Hyderabad: The nation's biggest and one of the largest in the world, The Golden Elephant 17th International Children's Film Festival, came to a close Sunday amidst much fanfare in this historic city of Hyderabad. Over six days, close to 154 films from 38 countries were screened across 13 theatres in the city. At the final count, over 175,000 children from the nooks and corners of India and hundreds from across...
01:37 PM, Nov 21, 2011
Hyderabad: The 17th International Children's Film Festival (ICFF) got off to a colourful start here tonight, offering an exciting mix of movies for the tiny tots. About 150 children's films from 40 countries would be screened during the festival that will go on till November 20. Organised jointly by the Children's Film Society of India (CFSI) and the Andhra Pradesh government, the festival was inaugurated by Chief Minister N Kiran...
12:39 PM, Nov 15, 2011
HYDERABAD: It was an inner peace of an altogether different kind. The Global Peace Foundation Auditorium here, venue for seminars on spirituality, wellness and motivation, vibrated with the innocence of hundreds of children right from tiny tots to the more chic teen crowd. What united them on a cool Monday evening was a common passion for cinema - children's movies at that. And the 17th International Children's Film Festival seemed...
08:55 AM, Nov 15, 2011
Mumbai: After shooting simultaneously for do, teen picture ek saath, Kareena Kapoor has decided that for Heroine she will not juggle any dates. She will shoot exclusively for the project as Bebo feels essaying a schizophrenic character will be pretty taxing. And with no Khan as her co-star, Kareena wants to totally drown herself in the character. 'Shakal Pe Mat Ja' gets in trouble with the censor board Making a...
01:04 PM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: Films from Africa and South America will be screened at the 17th International Children's Film Festival to be held Nov 14-20 in Hyderabad. "We received 741 films from various countries of which 160 films from 40 countries will be screened along with our Indian films," actress Nandita Das, chairperson of the Children's Film Society, told reporters here Friday. "The festival features films from China, Iran, Denmark and the...
11:39 AM, Oct 22, 2011
New Delhi: Actress Nandita Das, head of the Children's Film Society, rues that unlike other countries not enough films here focus on children and blames the economics of the trade for this. "In our country, a lot of so-called family films push out children's films. Unfortunately, economics is always interferring with art. Every decision is governed by finances; obviously, they want more eyeballs," Nandita told IANS. "Even though many of...
07:00 PM, Oct 20, 2011
Mumbai: Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's comment that men having sex with men (MSM) is a "disease" and "unnatural" has upset the film fraternity. More and more actors, like Bipasha Basu and Nandita Das, are expressing their displeasure over the comments. Azad clarified his stance Tuesday saying his remarks were out of context, clarifying that while some people say it's unnatural, some say it is natural. This what the celebs...
03:05 PM, Jul 07, 2011
New Delhi: He made his Bollywood debut opposite Nandita Das in Bas Yun Hi in 2003, but after that Purab Kohli lost touch with his co-star. But their communication gap came in handy when seven years later they got together for Onir's I Am, in which the two share an uncomfortable chemistry. "I never kept in touch with Nandita after Bas Yun Hi. We used to bump into each other...
03:15 PM, Apr 29, 2011
New Delhi: Actor-director Nandita Das will be conferred with the French honour Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters on Friday for her contribution to the development of Indo-French cooperation in the field of cinema. French Ambassador Jerme Bonnafont will confer the distinction on Nandita who is known for her critically acclaimed performances in films like Fire, Earth and Bawander. After staying in front of the camera and proving...
02:22 PM, Apr 15, 2011
Mumbai: Nandita Das has opted out of old friend Deepa Mehta's Midnight's Children because she feels it would difficult for her to cope up with her duties as an actress and as a mother. "I am not doing the film! With little Vihaan, who is six months old now and sooooo delightful. I didn't think I would have been able to do justice to both the roles and would have...
08:05 PM, Feb 24, 2011
Mumbai: When asked if Indian women filmmakers need government subsidies like in Sweden, eight emerging women directors in a unison replied "No", with an underlying message of "we do fine by ourselves, thank you", at MAMI's 12th Mumbai Film Festival on Sunday. There cannot be any more proof of woman power than this, where the nation's filmmakers have moved away from seeking patronage, to being their own person and damn...
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