The parallel cinema movement in the country has over the years been nurtured by a number of stalwarts like Satyajit Ray (Pather Panchali, Apur Sansar, Aparajitho) Mrinal Sen (Bhuvan Shome Ek Din Prati Din), Shayam Benegal (Ankur, Manthan), Mani Kaul (Uski Roti, Duvidha), Govind Nihalani (Ardh Satya, Aakrosh), Kumar Shahani (Maya Darpan, Tarang) and Gautam Ghose (Paar Antarjali Yatra).
- 11/25/2017
- by TNM NEWS
- The News Minute
The festival returns this month for its sixth edition. Every year Liff aims to bring audiences some of the very best new Indian independent cinema, which includes features, documentaries and short films by both acclaimed and emerging filmmakers. This year’s line up promises to leave you entertained, informed, thought provoking and even in some cases leaving a screen shocked.
We now present the films that will be screened at this prestigious festival
Umrika | Opening Night | UK Premiere | cert 12A
Hindi with English subtitles | 98 min | India 2015 | Dir. Prashant Nair | with: Suraj Sharma, Tony Revolori, Adil Hussain, Smita Tambe, Prateik Babbar.
This year’s Sundance Audience Award winner is an uplifting, rights of passage tale about two brothers from a small village who have dreams of making it big in Umrika (America). Udai (Pratiek Babbar) is the eldest and adored by his hard-working mum. He leaves their hamlet on a bullock...
We now present the films that will be screened at this prestigious festival
Umrika | Opening Night | UK Premiere | cert 12A
Hindi with English subtitles | 98 min | India 2015 | Dir. Prashant Nair | with: Suraj Sharma, Tony Revolori, Adil Hussain, Smita Tambe, Prateik Babbar.
This year’s Sundance Audience Award winner is an uplifting, rights of passage tale about two brothers from a small village who have dreams of making it big in Umrika (America). Udai (Pratiek Babbar) is the eldest and adored by his hard-working mum. He leaves their hamlet on a bullock...
- 7/8/2015
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Mumbai, Dec 12: On the eve of the 27th death anniversary of his late mother, actress Smita Patil who died due to childbirth complications, her son Prateik reminisced about his "angel" and hoped to become her "sunshine kid".
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"It isn't far from the time the heavens got the better of her worth and soul...27 years ago...remembering someone I never knew"," Prateik posted on Twitter Thursday.
"She, the few that make me want to smile, to shine, to make her proud...got to be her sunshine kid...got to be your sunshine kid...my angel..love you," he said.
Known for films like "Manthan", "Bhumika", "Aakrosh", "Namak Halaal" and "Shakti", Smita Patil had married actor Raj Babbar. She died Dec 13, 1986 due to complications.
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"It isn't far from the time the heavens got the better of her worth and soul...27 years ago...remembering someone I never knew"," Prateik posted on Twitter Thursday.
"She, the few that make me want to smile, to shine, to make her proud...got to be her sunshine kid...got to be your sunshine kid...my angel..love you," he said.
Known for films like "Manthan", "Bhumika", "Aakrosh", "Namak Halaal" and "Shakti", Smita Patil had married actor Raj Babbar. She died Dec 13, 1986 due to complications.
- 12/12/2013
- by Smith Cox
- RealBollywood.com
L-r: Pawan Kumar, Yogesh Karikurve, Sarthak Dasgupta
T he concept of crowd-funding is not new in India. Shyam Benegal made Manthan by collecting Rs 2 each from about five lakh farmers. Back then, it did not have the fancy name ‘Crowd-Funding’ but was called ‘Chanda’. The concept is now becoming popular with Indian filmmakers and has given rise to online portals devoted to the cause and business of crowd funding.
The Mumbai Film Festival 2013 hosted a panel discussion on ‘Crowd Culture’ on October 22. The panelists were:
Pawan Kumar, director of Kannada film Lucia, made with Rs 51 lakh collected from around 1,300 people from India and from Indians abroad using Facebook and blogs. The film released all over the country on September 6, 2013 and was a commercial as well as critical success.
Sarthak Dasgupta, known for The Great Indian Butterfly, ran a successful crowd funding campaign on Catapooolt for his project Cut Throat, a...
T he concept of crowd-funding is not new in India. Shyam Benegal made Manthan by collecting Rs 2 each from about five lakh farmers. Back then, it did not have the fancy name ‘Crowd-Funding’ but was called ‘Chanda’. The concept is now becoming popular with Indian filmmakers and has given rise to online portals devoted to the cause and business of crowd funding.
The Mumbai Film Festival 2013 hosted a panel discussion on ‘Crowd Culture’ on October 22. The panelists were:
Pawan Kumar, director of Kannada film Lucia, made with Rs 51 lakh collected from around 1,300 people from India and from Indians abroad using Facebook and blogs. The film released all over the country on September 6, 2013 and was a commercial as well as critical success.
Sarthak Dasgupta, known for The Great Indian Butterfly, ran a successful crowd funding campaign on Catapooolt for his project Cut Throat, a...
- 10/23/2013
- by Anita Thomas
- DearCinema.com
Kolkata, Nov 25: Indian theatre is at par with world theatre in terms of quality, despite lacking in technical standards, says thespian Mohan Agashe.
"We might not be technically as advanced, but the quality of writers, the work they produce, is excellent. We are at par with any global form of theatre. The Marathi and Bengali theatre scenario especially is very good," Agashe told Ians.
Known for critically acclaimed Marathi plays like "Ghasiram Kotwal" by Vijay Tendulkar, and Hindi films like "Nishant" and "Manthan" by Shyam Benegal, Agashe was here to star in his first Hindi play "Adhe Adhure" staged as part of the 12th Vodafone.
"We might not be technically as advanced, but the quality of writers, the work they produce, is excellent. We are at par with any global form of theatre. The Marathi and Bengali theatre scenario especially is very good," Agashe told Ians.
Known for critically acclaimed Marathi plays like "Ghasiram Kotwal" by Vijay Tendulkar, and Hindi films like "Nishant" and "Manthan" by Shyam Benegal, Agashe was here to star in his first Hindi play "Adhe Adhure" staged as part of the 12th Vodafone.
- 11/25/2012
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
Since it was created in 1966 and has been the conscience keeper of the nation, through its strategically placed hoardings in Mumbai primarily and in other parts of the country and also mainstream newspapers have the Utterly Butterly Girl shed tears. But why should she not, she has been orphaned, her creator, Prof P.J. Kurien who revolutionized milk production in India and was the subject matter for iconic film made by Shyam Benegal Manthan, which is one of the most poignant succes...
- 9/13/2012
- GlamSham
Pran Kishan Sikand
Pran Kishan Sikand dreamt of becoming a professional photographer. Little did he know that a measly, humble ‘paan’ (betel leaf) would change his life and set him on his destined path. It was 1939 or thereabouts. Pran was at a ‘paan’ shop at Lahore, enjoying a munch with his friends when a stranger approached him and asked whether he wanted to act in films. Pran was amused and asked his name. Stranger introduced himself as Muhammad Walli, a renowned film maker in the flourishing film district of Lahore. He said he was making a Punjabi film and Pran looked a perfect fit for the role of a villain in the film. Pran just brushed him off. Walli kept insisting that he pay a visit to the studio, and pushed a piece of paper with his address into Pran’s hands. The film was Yamla Jat (1940), a runaway hit that year.
Pran Kishan Sikand dreamt of becoming a professional photographer. Little did he know that a measly, humble ‘paan’ (betel leaf) would change his life and set him on his destined path. It was 1939 or thereabouts. Pran was at a ‘paan’ shop at Lahore, enjoying a munch with his friends when a stranger approached him and asked whether he wanted to act in films. Pran was amused and asked his name. Stranger introduced himself as Muhammad Walli, a renowned film maker in the flourishing film district of Lahore. He said he was making a Punjabi film and Pran looked a perfect fit for the role of a villain in the film. Pran just brushed him off. Walli kept insisting that he pay a visit to the studio, and pushed a piece of paper with his address into Pran’s hands. The film was Yamla Jat (1940), a runaway hit that year.
- 7/26/2012
- by Amborish Roychoudhury
- DearCinema.com
Amul today unveiled the exclusive launch of the unedited version of its signature folk song from the movie Manthan titled .Mero gaam kathapare.. The song, was conceptualized and first created way back in 1976, by the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. to celebrate the legendary story of the success of its co-operative movement in the lives of women farmers. Lending her voice to the song then was none other than Preeti Sagar. Over 35 year since, times have changed, awareness has increased and the women farmers are far more empowered! Celebrating this empowerment and making the video more relevant to the day and age, the new version with refreshing music and visuals showcases Bharat catching up with India like never before. Bringing in the new look and crooning to the tunes today, is none other than the very talented Sunidhi Chauhan.The 3 minute un-edited video which showcases the changing face of rural India,...
- 2/8/2012
- Filmicafe
Day 2 at the Mumbai Film Festival looked like it was going to be an exciting fare with a bouquet of much awaited films like Pablo Giorgelli’s Las Acacias, Eva Lonesco’s My Little Princess, Bela Tarr’s last film The Turin Horse and Umesh Kulkarni’s next after Vihir, Deool. But the excitement waned off pretty early in the day. First few shows of the day including The Turin Horse turned disastrous due to glitches. However, the day was not a complete disappointment. Read on…
Still from Printed Rainbow
Gitanjali Rao’s Printed Rainbow
Celebration of 50 years of Cannes Critics Week at the Mumbai Film Festival commenced with the screening of Gitanjali Rao’s Printed Rainbow. The 15-minute animation film was presented at the Cannes Critics Week in 2006. It is the story of an old woman who lives with her cat in an apartment and is stuck up in the banalities of everyday life.
Still from Printed Rainbow
Gitanjali Rao’s Printed Rainbow
Celebration of 50 years of Cannes Critics Week at the Mumbai Film Festival commenced with the screening of Gitanjali Rao’s Printed Rainbow. The 15-minute animation film was presented at the Cannes Critics Week in 2006. It is the story of an old woman who lives with her cat in an apartment and is stuck up in the banalities of everyday life.
- 10/15/2011
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
A still from Aag
India has much to look forward to, at the 64th edition of the Locarno International Film Festival that begins on Wednesday, July 3, 2011. The festival has lined up quite an eclectic and exciting mix of Indian films; from the masters Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak to the contemporary Umesh Kulkarni and Vikramaditya Motwane.
Locarno Open Doors, an initiative that focuses on a region where independent cinema is in developmental stage every year has its eyes set firmly on India in the 2012 edition.
A still from Udaan
Open Doors screening will present thirteen “Indian classics” which include Raj Kapoor’s Aag, Jahnu Barua’s Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (The Yellow Birds), Girish Kasaravalli’s Kanasembo Kudureyaneri (Riding the Stallion of a Dream), Shyam Benegal’s Manthan, Ritwik Ghatak’s Meghe Dhaka Tara, Aparna Sen’s Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar, Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Nizalkkuthu...
India has much to look forward to, at the 64th edition of the Locarno International Film Festival that begins on Wednesday, July 3, 2011. The festival has lined up quite an eclectic and exciting mix of Indian films; from the masters Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak to the contemporary Umesh Kulkarni and Vikramaditya Motwane.
Locarno Open Doors, an initiative that focuses on a region where independent cinema is in developmental stage every year has its eyes set firmly on India in the 2012 edition.
A still from Udaan
Open Doors screening will present thirteen “Indian classics” which include Raj Kapoor’s Aag, Jahnu Barua’s Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (The Yellow Birds), Girish Kasaravalli’s Kanasembo Kudureyaneri (Riding the Stallion of a Dream), Shyam Benegal’s Manthan, Ritwik Ghatak’s Meghe Dhaka Tara, Aparna Sen’s Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar, Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Nizalkkuthu...
- 8/2/2011
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Locarno, July 18: The 64th Locarno Film Festival puts the spotlight on India this year and an interesting bouquet of films including Raj Kapoor's 'Aag', Shyam Benegal's 'Manthan' and Ritwik Ghatak's 'Dhaka Tara' will be shown in the Open Doors section at the fest, starting Aug 3.
This year, Indian films will be the subject of a special focus in an exhibition.
This year, Indian films will be the subject of a special focus in an exhibition.
- 7/18/2011
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
The Open Doors screening at Locarno International Film Festival 2011 will present thirteen “Indian classics” and a retrospective of Satyajit Ray, through the restored copies of his work.
Locarno Open Doors, an initiative that focuses on a different region every year—is focused on India. These screenings are open to the public.
Open Doors seeks to highlight films and filmmakers from countries in the South and East where independent cinema is still developing.
Indian classics
Aag by Raj Kapoor – India – 1948 – 138 min
Halodia Choraye Baodhan (The Yellow Birds) by Khai Jahnu Barua – India – 1987 – 120 min
Kanasembo Kudureyaneri (Riding the Stallion of a Dream) by Girish Kasaravalli – India – 2010 – 110 min
Manthan (The Churning) by Shyam Benegal – India – 1976 – 134 min
Meghe Dhaka Tara (The Cloud-Clapped Star) by Ritwik Ghatak – India – 1960 – 126 min
Mr. And Mrs. Iyer by Aparna Sen – India – 2002 – 123 min
Neecha Nagar (Lowly City) by Chetan Anand – India – 1946 – 122 min
Nizhalkkuthu (Shadow Kill) by...
The Open Doors screening at Locarno International Film Festival 2011 will present thirteen “Indian classics” and a retrospective of Satyajit Ray, through the restored copies of his work.
Locarno Open Doors, an initiative that focuses on a different region every year—is focused on India. These screenings are open to the public.
Open Doors seeks to highlight films and filmmakers from countries in the South and East where independent cinema is still developing.
Indian classics
Aag by Raj Kapoor – India – 1948 – 138 min
Halodia Choraye Baodhan (The Yellow Birds) by Khai Jahnu Barua – India – 1987 – 120 min
Kanasembo Kudureyaneri (Riding the Stallion of a Dream) by Girish Kasaravalli – India – 2010 – 110 min
Manthan (The Churning) by Shyam Benegal – India – 1976 – 134 min
Meghe Dhaka Tara (The Cloud-Clapped Star) by Ritwik Ghatak – India – 1960 – 126 min
Mr. And Mrs. Iyer by Aparna Sen – India – 2002 – 123 min
Neecha Nagar (Lowly City) by Chetan Anand – India – 1946 – 122 min
Nizhalkkuthu (Shadow Kill) by...
- 7/15/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Smita Patil's family is going through a lot of mixed emotions. It has been a month of emotional upheaval of where they are proud to see Prateik making a debut on celluloid through Kiran Rao's Dhobi Ghat. While at the same time, they are missing their Smita Patil the most. To mark the beginning of the 25th death anniversary of Smita Patil, the Smita Patil Foundation, an organization that has been instrumental in keeping the memories of Smita Patil alive, wanted to organize a retrospect of her films in India in various metro cities just like they had a retrospect in New York by Lincoln Film Center. Arth, Bhoomika, Manthan, Bhavani Bavai, Mirch Masala, Umbatta, Bazaar, Mandi, Akaler Sandhene, Abhinatree were the shortlist films to be screened at the festival. It was for this that Patil family approached Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan to help with logistical...
- 12/29/2010
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Well Done Abba
Well Done Abba has turned out to be a sort of a tragedy. Yes, it’s a satirical take on our system, more particularly how government schemes actually become cash cows for corrupt officials while the targeted beneficiaries – the common man – remain as poorly off as ever. It even raises occasional laughs, if not guffaws, through its ironic representation of all the loopholes in the system that are exploited to the hilt by those who are part of it. The victim being, the common man, in this case Armaan Ali of Chikkatpally near Hyderabad, who ekes out a living by driving the luxurious car of a well-off businessman in Mumbai and has a perky daughter back home to look after. With a gamut of characters that reflect the rot in the system in the backdrop of the growing lack of access to water across the nation, Well Done Abba,...
Well Done Abba has turned out to be a sort of a tragedy. Yes, it’s a satirical take on our system, more particularly how government schemes actually become cash cows for corrupt officials while the targeted beneficiaries – the common man – remain as poorly off as ever. It even raises occasional laughs, if not guffaws, through its ironic representation of all the loopholes in the system that are exploited to the hilt by those who are part of it. The victim being, the common man, in this case Armaan Ali of Chikkatpally near Hyderabad, who ekes out a living by driving the luxurious car of a well-off businessman in Mumbai and has a perky daughter back home to look after. With a gamut of characters that reflect the rot in the system in the backdrop of the growing lack of access to water across the nation, Well Done Abba,...
- 3/28/2010
- by Runumi G
- DearCinema.com
All those attending the 60th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival from February 11-21 will get a good deal of Indian Cinema this year. From Culinary cinema to Forum Expanded, Indian presence can be felt almost everywhere. It is a major shift from Berlinale 2009 when Indian presence in the festival was marked by only a short film Wagah by Supriyo Sen. Two days for the festival to begin, Dearcinema gives you an account of India at Berlinale this year:
The Generation 14plus competition of the Berlinale will open with Dev Benegal’s Road, Movie. In this moving homage to the mobile cinema culture of India starring Abhay Deol and Tanishtha Chatterjee, the director pays tribute to the place where screen, light and audience come together in a magical event. Umesh Kulkarni’s Vihir will also be screened under Generation 14plus section. Vihir is the story of two adolescent boys...
The Generation 14plus competition of the Berlinale will open with Dev Benegal’s Road, Movie. In this moving homage to the mobile cinema culture of India starring Abhay Deol and Tanishtha Chatterjee, the director pays tribute to the place where screen, light and audience come together in a magical event. Umesh Kulkarni’s Vihir will also be screened under Generation 14plus section. Vihir is the story of two adolescent boys...
- 2/9/2010
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
None in their senses will ever question a director of the caliber of Shyam Benegal when it comes to making films, but when Shyam Babu (as he is fondly referred to) decided to make a comedy, quite a few .idiots' (in the real sense!) did question his decision. After all this was man who had made such serious films like Mandi, Ankur, Manthan and Junoon etc. to name a few, and so expecting a comedy from him was a bit too much. But creativity knows no bounds and Shyam Benegal proved the...
- 2/9/2010
- GlamSham
Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal's National award winning movie Manthan will be screened at the fourth Culinary Cinema at the 60th edition of Berlinale Film Festival. Manthan, released in 1976, will be among 11 films revolving around the relationship between food and love, nature, and the environment that will be presented in the section, a release on the official website of the film festival stated. Set amidst the backdrop of the White Revolution of India (Operation Flood) which brought in an era of plentiful production and distribution of milk, the movie was financed by 500,000 dairy farmers who donated ...
- 1/17/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
New Delhi, Jan 15 (Ians) Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal’s National award winning movie ‘Manthan’ will be screened at the fourth Culinary Cinema at the 60th edition of Berlinale Film Festival.
‘Manthan’, released in 1976, will be among 11 films revolving around the relationship between food and love, nature, and the environment that will be presented in the section, a release on the official website of the film festival stated.
Set amidst the backdrop.
‘Manthan’, released in 1976, will be among 11 films revolving around the relationship between food and love, nature, and the environment that will be presented in the section, a release on the official website of the film festival stated.
Set amidst the backdrop.
- 1/15/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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