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8 Indian films to be screened at Black Nights Film Festival 2018 in Estonia

Eight films from India, including Anurag Kashyap’s Manmarziyaan (titled Husband Material), Devashish Makhija’s Bhonsle, and Siddharth Malhotra’s Hichki will be screened at the Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia. Hamid, Hello Arsi, Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon, Tumbbad, and Kadakh will also be shown at the festival. Last year, five Indian films […]

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Shoojit Sircar at IFFI 2018

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After making films like Vicky Donor (2012), Madras Cafe (2013) and Piku (2015) in the last decade, this year, filmmaker Shoojit Sircar delved into the melancholic story of Dan, a young man who discovers himself after a friend lands up in a coma, in the form of October. The leisurely pace and beautiful moments in

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Documentary Shalom Bollywood now available on Vimeo in India

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Filmmaker Danny Ben-Moshe’s documentary, Shalom Bollywood: The Untold Story Of India, will be screened today (23 November) at the ongoing 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) being held in Goa. The film, narrated by Indian-British actress Ayesha Dharker, tells the story of the stars of the silver screen, from Sulochana, to Miss Rose, Pramila,

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Vishal Bhardwaj at Film Bazaar 2018

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In a session titled, ‘Badlands & the ‘Gender’’, filmmaker-producer-music director and singer Vishal Bhardwaj was in conversation with documentary filmmaker and writer Nasreen Munni Kabir to discuss the female characters in his films. Kabir began the session by drawing attention to the fact that the filmmaker was also a singer and requested him to hum

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Atul Kulkarni, Prathamesh Parab’s Anya is set to capture the drug mafia: Teaser

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Marathi film actor Prathamesh Parab was last seen in Ziprya (2018) earlier this year. He was also recently seen in two Hindi films — Drishyam (2015) and Khajoor Pe Atke (2018). Parab will next be seen in another Hindi film titled Anya, directed by Simmy. The film also has few other renown artistes like Atul

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Rajorshi Dey announces next film Purba, Pashchim, Dakshin (Uttor Asbei)

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Actor-director Rajorshi Dey has announced his new project Purba, Pashchim, Dakshin (Uttor Asbei), a paranormal thriller based on Avik Sarkar’s best-selling book Ebong Inquisition. Gaurav Chakrabarty, Paran Bandopadhyay, Arpita Pal Chatterjee, Kamaleswar Mukherjee, Bidipta Chakraborty, Aryann Bhowmick and Rajesh Sharma have been cast in the film. Producer Suchandra Bhania and renowned theatre personality Rudraprasad Sengupta

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Rajshri’s Hum Chaar to launch four new faces

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Rajshri Productions will launch four new faces with its next production Hum Chaar: Friends Bhi Family Hai (2019). In a Twitter post, a poster was revealed where four characters were seen dabbing and hiding their faces. Later, a trail of posters with character faces was introduced on Wednesday (21 November). Helmed by Abhishek Dixit, filmmaker

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

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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

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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

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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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