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Gangs Of Wasseypur Will Be First Commercial Indian Film To Be Screened At Directors Fortnight At Cannes Film Festival 2012
15 May 2012 6:17 PM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
The Indian cinematic masterpiece Gangs Of Wasseypur, is set to make film history as the first commerical Bollywood film to be part of the 65th Cannes Film Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight segment.
Produced and presented by one of India’s leading integrated film companies, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, with the young, cutting-edge film director Anurag Kashyap at the helm, Gangs Of Wasseypur is a mainstream commercial Indian film, which tells an epic tale, spanning 60 years of a feuding family’s life set against the backdriop of the rural coal communities in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.
Gangs Of Wasseypur combines clever filmmaking with a powerful, high-concept and entertaining plot, with revenge at its core. Accentuated by esteemed performances by a talented and eclectic cast comprising of Hindi cinemas finest, Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Richa Chadda, the film is cleverly told in two separate films. Generating widespread interest from critics and audiences alike, »
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Shortland and Krawitz both have films in competition in Sydney
8 May 2012 5:22 AM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
Cate Shortland and Tony Krawitz, who are married to each other, both have films among the 12 titles in competition at next month.s Sydney Film Festival.
Lore, a drama set during World War II and based on the novel The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert, is Shortland.s feature film follow-up to Somersault, while Dead Europe, also set in Europe but a contemporary story adapted from a novel by Christos Tsiolkas, is Krawitz.s first dramatic feature film after his acclaimed short Jewboy and the recent documentary The Tall Man. Tsiolkas also wrote The Slap, on which the acclaimed television series was based.
The other debuts in the competition line-up include Korean filmmaker Yuen Sang-Ho.s The King Of Pigs, Us director Benh Zeitlin.s Beasts of the Southern Wild and Brazilian Kleber Mendonca Filho.s Neighbouring Sounds.
The veterans in the program include Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, with their »
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Dolly Ahluwalia had apprehensions over Vicky Donor drinking act
28 April 2012 2:10 AM, PDT | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
She is Indian cinema.s leading costume designers, but it is her harried, drinking mother act in Vicky Donor that made Dolly Ahluwalia a household name.Vicky Donor has been getting rave reviews ever since its release - with a scene where Ahluwalia is shown sharing a drink with her onscreen mother-in-law played by Kamlesh Gill becoming the most talked about act of the film.Ahluwalia, married to actor Kamal Tiwari, who played Kareena Kapoor.s father in Omkara and Jab We Met, admits there were apprehensions about whether the saas-bahu.s drinking sessions would go down well with the audience..But to our good fortune, our bonding, including the drinking, has been appreciated..About Kamlesh Gill, Ahluwalia fondly said .We really came to care about one another. We.re now bonded beyond just the film. She is like a real mom. We wanted to show how a bickering saas-bahu »
Femography: Director Deepa Mehta
18 April 2012 5:23 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Watching many of the major films from Bollywood history, one trend that stands out is the way that the films show a great respect for traditional values while at the same time providing progressive challenges to those values, ultimately earning the support from the keepers of the traditional values. Deepa Mehta, an Indian-Canadian director, takes a much harsher eye to Indian traditions in her most notable films. While she often makes films that, in location or culture, are distinctly Indian, the Western influences are evident. It is likely for this reason that her films have often faced protest and censorship in India.
After a few hard to find films and some work in television, Mehta broke through in 1994 with Camilla, one of the three features directed by Mehta that doesn’t engage with Indian culture. The main focus is on the friendship that develops between a young woman (Bridget Fonda »
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Movie Preview: Patang
16 April 2012 1:26 AM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
After winning awards and acclaim at prestigious film festivals across the globe, including its World Premiere at the Berlin Film Festival and North American Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, the colorful and vibrant motion picture Patang will have its theatrical release on June 15 at Cinema Village in New York City. Openings in additional U.S. cities will be announced soon. Starring Seema Biswas (Water, Bandit Queen) and Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Peepli Live, Dev D), the powerful and moving film tells of a family which must confront its own fractured past during Uttarayan, India’s largest kite festival in Ahmedabad. About the film noted critic Roger Ebert wrote, “The storytelling is effortlessly made part of the hypnotically beautiful visuals, and woven into a kaleidoscope of colors, faces, music and a little romance. Bhargava is masterful in the way he allows his story to emerge from his mosaic, instead of spelling it out by the numbers. »
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John Abraham Talks Films, Sports, Rocky and more in conversation with BollySpice!
14 April 2012 8:24 PM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
Following the press conference of Vicky Donor at Eros Entertainment in London, Bollyspice managed to grab ten minutes with John Abraham. After having spoken at length about his new production company, his role as a producer and his first presentation Vicky Donor to a captive audience, it was time to kick back and have a chilled out chat with John. We wanted to find out for his fans and followers a little bit more about what he has been up to and what he in store for us all. We were greeted by a laid back John who casually kick started with: “Let’s just have a conversation, I’ve spoken so much about the film already…” And with that laid back spirit we got to speak to John the film buff and sports enthusiast, rather than simply John the actor or producer.
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“I’m a full fledged producer now” – John Abraham Talks Vicky Donor in London!
13 April 2012 11:35 AM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
Is sperm donation legal in India? Is adoption not a better alternative? What should childless couples do? These were just some of the questions audience members asked John Abraham when he was in London yesterday for an exclusive press conference for his maiden production Vicky Donor. Bollyspice went along to meet John in his new avatar and from the presentation he gave and the audiences response to him, we have to say John Abraham the producer has arrived in a big way!
Many of you will know by now that Vicky Donor is the first feature production from Ja Entertainment and stars popular Indian-vj Ayushmann Khurrana in a romantic comedy between a Punjabi boy and a Bengali girl, which touches on the issue of sperm donation. The film, set to release on April 20th, is directed by Shoojit Sircar, who last directed Yahaan starring Jimmy Shergill back in 2005.
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- Anjum Shabbir
John Abraham detained, out on bail in accident case
9 March 2012 1:22 AM, PST | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
Bollywood actor John Abraham, who was detained Friday after a court rejected an appeal against his conviction for injuring two people while riding a motorcycle in 2006, is out on bail.The Bombay High Court granted the bail to John Abraham and stayed the 15 days jail term awarded earlier by the Sessions Court, which upheld an earlier verdict pronounced by a Bandra magistrate.After Abraham.s lawyers moved the high court post-haste, justice R.C. Chavan granted bail of Rs.20,000 to the actor and also stayed the operation of the lower court sentence till the pendency of the matter.Police detained Abraham immediately after the sessions court rejected his plea against the 15-day simple imprisonment and fine of Rs.15,000 awarded to him by a magistrate.s court in 2010. He was initially taken for a medical examination.The sessions court also rejected Abraham.s plea for four days. time to surrender.It »
Lisa Ray honours Deepa Mehta at Tsaiff launch
1 March 2012 12:33 PM, PST | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
<div>World renowned filmmaker, Deepa Mehta was honoured for Outstanding Contribution to Cinema by the Toronto South Asian International Film Festival at its launch yesterday afternoon.</div><div></div><div>Co-founder of the festival Caroline Jeba addressed the podium saying, .Deepa.s contribution to the movie industry is unprecedented. Her choice of bold subject matter has brought to light important issues and sparked many a discussion..</div><div></div><div>.I am honoured and grateful to have been recognized this way by Tsaiff,. said Mehta on receiving the honour of being the festival.s first award recipient. </div><div></div><div>In a neat twist of fate the muse honoured the mentor as actress Lisa Ray who Deepa directed in 2005.s Oscar nominated feature film, Water presented her with the honour.</div><div></div><div>Also in attendance and as part of the presenting panel were the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sport Honourable Michael Chan, Festival Co-founder Caroline Jeba and local filmmaker Mitra Sen.</div><div></div><div>The press »
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