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Nandita Das to receive FIAPF award at 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Indian actress-filmmaker Nandita Das will be honoured with the FIAPF Award at the 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) on 29 November. Das will receive the FIAPF award by the International Federation of Film Producers’ Associations for achievement in films in the Asia Pacific region, reports Variety.com. She is known for her acting in the

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Writers not treated as badly as before, agree Nila Madhab Panda, Pankaj Tripathi, Divya Dutta

Director Nila Madhab Panda and actor Pankaj Tripathi insisted that writers are getting their due in cinema now. They were speaking at a session titled ‘Redefining Stories’ at the 49th International Film Festival of India in Panjim, Goa, on 22 November. Panda and Tripathi were joined by actresses Divya Dutta and Rajshri Deshpande, actor-producer-director Rahul Bose

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Rahul Bose at IFFI 2018

Actor-director Rahul Bose minced no words saying that films with no big names are not accepted, except in the metros of India. He was talking in context of his directorial Poorna (2017) in the ‘Redefining Stories’ session at the 49th International Film Festival of India in Panaji, Goa today (22 November).  Poorna is about a

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CBI begins inquiry into NFDC’s dealings, payments to Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has launched a preliminary inquiry into some financial transactions carried out by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) over the past seven years. According to a report published by ThePrint.in website, the investigating agency is looking into charges of financial embezzlement and irregularities by the corporation following a complaint from

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Priyanka Chopra to shoot till nuptial eve, informs producer Siddharth Roy Kapur

Actress Priyanka Chopra, who is set to wed American singer Nick Jonas on 2 December, will be shooting for The Sky Is Pink (2019) right till the day before the celebrations, says the film’s producer Siddharth Roy Kapur Kapur, who is producing the movie under his Roy Kapur Films banner, told IANS, a news agency,

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John Abraham, Nikkhil Advani, Bhushan Kumar to produce 6 films together

Actor-producer John Abraham, director-producer Nikkhil Advani and producer Bhushan Kumar have entered into a joint venture to produce six films. “Under this collaboration, a slate of films will be jointly produced by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series, John Abraham’s JA Entertainment and Monisha Advani, Madhu Bhojwani and Nikkhil Advani’s Emmay Entertainment,” read an official statement. The statement

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Don’t understand why Tiger Zinda Hai was selected, and Kaala was not: Pa Ranjith at IFFI

Attending the screening of Mari Selvaraj’s Pariyerum Perumal (2018) at the ongoing 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, director Pa Ranjith stated that the festival ought to have picked his latest film Kaala (2018) as a mark of its true inclusive nature.  The director won critical acclaim for his take on caste and

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