
Australian director Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' opened the 66th edition of Cannes International Film Festival, which started on May 15. Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who made his Hollywood debut with the project, also graced the red carpet. ...

04:32 PM, May 19, 2013

Cannes: A decades-old rivalry between a Bollywood wannabe and a brutal police chief shines a light on Mumbai's dark side, in Indian director Anurag Kashyap's fast-moving psychological thriller 'Ugly' about the kidnapping of a young girl. Enthusiastically received at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday, the aptly titled film was inspired by real events in a city blighted by child trafficking and prostitution. A suicidal woman sets the scene in an...

01:20 PM, May 19, 2013

London: The 2013 Cannes film festival opens on Wednesday with Baz Luhrmann's 3D version of 'The Great Gatsby', a lavish throwback to the 'Roaring Twenties' that befits the glamour and excess of the world's biggest cinema showcase. The Australian director's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel starring Leonardo DiCaprio surprised some Hollywood insiders, because Cannes traditionally launches on the palm-lined French Riviera with a splashy world premiere. But 'The Great...

10:46 AM, May 14, 2013

Mumbai: Actress Sonam Kapoor is gearing up to join the 66th edition of Cannes International Film Festival, where India is the guest country. A source close to Sonam revealed: "Sonam will be attending Cannes next month. The film festival is celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema and Sonam has shot for a special feature with a French team who has come down to capture a day in the life of...

12:24 PM, Apr 25, 2013

New Delhi: It seems that June 22 is the perfect date for 'Gangs of Wasseypur' to go public. The film has been receiving rave reviews in India and abroad, and thus the common audience is waiting for the film with eager hearts. The director Anurag Kashyap will be under tremendous pressure to strike a chord with the audience, however, the film's good performance at various film festivals would provide him...

07:04 PM, Jun 17, 2012

Sneha Khanwalkar's research has been par excellence and now scoring for Anurag Kashyaps Coal Mafia drama 'Gangs Of Wasseypur'. ...

02:05 PM, Jun 14, 2012

Music of Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur' is getting a lot of attention ever since the promos were out . ...

12:59 PM, Jun 06, 2012

New Delhi: Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who played an abusive officer in 'Kahaani' and an informer in 'Paan Singh Tomar', says training is must for every actor. "Training is very important - be it a theater actor or a movie actor. Right kind of training brings out various shades of an actor and it is appreciated by the audiences," Nawazuddin told IANS. The actor is on a roll as his two...

12:20 PM, May 28, 2012

Cannes: Nicole Kidman's red carpet date travelled for 35 hours to join her in Cannes. The actress's husband - musician Keith Urban - made the trip from Sydney, where's he's been filming 'The Voice,' to escort her up the famous Palais stairs at the Cannes Film Festival for the screening of her film, 'The Paperboy.' And Kidman says his effort meant "everything" to her: "As long as he's there, he's...

10:36 AM, May 28, 2012

Cannes: The Bible of the Beat Generation, 'On the Road' premiered at Cannes on Wednesday, taking more than five decades for the frenetic tale of liberation, masculinity and post-War America to play out its journey from novel to the big screen. Furiously written on a typewriter over a three-week long creative binge in 1951, Jack Kerouac's On the Road is the seminal portrayal of 'Beat' culture and its spiritual quest...

01:33 PM, May 24, 2012

NEW DELHI: Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur', being screened at the 65th Cannes International Film Festival, is a male-dominated script, but had room for strong female characters as well, says Huma Qureshi, who makes her acting debut with the movie. "It is a male-dominated movie but the women are also very strong and irreplaceable. Though the women might not have a direct impact in the film - for example, none...

04:53 PM, May 19, 2012

Actress Freida Pinto arrived for the opening ceremony and screening of 'Moonrise Kingdom' at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. ...

10:19 AM, May 18, 2012

New Delhi: Rohit Bal and Arjun Rampal are known for their strong bonding, both on and off the ramp. Now the designer has created a special outfit for the actor to give him a princely look for his maiden appearance at the forthcoming Cannes International Film Festival red carpet. Confirming the news, Bal told IANS: "I can't disclose the design, but yes it will be an Indian look. He is...

04:20 PM, May 16, 2012

Cannes: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is on cloud nine after three of his films have been chosen to be a part of 65th Cannes International Film Festival. After 'Peddlers', both parts of Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur', has been chosen for screening at the fest's Directors' Fortnight section. Director's Fortnight is a non-competitive section at the festival, where gangster drama 'Gangs of Wasseypur' will have its world premiere. It will be showcased...

06:53 PM, Apr 24, 2012

New Delhi: The Cannes International Film Festival red carpet is not indifferent to Bollywood presence and this time again a number of celebrities, including Aishwarya Rai, Arjun Rampal and Bipasha Basu are likely to attend the gala, to be held May 16-27. Arjun is expected to make an appearance at the forthcoming 65th Cannes International Film Festival as the ambassador of liquor brand Chivas, the official partner of the event....

06:48 PM, Apr 07, 2012

New York: With the Sundance Film Festival starting next Thursday and the Oscars not too far off, the movie buffs at online travel adviser Cheapflights (http:///www.cheapflights.com) have compiled a top 10 list of their favorite film festivals across the globe. Reuters has not endorsed this list: 1. Sundance Film Festival - Park City, Utah, United States Sundance Film Festival started out in 1978 as an event designed to attract more...

11:46 AM, Jan 14, 2012

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The much-awaited flick is scheduled for a December release. ...

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