New Delhi: For the first time, leading producers of South Asian countries have decided to join hands and put in their money to make a feature film on a major issue afflicting them all human trafficking.
An agreement for making the film, to be directed by young Rakesh Mehta whose debut film 'Khudakhushi' wowed critics at several international festivals last year, was signed on the concluding day of the South Asian Film Festival in Panaji on Sunday, South Asia Foundation General Secretary Rahul Barua told PTI.
The agreement was inked by South Asian Foundation, which organised the festival, Impress Telefilms, a big production house of Bangladesh, Roya Films of Afghanistan and Bhutan's Karma Dekhi Productions, he said.
Besides production houses from Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka have also evinced keen interest to fund the movie....
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11:48 AM, Sep 19, 2011
Panaji: Legendary actor Shammi Kapoor will be honoured with a tribute at the South Asia Film Festival (SAFF), which opens in Goa on September 15, the organisers said on Thursday. "As a tribute to the legendary actor Shammi Kapoor, a special screening of his film 'Brahmachari' would be showcased during the festival," Rahul Barua secretary general of the South Asia Foundation (SAF), which organises the festival in Goa annually told...
02:33 AM, Aug 19, 2011
Chicago: Filmmaker Ketan Mehta's controversial film "Rang Rasiya" has been selected to open the Chicago South Asian Film Festival, which is starting on September 30th. "Rang Rasiya" is the story of artist Raja Ravi Varma's passions, obsessions and his fierce struggle for creative freedom. He hurt the religious sentiments of the people by painting nudes of Indian mythological characters. Later on, his muse Sugandha inspired him to create exquisite paintings...
06:14 PM, Aug 18, 2011
Mumbai: The Naya Cinema Festival that was supposed to begin Friday has been postponed following the triple blasts that rocked India's financial and entertainment hub Wednesday. The festival will now begin July 22. Bengali director Qaushiq Mukherjee's film "Gandu" will open the festival, organised by the Taj Enlighten Film Society. The festival will go on till Aug 6. The festival will also be paying tribute to late filmmaker Mani Kaul...
09:39 PM, Jul 15, 2011
New Delhi: Taj Enlighten Film Society's Naya Cinema Festival has decided to pay tribute to late filmmaker Mani Kaul by screening two of his movies - "Uski Roti" and "Duvidha". Kaul died on Wednesday morning at his residence here, following prolonged illness. He was 66. The event will be held in Mumbai from July 15-31 and Kaul's film will be screened July 29. "The whole idea of the festival is...
03:28 PM, Jul 07, 2011
New Delhi: Director Onir's "I Am" has been selected for the feature film line-up at the Kandy International Film Festival starting Wednesday in Sri Lanka. "Congratulations to all of US #I AM selected at the KANDY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SRI LANKA @Purab_Kohli @mathurarjun(sic)," Onir posted on his micro-blogging site twitter. The director delved into multiple topics and wove four different stories about the plight of Kashmiri pandits, gay issues, paedophelia...
02:28 PM, Jun 19, 2011
London: Twilight actress Kristen Stewart, best known for playing Bella Swan in the vampire franchise, won the top honour at the Milan International Film Festival (MIFF). Dailystar.co.uk reports that Stewart on Tuesday won the best actress award for her portrayal of a troubled stripper in Welcome to the Rileys. Actor Aidan Gillen was named the best actor for his performance in Treacle Jr. and Nadia Tass walked away with the...
11:56 AM, May 12, 2011
Sydney: The spotlight is on acclaimed Indian actress Vidya Balan at the ongoing 2011 Indian Film Festival (IFF): Bollywood and Beyond, which is screening a special retrospective of her finest films from Parineeta to Ishqiya. Over over 30 films will be screened at the fest, including 15 Australian premiers. The 10-day festival, which is screened in Sydney (March 9-19), Melbourne (March 11-20), Adelaide (March 22-29) and Auckland (March 24 to...
08:26 PM, Mar 13, 2011
Mumbai: Director Onir's I Am, a tale of four stories woven together that takes audiences through issues and dilemmas that bruise modern Indian society, will open the 13th London Asian Film Festival, starting on March 18th. Touching upon subjects like sperm donation, child sexual abuse and homosexuality, the film, starring Nandita Das, Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Sanjay Suri and Rahul Bose, also marks the acting debut of directors Anurag Kashyap...
12:47 PM, Mar 02, 2011
A CNN-IBN special show covering Indian films screened at Berlinale 2011 where Aamir Khan is also a jury member. ...
10:18 AM, Feb 20, 2011
Aamir Khan has been selected as a jury member for the prestigious Berlin Film Festival. ...
04:45 PM, Feb 13, 2011
Berlin: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan says freedom of expression is a continuous struggle for artistes around the world and he also wonders why the Berlinale chose him as the jury member for the prestigious film festival. "American artistes fought McCarthyism in the 1950s. India artistes braved the emergency imposed by the state on artistic expression," said Aamir on Thursday at a press conference held in the German capital to introduce...
07:07 PM, Feb 10, 2011
Mumbai: If you are a fan of animated characters, here is good news for you. The Enlighten Film Society is organising a film festival, starting on Sunday, especially for animation movie aficionados. The festival will go on till February 27th. Movies will be screened every Friday and Sunday. Films like Pinocchio, Up and Toy Story-3 will be shown. "From Miyazaki to Disney, animation as a genre has redefined the idea...
06:47 PM, Feb 03, 2011
Mumbai: A slew of events including a fashion show, a cycle race, extreme sailing championship and food festivals are slated for the Muscat Festival which opens in the capital of Sultanate of Oman on January 27-February 24 with Bollywood names like Shah Rukh Khan and Lara Dutta participating in it, top officials said on Monday. "While singer Sonu Niigaam and actress Lara Dutta will perform at the fest on Feb...
09:20 PM, Jan 24, 2011
New Delhi: Aiming to bring together voices from across the world on issues pertaining to disability, the eighth edition of the 'We Care Film Festival' will start in the capital on Thursday, officials said. With 67 entries from countries like US, Britain, Canada, Israel, Indonesia, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Australia and Nepal besides India, the festival will travel across 25 venues in India and four South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation...
04:10 PM, Jan 12, 2011
Dubai: Filmmaker Karan Johar would discuss prospects of business and cultural collaboration with various foreign film industries at the 7th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF)on Thursday, an official said. "This panel will discuss foreign business and cultural collaboration of films. The Indian market is huge. From a foreigner's point of view, and that includes the Arab world, there are not too many ways of strategic collaborations. There is not much...
02:24 PM, Dec 16, 2010
Panaji: Business and liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya will give away the best short film awards, including an environment film award, at the 41st International Film Festival of India's (IFFI) short film centre (SFC) on Tuesday. "Mr. Mallya will be attending award ceremony as chief guest. The SFC concept has clicked well and it has given a platform for the documentary filmmakers. Mr. Mallya's presence would give a boost to the...
03:53 PM, Nov 29, 2010
Panaji: French director Bertrand Tavernier's The Princess of Montpensier will be the closing film at the 41st International Film festival of India (IFFI), director of Film Festivals S.M. Khan said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference here, Khan said The Ghost Writer directed by Roman Polanski will be a mid fest film. The Princess of Montpensier is a 2010 French period romance film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, inspired by the...
05:10 AM, Nov 28, 2010
Panaji: Bengali film Nauka Doobi is directed by eight time national award winner, Rituparno Ghosh. The premiere was attended by Subhash Ghai (His banner Mukta Arts has produced the film) and one of the actresses in the film, Riya Sen. The movie stars Riya Sen, Raima Sen and Prosenjit Chatterjee. Noted lyricist Gulzar has translated Tagore's lyrics into Hindi for the film. Talking just before the premiere, Ghai told us...
12:15 PM, Nov 26, 2010
Panaji: A woman who has tracked down and visually documented disappearing lakes in New Delhi's periphery now says rampant unplanned urbanisation will spell disaster for Goa. Ishani Dutta, whose documentary film The Land of the Vanishing Lakes will be screened at the Short Film Centre (SFC) of the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI), told that planned urbanisation was the only way for Goa to sustain itself. "Rampant unplanned...
02:30 PM, Nov 23, 2010
