Soumen Das

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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, … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

Anand Patwardhan’s latest documentary, Reason, was announced as the winner of Best Feature-Length Documentary award at the 31st International Documentary Filmfest Amsterdam. The festival organisers announced on Thursday (22 November) that Patwardhan’s 261-minute long film was unanimously voted as it is a work of “epic storytelling of the rise of the far right in one … Read more