The biggest excitement of the second day of the Cannes Film Festival was the arrival of actor Michael Douglas. A mob of fans gathered outside his hotel and the venue with hopes of catching a glimpse of the Oscar-winning actor. Douglas walked the red carpet on Friday for the release of Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. The India Pavilion at the festival was opened by I&B secretary Raghu Menon but there was not a single poster of Anurag Kashyap’s Udaan — the first Indian film in seven years to have figured in the festival’s ...
- 5/14/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
India believes in rituals, and one of them at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival is the ceremonial inauguration of the India Pavillion. The red ribbon is cut usually by a Government bureaucrat or a Minister or maybe a glamorous actor like Aishwarya Rai or her husband, Abhishek Bachchan. Last year, it was him who did the honours. This year, since the Information and Broadcasting Minister, Ambika Soni, did not (or could not) come, the Pavillion on Cannes picturesque beachfront was opened this morning by the Information and Broadcasting Secretary, Raghu Menon. Mallika Sherawat, the eminently forgettable Indian actress, ...
- 5/13/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
The India pavilion at Festival de Cannes organized by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) will be inaugurated on Thursday, 13th May 2010. Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, Raghu Menon will inaugurate the official pavilion in the presence of other dignitaries.
The Indian Pavilion will run at the 63rd Cannes Film festival scheduled from 13-24 May, 2010 in France. The theme for the pavilion this year is "India: destination of Creative & Production Out-sourcing" and "India: emerging global capital of Animation & Special-effect".
India Pavilion will also host workshops on subjects like visual Co- Production Agreements, Ipr & Copyright Regime, Iffi Goa, India: The Emerging Animation Hub, Digital Platforms, Required Cinemas and Parallel Cinema.
There will be talk on Contribution of Mrinal Sen to World Cinema for which the panelists will be Mrinal Sen, Eminent Director and Producer, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Representatives,...
The Indian Pavilion will run at the 63rd Cannes Film festival scheduled from 13-24 May, 2010 in France. The theme for the pavilion this year is "India: destination of Creative & Production Out-sourcing" and "India: emerging global capital of Animation & Special-effect".
India Pavilion will also host workshops on subjects like visual Co- Production Agreements, Ipr & Copyright Regime, Iffi Goa, India: The Emerging Animation Hub, Digital Platforms, Required Cinemas and Parallel Cinema.
There will be talk on Contribution of Mrinal Sen to World Cinema for which the panelists will be Mrinal Sen, Eminent Director and Producer, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Representatives,...
- 5/3/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will deliver a keynote address at the inaugural session of Ficci-frames 2010 beginning March 16. Katrina Kaif will also be present at the inauguration for lighting of the ceremonial lamp. The Global Convention on the Business of Entertainment will be held from 16-18 March, 2010. Chief minister Ashok Chavan, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting secretary Raghu Menon, James Nicholas Gianopulos, Chairman and CEO, Fox Filmed Entertainment, Dutchmainstream actress Victoria Koblenko and Ficci Entertainment Committee chairman Yash Chopra are the other speakers at the inaugural session. About 30 sessions covering the entire ...
- 3/10/2010
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
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