationship between poverty and rural life to us for a long time. Goutam Ghose’s ‘Raahgir’ gravitates around Nathuni’s (Tilottoma Shome) life and her struggle to satisfy hunger. This film is based on a short story—‘A day in the rain’ by Prafulla Roy.
The film opens with a scene where we see that Nathuni is almost getting raped. She fights against the situation and gets herself out. She carries the inflicted violence on her in the next sequence. The village where Nathuni and her family reside has no option to provide them with food. Nathuni’s husband (Omkar Das Manikpuri) is paralyzed due to police brutality and therefore cannot earn. She has to...
The film opens with a scene where we see that Nathuni is almost getting raped. She fights against the situation and gets herself out. She carries the inflicted violence on her in the next sequence. The village where Nathuni and her family reside has no option to provide them with food. Nathuni’s husband (Omkar Das Manikpuri) is paralyzed due to police brutality and therefore cannot earn. She has to...
- 11/24/2019
- by Shounak Kashyapesque
- AsianMoviePulse
The theme of human empathy lifts a simple story of everyday poverty into resonant emotion in Goutam Ghose’s masterfully told The Wayfarers (Raahgir). If at first the heroine seems likely to collapse under her trials of Job, the story takes an unexpected turn when she hits the road in search of daily work to feed her family and encounters a cheerful, generous man as poor as she is. Directed by acclaimed Bengali filmmaker Goutam Ghose (The Crossing), it’s a film destined to reward the niches following its bows at Busan and then Mumbai Film Festival.
The opening scene looks ...
The opening scene looks ...
- 10/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The theme of human empathy lifts a simple story of everyday poverty into resonant emotion in Goutam Ghose’s masterfully told The Wayfarers (Raahgir). If at first the heroine seems likely to collapse under her trials of Job, the story takes an unexpected turn when she hits the road in search of daily work to feed her family and encounters a cheerful, generous man as poor as she is. Directed by acclaimed Bengali filmmaker Goutam Ghose (The Crossing), it’s a film destined to reward the niches following its bows at Busan and then Mumbai Film Festival.
The opening scene looks ...
The opening scene looks ...
- 10/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Adil Hussain, prominent star of Indian independent cinema, will be present at the Busan International Film Festival as the male lead of two Indian world premieres.
In Vijay Jayapal’s “Nirvana Inn,” Hussain headlines alongside Sandhya Mridul (“Bridge”) and Rajshri Deshpande (“Sexy Durga”). At an earlier stage, the film was at the Busan Asian Project Market in 2018 and subsequently received post-production support from the festival’s Asian Cinema Fund.
Hussain also stars in veteran filmmaker Goutam Ghose’s “The Wayfarers” (“Raahgir”) alongside Tilottama Shome (“Sir”).
“The role I play in “Raahgir “is of the poorest of the poor, a tribal man from Central India, a wayfarer, but a giant of a human, who’s humanity is put to the test by the circumstances he suddenly finds himself in. In “Nirvana Inn” my character journeys through the darkest of human despair and guilt and unfathomable sadness which descends on him, and is beyond his control,...
In Vijay Jayapal’s “Nirvana Inn,” Hussain headlines alongside Sandhya Mridul (“Bridge”) and Rajshri Deshpande (“Sexy Durga”). At an earlier stage, the film was at the Busan Asian Project Market in 2018 and subsequently received post-production support from the festival’s Asian Cinema Fund.
Hussain also stars in veteran filmmaker Goutam Ghose’s “The Wayfarers” (“Raahgir”) alongside Tilottama Shome (“Sir”).
“The role I play in “Raahgir “is of the poorest of the poor, a tribal man from Central India, a wayfarer, but a giant of a human, who’s humanity is put to the test by the circumstances he suddenly finds himself in. In “Nirvana Inn” my character journeys through the darkest of human despair and guilt and unfathomable sadness which descends on him, and is beyond his control,...
- 10/3/2019
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
A strong selection of Indian films is among the highlights of the 21st Mumbai Film Festival. The festival, which runs Oct. 17-24, announced its lineup on Thursday.
The festival’s Spotlight strand boasts of five world premieres, including Arati Kadav’s much awaited sci-film “Cargo,” actor Seema Bhargava Pahwa’s directorial debut, the family drama “Ram Prasad Ki Tehrvi,” Deepti Gupta’s document of a female artist’s fight for equality in modern India “Shut Up Sona,” Kamal Swaroop’s portrayal of a theatre troupe staging a mythological play “Samudra Manthan” and R.V. Ramani’s “Oh That’s Bhanu.” The strand also includes Goutam Ghose’s “The Wayfarers” that has its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival.
The Mumbai festival’s India Gold competition features further Busan titles, Gurvinder Singh’s “Bitter Chestnut” and Kislay’s “Just Like That,” and Gitanjali Rao’s hand drawn animation festival favourite...
The festival’s Spotlight strand boasts of five world premieres, including Arati Kadav’s much awaited sci-film “Cargo,” actor Seema Bhargava Pahwa’s directorial debut, the family drama “Ram Prasad Ki Tehrvi,” Deepti Gupta’s document of a female artist’s fight for equality in modern India “Shut Up Sona,” Kamal Swaroop’s portrayal of a theatre troupe staging a mythological play “Samudra Manthan” and R.V. Ramani’s “Oh That’s Bhanu.” The strand also includes Goutam Ghose’s “The Wayfarers” that has its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival.
The Mumbai festival’s India Gold competition features further Busan titles, Gurvinder Singh’s “Bitter Chestnut” and Kislay’s “Just Like That,” and Gitanjali Rao’s hand drawn animation festival favourite...
- 10/3/2019
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
When Indian independent cinema deals with intercaste relationships or the issues involving employers and their servants, it usually produces dark, gritty and high-caliber dramas. However, “Sir”, the feature debut of director and screenwriter Rohena Gera, is crafted in a completely different style. It doesn’t fall into the same category as critically acclaimed “Fandry” by Nagraj Mangule or classic like “Paar” by Goutam Ghose, but this is not a flaw. Quite the opposite, the female director’s approach is pleasurably refreshing.
“Sir” is screening at London Indian Film Festival
Before “Sir”, Gera came out with a witty documentary “What’s Love Got to Do with It”, which was an interesting portrayal of a young privileged generation of Indians, exploring their expectations about love and marriage. The film also raised the issue of family and gender roles that prevail in society despite the changing lifestyles. “Sir” explores those further, but in a fictionized manner.
“Sir” is screening at London Indian Film Festival
Before “Sir”, Gera came out with a witty documentary “What’s Love Got to Do with It”, which was an interesting portrayal of a young privileged generation of Indians, exploring their expectations about love and marriage. The film also raised the issue of family and gender roles that prevail in society despite the changing lifestyles. “Sir” explores those further, but in a fictionized manner.
- 6/11/2019
- by Joanna Kończak
- AsianMoviePulse
Actor Jisshu Sengupta, who is balancing a film career in multiple languages and is geared up for his sci-fi web series "Skyfire", says slowly but surely Bengali cinema is reaching out to the national audience as the theatrical release of regional films has expanded.
Bengali cinema has had an impact at international film festivals with the work of iconic filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, and Ritwik Ghatak among others, apart from movies by filmmakers like Rituparno Ghosh, Aparna Sen, and Goutam Ghose or Kaushik Ganguly and Srijit Mukerji. But now across India also, movies are getting a platform for release.
On the changing scenario, Jisshu told Ians here: "I think slowly, but surely Bengali cinema is reaching out to the national audience as regional films are getting a wider theatrical release. When it comes to the global audience, our presence is very much there. For ages, Bengali cinema holds...
Bengali cinema has had an impact at international film festivals with the work of iconic filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, and Ritwik Ghatak among others, apart from movies by filmmakers like Rituparno Ghosh, Aparna Sen, and Goutam Ghose or Kaushik Ganguly and Srijit Mukerji. But now across India also, movies are getting a platform for release.
On the changing scenario, Jisshu told Ians here: "I think slowly, but surely Bengali cinema is reaching out to the national audience as regional films are getting a wider theatrical release. When it comes to the global audience, our presence is very much there. For ages, Bengali cinema holds...
- 5/22/2019
- GlamSham
KollywoodAfter 'Kaala', Ranjith will be doing a Hindi film to be produced by Namah Pictures.Tnm StaffFacebook/Pa.Ranjith FansHaving directed superstar Rajinikanth in two back-to-back films - Kabali and Kaala - early on in his career, Pa Ranjith is now set to make his Bollywood debut. The young director will be collaborating with Shareen and Kishor of Namah Pictures for a Bollywood film. Speaking to Tnm, Pa Ranjith said that the news was true. While it is known that it will be a period film, the cast is yet to be decided. Asked if rumours doing the rounds that Aamir Khan was going to star in it were true, Ranjith said, "No. The hero hasn't been decided yet." Namah Pictures, founded by Shareen Mantri Kedia and Kishor Arora, produced the critically acclaimed feature, Beyond the Clouds (2018), directed by the Oscar-nominated Majid Majidi. Starring Ishaan Khatter, Malavika Mohanan, Goutam Ghose and Gv Sharada,...
- 8/2/2018
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
A motorbike drug-runner and his sister face a storm of trouble in this uneven drama by the feted Iranian director Majid Majidi
Majid Majidi is the Iranian director who established himself most satisfyingly with the 1997 gem Children of Heaven, a very charming and sweet-natured tale about two children, a brother and sister. His latest movie is a departure: a slightly misfiring Hindi-language Bollywood-style melodrama set in the Mumbai underworld, with a forthright musical soundtrack from veteran composer Ar Rahman. It, too, is about a brother and sister, but they are older and more disillusioned.
Amir (Ishaan Khattar) is a kid working for a sinister gang boss and sex-trafficker, couriering drugs around town on his motorbike under cover of making fast-food deliveries. On one occasion he is chased by cops and desperately implores his sister Tara (Malavika Mohanan) to hide him and the wrap of coke he has on him.
Majid Majidi is the Iranian director who established himself most satisfyingly with the 1997 gem Children of Heaven, a very charming and sweet-natured tale about two children, a brother and sister. His latest movie is a departure: a slightly misfiring Hindi-language Bollywood-style melodrama set in the Mumbai underworld, with a forthright musical soundtrack from veteran composer Ar Rahman. It, too, is about a brother and sister, but they are older and more disillusioned.
Amir (Ishaan Khattar) is a kid working for a sinister gang boss and sex-trafficker, couriering drugs around town on his motorbike under cover of making fast-food deliveries. On one occasion he is chased by cops and desperately implores his sister Tara (Malavika Mohanan) to hide him and the wrap of coke he has on him.
- 4/20/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan,, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone, apart from directors like Mrinal Sen, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Goutam Ghose are among the Indians invited to be a part of the Oscar Academy’s ‘Class of 2017’.Read More
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- 6/29/2017
- by Indicine Team
- indicine
Earlier this month, we had reported that the I&B Ministry had appointed a special committee headed by the filmmaker Shyam Benegal, to suggest measures to help the Censor Board members understand the nuances of film certification. Now we hear that actor - filmmaker Kamal Haasan will also be joining the committee.
Apparently, this addition comes after the Ministry felt that more regions of the country should be given representation on the panel, suggesting that along with Hassan, directors Shaji Karun and Gautam Ghosh should be included on it. Once appointed the trio will join the other members of committee that includes filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, adman Piyush Pandey and film journalist Bhawana Somayaa.
Apparently, this addition comes after the Ministry felt that more regions of the country should be given representation on the panel, suggesting that along with Hassan, directors Shaji Karun and Gautam Ghosh should be included on it. Once appointed the trio will join the other members of committee that includes filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, adman Piyush Pandey and film journalist Bhawana Somayaa.
- 1/13/2016
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Although Kangna Ranaut has rightfully walked away with the National award as Best Actress for her performance as the Delhi girl on a solo honeymoon after being deserted by her fiance on the eve of their wedding, the rest of the Queen team was in for a disappointment, especially director Vikas Bahl who lost the best director award to the Bengali auteur director Srijit Mukherjee who won the best director award for Chatuskhon. Srijit admits he was "pleasantly surprised" by the win considering Queen was such a popular film. "It is a rare honour and I am totally overwhelmed," says Srijit. It may be mentioned here that last year, Queen was embroiled in a plagiarism controversy when it was alleged that the film's theme was suspiciously similar to Parvati Balagopalan's unsung film Phir Zindagi. Srijit's Bangla film Chatushkon stars Aparna Sen, Goutam Ghose, Chiranjeet Chakraborty and Parambrata Chatterjee as four...
- 3/25/2015
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Exclusive: Pune and Mumbai-based Ime Motion Pictures will co-produce Indo-Italian project Lala, to be directed by Goutam Ghose.
An adaptation of Italian writer-producer Sergio Scapagnini’s children’s book Story Of Lala, the film will be shot in English, Hindi and Italian.
Producers already on board the project include Scapagnini’s Indrapur Cinematografica, Amedeo Pagani’s Classic Srl and Abhay Gadgil’s Aadi Culturtainment.
Scheduled to start shooting in July 2015, Lala revolves around an 11-year-old boy’s adventures in the big city of Mumbai after he leaves his village to help his poor parents. The film will mark Ime Motion Pictures’ first foray into non-Marathi cinema.
“Ime has been at the forefront of making good commercial Marathi cinema. The experience of an international co-production can be very significant for us, especially with an experienced and acclaimed director like Goutam Ghose,” said Ime founder Suhrud Godbole.
Ghose is a veteran Bengali filmmaker known for films such as [link...
An adaptation of Italian writer-producer Sergio Scapagnini’s children’s book Story Of Lala, the film will be shot in English, Hindi and Italian.
Producers already on board the project include Scapagnini’s Indrapur Cinematografica, Amedeo Pagani’s Classic Srl and Abhay Gadgil’s Aadi Culturtainment.
Scheduled to start shooting in July 2015, Lala revolves around an 11-year-old boy’s adventures in the big city of Mumbai after he leaves his village to help his poor parents. The film will mark Ime Motion Pictures’ first foray into non-Marathi cinema.
“Ime has been at the forefront of making good commercial Marathi cinema. The experience of an international co-production can be very significant for us, especially with an experienced and acclaimed director like Goutam Ghose,” said Ime founder Suhrud Godbole.
Ghose is a veteran Bengali filmmaker known for films such as [link...
- 11/24/2014
- ScreenDaily
A portrait of Satyajit Ray by Rishiraj Sahoo | Source: Wikimedia commons
Let’s start to play a game here – What is common between the 9 Bengali films listed below:
1 – Antaheen (2009, dir: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury) advertised that this was the first film after Satyajit Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri where Aparna Sen and Sharmila Tagore acted together. It went further stating that even the Ray masterpiece didn’t have the two pitted against each other in the same frame as this film did.
2 – Abar Aranye (2003, dir: Goutam Ghose) took three of the four characters of Aranyer Din Ratri to the forest of Dooars on a sequel train at a time when the DVD, CD version of the Ray original was not readily available.
3 – Aborto (2013, dir: Arindam Sil) flaunts that all the characters of the film have the same names as the different major characters in the master’s film oeuvre.
4 – Charulata 2011 (2012, dir:...
Let’s start to play a game here – What is common between the 9 Bengali films listed below:
1 – Antaheen (2009, dir: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury) advertised that this was the first film after Satyajit Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri where Aparna Sen and Sharmila Tagore acted together. It went further stating that even the Ray masterpiece didn’t have the two pitted against each other in the same frame as this film did.
2 – Abar Aranye (2003, dir: Goutam Ghose) took three of the four characters of Aranyer Din Ratri to the forest of Dooars on a sequel train at a time when the DVD, CD version of the Ray original was not readily available.
3 – Aborto (2013, dir: Arindam Sil) flaunts that all the characters of the film have the same names as the different major characters in the master’s film oeuvre.
4 – Charulata 2011 (2012, dir:...
- 7/8/2014
- by Amitava Nag
- DearCinema.com
As the country’s most eagerly awaited event, the 5th Jagran Film Festival, draws closer, it has been revealed that this edition of the festival will open with the screening of Ugly as its opening film, a psychological thriller and an emotional drama film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap. It has also been announced that renowned Film makers Amol Palekar and Goutam Ghose are going to head the feature and short film juries respectively at this edition of the Jagran Film Festival. Read More...
- 7/1/2014
- Bollywood Trade
Kaushik Ganguly’s Apur Panchali takes off on Pather Panchali and is about the child actor who played Apu in the film – Subir Banerjee – and what happened to him because he never made another film after Ray’s masterpiece.
Cinema in India has now split up into several pan-Indian categories. Apart from the mainstream Hindi film we have the ‘indie’ cinema represented by films like The Lunchbox and Ship of Theseus as well as the documentary (Fire in the Blood), which has become commercially viable, as it was not. Apart from these categories, there is the regional art film which, unlike its popular counterpart, is pan-Indian rather than local – because it is aimed at audiences at film festivals and other pan-Indian cultural gatherings, and cannot be imagined without subtitles in English. The pan-Indian art film is gaining ground across India and well-known film critics were also recommending the Indian Panorama...
Cinema in India has now split up into several pan-Indian categories. Apart from the mainstream Hindi film we have the ‘indie’ cinema represented by films like The Lunchbox and Ship of Theseus as well as the documentary (Fire in the Blood), which has become commercially viable, as it was not. Apart from these categories, there is the regional art film which, unlike its popular counterpart, is pan-Indian rather than local – because it is aimed at audiences at film festivals and other pan-Indian cultural gatherings, and cannot be imagined without subtitles in English. The pan-Indian art film is gaining ground across India and well-known film critics were also recommending the Indian Panorama...
- 2/13/2014
- by MK Raghavendra
- DearCinema.com
India’s entry for the Oscars has been decided, and it is debut filmmaker Gyan Correa’s The Good Road that has made it as an entry in the Best Foreign Film category. This National award winning Gujarati film about a small lost-and-found boy competed with films like The Lunchbox, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, English Vinglish, Kamal Haasan’s Vishwaroopam and Malayalam film Celluloid.
Gautam Ghosh, chairman of the Oscar selection committee said that there were 22 entries from different parts of the country to be considered for this, like The Lunchbox and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag “The 19 member jury had a 5 hour long discussion and then finally decided to select The Good Road. Even though it is a new film, the story explores a different side of India,” he added. The chairman also went on to admit that The Lunchbox was a strong contender.
The Good Road is produced by the National...
Gautam Ghosh, chairman of the Oscar selection committee said that there were 22 entries from different parts of the country to be considered for this, like The Lunchbox and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag “The 19 member jury had a 5 hour long discussion and then finally decided to select The Good Road. Even though it is a new film, the story explores a different side of India,” he added. The chairman also went on to admit that The Lunchbox was a strong contender.
The Good Road is produced by the National...
- 9/24/2013
- by Samreen Tungekar
- Bollyspice
The highly-rated film The Lunchbox has lost the race as India's Oscar nominee for 2013. The elegiac, haunting tragic Gujarati travel drama The Good Road has won the coveted privilege of being India's official Oscar entry for this year. The film earlier won the National award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati. Speaking on the decision on Saturday evening the head of the jury for the Oscar selection, filmmaker Gautam Ghose said, "We chose this wonderful Gujarati film The Good Road. We were surprised by the film. There were other strong contenders in the short-list, Ritesh Batra's The Lunchbox Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Bhaag Milkha Bhaag , Gauri Shinde's English Vinglish and Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam and also two regional films Kaushik Ganguly's Shabdo, and the Malayalam film Celluloid directed by Kamal." There were 16 members in the jury. They were given the task of sifting through all the entries.
- 9/23/2013
- BollywoodHungama
Mumbai, Sep 21: The haunting tragic Gujarati travel drama "The Good Road" has won the privilege of representing India in the foreign film category of the Academy Awards. Filmmaker Goutam Ghose, who headed the selection committee, says it reflects an India that our movies usually don't showcase.
"We chose this wonderful Gujarati film 'The Good Road'. We were surprised by the film...'The Lunchbox' is very good too. I loved the performances of Irrfan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. But 'The Good Road' got our vote," said Ghose.
"It's a lost-and-found story set in the Kutch area. It reflects on an India not seen in our films. The film.
"We chose this wonderful Gujarati film 'The Good Road'. We were surprised by the film...'The Lunchbox' is very good too. I loved the performances of Irrfan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. But 'The Good Road' got our vote," said Ghose.
"It's a lost-and-found story set in the Kutch area. It reflects on an India not seen in our films. The film.
- 9/21/2013
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
New Delhi, Sep 21: Debut feature filmmaker Gyan Correa's Gujarati film "The Good Road" has been chosen as India's entry for the best foreign film category at the Academy Awards 2013. It is perhaps the first Gujarati film to have made it.
"It was a unanimous decision to select 'The Good Road', which is a movie produced by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc)," renowned filmmaker Goutam Ghose, who headed the selection committee appointed by the Film Federation of India (Ffi), told Ians.
"The Good Road" had clinched the National Award for Best Feature Film (Gujarati) earlier this year.
The movie left behind.
"It was a unanimous decision to select 'The Good Road', which is a movie produced by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc)," renowned filmmaker Goutam Ghose, who headed the selection committee appointed by the Film Federation of India (Ffi), told Ians.
"The Good Road" had clinched the National Award for Best Feature Film (Gujarati) earlier this year.
The movie left behind.
- 9/21/2013
- by Abhijeet Sen
- RealBollywood.com
The 2nd edition of The Inner Path, a festival on Buddhism, will be held from September 6 – 10 at Iccr, Azad Bhawan, New Delhi.
Organised by Netpac India in association with the Asoka Mission, the festival celebrates Buddhism through films, art and philosophy.
Kim Ki Duk’s Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… And Spring, David Grubin’s The Buddha and Acha Dayal’s Land Of Buddha are some of the films to be screened during the five day festival.
For more information write to innerpath@netpacasia.org or netpacindia@gmail.com
For schedule, click here
Full list of films:
Alms
Director: Edward A. Burger
Angin (An Essence Of Wind)
Director: Winaldo Artaraya Swastia
Buddhism In Europe Part 2
Director: Beomsu Kim
Cave In The Snow
Director: Liz Thompson
Impermanence
Director: Goutam Ghose
Kanzeon
Director: Tim Grabham, Neil Cantwell
Karma
Director: Tsering Rhitar Sherpa
Land Of Buddha
Director: Abha Dayal
Milarepa.
Director: Liliana Cavani
Plum...
Organised by Netpac India in association with the Asoka Mission, the festival celebrates Buddhism through films, art and philosophy.
Kim Ki Duk’s Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… And Spring, David Grubin’s The Buddha and Acha Dayal’s Land Of Buddha are some of the films to be screened during the five day festival.
For more information write to innerpath@netpacasia.org or netpacindia@gmail.com
For schedule, click here
Full list of films:
Alms
Director: Edward A. Burger
Angin (An Essence Of Wind)
Director: Winaldo Artaraya Swastia
Buddhism In Europe Part 2
Director: Beomsu Kim
Cave In The Snow
Director: Liz Thompson
Impermanence
Director: Goutam Ghose
Kanzeon
Director: Tim Grabham, Neil Cantwell
Karma
Director: Tsering Rhitar Sherpa
Land Of Buddha
Director: Abha Dayal
Milarepa.
Director: Liliana Cavani
Plum...
- 9/2/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Agartala, July 23: Bangladesh and West Bengal must work jointly to promote Bengali films, acclaimed film director Gautam Ghosh said Tuesday.
"A single window Bengali film production centre between Bangladesh and West Bengal must be evolved. Bangladesh, West Bengal and Bengali dominated southern Assam and Tripura must work jointly to boost Bengali films," he told reporters here.
He said this after releasing a book on 100 years of Indian cinema, edited by journalist Manas Chakraborty.
Ghosh said: "Efforts are on to set up a single window Bengali film production centre between Bangladesh, West Bengal and Bengali dominated.
"A single window Bengali film production centre between Bangladesh and West Bengal must be evolved. Bangladesh, West Bengal and Bengali dominated southern Assam and Tripura must work jointly to boost Bengali films," he told reporters here.
He said this after releasing a book on 100 years of Indian cinema, edited by journalist Manas Chakraborty.
Ghosh said: "Efforts are on to set up a single window Bengali film production centre between Bangladesh, West Bengal and Bengali dominated.
- 7/23/2013
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
Kolkata, July 23: The West Bengal government will honour 50 Bengali film personalities on the occasion of the 33rd death anniversary of matinee idol Uttam Kumar Wednesday.
Actors Madhabi Mukhopadhyay, Ranjit Mullick, Dipankar Dey and Sandhya Roy, and filmmaker Gautam Ghosh would be presented the lifetime achievement award for their contribution to Bengali cinema.
Actors Chinmoy Roy and Partha Mukherjee, and directors Sandip Roy, Kaushik Ganguly, Sujit Guha, Srijit Mukherjee and Raj Chakraborty would be presented special awards.
The Mahanayak Samman, 2013, will be awarded to leading actors Tapas Pal and Prosenjit Chatterjee.
Other.
Actors Madhabi Mukhopadhyay, Ranjit Mullick, Dipankar Dey and Sandhya Roy, and filmmaker Gautam Ghosh would be presented the lifetime achievement award for their contribution to Bengali cinema.
Actors Chinmoy Roy and Partha Mukherjee, and directors Sandip Roy, Kaushik Ganguly, Sujit Guha, Srijit Mukherjee and Raj Chakraborty would be presented special awards.
The Mahanayak Samman, 2013, will be awarded to leading actors Tapas Pal and Prosenjit Chatterjee.
Other.
- 7/23/2013
- by Smith Cox
- RealBollywood.com
Kolkata, April 13: Despite digitisation in music and films, renowned filmmaker Goutam Ghose feels true music lovers still love listening to gramophone records.
"True music lovers still love records. I regularly hear music on records and I love doing it, because you care about what you possess - as in putting the pin correctly, seeing to it that scratches are kept away, you dust it and then you listen to it," Ghose told Ians here.
"European countries are now, again going back to listening to the records because of the love for music quality or depth of the sound, that is analog stereo," he added.
Director of films like "Paar",.
"True music lovers still love records. I regularly hear music on records and I love doing it, because you care about what you possess - as in putting the pin correctly, seeing to it that scratches are kept away, you dust it and then you listen to it," Ghose told Ians here.
"European countries are now, again going back to listening to the records because of the love for music quality or depth of the sound, that is analog stereo," he added.
Director of films like "Paar",.
- 4/13/2013
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
Still from Dekh Tamasha Dekh
The 13 New York Indian Film Festival will open with Feroze Abbas Khan’s political satire Dekh Tamasha Dekh and close with Nitin Kakkar’s Filmistaan. The festival will be held from April 30 – May 4, 2013.
This year the festival will screen 22 Indian features, all having their New York City premieres.
Khan’s 108 minute film Dekh Tamasha Dekh explores a country where bizarre is normal through a poor man in search for his religious identity. While Kakkar’s 117 minute film Filmistaan connects humans and cultures through cinema.
The festival will celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema with the screenings of Rudradeep Bhattacharjee’s The Human Factor, Jaideep Varma’s Baavra Mann, Kundan Shah’s Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, M S Sathyu’s Garam Hawa and Uday Shankar’s Kalpana. Whereas, Hansal Mehta’s Shahid will be presented under the Centrepiece section and Amit Gupta’s Jadoo under Special Screening.
The 13 New York Indian Film Festival will open with Feroze Abbas Khan’s political satire Dekh Tamasha Dekh and close with Nitin Kakkar’s Filmistaan. The festival will be held from April 30 – May 4, 2013.
This year the festival will screen 22 Indian features, all having their New York City premieres.
Khan’s 108 minute film Dekh Tamasha Dekh explores a country where bizarre is normal through a poor man in search for his religious identity. While Kakkar’s 117 minute film Filmistaan connects humans and cultures through cinema.
The festival will celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema with the screenings of Rudradeep Bhattacharjee’s The Human Factor, Jaideep Varma’s Baavra Mann, Kundan Shah’s Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, M S Sathyu’s Garam Hawa and Uday Shankar’s Kalpana. Whereas, Hansal Mehta’s Shahid will be presented under the Centrepiece section and Amit Gupta’s Jadoo under Special Screening.
- 4/6/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Kolkata, March 25: In an initiative to make cinema viewing affordable for people from rural areas of the state, renowned filmmaker Goutam Ghose Monday called for reinstating single-screen theatres and establishing mini-plexes across West Bengal.
"Rural people cannot afford to pay high prices for tickets to enjoy a movie. More single-screen theatres will enable them to watch movies at an affordable rate," Ghose said at a media conference here.
"Single-screen theatres are not viable, so there has to be a minimum capital investment in these projects," he added.
Director of films like "Paar", "Dekha" and "Abar Aranye", Ghose.
"Rural people cannot afford to pay high prices for tickets to enjoy a movie. More single-screen theatres will enable them to watch movies at an affordable rate," Ghose said at a media conference here.
"Single-screen theatres are not viable, so there has to be a minimum capital investment in these projects," he added.
Director of films like "Paar", "Dekha" and "Abar Aranye", Ghose.
- 3/25/2013
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
Kolkata, Jan 9: Independent cinema is under seige in India with multiplexes and studios taking over the production and exhibition of movies, a group of filmmakers said at the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2013 here Wednesday.
At a panel discussion, "India's Indie Film Future - Questions and Concerns : A Filmmakers' Forum", directors like Goutam Ghose, Kaushik Ganguly, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Suman Mukhopadhyay and Onir questioned the role of the state in promoting cinema.
They asked why independent cinema was not considered a part of art and culture of India and discussed ways to nurture quality cinema with the help of enterprising.
At a panel discussion, "India's Indie Film Future - Questions and Concerns : A Filmmakers' Forum", directors like Goutam Ghose, Kaushik Ganguly, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Suman Mukhopadhyay and Onir questioned the role of the state in promoting cinema.
They asked why independent cinema was not considered a part of art and culture of India and discussed ways to nurture quality cinema with the help of enterprising.
- 1/9/2013
- by Abhijeet Sen
- RealBollywood.com
Celebrating the centenary year of Indian cinema, the International Film Festival of India (Iffi) has launched a Special Indian Cinema Centenary Award. The winner, chosen by a jury, will be presented with a Silver Peacock, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh.
“The special Indian Cinema Centenary Award will be bestowed to a film chosen from three nominations from the festival programme – International Competition, Cinema of the World and the Indian Panorama,” Shankar Mohan, Festival Director, Iffi stated.
The special jury constituted to elect the winning film comprises Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Goutam Ghose and Kishwar Desai.
The festival will run from 20th to 30th November, 2012. Oscar winning film maker Ang Lee’s Life of Pi will be the opening film, while Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist will be the closing film.
The other awards that will be contested for during the festival are:
Best Film
Wins: Golden Peacock,...
“The special Indian Cinema Centenary Award will be bestowed to a film chosen from three nominations from the festival programme – International Competition, Cinema of the World and the Indian Panorama,” Shankar Mohan, Festival Director, Iffi stated.
The special jury constituted to elect the winning film comprises Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Goutam Ghose and Kishwar Desai.
The festival will run from 20th to 30th November, 2012. Oscar winning film maker Ang Lee’s Life of Pi will be the opening film, while Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist will be the closing film.
The other awards that will be contested for during the festival are:
Best Film
Wins: Golden Peacock,...
- 11/20/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Following its UK launch in May 2012, online Bollywood film platform, Sanona is showing its commitment to the Indian film industry by sponsoring the 3rd annual London Indian Film Festival (Liff) this month.
Sanona, a brand new service offering fans of Bollywood and Indian cinema the chance to stream and watch movies online, will be presenting both the coveted Opening Night Premiere for Mumbai cult director Anurag Kashyap’s action-packed Gangs of Wasseypur, and the equally prestigious Closing Night Premiere of multi award-winning hit Bengali movie, Baishey Srabon (Seventh August) and their accompanying after-parties.
The festival brings to UK audiences a selection of cutting edge films from some of India’s and the UK’s hottest independent talents. As one of Europe’s fastest growing platforms for Indian cinema, Liff has a natural synergy with Sanona; both organisations pledging to celebrate the burgeoning movement of alternative Indian cinema.
Adam Davies, the founder and CEO of Sanona,...
Sanona, a brand new service offering fans of Bollywood and Indian cinema the chance to stream and watch movies online, will be presenting both the coveted Opening Night Premiere for Mumbai cult director Anurag Kashyap’s action-packed Gangs of Wasseypur, and the equally prestigious Closing Night Premiere of multi award-winning hit Bengali movie, Baishey Srabon (Seventh August) and their accompanying after-parties.
The festival brings to UK audiences a selection of cutting edge films from some of India’s and the UK’s hottest independent talents. As one of Europe’s fastest growing platforms for Indian cinema, Liff has a natural synergy with Sanona; both organisations pledging to celebrate the burgeoning movement of alternative Indian cinema.
Adam Davies, the founder and CEO of Sanona,...
- 6/17/2012
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
<div>Legendary Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who has portrayed a versatile range of lead characters in films by Satyajit Ray, has been selected for India.s highest film honour - the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2012.</div><div></div><div>Confirming the news, Chatterjee told us that he was extremely happy at the honour.</div><div></div><div>.I am extremely happy. Till this evening I had not thought of this award. But after I got the news I am extremely happy,. Chatterjee said.</div><div></div><div>Chatterjee, one of India.s most talented actors, made his debut in 1959 with Ray.s super-hit movie .Apur Sansar.. The film gave him the much needed platform, and he never looked back.</div><div></div><div>Chatterjee soon became Ray.s favourite, and became the lead actor of most of the movie maker.s classics including Sonar Kella, Charulata and Ghare Baire.</div><div></div><div>Chatterjee.s association with Ray is often compared with the chemistry between famous actor-director duos of the world...
- 3/22/2012
- Filmicafe
Italian director Italo Spinelli speaks with Utpal Borpujari on how he chose Mahasweta Devi’s story “Choli Ke Peeche” for his debut feature Gangor.
Italo Spinelli with Mahasweta Devi
Writer-activist Mahasweta Devi’s story “Choli Ke Peeche/Behind the Bodice” is a stinging indictment of exploitation of tribals as well as the media’s insensitive, if not sensational, handling of delicate issues. It is this story that Italian director Italo Spinelli has chosen to make his debut feature film with. Spinelli, who has earlier directed several documentaries and has been a long-time India lover, shot the film on location in West Bengal’s Purulia area, of late in news for Maoist activities, with a cast that includes Love,Sex Aur Dhoka fame Priyanka Bose, Adil Hussain and Nri actor Samrat Chakraborty. After having its world premiere at the Rome Film Festival and a screening at the 41st International Film Festival of India,...
Italo Spinelli with Mahasweta Devi
Writer-activist Mahasweta Devi’s story “Choli Ke Peeche/Behind the Bodice” is a stinging indictment of exploitation of tribals as well as the media’s insensitive, if not sensational, handling of delicate issues. It is this story that Italian director Italo Spinelli has chosen to make his debut feature film with. Spinelli, who has earlier directed several documentaries and has been a long-time India lover, shot the film on location in West Bengal’s Purulia area, of late in news for Maoist activities, with a cast that includes Love,Sex Aur Dhoka fame Priyanka Bose, Adil Hussain and Nri actor Samrat Chakraborty. After having its world premiere at the Rome Film Festival and a screening at the 41st International Film Festival of India,...
- 6/7/2011
- by Utpal Borpujari
- DearCinema.com
Adaminte Makan Abu, Aadukalam, Dhanush, and the other winners of the 2011 National Film Awards have been announced. The 58th Annual National Film Awards, administered by the India’s Directorate of Film Festivals, is “the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administrated by the Indian government’s Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973. Every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India gives away the awards. This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where the award-winning films are screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. Due...
- 5/20/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Kolkata, May 18: National award winning director Gautam Ghosh will make a documentary on the life and struggle of Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal chief minister-elect Mamata Banerjee.
"It is true that I will make a documentary on Mamata Banerjee very soon, but nothing has been planned yet," Ghosh said here.
Ghosh had made a documentary on late Communist patriarch.
"It is true that I will make a documentary on Mamata Banerjee very soon, but nothing has been planned yet," Ghosh said here.
Ghosh had made a documentary on late Communist patriarch.
- 5/18/2011
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
They(Cannes) have a very Euro-us centric view of cinema which we cannot conform to. We are neither the Far-east like Japan, nor the West in that sense. We are the in-between world. Our culture is very little understood in the West. To appreciate the cinema, you have to understand the culture and the people–Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Come May and the time seems rife for a critical analysis of the state of Indian cinema. The country that churns out the largest number of films in the world in a year doesn’t figure in the list of countries which will have their films presented at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Does that reflect anything about the cinema in our country? The debate is pursued with a renewed interest and vigour every year. Well, some believe that our films are just not good enough while there are others who question the...
Come May and the time seems rife for a critical analysis of the state of Indian cinema. The country that churns out the largest number of films in the world in a year doesn’t figure in the list of countries which will have their films presented at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Does that reflect anything about the cinema in our country? The debate is pursued with a renewed interest and vigour every year. Well, some believe that our films are just not good enough while there are others who question the...
- 5/11/2011
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
The Quest directed by Gautam Ghose and Anurag Kashyap’s That Girl in Yellow Boots will be screened at the 25th Annual FilmFest DC. The festival will run from April 7- 17, 2011.
Two screenings of The Quest will be held on April 15 and April 16. Director Goutam Ghose will be present for Q&A following the screenings. The film is based on Sunil Ganguly’s novel and captures the life of of Lalan Faqir, a 19th-century spiritual leader, poet, and baul.
That Girl in Yellow Boots will be screened on April 9 and April 14. The film stars Kalki Koechlin as Ruth, a masseuse who in search for her father encounters Mumbai’s underbelly.
The International Film Festival of Washington DC celebrates its 25th year with its 2011 edition. French farce Potiche will be the opening film of the festival while Swedish comedy Sound of Noise will close the festival. The focus of this year...
Two screenings of The Quest will be held on April 15 and April 16. Director Goutam Ghose will be present for Q&A following the screenings. The film is based on Sunil Ganguly’s novel and captures the life of of Lalan Faqir, a 19th-century spiritual leader, poet, and baul.
That Girl in Yellow Boots will be screened on April 9 and April 14. The film stars Kalki Koechlin as Ruth, a masseuse who in search for her father encounters Mumbai’s underbelly.
The International Film Festival of Washington DC celebrates its 25th year with its 2011 edition. French farce Potiche will be the opening film of the festival while Swedish comedy Sound of Noise will close the festival. The focus of this year...
- 4/7/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 'Imaging Asia' Festival organized by Netpac – Cii will be held in New Delhi from 18 - 22 August 2010. Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (Netpac) India and Confederation of Indian Industry (Cii) are organizing this five-day International Conference and a series of cinema-related events in New Delhi to broaden the scope and vision of Asian Cinema.
Symposia, screenings, workshops, cultural events will mark this event during which 30 films will be screened across multiple venues in Delhi. With a Girl of Black Soil directed by Jeon Soo-ii, Korea (90 mins.) will open the festival.
50 plus film personalities from Asian countries will attend the festival. Among them will be luminaries like Charles Musser, head of the film department at Yale University; Michel Reilhac head of Arte Cinema, France; distinguished film makers like Xie Fei from China, Nick Deocampo from Manila, Jocelyn Saab from Lebanon, Garin Nugroho from Indonesia; festival directors, film producers, scholars like Jeannette Paulson Hereniko,...
Symposia, screenings, workshops, cultural events will mark this event during which 30 films will be screened across multiple venues in Delhi. With a Girl of Black Soil directed by Jeon Soo-ii, Korea (90 mins.) will open the festival.
50 plus film personalities from Asian countries will attend the festival. Among them will be luminaries like Charles Musser, head of the film department at Yale University; Michel Reilhac head of Arte Cinema, France; distinguished film makers like Xie Fei from China, Nick Deocampo from Manila, Jocelyn Saab from Lebanon, Garin Nugroho from Indonesia; festival directors, film producers, scholars like Jeannette Paulson Hereniko,...
- 5/31/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Vikramaditya Motwane’s “Udaan”, the film that made it to Un Certain Regard at Cannes International Film festival after seven years has been the talk of the town lately. With Udaan, Indian cinema’s seven year long jinxed relationship with the premier film festival has come to an end. Murali Nair’s Arimpara was the last film to have made it to Un Certain Regard, the section that carries the second most prestigious award, in the year 2003. Prior to that, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas was presented as a special screening out of competition at the festival in 2002.
Come to think of it, India and Cannes have had a cordial relationship right from the start. 1946, the year one of the oldest film festivals began at Cannes, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar was screened as a Feature film in competition. Neecha Nagar was a pioneering effort in realistic Indian cinema and...
Come to think of it, India and Cannes have had a cordial relationship right from the start. 1946, the year one of the oldest film festivals began at Cannes, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar was screened as a Feature film in competition. Neecha Nagar was a pioneering effort in realistic Indian cinema and...
- 4/20/2010
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
OTTAWA -- French filmmaker Claude Zidi on Thursday was named head of the eight-member international jury for the 28th Montreal World Film Festival, set to run Aug. 26-Sept. 6. Zidi will be joined on the jury by U.S. director Jerry Schatzberg, Czech animator Bretislav Pojar, Quebec producer Denise Robert, Indian director Goutam Ghose, Mexican actress Diana Bracho, Italian star Anita Caprioli and Spanish director Jaime Camino.
- 7/23/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Montreal International Film Festival
MONTREAL -- This loquacious film by Indian director Goutam Ghose is a kind of sequel to Satyajit Ray's 1970 "Nights and Days in the Forest". Ray's little-seen social drama sent four young men into a forest to show how its wildness affected them. Goutam's "In the Forest ... Again" picks up three of the men 33 years later and -- using the surviving actors from Ray's film -- has them return for a different journey. It's an appealingly intelligent film loaded with a novelistic array of characters, stories, ideas and opinions.
"Forest", produced by Rainbow T-Sarkar Combine, would play nicely at artier fests, and the Ray connection should ensure it shows up on programrs' radar. But a lack of narrative drive will probably render commercial prospects nonexistent. It had its international premiere in competition at Montreal.
It is structured by mood rather than narrative. The first part is a pleasing ramble though the minds of the characters. The three men, plus wives and children, begin the trip quietly. They visit a tea plantation, where viewers become privy to many personal, often provocative, discussions. We hear that "Communist Russia should have survived because the world is too unipolar," that "the British should have stayed an extra fifty years in India" and overhear discussions ranging from the benefits of chemotherapy to the poetic nature of tea.
The story takes an unexpected turn in the last quarter. One of the daughters is grieving for her husband, who died in the World Trade Center tragedy
one night she disappears down a dangerous river and is saved by a poor forest tribe. With her blessing, the tribe issues a ransom for her return.
The first part of the film is nostalgic of Satyajit Ray and the 1960s. Clips of the Ray film are cut into the movie, so we can see how the actors have weathered over time. The ransom storyline suddenly propels the film into the injustices and political concerns of today's world. It's an unexpected diversion, but it provides some drama to throw the pensive characters into sharper relief.
The sad beauty of this film is the way Ghose makes real life extend into the cinema. To see the performers next to flashbacks of their younger selves affords a kind of cruel realism, and an actor who plays a cancer patient in the film actually died of the disease in July.
MONTREAL -- This loquacious film by Indian director Goutam Ghose is a kind of sequel to Satyajit Ray's 1970 "Nights and Days in the Forest". Ray's little-seen social drama sent four young men into a forest to show how its wildness affected them. Goutam's "In the Forest ... Again" picks up three of the men 33 years later and -- using the surviving actors from Ray's film -- has them return for a different journey. It's an appealingly intelligent film loaded with a novelistic array of characters, stories, ideas and opinions.
"Forest", produced by Rainbow T-Sarkar Combine, would play nicely at artier fests, and the Ray connection should ensure it shows up on programrs' radar. But a lack of narrative drive will probably render commercial prospects nonexistent. It had its international premiere in competition at Montreal.
It is structured by mood rather than narrative. The first part is a pleasing ramble though the minds of the characters. The three men, plus wives and children, begin the trip quietly. They visit a tea plantation, where viewers become privy to many personal, often provocative, discussions. We hear that "Communist Russia should have survived because the world is too unipolar," that "the British should have stayed an extra fifty years in India" and overhear discussions ranging from the benefits of chemotherapy to the poetic nature of tea.
The story takes an unexpected turn in the last quarter. One of the daughters is grieving for her husband, who died in the World Trade Center tragedy
one night she disappears down a dangerous river and is saved by a poor forest tribe. With her blessing, the tribe issues a ransom for her return.
The first part of the film is nostalgic of Satyajit Ray and the 1960s. Clips of the Ray film are cut into the movie, so we can see how the actors have weathered over time. The ransom storyline suddenly propels the film into the injustices and political concerns of today's world. It's an unexpected diversion, but it provides some drama to throw the pensive characters into sharper relief.
The sad beauty of this film is the way Ghose makes real life extend into the cinema. To see the performers next to flashbacks of their younger selves affords a kind of cruel realism, and an actor who plays a cancer patient in the film actually died of the disease in July.
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