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Short Film Review: Prarambha by Santosh Sivan

23 May 2012 12:55 AM, PDT | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »

This week we have an Indian short film to give you a refreshing taste of home grown cinema. Prarambha by Santosh Sivan is a short film in Kannada about a topic most Indians shy away from – AIDS. This short deals with the discrimination faced by HIV-positive patients.

The film was a part of Mira Nair’s noble project AIDS Jaago (AIDS Awake); a series of four short films, Prarambha (directed by Santosh Sivan), Migration (directed by Mira Nair), Positive (directed by Farhan Akhtar) and Blood Brothers (directed by Vishal Bharadwaj) in a joint initiative of Mira Nair’s Mirabai Films, voluntary organizations; Avahan and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a view of generating awareness about HIV/AIDS. The film was made for Richard Gere’s AIDS foundation. It was entirely shot on location in and around Mysore.

The lead is played by a little boy Kittu who travels in search of his mother. »

- Archana Iyer

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11th Imagineindia International Film Festival in Spain from May 17

7 May 2012 1:51 AM, PDT | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »

The 11th edition of Imagineindia International Film Festival will be held in Madrid from May 17-31, 2012.

About 70 films will be screened in 12 sections at the festival across 4 venues in Madrid, Spain.

The Competitive Section consists of 6 films: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara by Zoya Akhtar, Urumi by Santosh Sivan, Memoirs in March by Sanjay Nag, Achal (The Stagnant) by Bikramjit Gupta, Adaminte Makan Abu by Salim Ahamed and Traffic by Rajesh Pillai.

The Classics Section will showcase the films of great Indian directors like Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen and Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Films such as Bala, Amar Bhuvan, Oka Oori Katha will be screened.

The festival will screen short films done made by students of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute.

The festival will also screen Spanish films shot in India or related to India like Portless by Talia Leibovitz and the short films of David Varela of Spain.

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Aamir Khan gives 'Kaminey' star Chandal Roy Singh a break

23 March 2012 5:35 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Aamir Khan has given Kaminey star Chandal Roy Singh a break in Kashmiri Glasshouse. The film is Khan's first production since farming drama Peepli Live, which starred unknown actor Naseeruddin Shah. Singh told DNA India: "I am really not supposed to talk about this. I lost both Kahaani and Santosh Sivan's Urumi while shooting for F.A.L.T.U. Happens, no regrets. Which is why I don't want to talk about this wonderful opportunity that Aamir Khan saab is giving me." A source close to Khan confirmed: (more) »

- By Zakia Uddin

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French film Top Floor Left Wing to open 10th Pune International Film Festival

9 January 2012 10:42 PM, PST | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »

Still from Top Floor Left Wing

French film Top Floor Left Wing by Angelo Cionci will open the 10th Pune International Film Festival.

The highlights of the World Competition section will be films like Amnesty (Albania, Greece, France) by Buyar Alimani, The Precinct (Azerbaijan) by Ilgar Safat, My Little Pricess (France) by Iva Ionesco, Nader and Simin: A Separation by Asghar Farhadi and Ami Aadu (India) by Somnath Gupta.

The Country in Focus is Germany and the section will screen films by Werner Herzog and Wim Wenders.

There will be Retrospectives of Hsien Hou of Taiwan and  Yasujiro Ozu of Japan.

Indian Cinema Today section will screen films like Salim Ahamed’s Adaminte Makan Abu, Gurvindar Singh’s Anhey Ghore Da Daan and Santosh Sivan’s Urumi.

The Marathi Competition section includes Umesh Kulkarni’s Deool, Sujay Dahake’s Shala and Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukhtankar’s Ha Bharat Maza. »

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