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Ritesh Batra’s “Lunchbox” gets thumbs up from critics at Cannes
19 May 2013 9:14 PM, PDT | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »
Irrfan Khan in Ritesh Batra’s “Dabba” ( Lunchbox)
Ritesh Batra’s debut Dabba (Lunchbox) received unanimous praise from major trade publications Variety and Screen.
Variety critic Jay Weissberg termed it “An indie Indian pic with the crossover appeal of Monsoon Wedding” while Screen Critic Fionnuala Halligan wrote: “this is certain to woo international arthouse crowds who have been waiting for an authentic crossover Indian title.”
Excerpts from Variety Review:
A feel-good movie that touches the heart while steering clear of expectation, The Lunchbox signals a notable debut from tyro helmer-scripter Ritesh Batra. The ingredients on their own are nearly fail-proof, yet it’s the way Batra combines food with an epistolary romance between a nearly retired number cruncher and a neglected wife that hits all the right tastebuds. An indie Indian pic with the crossover appeal of Monsoon Wedding, it’s sure to be gobbled up by audience-friendly fests before heading into niche cinemas. »
- NewsDesk
Cannes Film Review: ‘The Lunchbox’
19 May 2013 10:59 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
A feel-good movie that touches the heart while steering clear of expectation, “The Lunchbox” signals a notable debut from tyro helmer-scripter Ritesh Batra. The ingredients on their own are nearly fail-proof, yet it’s the way Batra combines food with an epistolary romance between a nearly retired number cruncher and a neglected wife that hits all the right tastebuds. An indie Indian pic with the crossover appeal of “Monsoon Wedding,” it’s sure to be gobbled up by audience-friendly fests before heading into niche cinemas.
Certainly confidence among all the major Western film funds was running high, with supportive nods from Sundance Lab, Torino Film Lab, Rotterdam’s Cinemart and the Berlinale’s Talent Campus. Co-producers with major arthouse cred including Danis Tanovic, Cedomir Kolar and Karsten Stoeter further put an international stamp on a thoroughly Indian story with plenty of crossover emotional resonance. Though the title suggests yet another »
- Jay Weissberg
Unveiled: Nikhil Advani’s Goldman – Rishi Kapoor’s much awaited look from D-Day
15 May 2013 7:43 PM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
Rishi Kapoor’s much anticipated look from Nikhil Advani’s upcoming action thriller has now been unveiled. Clad in whites, blues and brown suits and silk kurtas, with black hair and a mustache, Rishi Kapoor is the picture of sublime aristocracy and raw power. Add the retro red aviators and you’ve got a look that is going to be etched into people’s minds for years to come. The seasoned actor plays a fictional character codenamed Goldman by the Indian security establishment. A fugutive in hiding, Goldman is a sinister, diabolical and chilling individual, who cloaks himself in a veneer of outward charm and respectability.
The casting process though was not all smooth sailing. Rishi Kapoor was initially skeptical about whether he would be able to carry off the role. However, once his look test was done, the veteran actor needed no more convincing that he was the right choice, »
- Press Releases
Digital Drives Indian Box Office to Higher Stakes
15 May 2013 3:06 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The current story of Indian cinema is that of unprecedented growth and rapid change. In 2011, consulting firm Kpmg predicted a 7% growth rate in India’s domestic theatrical sector for 2012. Instead, it grew 23.8%. Total revenues, including domestic and overseas theatrical, homevideo, cable and satellite and other ancillary revenue streams raked in 112.4 billion rupees ($2.1 billion). It is now projected to grow 21% annually to hit $3.6 billion by 2017.
Apart from the insatiable appetite of Indian audiences for home-grown films, the engine of growth and change has been the rapid digitization of the country’s 12,000 screens with nearly 80% now converted.
Due to the relative cheapness of non-dci compliant digital prints and satellite delivery, films can be shown on digital screens in tiny cinemas in small-town India. Digital prints also allow films to open wider than ever before. Big-budget pics with A-list stars now routinely open on 3,500 screens and usually make 60%-70% of their revenues in the opening week. »
- Naman Ramachandran
Rishi Kapoor Wows in this D-Day Teaser
13 May 2013 12:13 PM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
The action drama D-Day, directed by Nikhil Advani and starring Arjun Rampal, Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Shruti Haasan and Huma Qureshi in the lead roles hits theaters on July 19th! We have been giving you sneak peeks with first looks at the characters and now we have the first teaser of the film and can we just say Wow before you even hit play!
Nikhil Advani says, “So here is my labor of love. It’s been a huge journey for all of us. Hope you guys have a blast!!”
Check out how Rishi Kapoor stuns as the villain and we only see 43 seconds of the film!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrAlv0O-pqQ
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- Stacey Yount
Jagdish Mali passes away
13 May 2013 7:32 AM, PDT | BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news »
Renowned photographer and father of actress Antra Mali, Jagdish Mali, passed away this morning at Nanavati hospital in Mumbai. The ace photographer who was diagnosed with a liver ailment in 1998 had reportedly shown some recovery in the recent past. Mali who had started his career way back in 1980 had worked with some of the biggest names in Bollywood like Rekha, Shabana Azmi, Kareena Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Om Puri, Irrfan Khan and many more. Sources close to Mali state that he had not been in the best of health for some time now, and succumbed to his liver and intestinal ailments. Bollywood Hungama sends out its heartfelt condolences to the Mali family and friends. »
- Bollywood Hungama News Network
D-Day first looks
11 May 2013 12:00 AM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
Check out the exclusive first looks of three characters Nikhil Advani’s D-Day, starring Rishi Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Shruti Haasan & Huma Qureshi in the lead. Produced by Dar Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd and Emmay Entertainment Pvt Ltd, D-Day is slated to release on 19th July, 2013.
Irrfan Khan’s character name is Wali Khan.
Huma plays the role of Zoya Rehman in the film.
Shruti’s name in the movie is Suraiya.
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Agencies Overseas Keep Local Focus
10 May 2013 3:00 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
As showbiz gets increasingly global, U.S. talent reps are establishing more outposts around the world. But a cross-section of key markets shows that the tenpercenters in each country retain their own business style while they cooperate with the American invasion.
French A-listers Embrace U.S. Percenteries
U.S. agencies don’t have offices in France but have signed locals looking for an international career. Michel Hazanavicius and Berenice Bejo are repped by CAA, while Wme signed Jean Dujardin, left, (who is represented by his brother and a lawyer on local projects).
Gaumont Intl. topper Cecile Gaget says talent increasingly hires American representatives and works with lawyers on French dealmaking, since the role of local percenters is often limited to negotiating contracts, unlike Hollywood representatives who develop material and help drum up funding. But, like U.S. counterparts, French agents are limited by a law that bans them from producing their content. »
- Variety Staff
Excel Home Entertainment to unveil Hollywood’s release Life Of Pi on 3D Blu-Ray & DVDs : Home Videos
8 May 2013 12:23 PM, PDT | Bollywood Trade | See recent Bollywood Trade news »
Oscar Winning movie Life Of Pi will be launched on DVD, Blu-Ray & 3D Blu-Ray in India by leading home entertainment company, Excel Home Entertainment. The movie is an adventure drama film based on Yann Martel’s novel of the same name; directed by Oscar winning Director Ang Lee starring Irfan Khan, Tabu and debutant Suraj Sharma in the lead role. The movie has won 4 Academy awards: Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Visual effects and best Original score. Muslim Kapasi, Read More »
It's rugged looks for Arjun in 'D-Day' (With Image)
8 May 2013 1:10 AM, PDT | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
New Delhi, May 8: Described as one of the most good looking actors in Hindi cinema, Arjun Rampal will sport rugged looks in his forthcoming film "D-Day".
The 40-year-old is playing the lead role in the action drama being directed by Nikhil Advani. Its logo was released Tuesday along with the film's official website. A countdown timer is set on the site, which will end midnight May 13.
The film is the co-produced by Dar Motion Pictures and Emmay Entertainment. Slated for a July 19 release, "D-Day" also features Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan, Shruti Haasan and Huma Qureshi.
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- Leon David
Nikhil Advani’s D-Day is coming – check out Arjun Rampal!
7 May 2013 10:03 AM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
Starring Rishi Kapoor, Nasser, Arjun Rampal, Irrfan Khan, Huma Qureshi and Shruti Haasan, Nikhil Advani’s D-Day is one of the most highly anticipated films of 2013! A hard-hitting high octane thriller entertainer, director Nikhil Advani, assures that it’s going to be one film that will leave the audience spellbound when it releases on 19th July, 2013.
We have your first look at Arjun Rampal in a completely new and of course Hot avatar in the film!
Also check out the cool countdown for D-Day at http://www.waitfordday.com/.
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- Stacey Yount
Win: 3 blu-ray copies of Life of Pi up for grabs
6 May 2013 7:01 PM, PDT | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
Keen to continue our recent haul of fantastic competitions, Shadowlocked have teamed up with 20th Century Fox to giveaway three Blu-Ray copies of Ang Lee's Oscar winning epic, Life of Pi.
A film as beautiful as it is enchanting, Life of Pi walked away with Best Director (for Ang Lee) at the major film awards, accompanied closely by Best Cinematography, Original Score and Best Visual Effects. However, most importantly it allowed Ang Lee to finally leave behind the memory of Hulk, his 2003 box-office flop that has followed him as intimately as the destruction the of said green superhero.
With incredible cinematography from Oscar winner Claudio Miranda** (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Tron: Legacy) and masterful performances from newcomer Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan (The Amazing Spider-Man, Slumdog Millionaire), Rafe Spall (Prometheus, Anonymous) and Gerard Depardieu (Paris, je t’aime, City of Ghosts), the Life of Pi Blu-ray is loaded with additional content, »
Excel Home Entertainment to unveil Hollywood’s biggest summer release ‘Life of Pi’ on 3D Blu-Ray & DVD
2 May 2013 12:00 AM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
Oscar Winning movie Life of Pi will be launched on DVD, Blu-Ray & 3D Blu-Ray in India by leading home entertainment company, Excel Home Entertainment. The movie is an adventure drama film based on Yann Martel’s novel of the same name; directed by Oscar winning Director Ang Lee starring Irfan Khan, Tabu and debutant Suraj Sharma in the lead role. The movie has won 4 Academy awards: Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Visual effects and best Original score.
Muslim Kapasi, MD, Excel Home Entertainment, says, “Other than a great plot, the movie has some outstanding performances. The fact that the movie has an Indian connect with an international touch makes it a huge hit among the Indian audience. Ang Lee’s cinematic brilliance – Life of Pi has many Indians longing for a copy of the DVD and Blu-Ray. We are also offering the 3D version of the Blu-Ray. We are planning »
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Irrfan Khan to conduct Masterclass at London Indian Film Festival
1 May 2013 11:08 PM, PDT | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »
The London Indian Film Festival 2013 will host a centrepiece master class by actor Irrfan Khan, one of the very few Indians to straddle Hollywood, British and Indian cinema.
His memorable film roles include Oscar winning Life of Pi and Slumdog Millionaire, BAFTA winning/nominated The Warrior, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Bollywood hits Maqbool and Paan Singh Tomar. The festival will be honouring this versatile actor with a dedicated evening at the BFI Southbank on 20th July.
The fourth edition of the London Indian Film Festival will be held from July 18-25, 2013. The full programme will be released on June 18.
The festival will stretch city wide, opening in the West End at the Cineworld Haymarket and continue at BFI Southbank, Cineworld Shaftesbury Avenue, Wood Green, Wandsworth, the O2 and Ica. For the second time the festival is also teaming up with the Tate Modern.
Besides presenting Indian independent films, »
- NewsDesk
Are you ready? The 4th London Indian Film Festival Launches in July!
1 May 2013 11:21 AM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
Get ready for Spidermen, Sex & Sadhus because the 4th London Indian Film Festival Launches in July. Europe’s largest platform for Indian cinema London Indian Film Festival returns to the capital celebrating the exploding movement of Indian Independent cinema. The fourth annual festival will run from 18–25 July, bringing to UK audiences a rare selection of cutting-edge films from some of India’s hottest independent talents. Going way beyond Bollywood, the festival presents a kaleidoscope of new films that challenge, shock, generate debate and present a more realistic view of the Indian subcontinent today, in all its diversity.
The festival will stretch city wide, opening in the West End at the Cineworld Haymarket and continue at BFI Southbank, Cineworld Shaftesbury Avenue, Wood Green, Wandsworth, the O2 and Ica. For the second time the festival is also teaming up with the Tate Modern.
The London Indian Film Festival also has films and »
- Stacey Yount
DVD Review: 'Life of Pi'
30 April 2013 3:28 PM, PDT | CineVue | See recent CineVue news »
★★★★☆ The American Academy recently awarded genre-hopping director Ang Lee the Best Director prize for Life of Pi (2012), and it was well-deserved; Yann Martel's prize-winning novel, long-thought unfilmable, has been brought to life superbly in a visual masterpiece that won't soon be outdone. The tale begins with an avid writer (Rafe Spall) whom, upon hearing of a story so incredible it will "make him believe in God", travels to Montreal to talk with Piscine Molitor 'Pi' Patel (Irrfan Khan). Beginning with his upbringing in Pondicherry, India, Pi recounts his days grappling with different religions and meeting the girl of his dreams.
When Pi's (acclaimed and assured débutante Suraj Sharma, in the protagonist's youth) father decides to move the family to Canada to sell their zoo animals, a fierce storm sinks their Japanese freighter, killing his family. Managing to escape on a lifeboat with a few animals - including a formidable »
- CineVue UK
Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty accused of cheating and fraud
29 April 2013 10:16 PM, PDT | Bollywoodmantra.com | See recent Bollywood Mantra news »
Rajasthan Royals owner Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty have been charged of cheating and fraud by Anand Singh. He is the same person who has previously filed complaints against Bollywood actors Shahrukh Khan and Irrfan Khan for smoking in public places. Anand in his complaint said that Shilpa and Raj cheated him of Rs 8 lakh which they promised to pay him but later denied. The city court has asked the complainant to depose before the court and get his statements recorded in a complaint alleging fraud and cheating committed by Shilpa and her husband Raj. "When the complainant approached the owners and manager of Rr for getting his due amount »
Is 2013 a special year for India at Cannes?
28 April 2013 9:56 PM, PDT | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »
“Monsoon Shootout” by Amit Kumar will have a midnight screening at Cannes 2013
There was a time in Indian cinema, the era of the masters like Satyajit Ray, Bimal Roy and Mrinal Sen, when it was not unusual to have several Indian films in competition at the Cannes film festival. Take for instance the year 1956 when Ray’s Pather Panchali and Shantaram Athavale’s Shevgyachya Shenga competed in the feature film category. Or the year 1954 when Bimal Roy’s Do Beegha Zameen and Kishore Sahu’s Mayurpankh were in competition along with two short films by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani. [Read India’s tryst with Cannes]
The last Indian film that got selected in competition was Shaji Karun’s Swaham way back in 1994. Since then, we haven’t managed to catch the fancy of Cannes selectors [Read Why Indian films don't make it to Cannes]. However, this year seems to be a little different. With four films and one project making it to various sections, this certainly »
- Nandita Dutta
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
27 April 2013 4:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Even as Ang Lee's Life of Pi (2012, Fox, PG) picked up Oscars for direction, cinematography, music and, crucially, visual effects, there was disgruntlement among the VFX effects team that their work on the movie had not been sufficiently recognised. Certainly, the digital wizardry is extraordinary, making the audience believe that they have been cast adrift on an endless ocean with a man-eating tiger, putting us right there in the lifeboat with the story's titular hero. All the more tragic, then, that Rhythm & Hues, which provided so much of the film's computer graphic magic, had filed for bankruptcy just before the Oscars, the latest victim of a downward spiral that had seen VFX artists become the most important but least valued craftspeople in Hollywood.
The irony, of course, is that visual effects are often at their best when unnoticed, and the real triumph of Life of Pi »
- Mark Kermode
Yash Chopra Rajesh Khanna to receive Dadasaheb Phalke awards
26 April 2013 9:45 AM, PDT | BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news »
Earlier we had reported that veteran actor Pran had been awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke award for his lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. Now we hear that Late Yash Chopra and Late Rajesh Khanna too will also be honoured with Phalke awards.
While Late Yash Chopra will be conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award for his services to the Indian film industry, his wife Pamela will receive the Saraswatibai Phalke Award. Rajesh Khanna, who passed away in July last year, will be honoured as the first superstar of Indian cinema award.
Apart from the them, playback singer Asha Bhosle will be presented with the Phalke Ratna Award for her contribution in the field of music for five decades.
Other stars who will receive awards at the function will be Akshay Kumar for Best Actor award for Rowdy Rathore, his mother-in-law Dimple Kapadia will get the Phalke Ever Memorable actor award, »
- Bollywood Hungama News Network
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