All India articles – Page 29
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FeaturesGyan Correa, The Good Road
Director Gyan Correa talks to Liz Shackleton about his debut feature The Good Road, selected by India as its official entry for the best foreign-language Oscar category.
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FeaturesSouth Asia’s road to Oscar glory
From tales of lesbian romance, errant villagers and unwanted pregnancy to a road movie and dreams of escape, Screen profiles the five South Asian films submitted to the Oscars’ foreign-language film category.
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NewsChannel 4 takes Film Bazaar titles
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired four films that have screened at Film Bazaar including India’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Oscar.
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FeaturesFilm Bazaar: Appetite growing for Indian cinema
Films nurtured by Film Bazaar are beginning to secure distribution both at home and overseas, but challenges remain for independent Indian cinema. Liz Shackleton reports.
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NewsBarron to produce Q’s English debut
Kolkata-based filmmaker Q (aka Kaushik Mukherjee) is gearing up to make his English-language debut, Brahman Naman, to be produced by Steve Barron’s UK-based Riley Productions.
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NewsRecyclewala unveils slate, tech labs
Anand Gandhi and Sohum Shah’s Recyclewala Films is branching out with a slate of new projects and the launch of several tech-oriented initiatives, including a transmedia arm.
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NewsMonsoon Shootout to open SAIFF
The South Asian International Film Festival will open on December 3 with the New York premiere of Monsoon Shootout.
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Virgin Produced India launches
Virgin Produced has partnered with Cinema Capital Venture Fund and Tantrik Group to launch Virgin Produced India.
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NewsKhan: India needs perception shift
Life of Pi actor Irrfan Khan has added further criticism of India’s submission to the Oscars – and revealed he wants to make a film based around music.
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NewsGolden Dream, Fandry win in Mumbai
Diego Quemada-Diez scoops top prize; Nagraj Manjule wins jury award.
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NewsScrewvala to leave Disney UTV
Siddharth Roy Kapur will take over the company’s India operations.
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NewsNFDC unveils Film Bazaar projects
Veteran Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal and Qissa director Anup Singh are among the filmmakers who have had projects selected for the Co-production Market at this year’s Film Bazaar in Goa, India.
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NewsMumbai Film Mart expands in third year
The market ran alongside the Mumbai Film Festival which kicked off October 17 with a screening of The Butler.
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NewsDisney UTV unveils Telugu production
India’s Disney UTV has unveiled its first Telugu-language production, an as-yet-untitled feature starring Mahesh Babu and written and directed by Koratala Siva.
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FeaturesVijay Singh, Fox Star Studios
Fox Star Studios is scaling up with in-house productions and a remake of a Hollywood film. Liz Shackleton spoke to CEO Vijay Singh.
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FeaturesAnup Singh, Qissa: The Tale Of A Lonely Ghost
The first film to shoot under the India-Germany co-production treaty, Anup Singh’s Qissa: The Tale Of A Lonely Ghost recently won the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival and is now screening in Busan’s A Window On Asian Cinema section.
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NewsButler to open Mumbai film festival
Lee Daniels’ The Butler will open the 15th Mumbai Film Festival (October 17-24), which will screen more than 200 films from 65 countries and award $220,000 in cash prizes.
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FeaturesNamit Malhotra, Prime Focus
Jeremy Kay talks to the founder of one of the world’s leading effects and post houses about their work on the likes of Gravity and World War Z.
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NewsDisney UTV unveils three titles
Indian studio Disney UTV has unveiled its first three Hindi-language productions to be branded under the Disney banner.