Salim Ahamed's critically acclaimed debut feature 'Adaminte Makan Abu' picked up four national awards in 2011 and was India's official entry into the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars that year. Screened at every major international film festivals, it went on to win accolades from the national and international media. Director Salim Ahamed joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on his film 'Adaminte Makan Abu' and new projects.
Q. Please name two filmmakers who has inspired you the most both in international cinema and Malayalam cinema. Please give specific answers rather than diplomatic answers:-) Asked by: Sharath
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06:31 PM, May 06, 2013
Director: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur We celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema, yet we're little aware of the man who painstakingly restored Dadasaheb Phalke's work as well as several other silent pictures and talkies, and then built our country's moving pictures archive, one film can at a time. The documentary 'Celluloid Man', directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, introduces us to that man Paramesh Krishnan Nair, or PK Nair - India's film...
11:33 PM, May 03, 2013
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director - Alfred Hitchcock. With due respect to Alfred Hitchcock's ideas, I dare say that here is a documentary which is far more relevant and heavier in content than most of the feature films where god is not the director. In fact, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur's National Award winning documentary 'Celluloid Man' is a film appreciation course in...
11:36 AM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: After winning two National Awards, the first trailer of the documentary film is out. Directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, 'Celluloid Man' explores the life and work of the guardian of Indian cinema P.K. Nair. ...
02:14 PM, Apr 16, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee will present the National Awards to successful Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and banks on Wednesday. The National Awards were instituted by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in 1983 to felicitate the outstanding performers in the sector in various areas like entrepreneurship, research and development, product quality and innovation, an official statement said. ...
03:50 AM, Apr 03, 2013
Actor Annu Kapoor joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on winning the award for Best Supporting Actor at the 60th National Film Awards for his film 'Vicky Donor'. ...
06:44 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Also, legendary director Shyam Benegal has been selected for the BS Reddy National award. ...
10:24 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Amitabh Bachchan was selected for the NT Rama Rao National Award for his contribution to cinema. ...
12:14 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Vikram Gokhale has acted in every medium, from theatre to television to cinema in at least two major languages. ...
05:46 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Nawazuddin Siddiqui received a special mention at the 60th National Film Awards for four films. ...
07:32 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Ranbir Kapoor is disappointed that the film 'Barfi', which won him all-round accolades, failed to bag national awards in any category. ...
10:28 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Director Shoojit Sircar joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the success of 'Vicky Donor' at the 60th National Film Awards. ...
06:52 PM, Mar 19, 2013
She is just two films old and shared the screen with three other heroines in her debut film and yet managed to make heads turn with her performance in 'Ladies VS Ricky Bahl'. ...
01:55 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Nawazuddin said the National Awards bring a certain respectability to an actor and people start to take him seriously. ...
01:40 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Anu Kapoor and Dolly Ahluwalia have won the National Awards for best supporting actor and actress respectively, for 'Vicky Donor' ...
10:59 AM, Mar 19, 2013
An interesting mix of films were chosen as winners for the 60th National Film Awards. Talented actor Irrfan Khan won the Best Actor award for his role in Tigmanshu Dhulia's 'Paan Singh Tomar'. The award was shared with veteran actor Vikram Gokhale who won it for his role in Marathi film 'Anumati'. ...
11:56 PM, Mar 18, 2013
From 'Paan Singh Tomar' to 'Chittagong'- here is a playlist of the winners at the 60th National Film Awards. ...
05:59 PM, Mar 18, 2013
After winning a special mention for her performance in 'Ishaqzaade' at the announcement of the 60th National Film Awards here, young and vivacious actress Parineeti Chopra says she is scared but motivated to keep giving better shots in the film industry. ...
05:47 PM, Mar 18, 2013
