The Indian political documentary “An Insignificant Man” has played at more than 30 film festivals all over the world since premiering at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. But in India — the one country where the documentary is bound to have its strongest impact — censors are doing their best to prevent the film from being seen.
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India’s Central Board of Film Certification (Cbfc), the country’s national censor board, has refused to grant co-directors Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla an exhibition certificate, a crucial document needed for every theatrical release in India, until the filmmakers get written permission from the politicians featured in the documentary — including the country’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
Last week, Ranka and Shukla’s lawyer informed them that the censor board hasn’t set a hearing date for their appeal of the decision.
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India’s Central Board of Film Certification (Cbfc), the country’s national censor board, has refused to grant co-directors Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla an exhibition certificate, a crucial document needed for every theatrical release in India, until the filmmakers get written permission from the politicians featured in the documentary — including the country’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
Last week, Ranka and Shukla’s lawyer informed them that the censor board hasn’t set a hearing date for their appeal of the decision.
- 7/6/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Black Widow speaks! Check out this Q&A with Scarlett Johansson from Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron!
Marvel’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron is out now on Digital HD, and is about to be released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 2. In anticipation of the Blu-ray release, Scarlett Johansson, who plays Black Widow in the film, discussed her role and her character's place among the Avengers, who include Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) – alongside Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) –as they battle Ultron (James Spader). Check out the following Q&A:
How would you describe The Avengers at the beginning of Marvel’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron? And how has the world changed since the first movie?
Scarlett Johansson: It really is business as usual at the beginning of the film,...
Marvel’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron is out now on Digital HD, and is about to be released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 2. In anticipation of the Blu-ray release, Scarlett Johansson, who plays Black Widow in the film, discussed her role and her character's place among the Avengers, who include Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) – alongside Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) –as they battle Ultron (James Spader). Check out the following Q&A:
How would you describe The Avengers at the beginning of Marvel’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron? And how has the world changed since the first movie?
Scarlett Johansson: It really is business as usual at the beginning of the film,...
- 10/2/2015
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Victor Medina)
- Cinelinx
Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has been released via Disney Movies Anywhere (Dma) and now can be found at Amazon Video and Microsoft Movies & TV, with Roku and Android TV following on September 15th. The actual Blu-ray combo pack follows. When you buy Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron through Dma, you can take a deeper dive into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the exclusive bonus feature “Connecting the Universe.” Disney release a teaser for this featurette.
Additionally, Scarlett Johansson talked about her work in the cinematic unvierse.
How would you describe The Avengers at the beginning of Marvel’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron? And how has the world changed since the first movie?
Scarlett Johansson: It really is business as usual at the beginning of the film, but the world is aware of the universe in a way that they weren’t in The Avengers. The common man...
Additionally, Scarlett Johansson talked about her work in the cinematic unvierse.
How would you describe The Avengers at the beginning of Marvel’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron? And how has the world changed since the first movie?
Scarlett Johansson: It really is business as usual at the beginning of the film, but the world is aware of the universe in a way that they weren’t in The Avengers. The common man...
- 9/11/2015
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Webster defines Soldier as 'one engaged in military service and especially in the army'. The common man knows a Soldier as one who fights for the country, sometimes in challenging climatic conditions.
But Payal refers to Madhav's 'little member' as a soldier!
Payal is Kangana Ranaut in Nikhil Advani's upcoming film, Katti Batti. The trailer which was released recently has a derogatory reference to a Soldier. In a particular scene, a rather peeved Payal, in front of a few onlookers, yells at Madhav (Imran Khan) who seems rather embarrassed.
The conversation with English subtitles goes something like this:
Payal: "Do you understand the meaning of hygiene? How difficult can it be to pee in the pot? Just hold the little soldier and aim! It's not some champagne bottle which you wield around and spray everywhere."
We tried contacting Nihkil Advani through his PR wanting to know from him, what...
But Payal refers to Madhav's 'little member' as a soldier!
Payal is Kangana Ranaut in Nikhil Advani's upcoming film, Katti Batti. The trailer which was released recently has a derogatory reference to a Soldier. In a particular scene, a rather peeved Payal, in front of a few onlookers, yells at Madhav (Imran Khan) who seems rather embarrassed.
The conversation with English subtitles goes something like this:
Payal: "Do you understand the meaning of hygiene? How difficult can it be to pee in the pot? Just hold the little soldier and aim! It's not some champagne bottle which you wield around and spray everywhere."
We tried contacting Nihkil Advani through his PR wanting to know from him, what...
- 6/18/2015
- GlamSham
What do you get if you put Spider-Man and General Zod in a movie together? Lots and lots of swearing – according to the clip from 99 Homes that was just released. That hard-hitting dialogue is indicative of the tone of the film, which is the latest directorial effort from Ramin Bahrani (At Any Price). Starring Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man), Michael Shannon (Man Of Steel) and Laura Dern (The Fault In Our Stars), 99 Homes takes a swipe at the current global economic climate, through the crisis experienced by one family.
Written by Bahrani with Amir Nederi (Manhattan By Numbers) and Bahareh Azimi (Goodbye Solo), 99 Homes addresses the idea of the 99% versus the wealthiest of society, by pitching an everyday guy against a cold corporate entity. In what seems to be a tale of the will to survive, it asks the question, how far would you go to save yourself and those you love?...
Written by Bahrani with Amir Nederi (Manhattan By Numbers) and Bahareh Azimi (Goodbye Solo), 99 Homes addresses the idea of the 99% versus the wealthiest of society, by pitching an everyday guy against a cold corporate entity. In what seems to be a tale of the will to survive, it asks the question, how far would you go to save yourself and those you love?...
- 8/30/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Ryan returns to Sketchy, and this week he and Newcomb discuss a documentary by French director Michel Gondry, who animated his conversations with famed philosopher Noam Chomsky. It’s “Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy?” Enjoy!
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Banter For The Common Man
by Sam Winch
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- 7/21/2014
- by Ryan Clagg
- SoundOnSight
Bollywood actors are role-models to many people. The common man, in some way or the other tries and imitates them. Be it consciously or unconsciously, they love being like the favorite actors. And when actresses are shown to be very determined in achieving their dream, there can be nothing more inspiring for the people who look up to them. Here we list to you, the actresses who have played ambitious characters with a strong determination to achieve their goals in the Bollywood fli...
- 7/2/2014
- GlamSham
On Charlie Chaplin’s 124th birthday, Dalton writes on the legend’s immortal classic “Modern Times” (1936)
A clock with the seconds-needle soundlessly completes a circle and a half around it, setting the opening tone for Chaplin’s satirical “story of industry, of individual enterprise – humanity crusading in the pursuit of happiness”: Modern Times, inhabited in the Depression years by the famished populace, jobless or underpaid as a consequence of industrialization.
Immediately following is the image of a black sheep in the midst of white ones, all hurrying to get ahead. This merges into that of people rushing for work. Oddly, the sheep have no bearing to the film, and further, having made their point, do not bother to make another appearance. We must, of course, accept this as one of the many unformed techniques of the pioneering days of cinema.
Incessantly racing to keep up with the production pace,...
A clock with the seconds-needle soundlessly completes a circle and a half around it, setting the opening tone for Chaplin’s satirical “story of industry, of individual enterprise – humanity crusading in the pursuit of happiness”: Modern Times, inhabited in the Depression years by the famished populace, jobless or underpaid as a consequence of industrialization.
Immediately following is the image of a black sheep in the midst of white ones, all hurrying to get ahead. This merges into that of people rushing for work. Oddly, the sheep have no bearing to the film, and further, having made their point, do not bother to make another appearance. We must, of course, accept this as one of the many unformed techniques of the pioneering days of cinema.
Incessantly racing to keep up with the production pace,...
- 4/16/2013
- by Dalton
- DearCinema.com
Don’s desire to change his life’s downward trajectory stalls in this week’s Mad Men – or maybe it just gets tired of waiting for him to stop shtupping his neighbor. Meanwhile, Peggy gets a nudge toward becoming a true Mad Woman and Pete has never known the all-encompassing wrath of a suburban housewife scorned… but he’s about to. Let’s review the major developmets that take place in the Jon Hamm-directed “The Collaborators.”
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Carry On | At the beginning of the episode, Don has a morning rendezvous with...
Related | AMC Eyes Breaking Bad Spin-Off Featuring Saul Goodman
Carry On | At the beginning of the episode, Don has a morning rendezvous with...
- 4/15/2013
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
If you have spent any time at all playing Assassin’s Creed III you are well aware that the game has a ton of bugs and glitches, despite the release of a day one patch. Ubisoft has been working on the issues since the game’s launch last month and has announced that a new patch will be ready “by the end of next week”.
This new patch will squash a ton of mutliplayer bugs (like the highly annoying Fort Wolcott glitch that can trap players in the warmup screen) and a whole host of singleplayer glitches found throughout pretty much every campaign mission and multiple side quests. The fixes for Assassin’s Creed III‘s singleplayer campaign include everything from the mundane (missing audio lines) to game-breaking (getting stuck in the opera house at the start of the game).
The full list of fixes in the upcoming Assassin’s...
This new patch will squash a ton of mutliplayer bugs (like the highly annoying Fort Wolcott glitch that can trap players in the warmup screen) and a whole host of singleplayer glitches found throughout pretty much every campaign mission and multiple side quests. The fixes for Assassin’s Creed III‘s singleplayer campaign include everything from the mundane (missing audio lines) to game-breaking (getting stuck in the opera house at the start of the game).
The full list of fixes in the upcoming Assassin’s...
- 11/16/2012
- by Justin Alderman
- We Got This Covered
Mumbai, Nov 14: Family members of veteran cartoonist R.K. Laxman Monday said they will be involved in a TV show inspired by his cartoons to ensure that his works are kept alive.
'Father's popular creation 'The Common Man' has inspired a TV show 'R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya', which will deal with the aspirations and troubles of the common Indian men and women,' Usha Laxman, his daughter-in-law said.
'We are fully involved in the show as we want to ensure that his works are adapted in the right manner,' she added.
To be aired on Sab TV, the show will see comedian Atul Parchure essay the common man, while Vandana Pathak will be seen as.
'Father's popular creation 'The Common Man' has inspired a TV show 'R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya', which will deal with the aspirations and troubles of the common Indian men and women,' Usha Laxman, his daughter-in-law said.
'We are fully involved in the show as we want to ensure that his works are adapted in the right manner,' she added.
To be aired on Sab TV, the show will see comedian Atul Parchure essay the common man, while Vandana Pathak will be seen as.
- 11/14/2011
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
New Delhi, Nov 7: Veteran cartoonist R.K.Laxman's popular creation 'The Common Man' has inspired a TV show -- 'R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya', which will deal with the aspirations and troubles of the common Indian men.
To be aired on Sab TV, the show will see comedian Atul Parchure will essay the common man, while Vandana Pathak will be seen as his wife.
Laxman, who turned 90 last month, portrayed the Common Man in Times of India cartoons that dealt with scheming politicians, gossiping housewives and corrupt bureaucrats, among a vast variety of subjects.
'R.K.Laxman's cartoons always took a light-hearted view.
To be aired on Sab TV, the show will see comedian Atul Parchure will essay the common man, while Vandana Pathak will be seen as his wife.
Laxman, who turned 90 last month, portrayed the Common Man in Times of India cartoons that dealt with scheming politicians, gossiping housewives and corrupt bureaucrats, among a vast variety of subjects.
'R.K.Laxman's cartoons always took a light-hearted view.
- 11/7/2011
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
A bouquet of films from India, from different genres and regions, is being showcased at the 64th Locarno International Film Festival here in an effort to dispel the notion that the Indian film industry, one of the largest in the world, means just Bollywood song and dance. .The aim was to familiarise the Locarno audience and give them an overview of the development of Indian cinema. Now that.s very difficult when you think of what a vast country we are and to do it in about 13-15 films,. said Uma Da Cuna, programmer for the Indian films at the Open Doors section at the ongoing fest. .So I started with silent cinema .Prapancha Pash. (1929) by Franz Osten and from there we went progressively to Guru Dutt and Raj Kapoor. It can.t be a very comprehensive programme, but just enough to show over the decade what we were doing,...
- 8/8/2011
- Filmicafe
Forget Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee! There was one actor who truly epitomised classic Hammer horror, and that was the irreplaceable Michael Ripper. With a whopping 23 films to his name, he was to Hammer what Desmond Llewellyn was to James Bond.
Michael Ripper was born in Portsmouth on 27 January 1913. His father Harold was a civil servant who ran a local amateur dramatic company and taught elocution and speech therapy, his mother Edith worked as a teacher. Ripper had a very unhappy Victorian childhood; his dominant father was very much a stern disciplinarian.
A pupil of Portsmouth Grammar School, which he hated, Ripper was more or less pushed into acting by his father, who entered him in various poetry competitions. A close family friend and regular visitor to their Southsea home was the brilliant comic actor Alastair Sim.
Though he initially Ripper never wanted to be an actor, Ripper was eventually...
Michael Ripper was born in Portsmouth on 27 January 1913. His father Harold was a civil servant who ran a local amateur dramatic company and taught elocution and speech therapy, his mother Edith worked as a teacher. Ripper had a very unhappy Victorian childhood; his dominant father was very much a stern disciplinarian.
A pupil of Portsmouth Grammar School, which he hated, Ripper was more or less pushed into acting by his father, who entered him in various poetry competitions. A close family friend and regular visitor to their Southsea home was the brilliant comic actor Alastair Sim.
Though he initially Ripper never wanted to be an actor, Ripper was eventually...
- 2/2/2011
- Shadowlocked
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