Sinam, a Tamil short film starring Sai Dhanshika as a sex worker, won eight awards at the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival (CICFF), including Best Short Finalist and Best Actress. Directed by Anandmurthy, the film is set in Mumbai.
While the Indian Government censorship hasn’t entered the online space yet, some of the companies still insist on going through a censor procedure to make sure they don’t get into trouble. “I don’t mind adding a few beeps to my film,” Sandeep says, “as long as the concept doesn’t get diluted.He was part of a panel discussion on Alternative Indie Film Distribution , held as part of the Film Bazaar at International Film Festival of Goa last year. “As an independent filmmaker, I should be able to release and distribute my film on my own. ” Also because, festival circuits in India aren’t fair spaces, he adds. “You need good agents and programmers to get your film noticed and selected.
The technical crew of Veeram includes Jeff Olm, the Hollywood colourist who has worked in Titanic, and Hollywood music composer Jeff Rona, who was a part of Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer’s illustrious film score company Media Ventures. Allan Poppleton, the stunt choreographer who has films like Hunger Games and Avatar to his credit, is also a part of the Veeram team.
Actress Konkona Sen Sharma’s directorial venture, A Death in the Gunj, opened to a rousing response at the Toronto International Film Festival(TIFF) where it premiered on September 9. The film, which has already garnered international acclaim, will be the opening film at the 18th edition of Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, which will begin on 21 October, 2016.
Actress Dhansika will soon be seen in a short film. The film, set in Kolkata, will be directed by Anandmurthy. The actress will portray a sex worker in the film which will have Bengali actress Bidita N Bag playing another key role.
Meanwhile, Bollywood films like Raman Raghav 2. 0, directed by Anurag Kashyap, and Sarabjit, directed by Omung Kumar, premiered at sidebar events of Cannes this year. Also, SS Rajamouli’s Bahubali will be screened at the Marché du Film, a film market event taking place alongside the festival. The sidebar screenings are held outside the Palais Des Festivals, the centre of all the festival action, including official screenings, and press and market interactions.
His parents are heading towards a divorce, which makes him realise that his sexual problems aren’t any more awkward than his parents’ relationship issues. The film’s casual, straightforward, and sugar-coated take on the adolescent’s hormonal issues is a remarkable feat. The awkward moments in Edo’s life – when he goes to a doctor, discusses the issue with his friends, and eventually, when he opens up to his parents – are seamless and organic.
Tamil movie icon Kamal Haasan, who has plans for a political plunge, on Friday lauded West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her enthusiasm to celebrate cinema through the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF).Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Friday termed as “unfortunate” the political remarks concerning the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati” and said the allegations against it “were outlandish”.
As states across the country continue to report a sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, the restrictions being imposed on cinema halls have returned and theatre owners are bracing for uncertain times ahead.
Silverscreen India brings you a list of eight films and series that you can binge this weekend including Konkona Sen Sharma starrer Mumbai Diaries 26/11, Nani starrer Tuck Jagadish, Vijay Sethupathi starrer Tughlaq Durbar, among others. Doogie Kameāloha, M. D.”Set in the tinsel town of Andhra Pradesh, the film narrates the life and journey of Jagadish Naidu (played by Nani) as he traverses through the ups and downs in his family life thereby highlighting the special bond and conflicts between siblings in his closely-knit joint family,” reads the official synopsis of the film.
Maadathy (international title An Unfairy Tale), the second feature film of filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, is set to stream on Neestream from Thursday. The 90-minute film, written and directed by Leena, comes with the tagline: “Nobodies do not have Gods; they are Gods.”
The Tamil Nadu government on Friday scrapped its order allowing single screen theatres and multiplexes in the state to run at 100% capacity. The occupancy will continue to be capped at 50% at all cinema halls in the state, until further orders are issued, the Tamil Nadu government said in a press release issued on Friday.
The West Bengal government on Friday permitted 100% seating capacity in cinema halls and multiplexes across the state from now on.
Artistes and activists staged a protest in Kolkata yesterday after filmmaker Anik Dutta’s satire Bhobishyoter Bhoot was pulled out of theatres on Saturday. The police allegedly intervened for ‘public interest’, stating that the film’s content was ‘political’.
Actors Mithila Palkar and Jaaved Jaaferi will be seen in Alka Raghuram’s upcoming project, In The Ring, Variety has reported. The film was announced at the Cannes Film Market during the ongoing festival. The director was seeking collaborators in sales, distribution and co-production.
This 2006 Mira Nair film, an adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel by the same name, saw Khan play the role of a first-generation Bengali migrant in the US.A strict father and a devoted husband, Khan flawlessly played his role and delivered one of the best performances of his career in this film.Khan, who had a phenomenal film career spanning three decades, had been battling a neuroendocrine tumour since 2018.
On Friday, while the Madras High Court ruled that cinema halls cannot be permitted to run with more than 50% seating capacity until January 11, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that all theatres in the state can be allowed to have 100% seating capacity, while inaugurating the 26th International Kolkata Film Festival.
On July 15, several Bollywood celebrities took to social media to release videos and boomerangs (videos on Instagram) of themselves waiting to announce something significant but refraining from doing so while shouting out loud the words ‘Come On Netflix’. Their posts also carried the words as a hashtag which went viral piquing the curiosity of Twitterati and people on the ‘Gram. Netflix also put out a tweet with three of the zipped mouth emojis and the hashtag.
Director Hari Viswanath, in this interview with Silverscreen India, speaks about his debut film Radiopetti that won at Busan and on his second feature Bansuri, working with Anurag Kashyap and Rituparna Sengupta and being an outlier in the industry.In fact, once Hari zeroed in on Bansuri as his next project, he decided he would take it to its logical conclusion. “I travelled for a year, alone, and decided the time was right to make my second film,” says Hari.
Legendary director Mrinal Sen passed away today at 10.35 a.m. at his residence in Bhowanipore, Kolkata. He was 95 years old and had reportedly died of cardiac arrest. His wife died last year. He is survived by his son Kunal Sen who stays in Chicago.
It’s been a month since the Tamil film industry called off the strike and no new major releases have happened over the period of time. But the comic book-loving audiences had a feast with the release of two major Hollywood movies which are still performing well at the Indian box-office, namely Avengers: Infinity War and Deadpool 2.
Kabuliwala, Rabindranath Tagore’s short story of a trader from Afghanistan who regularly visits Calcutta (now Kolkata) to sell dry fruits and the bond he shares with eight-year-old Mini, continues to tug at heartstrings, having been adapted on screen and stage several times ever since it was published in 1892.
Veteran actress and politician Hema Malini says that her acting phase is no longer part of her life but if something interesting comes up then she would definitely take that up.
“I think that phase of my life is over (laughs). Even people in parliament ask me whether I am working in films or not. I feel like doing a film, but I must get a proper story. I just can’t do any films which come my way.
Marathi film Kasav is still struggling to get a release date. The film is currently touring the festival circuit and even won the coveted Golden Lotus Award at the recent National Awards ceremony.
The film unfolds between two scenes – One in which a group of folk musicians are singing the ballad of Sakhisona at night by the side of fire, and an epilogue where a set of archaeologists are unearthing an ancient monastery and its surroundings where the characters from the ballad must have walked on in flesh and blood.