Day 2 of the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala yesterday saw actress-director Nandita Das sit down for a conversation with film critic Meena T Pillai on subjects that veered from her film Manto (2018) to feminism and even the Sabarimala issue. Praising the rise of the Women in Cinema Collective in the Malayalam film industry, Nandita … Read more
When you hear the topic ‘Renaissance and new-age technology’, the first association might be with philosophy, or history. So, when AP Ahammed cleared his throat to start speaking, the audience was unaware it was in for a wonderful oration combining history, philosophy, humour and sarcasm encompassing contemporary issues. Thus, the session aptly titled Voices at the second Kazhcha-NIV Indie … Read more
Theatre and film actress and acting teacher Nayani Dixit conducted a masterclass on acting at the LIFFT India Filmotsav in Lonavala on Saturday. During her session, Dixit gave special importance to pronunciation and diction which, she said, is poor in today’s youngsters who fail to achieve fluency in their own language in their pursuit of English. … Read more
Theatre and film actress and acting teacher Nayani Dixit conducted a masterclass on acting at the LIFFT India Filmotsav in Lonavala on Saturday. During her session, Dixit gave special importance to pronunciation and diction which, she said, is poor in today’s youngsters who fail to achieve fluency in their own language in their pursuit of English. … Read more
Kedarnath director Abhishek Kapoor has urged the Uttarakhand government to lift the ban on the movie. “I plead with the Uttarakhand government to please lift the ban on my film Kedarnath. It is an attempt to bring peace, harmony and healing to the people of this country. Please don’t deprive us of this opportunity,” Kapoor … Read more
Day 2 of the Kazhcha-NIV Indie Film Festival on Saturday (8 December) saw a panel discuss the ‘myth and realities of film certification and censoring’ in India. The session, titled ‘Certification And Censoring: Myth and Reality’, brought together voices of rebellion in cinema like the Babusenan brothers (directors Santosh and Satish Babusenan); film critic Sachin Chatte; advocate Vijay … Read more
Filmmaker S Shankar is on a sequel signing spree. After striking gold with superstar Rajinikanth’s 2.0, a sequel to 2010 blockbuster Enthiran; he is all set to commence work on Kamal Haasan’s Indian 2, which marks Shankar’s reunion with Kamal after two decades. Now, Shankar has revealed he has plans to make a sequel to … Read more
After a lacklustre 2018 in which he produced and acted in the disappointing action-film Race 3 and produced Loveyatri, Salman Khan is looking ahead to 2019 with the productions of Bharat and Notebook. The actor-producer announced that Notebook will be released on 29 March 2019. The love story will introduce two new faces, Pranutan Bahl … Read more
The trailer of Pavel’s debut film Rosogolla has been released. The film will launch National award winning director and actor Kaushik Ganguly’s son Ujaan Ganguly, and Abantika Biswas as the lead actors. Rosogolla narrates the journey of the undaunted Nabinchandra Das, the creator of rosogolla, the iconic mishti or sweet of Bengal. What makes the … Read more
Writer PF Mathews has been widely felicitated for his contributions in Malayalam literature as well as for his screenplays for films like Kutty Srank (2009), which won him the National Film Award for Best Screenplay, and his latest work, Ee.Ma.Yau, directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery. At the screenplay writing workshop organized for aspiring writers as … Read more