Here is a list of 10 best independent films, which left an impact at various film festivals during 2012. ...
01:16 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Chennai: The next time when you feel you can't possibly make a film with a few lakh rupees, take a look at names like Srinivas Sunderrajan, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan and Hemant Gaba - all independent filmmakers who have successfully made movies with shoestring budgets. In times when multi-crore budget films shot with extravagance and in international locales are co-existing with movies made in the country's hinterlands and within smaller budgets, one...
12:24 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Washington: The last of NASA's retired spacecraft Atlantis slowly covered its historic last journey to its final resting place after the US space agency ended its 30-year shuttle program in 2011. The shuttle made its 15.8 kilometres journey on Friday from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, permanently to a visitor centre where it will be put for public display in a $100 million hall due to open in July. Accompanied...
04:33 PM, Nov 03, 2012
New Delhi: India's growing tribe of independent filmmakers lack viable platforms and the right distribution structure to push their growth, says debutant director Shailja Gupta, who took the online route to release her film 'Walkaway'. 'Walkaway', which mocks at the social obligations entrapping young Indian professionals settled in New York, had a modest release in the US in October 2010. But Gupta failed in her attempts to have it screened...
05:52 PM, Aug 25, 2012
New Delhi: The timing of budding director Hemant Gaba's indie film Shuttlecock Boys could not have been better. Released right at the turn of one of modern society's landmark occasions - the Friendship Day - and during the ongoing London Olympics, it is a fruity little punch of camaraderie and hope combining the best of kinship and sports. It's ironic that at a time when Olympics badminton players are charged...
12:11 AM, Aug 02, 2012
New Delhi: Indie filmmaker Hemant Gaba's debut work 'Shuttlecock Boys' was a test he wanted to pass desperately and after several hitches including damage to its negatives the film is all set to hit theatres next month. The film revolves around the lives, successes and failures of four friends who hail from lower middle class backgrounds in Delhi and who play badminton every night. "For me, 'Shuttlecock Boys' has been...
04:39 PM, Jul 29, 2012
New Delhi: Director Hemant Gaba, who shot his internationally acclaimed 'Shuttlecock Boys' here, feels that with increasing numbers of Delhiites entering the film line, it is high time the capital had its own movie-making infrastructure. Made on a shoestring budget of Rs 35 lakh with a crew of 25, shooting 'Shuttlecock Boys' here was not easy. "It's time that Delhi should have it's own film setup. I have been born...
06:40 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: Director Heman Gaba, whose debut film 'Shuttlecock Boys' is finally set to hit the theatres after a year-long wait, says independent Indian filmmakers find little support in a market dominated by big budget movies. 'Shuttlecock Boys' revolves around the lives, successes and failures of four friends, who play badminton every night. "My film is finally releasing on August 3. I have waited more than a year for it....
03:23 PM, Jul 08, 2012
New York: In a city understandably wary of low-flying aircraft, New Yorkers and tourists alike watched with joy and excitement on Friday as space shuttle Enterprise sailed over the skyline on its final flight before it becomes a museum piece. Ten years after 9/11, people gathered on rooftops and the banks of the Hudson River to marvel at the sight of the spacecraft riding piggyback on a modified jumbo jet...
04:01 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Chantilly: Space shuttle Discovery soared around the Washington Monument and the White House in a salute to the nation's capital on Tuesday before landing for the last time near its new museum home. The world's most travelled spaceship took off at daybreak from Cape Canaveral, Florida, bolted to the top of a modified jumbo jet for the trip. Three hours later, the pair took a few spins around Washington at...
11:06 PM, Apr 17, 2012
When I finally managed to finish my first feature length film Shuttlecock Boys which took me a good 2.5 years to pull off (normally this period would vary between 1.5-2 years for first time filmmakers, mine was just a little longer), I wondered " What do I do now ? That was my thought process in January 2011 after the film got completed. I was not wise or smart enough...
10:34 AM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Hindi film industry has more or less been star driven since its inception. The parallel film movement or so called art cinema tried to break away for the typical Bollywood films but the market remained tilted in favour of the box office friendly actors. The art of telling a different story is sustaining due to some independent films only. Can the amalgamation of Bollywood actors and independent...
07:21 PM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: Performing art not only needs talent and chance but also the passion to excel. In fact, most of the times it's the passion which sails a struggler through the high tides. The story of the cast and crew of upcoming Bollywood film 'Shuttlecock Boys' is a tale of hope and patience. Made with a shoestring budget, 'Shuttlecock Boys' is written and directed by Hemant Gaba, a man who...
01:48 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Cape Canaveral: The space shuttle Atlantis returned from NASA's final shuttle mission on Thursday, ending a 30-year era that opened the space frontier, exposed its dangers and established a toehold for future endeavors beyond Earth. NASA workers lined the runway at the Kennedy Space Center before dawn to greet Atlantis and its crew upon their return from a successful 13-day cargo run to the International Space Station and to celebrate...
11:58 PM, Jul 21, 2011
Cape Canaveral: US space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday to deliver a last batch of supplies to the orbiting outpost on the final flight of the US shuttle program. Commander Chris Ferguson gently eased Atlantis into its parking slip on the station's Harmony node at 11:07 am EDT (1507 GMT) as the spacecraft soared 230 miles (370 km) over the Pacific Ocean. "Welcome to the...
07:32 AM, Jul 11, 2011
Cape Canaveral: The space shuttle Atlantis hasn't performed like a ship ready for retirement. The first full day of the final flight of the aging space shuttle fleet - the most complicated machines ever built - was practically flawless. NASA officials say the unusually small four-person crew of Atlantis worked through lunch on Saturday and finished their tasks in near-record time. After Friday's launch they inspected the shuttle's heat shield...
08:04 AM, Jul 10, 2011
New Delhi: The United State's Space Shuttle programme ended on Friday with the launch of the last shuttle Atlantis. Atlantis will return to Earth two weeks later, to be mothballed forever. The 12-day mission will be run by a 4-person crew. This is the smallest crew of any shuttle mission since the 6th shuttle flight that began on April 4, 1983. Atlantis is carrying 15,000 pounds of clothing, food and...
09:00 PM, Jul 08, 2011
