'Skylab is Falling' by Manoj Leonel Jahson has been chosen as the best short film at SIGNS on February 16, 2013. ...
06:41 PM, Feb 16, 2013
Kolkata: The new wave Bengali cinema has met success at the box office and also won critical acclaim at the same time, but eminent Malayali filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan dismisses the phenomenon as a 'compromise'. "I cannot appreciate the trend. It is a compromise on the part of the filmmakers. They are doing something which is a submission to the demands of the market," Gopalakrishnan said during a recent visit to...
11:43 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Panaji: National award-winner 'Adaminte Makan Abu' is is India's official entry into the competition section of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2011 that will begin in Goa from today. The international competition section also has films from countries including Belgium, Philippines, Russia, Japan, Iran, Ireland, Colombia, Israel, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Canada and Kazakhstan. The Malayalam film 'Adaminte Makan Abu' (Abu, Son of Adam), which has also been chosen...
11:42 AM, Nov 23, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi: Renowned filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan is unhappy with Indian 'masala' movies and the way regional cinema is treated. And he doesn't spare film-goers too. "Ideas for good cinema should have the potential to develop into a dramatic story. The plot should engage the audience... But commercial cinema does not believe in having anything to do with life. In many movies, the underworld rowdy - usually a colourful character -...
09:56 AM, Nov 23, 2010
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi: Renowned filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan is unhappy with Indian 'masala' movies and the way regional cinema is treated. And he doesn't spare film-goers too. "Ideas for good cinema should have the potential to develop into a dramatic story. The plot should engage the audience... But commercial cinema does not believe in having anything to do with life. In many movies, the underworld rowdy - usually a colourful character -...
09:56 AM, Nov 22, 2010
Mumbai: India's premier fast bowler Zaheer Khan has come to the defence of Mumbai teammate Ajit Agarkar, who left the team in Cuttack after he was not in captain Wasim Jaffer and coach Sulakshan Kulkarni's playing XI plans. Zaheer, who is using the Ranji Trophy to get back into rhythm after an injury lay-off, is part of the starting line-up against Orissa in Cuttack. He did not mince words while ...
02:18 AM, Mar 26, 2008
Brisbane: New Zealand coach John Wright had no trouble putting Australia's long unbeaten record at the Gabba into perspective for his team, two days out from the start to the series-opening Test in Brisbane. New Zealand haven't won a Test anywhere in Australia since 1985, when Wright was part of the Richard Hadlee-inspired squad which won a series 2-1 - starting with an innings victory at the Gabba - so...
10:11 PM, Mar 25, 2008
Nagpur: Rahul Dravid reached 166 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on 95 as India stretched its first innings lead to 317 runs at tea on the third day of the third and final Test against New Zealand on Monday. With the Test series deadlocked after two draws, top-ranked India was 510 for five in reply to New Zealand's first innings score of 193. Dravid, who had completed his 31st Test...
01:53 AM, Nov 07, 2007
