About This Film
Cinema in India’s geopolitically and culturally distinct region, the ‘North East’ finds its origins in the 1935 Assamese film – “Joymoti” directed by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala. In the decades hence, North East India – joined to the Indian mainland by a thin corridor of 22 kms, has seen the emergence of varied films imbued with a certain sense of realism, tracing back to the aforementioned work, with a depiction of the bleak and the everyday in a jarring contrast to the movies churned out by Bollywood. Filmmaker Jahnu Barua, best known for “Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai” or “The Catastrophe” (1987) – winner of the Silver Leopard at the Locarno Festival in 1988, establishes a distinct voice committed to realism, with his debut feature – “Aparoopa” (1982) which refers to the titular character – a lonely wife whose life within vacuous privilege, familial trauma, and unfulfilled desires of the past, plays out alongside an array of characters.
Cinema in India’s geopolitically and culturally distinct region, the ‘North East’ finds its origins in the 1935 Assamese film – “Joymoti” directed by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala. In the decades hence, North East India – joined to the Indian mainland by a thin corridor of 22 kms, has seen the emergence of varied films imbued with a certain sense of realism, tracing back to the aforementioned work, with a depiction of the bleak and the everyday in a jarring contrast to the movies churned out by Bollywood. Filmmaker Jahnu Barua, best known for “Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai” or “The Catastrophe” (1987) – winner of the Silver Leopard at the Locarno Festival in 1988, establishes a distinct voice committed to realism, with his debut feature – “Aparoopa” (1982) which refers to the titular character – a lonely wife whose life within vacuous privilege, familial trauma, and unfulfilled desires of the past, plays out alongside an array of characters.
- 3/29/2021
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
By Raghu Pratap
Cinema in India’s geopolitically and culturally distinct region, the ‘North East’ finds its origins in the 1935 Assamese film – “Joymoti” directed by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala. In the decades hence, North East India – joined to the Indian mainland by a thin corridor of 22 kms, has seen the emergence of varied films imbued with a certain sense of realism, tracing back to the aforementioned work, with a depiction of the bleak and the everyday in a jarring contrast to the movies churned out by Bollywood. Filmmaker Jahnu Barua, best known for “Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai” or “The Catastrophe” (1987) – winner of the Silver Leopard at the Locarno Festival in 1988, establishes a distinct voice committed to realism, with his debut feature – “Aparoopa” (1982) which refers to the titular character – a lonely wife whose life within vacuous privilege, familial trauma, and unfulfilled desires of the past, plays out alongside an array of characters.
Cinema in India’s geopolitically and culturally distinct region, the ‘North East’ finds its origins in the 1935 Assamese film – “Joymoti” directed by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala. In the decades hence, North East India – joined to the Indian mainland by a thin corridor of 22 kms, has seen the emergence of varied films imbued with a certain sense of realism, tracing back to the aforementioned work, with a depiction of the bleak and the everyday in a jarring contrast to the movies churned out by Bollywood. Filmmaker Jahnu Barua, best known for “Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai” or “The Catastrophe” (1987) – winner of the Silver Leopard at the Locarno Festival in 1988, establishes a distinct voice committed to realism, with his debut feature – “Aparoopa” (1982) which refers to the titular character – a lonely wife whose life within vacuous privilege, familial trauma, and unfulfilled desires of the past, plays out alongside an array of characters.
- 3/28/2021
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
The New York Indian Film Festival (Nyiff) announced the full lineup at the Launch event for their 19th year of celebrating Independent, art house, alternate, and diaspora films from the Indian subcontinent (May 7– May 12) at the Village East Cinemas in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Dedicated to bringing these films to a New York audience, the festival will feature 32 screenings. Nyiff will be featuring 7 World Premieres along with an International Premiere and 5 Us premieres and the rest of the films being NY premieres. Nyiff has been the go-to festival to see South Asian diaspora films that have not been seen in New York City and is continuing with this mission for the nineteenth year.
This year Nyiff has the largest number of regional (non-Hindi) language films – 20 in total. The languages focused on are Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Kannada, Ladakhi, Punjabi, and Harayanavi and all the films will have English subtitles.
This year Nyiff has the largest number of regional (non-Hindi) language films – 20 in total. The languages focused on are Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Kannada, Ladakhi, Punjabi, and Harayanavi and all the films will have English subtitles.
- 4/25/2019
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
FilmsAssamese film "Village Rockstars", Malayalam film "Bhayanakam", Bengali movie "Nagarkirtan", and "Sinjar" will be showcased at the festival's India Pavilion.IANSPoster of 'Village Rockstar' By Radhika Bhirani National Award-winning films from Assam, Kerala, West Bengal and Lakshadweep will represent India's regional cinema prowess at the 71st Cannes Film Festival where a delegation led by Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani will push for their distribution and exhibition in the global market. The prestigious film jamboree, where Nandita Das' "Manto" and Rohena Gera's "Sir" are in separate competition sections, will get under way in the French Riviera on Tuesday. Assamese film "Village Rockstars", Malayalam film "Bhayanakam", Bengali movie "Nagarkirtan", and "Sinjar", a film from Lakshadweep made in the Jasari language, will be showcased at the festival's India Pavilion, organised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting along with Ficci. "With a strong Indian delegation at the festival, we are positive that the world will see the diversity of our cinema and the exceptional cinematic talent our country possesses," Leena Jaisani, Assistant Secretary General, Ficci, told Ians. Irani, who has been persistent in drawing attention to the need to celebrate the country's regional cinema, will inaugurate the India Pavilion on Wednesday. The other delegates will include Ashok Kumar Parmar, Joint Secretary (Films), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Vinod K. Jacob, Joint Secretary, (Ed), Ministry of External Affairs; Censor Board Chairperson Prasoon Joshi, Censor Board member Vani Tripathi Tikoo, filmmakers Shaji N. Karun, Jahnu Barua and Bharat Bala, as well as actress Parvathy. Tikoo feels the domestic boundaries within Indian cinema need to go. "It's either good or bad cinema. The thrust has to be on Indian cinema as good narratives are coming from every region," Tikoo told Ians, adding that it's high time that as one of the largest film producing nations in the world, "we start respecting our cinema". She rued how films from languages other than Hindi find relevance within India after gaining "olive branches", referring to the laurel wreaths that movies flaunt after touring international film festivals. "It should be the reverse," averred Tikoo, who said the idea behind taking such titles to Cannes -- "the largest film market" -- is to ease the struggle a bit for films which have fantastic narratives, but find it hard to get the right exhibition platform. Bala, known for patriotic videos like "Vande Mataram" and "Jana Gana Mana", pointed out that in the last several years, most Indian films which have got a positioning at foreign fests are regional titles. "With the presence at Cannes Film Festival, the idea is to get them into the market, find a larger distribution stream and to work on existing co-production treaties," Bala told Ians. He agreed that the distribution mechanism for regional cinema isn't great within India itself, but said things are changing due to streaming platforms like Amazon and Netflix, which have enabled their global reach. Actress Rasika Dugal, who will be in Cannes for "Manto", finds it a great initiative. "There's a lot of beautiful work happening in films in different parts of India which we don't hear about... We either get to see it at a film festival or through a friend... So, I think it's high time it gets a push," Rasika told Ians. The films apart, the delegation's focus will be on leveraging co-productions with the countries with which India has co-production treaties, along with the other potential countries, promote ease of film shooting in India and position the International Film Festival of India (Iffi) at festival circuits. The India Pavilion will also see the launch of "T for Tajmahal", poster of "Bhonsle" by actor Manoj Bajpayee and producer Devashish Makhija, and actor Dhanush-starrer Indo-French co-production "The Extraordinary Journey Of Fakir". At the main fest, two women filmmakers' projects from India have made it to competition sections. Das' Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer "Manto" is in the Un Certain Regard Section, while Gera's "Sir" is in the Cannes Critics' Week sidebar. On the red carpet too, there will be women power galore as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Kangana Ranaut, Huma Qureshi and Mallika Sherawat will be seen walking the red carpet for various brand endorsements, while actors like Rasika and Tillotama Shome will represent their movies. (Radhika Bhirani can be contacted at radhika.b@ians.in ) ...
- 5/7/2018
- by Megha
- The News Minute
Karan Johar reveals that he is very proud to have been presented with this opportunity. Apart from Karan , there were members from Cii (Confederation Of Indian Industry), I&B (Information and Broadcast) Ministry, and filmmakers such as Shaji Karun and Jahnu Barua as well. Also, actress Bhumi Pednekar, who represented new-age cinema, was there. KaranRead More
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- 2/27/2018
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Ivanhoe Pictures, the Los Angeles-based division of Sk Global Entertainment, has come on to co-produce Unread Pages, being billed as the first India-u.S co-production to be filmed in a non-Hindi language. The pic being directed by acclaimed Indian helmer Jahnu Barua will be filmed in the North Eastern Indian state of Assam in the region's Assamese language. The plot centers on a happy family torn apart after they experience a series of traumatizing events. The…...
- 2/1/2018
- Deadline
Set mostly in Assam and North America, the film will feature both Indian and international actors.
Source: Ivanhoe pictures
Ivanhoe Pictures and India’s Easterly Entertainment are joining forces to co-produce drama Unread Pages, directed by Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua.
The film follows a man returning to Assam, one of eight small states in Northeast India, after being estranged from his land and culture. Set mostly in Assam and North America, the film will feature both Indian and international actors.
Launched by brothers Shahnaab Alam and Sartaj Alam, Easterly Entertainment is a content development and boutique production house with offices in Mumbai and Assam’s largest city, Guwahati.
Shahnaab Alam has producing credits including Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly, Hansal Mehta’s Omerta and Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox. He also recently produced Barua’s Assamese-language film Broken Window, which is currently in post-production.
Barua has won several National Film Awards in India for films including Baandhon (2012) and Hkhagoroloi...
Source: Ivanhoe pictures
Ivanhoe Pictures and India’s Easterly Entertainment are joining forces to co-produce drama Unread Pages, directed by Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua.
The film follows a man returning to Assam, one of eight small states in Northeast India, after being estranged from his land and culture. Set mostly in Assam and North America, the film will feature both Indian and international actors.
Launched by brothers Shahnaab Alam and Sartaj Alam, Easterly Entertainment is a content development and boutique production house with offices in Mumbai and Assam’s largest city, Guwahati.
Shahnaab Alam has producing credits including Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly, Hansal Mehta’s Omerta and Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox. He also recently produced Barua’s Assamese-language film Broken Window, which is currently in post-production.
Barua has won several National Film Awards in India for films including Baandhon (2012) and Hkhagoroloi...
- 1/31/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Co-production Market to feature new projects from Kanu Behl, Aditya Vikram Sengupta and Nandita Das, along with Ritesh Batra’s first project as a producer.
Film Bazaar, hosted by India’s National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc), has unveiled the 19 South Asian projects selected for this year’s Co-production Market.
The line-up includes new projects from Kanu Behl, whose Titli premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard 2014; Aditya Vikram Sengupta, director of Venice 2014 title Labor Of Love; acclaimed Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage; and Fahad Mustafa, whose credits include award-winning documentary Katiyabaaz.
In addition, Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) is stepping into producing with Raj Rish More’s Pirates, which Batra will produce through his new outfit Poetic License Motion Pictures.
Drishyam Films’ Manish Mundra is bringing a new project from Amit V Masurkar (Sulemani Keeda), while acclaimed filmmaker Nandita Das will present her new project Manto at Film Bazaar.
The market is introducing a new feature this year – Open...
Film Bazaar, hosted by India’s National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc), has unveiled the 19 South Asian projects selected for this year’s Co-production Market.
The line-up includes new projects from Kanu Behl, whose Titli premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard 2014; Aditya Vikram Sengupta, director of Venice 2014 title Labor Of Love; acclaimed Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage; and Fahad Mustafa, whose credits include award-winning documentary Katiyabaaz.
In addition, Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) is stepping into producing with Raj Rish More’s Pirates, which Batra will produce through his new outfit Poetic License Motion Pictures.
Drishyam Films’ Manish Mundra is bringing a new project from Amit V Masurkar (Sulemani Keeda), while acclaimed filmmaker Nandita Das will present her new project Manto at Film Bazaar.
The market is introducing a new feature this year – Open...
- 10/12/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Carbon Neutral Films have been made all over the world, and now with Aisa Yeh Jahaan, India is all set to join the list. The film stars Palash Sen, the singer of the much-loved Indian band – Euphoria, opposite Ira Dubey in the lead along with talented actors Yashpal Sharma, Tinu Anand, Kymsleen Kholie, Prisha Dabbas, Saurabh Pandey and Carol Grasias. Written and directed by Biswajeet Bora and produced by Maya Kholie under Kholie Entertainment, the film is set to release in April 2015.
Aisa Yeh Jahaan joins the likes of other international carbon neutral movies, 24, the Emmy award-winning series from Imagine and Twentieth Century Fox Television, George Clooney’s Syriana, Day the Earth Stood Still and The Day After Tomorrow, to name a few.
Biswajeet Bora, the director of the film, who has worked with filmmaker Jahnu Barua, said, “It is a socio-environmental film, which tells the story of an urban...
Aisa Yeh Jahaan joins the likes of other international carbon neutral movies, 24, the Emmy award-winning series from Imagine and Twentieth Century Fox Television, George Clooney’s Syriana, Day the Earth Stood Still and The Day After Tomorrow, to name a few.
Biswajeet Bora, the director of the film, who has worked with filmmaker Jahnu Barua, said, “It is a socio-environmental film, which tells the story of an urban...
- 3/27/2015
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Bollywood legends Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar have been conferred with the Padma Vibushan awards; the second highest civilian award in India. Fans of 72 year old Bachchan have long called for the Indian government to award him the Bharat Ratna, which is the highest civilian award in India, but will have to settle for the Padma Vibhushan instead. 92 year old Dilip Kumar is being acknowledged for his services to the arts and cinema and is widely regarded as one of India’s greatest actors. The government have also conferred awards to some non-Indians; most notably Bill Gates and Melinda Gates for their contributions towards social work and charity. The Padma Awards will being handed out to the winners around March/April of this year so stay tuned!
Check out the full list of winners below!
Padma Vibhushan:
1 Lk Advani- Public Affairs- Gujarat
2 Amitabh Bachchan- Art- Maharashtra
3 Prakash Singh...
Check out the full list of winners below!
Padma Vibhushan:
1 Lk Advani- Public Affairs- Gujarat
2 Amitabh Bachchan- Art- Maharashtra
3 Prakash Singh...
- 1/27/2015
- by Bodrul Chaudhury
- Bollyspice
Wong Kar Wai’s Grandmaster will close Iffi 2014
Celebrated Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the 45th International Film Festival of India (Iffi), to be held in Goa from November 20-30.
The festival will open with Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s The President. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan will be the Chief Guest of the opening ceremony of the festival to be held on November 20 which will be attended by Chinese film actress Zhang Ziyi and Swedish filmmaker Jan Troell. Polish film maker Krzysztof Zanussi will be the Guest of Honour of the ceremony.
Wong Kar Wai’s Grandmaster will close the festival on November 30.
Superstar Rajnikanth will be honoured with the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year.
Iffi will hold Retrospectives of filmmakers Gulzar and Jahnu Barua and pay homage to Richard Attenborough, Robin Williams, Zohra Sehgal, Suchitra Sen and Farooq Sheikh.
Celebrated Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the 45th International Film Festival of India (Iffi), to be held in Goa from November 20-30.
The festival will open with Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s The President. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan will be the Chief Guest of the opening ceremony of the festival to be held on November 20 which will be attended by Chinese film actress Zhang Ziyi and Swedish filmmaker Jan Troell. Polish film maker Krzysztof Zanussi will be the Guest of Honour of the ceremony.
Wong Kar Wai’s Grandmaster will close the festival on November 30.
Superstar Rajnikanth will be honoured with the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year.
Iffi will hold Retrospectives of filmmakers Gulzar and Jahnu Barua and pay homage to Richard Attenborough, Robin Williams, Zohra Sehgal, Suchitra Sen and Farooq Sheikh.
- 11/12/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
PVR Director’s Rare is all set to showcase their next offering, Ajeyo (Invincible). Directed by the award winning Assamese filmmaker, Jahnu Barua, Ajeyo is the story about the struggles of an honest, ideal revolutionary youth, set during the years of Mahatma Gandhi’s freedom movement and building up to 1947. Releasing on September 19, the film has received the Best Feature Film in Assamese award at the 61st National Film Awards. Read More...
- 9/12/2014
- Bollywood Trade
Jahnu Barua’s latest film Ajeyo will release in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune and Bangalore with English subtitles on September 19. The film won the national award for the best Assamese feature at the 61st National Film Awards.
Based on the Sahitya Akademi Award winning Assamese novel Ashirbador Rong, written by Arun Sarma, Ajeyo is the story of Gojen Keot, who fought against the social evils in rural Assam during the freedom movement in India. Set in a small village of Assam in 1946, Ajeyo is about Gojen’s revolt against the richest man in town, who sees India’s partition as an opportunity for land-grabbing.
The film recently screened at the first Colombo International Film Festival.
Watch the trailer of the film here:...
Based on the Sahitya Akademi Award winning Assamese novel Ashirbador Rong, written by Arun Sarma, Ajeyo is the story of Gojen Keot, who fought against the social evils in rural Assam during the freedom movement in India. Set in a small village of Assam in 1946, Ajeyo is about Gojen’s revolt against the richest man in town, who sees India’s partition as an opportunity for land-grabbing.
The film recently screened at the first Colombo International Film Festival.
Watch the trailer of the film here:...
- 9/11/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The inaugural edition of International Film Festival of Colombo, the first major international film festival to be held in Sri Lanka, will screen a special package of Indian films curated by DearCinema.
The festival, to be held from September 2-7, is being organized by the Directors’ Guild of Sri Lanka with the support of Okinawa International Movie Festival in Japan.
The package comprises of award-winning and festival-favourite Indian films like Kanu Behl’s Titli, Avinash Arun’s Killa, Anup Singh’s Qissa, Nagraj Manjule’s Fandry, Geethu Mohandas’ Liar’s Dice, Kaushik Ganguly’s Apur Panchali, Jahnu Barua’s Ajeyo, Shilpa Ranade’s The World of Goopi and Bagha and Rajeev Ravi’s Annayum Rasoolam.
Kanu Behl, Avinash Arun, Nagraj Manjule, Geethu Mohandas, Kaushik Ganguly, Jahnu Barua, Shilpa Ranade and Rajeev Ravi will be in attendance at the festival. Actors Geetanjali Thapa (Liar’s Dice) and Rasika Dugal (Qissa) will...
The festival, to be held from September 2-7, is being organized by the Directors’ Guild of Sri Lanka with the support of Okinawa International Movie Festival in Japan.
The package comprises of award-winning and festival-favourite Indian films like Kanu Behl’s Titli, Avinash Arun’s Killa, Anup Singh’s Qissa, Nagraj Manjule’s Fandry, Geethu Mohandas’ Liar’s Dice, Kaushik Ganguly’s Apur Panchali, Jahnu Barua’s Ajeyo, Shilpa Ranade’s The World of Goopi and Bagha and Rajeev Ravi’s Annayum Rasoolam.
Kanu Behl, Avinash Arun, Nagraj Manjule, Geethu Mohandas, Kaushik Ganguly, Jahnu Barua, Shilpa Ranade and Rajeev Ravi will be in attendance at the festival. Actors Geetanjali Thapa (Liar’s Dice) and Rasika Dugal (Qissa) will...
- 8/26/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Still from Khawnlung Run
A special section ‘Focus: North East’ will celebrate films from the North-Eastern part of India at the upcoming International Film Festival of India (Iffi). A total of 18 films will be showcased under this section. Besides six other films from the region will be screened under different sections like Musical Films, Indian Panorama and Homage.
The section will be inaugurated with the screening of Khawnlung Run by Mapuia Chawngthu. Khawnlung Run will be the first Mizo film to screen at any international film festival. Actors Seema Biswas and Adil Husaain will be present at the inauguration. The section will close with Arup Manna’s Aideu.
‘Focus: North East’ has been curated by National Award-winning film critic Utpal Borpujari and will feature films from the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Assam and Tripura. The 44th edition of Iffi will be held from November 20 -30, 2013 in Goa.
A special section ‘Focus: North East’ will celebrate films from the North-Eastern part of India at the upcoming International Film Festival of India (Iffi). A total of 18 films will be showcased under this section. Besides six other films from the region will be screened under different sections like Musical Films, Indian Panorama and Homage.
The section will be inaugurated with the screening of Khawnlung Run by Mapuia Chawngthu. Khawnlung Run will be the first Mizo film to screen at any international film festival. Actors Seema Biswas and Adil Husaain will be present at the inauguration. The section will close with Arup Manna’s Aideu.
‘Focus: North East’ has been curated by National Award-winning film critic Utpal Borpujari and will feature films from the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Assam and Tripura. The 44th edition of Iffi will be held from November 20 -30, 2013 in Goa.
- 11/19/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Abu Dhabi, Nov 2: Away from home, yet so near - thanks to movies. NRIs, mostly middle-aged, used the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Adff) platform to catch up on classics like "Pyaasa" and "Garm Hava" as well as new ones like "Qissa" and "Goynar Baksho". Meeting a star like Irrfan Khan was a huge draw too!
The curiosity and excitement in the air was evident from the word go.
For many, the festival, which celebrated the centenary year of Indian cinema with a special programme of five classics, was a rare chance to watch the old films on the big screen.
The bouquet offered Guru Dutt's "Pyaasa", M.S. Sathyu's "Garm Hava", Jahnu Barua's Assamese film "Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai", Ritwak Ghatak's Bengali film "Subarnarekha".
The curiosity and excitement in the air was evident from the word go.
For many, the festival, which celebrated the centenary year of Indian cinema with a special programme of five classics, was a rare chance to watch the old films on the big screen.
The bouquet offered Guru Dutt's "Pyaasa", M.S. Sathyu's "Garm Hava", Jahnu Barua's Assamese film "Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai", Ritwak Ghatak's Bengali film "Subarnarekha".
- 11/2/2013
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
Abu Dhabi, Oct 29: Watching his awarded Assamese film "Halodiya Choraye Baodhan Khai" with an audience full of people from various regions here left veteran filmmaker Jahnu Barua emotional at the ongoing Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Adff).
He seemed overwhelmed after the screening of the National Award-winning film, which tackles the plight of farmers in rural areas of India through his protagonist Rakeswar's journey from innocence to experience.
"I am a little emotional. I loved it. I love all my films. But watching this today touched my heart," Barua said post the screening, which was held at the Vox Cinemas.
He seemed overwhelmed after the screening of the National Award-winning film, which tackles the plight of farmers in rural areas of India through his protagonist Rakeswar's journey from innocence to experience.
"I am a little emotional. I loved it. I love all my films. But watching this today touched my heart," Barua said post the screening, which was held at the Vox Cinemas.
- 10/29/2013
- by Abhijeet Sen
- RealBollywood.com
Abu Dhabi, Oct 28: It is a never-ending debate - the viability of the term 'Bollywood' vis-a-vis 'Indian cinema'. 'Bollywood' does not encompass 'Indian cinema' in entirety, said veteran filmmakers like M.S. Sathyu and Jahnu Barua.
"A Manipuri film is also Indian cinema," said Barua, a multiple National Award-winning filmmaker from Assam, at the ongoing Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Adff).
"This term Bollywood is confusing. It causes a lot of confusion for the global film audience. Why can't we just say Hindi cinema or Assamese cinema and so on ... so that the whole world comes to know that Indian cinema is more than Hindi cinema,".
"A Manipuri film is also Indian cinema," said Barua, a multiple National Award-winning filmmaker from Assam, at the ongoing Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Adff).
"This term Bollywood is confusing. It causes a lot of confusion for the global film audience. Why can't we just say Hindi cinema or Assamese cinema and so on ... so that the whole world comes to know that Indian cinema is more than Hindi cinema,".
- 10/28/2013
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
Coupled with the spectacular lineup of films, the weekend brought in huge numbers on Day 4 of the 15th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival organized by the Mumbai Association of Moving Images (Mami) and presented by Reliance Entertainment.
Cine lovers were treated to wonderful films such as Viridiana directed by Luis Bunuel, 60 going on 12 directed by Frederic Proust, Diederik Ebbinge’s Matterhorn and Tokyo Story directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Other films screened throughout the day included Davy Chou’s Golden Summers, Costa Gavras’ Capital, Sulemani Keeda directed by Amit V Masurkar, A Castle in Italy directed by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi among others. The cult film Kabhi Kabhi was screened in homage to the legendary Mr. Yash Chopra at Cinemax, Versova. This special screening was attended by Ms Pamela Chopra, who introduced the film to the audience attending.
Featuring in the Film India Worldwide section, Good Morning Karachi directed by Sabiha Sumar...
Cine lovers were treated to wonderful films such as Viridiana directed by Luis Bunuel, 60 going on 12 directed by Frederic Proust, Diederik Ebbinge’s Matterhorn and Tokyo Story directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Other films screened throughout the day included Davy Chou’s Golden Summers, Costa Gavras’ Capital, Sulemani Keeda directed by Amit V Masurkar, A Castle in Italy directed by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi among others. The cult film Kabhi Kabhi was screened in homage to the legendary Mr. Yash Chopra at Cinemax, Versova. This special screening was attended by Ms Pamela Chopra, who introduced the film to the audience attending.
Featuring in the Film India Worldwide section, Good Morning Karachi directed by Sabiha Sumar...
- 10/25/2013
- by Pooja Rao
- Bollyspice
Abu Dhabi, Oct 24: Irrfan Khan and Jahnu Barua will represent the country at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Adff), which will celebrate 100 years of the $2-billion Indian movie industry as part of its special programme this year.
The Adff awaits strong Indian, Arab and foreign celebrity presence in its seventh edition, which begins Thursday.
Irrfan, Bollywood's crossover star, will be here to represent "Qissa", an Indo-European venture in which the actor essays the role of a Punjabi man, who tries to adjust his life after the country's partition in 1947. Irrfan will be accompanied by the movie's director Anup Singh. Their.
The Adff awaits strong Indian, Arab and foreign celebrity presence in its seventh edition, which begins Thursday.
Irrfan, Bollywood's crossover star, will be here to represent "Qissa", an Indo-European venture in which the actor essays the role of a Punjabi man, who tries to adjust his life after the country's partition in 1947. Irrfan will be accompanied by the movie's director Anup Singh. Their.
- 10/23/2013
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
Richie Mehta’s Siddharth and Anup Singh’s Qissa will compete under the Narrative Competition and New Horizons Competition respectively at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (October 24 – November 2 , 2013).
Besides these, Aparna Sen’s The Jewellery Box and Nagraj Manjule’s Fandry will be screened under the Showcase section, while Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa, Ritwik Ghtak’s Subarnarekha, Mani Kual’s Duvidha, M S Sathyu’s Garam Hawa and Jahnu Barua’s Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai will be showcased in the Special Programmes section.
The Narrative Competition section showcases original storytelling from international filmmakers. In Siddharth, Mahendra sends his son far away to earn and contribute to the family’s meagre income. But the son, Siddharth is lost and nowhere to be found. Mahendra sets out in search of his son, travelling all over India. This is Richie Mehta’s second feature film after Amal. The film was screened at the 57th BFI London Film Festival,...
Besides these, Aparna Sen’s The Jewellery Box and Nagraj Manjule’s Fandry will be screened under the Showcase section, while Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa, Ritwik Ghtak’s Subarnarekha, Mani Kual’s Duvidha, M S Sathyu’s Garam Hawa and Jahnu Barua’s Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai will be showcased in the Special Programmes section.
The Narrative Competition section showcases original storytelling from international filmmakers. In Siddharth, Mahendra sends his son far away to earn and contribute to the family’s meagre income. But the son, Siddharth is lost and nowhere to be found. Mahendra sets out in search of his son, travelling all over India. This is Richie Mehta’s second feature film after Amal. The film was screened at the 57th BFI London Film Festival,...
- 10/2/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 24th edition of the biennial Europalia International Arts Festival in Europe will be dedicated to India to celebrate the centenary year of Indian cinema.
The festival will be held in several cities of Belgium and The Netherlands including Brussels, Antwerpen and Den Haag from October 4, 2013 – January 26, 2014.
Five of Kashyap’s films will be screened under the Anurag Kashyap Focus – Cinematek section: Ugly (2013), Black Friday (2004), Dev D (2009), Gulal (2009) and Gangs of Wasseypur I and II (2012). Besides, three films recommended by Kashyap will also be screened at the festival: Gurvinder Singh’s Anhey Ghorey Da Daan, Hansal Mehta’s Shahid and Satish Manwar’s Gabhricha Paus.
Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Apur Sansar and Jalsaghar will be presented as part of the Satyajit Ray Retrospective. Guru Dutt Retrospective will screen his films Baazi, Jaal, Baaz, Aar Paar, Mr. And Mrs. 55, Pyaasa, Sahib Biwi aur Ghulam and Kagaz Ke Phool.
Filmmakers Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl...
The festival will be held in several cities of Belgium and The Netherlands including Brussels, Antwerpen and Den Haag from October 4, 2013 – January 26, 2014.
Five of Kashyap’s films will be screened under the Anurag Kashyap Focus – Cinematek section: Ugly (2013), Black Friday (2004), Dev D (2009), Gulal (2009) and Gangs of Wasseypur I and II (2012). Besides, three films recommended by Kashyap will also be screened at the festival: Gurvinder Singh’s Anhey Ghorey Da Daan, Hansal Mehta’s Shahid and Satish Manwar’s Gabhricha Paus.
Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Apur Sansar and Jalsaghar will be presented as part of the Satyajit Ray Retrospective. Guru Dutt Retrospective will screen his films Baazi, Jaal, Baaz, Aar Paar, Mr. And Mrs. 55, Pyaasa, Sahib Biwi aur Ghulam and Kagaz Ke Phool.
Filmmakers Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl...
- 9/27/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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.
Presented by Reliance Entertainment and organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (Mami), the festival features four competitions sections, including the India Gold competition for Indian features (see full line-up below).
The International Competition for First Features has selected 13 films including Kim Morduant’s The Rocket; Singapore’s Oscar submission Ilo Ilo, directed by Anthony Chen; UK director Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Don Jon.
The International Competition jury is headed by Bruce Beresford, while Asghar Farhadi is presiding over the India Gold jury; Indian director Hansal Mehta (Shahid) is heading the Celebrate Age jury, and Shoojit Sircar (Vicky Donor) is heading the Dimensions Mumbai jury.
The World Cinema section includes festival hits such as Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is The Warmest Color, [link...
Presented by Reliance Entertainment and organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (Mami), the festival features four competitions sections, including the India Gold competition for Indian features (see full line-up below).
The International Competition for First Features has selected 13 films including Kim Morduant’s The Rocket; Singapore’s Oscar submission Ilo Ilo, directed by Anthony Chen; UK director Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Don Jon.
The International Competition jury is headed by Bruce Beresford, while Asghar Farhadi is presiding over the India Gold jury; Indian director Hansal Mehta (Shahid) is heading the Celebrate Age jury, and Shoojit Sircar (Vicky Donor) is heading the Dimensions Mumbai jury.
The World Cinema section includes festival hits such as Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is The Warmest Color, [link...
- 9/26/2013
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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.
Presented by Reliance Entertainment and organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (Mami), the festival features four competitions sections, including the India Gold competition for Indian features (see full line-up below).
The International Competition for First Features has selected 13 films including Kim Morduant’s The Rocket; Singapore’s Oscar submission Ilo Ilo, directed by Anthony Chen; UK director Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Don Jon.
The International Competition jury is headed by Bruce Beresford, while Asghar Farhadi is presiding over the India Gold jury; Indian director Hansal Mehta (Shahid) is heading the Celebrate Age jury, and Shoojit Sircar (Vicky Donor) is heading the Dimensions Mumbai jury.
The World Cinema section includes festival hits such as Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is The Warmest Color, [link...
Presented by Reliance Entertainment and organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (Mami), the festival features four competitions sections, including the India Gold competition for Indian features (see full line-up below).
The International Competition for First Features has selected 13 films including Kim Morduant’s The Rocket; Singapore’s Oscar submission Ilo Ilo, directed by Anthony Chen; UK director Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Don Jon.
The International Competition jury is headed by Bruce Beresford, while Asghar Farhadi is presiding over the India Gold jury; Indian director Hansal Mehta (Shahid) is heading the Celebrate Age jury, and Shoojit Sircar (Vicky Donor) is heading the Dimensions Mumbai jury.
The World Cinema section includes festival hits such as Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is The Warmest Color, [link...
- 9/26/2013
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
New Delhi, July 17: Multiple National Award-winning filmmaker Jahnu Barua detests gimmicks as they make him feel uncomfortable. He prefers making movies in the Assamese language as he is not compelled to include elements like item numbers in his craft, which he feels are a reflection of a filmmaker's weakness.
Barua has made National Award-winning films "And the River Flows", "Aparoopa" and "Bonani" in his mother tongue and even showed his craftsmanship in Hindi movie "Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara".
"I don't like gimmicks because I feel uncomfortable. In the 1950s and the 1960s, movies that were commercially successful didn't.
Barua has made National Award-winning films "And the River Flows", "Aparoopa" and "Bonani" in his mother tongue and even showed his craftsmanship in Hindi movie "Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara".
"I don't like gimmicks because I feel uncomfortable. In the 1950s and the 1960s, movies that were commercially successful didn't.
- 7/17/2013
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
Film: "Baandhon" ("Waves of Silence"); Cast: Bishnu Kharghoria, Jatin Bora, Bina Patangia, Zerifa Wahid, Abastosh Bhuyan and Anshuman Bhuyan; Director: Jahnu Barua; Rating: ***
With two major recognitions - the National Award for the best regional film and best film at the Bangalore International Film Festival, "Baandhon" is the first Assamese film to be released outside the state under the PVR Director's Rare Banner. The film opened the feature film section of Indian Panorama at the 43rd International Film Festival of India and was also screened at the International Film Festival of Kerala.
Simplistic in its output, the film interestingly begins with a 73 years old couple - Dandeswar (Bishnu Kharghoria) and Hkawni (Bina.
With two major recognitions - the National Award for the best regional film and best film at the Bangalore International Film Festival, "Baandhon" is the first Assamese film to be released outside the state under the PVR Director's Rare Banner. The film opened the feature film section of Indian Panorama at the 43rd International Film Festival of India and was also screened at the International Film Festival of Kerala.
Simplistic in its output, the film interestingly begins with a 73 years old couple - Dandeswar (Bishnu Kharghoria) and Hkawni (Bina.
- 7/6/2013
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
Mumbai, June 27: Acclaimed filmmaker Jahnu Barua's National Award winning Assamese film "Baandhon" will be released across India July 5.
Produced by the Assam State Film (Finance & Development) Corporation Ltd. (Asffdc), the film is a story of an elderly couple, Dandeswar and Hkawni, whose lives are deeply impacted when their grandson goes missing in the attacks of 26/11 in Mumbai.
The film won the best Assamese feature film at the 60th National Film Awards.
It is now being released with English subtitles in the country's major metro cities by PVR Director's Rare, an alternative programming initiative of PVR Cinemas.
Produced by the Assam State Film (Finance & Development) Corporation Ltd. (Asffdc), the film is a story of an elderly couple, Dandeswar and Hkawni, whose lives are deeply impacted when their grandson goes missing in the attacks of 26/11 in Mumbai.
The film won the best Assamese feature film at the 60th National Film Awards.
It is now being released with English subtitles in the country's major metro cities by PVR Director's Rare, an alternative programming initiative of PVR Cinemas.
- 6/27/2013
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
A still from “Baandhon”
Jahnu Barua’s National award-winning Assamese film Baandhon will release on July 5 under PVR Director’s Rare.
The film will release with English subtitles in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune and Ahmedabad. It will be in theatres one week starting July 5.
Baandhon won the 60th National award for Best Assamese film.
It screened at the International Film Festival of India (Iffi), International Film Festival of Kerala (Iffk), Mumbai Film Festival in 2012 and won the Best Film award at the Bengaluru Film Festival 2012.
Produced by the Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation, Baandhon revolves around an elderly couple Dandeswar and Hkawni who arrive in Mumbai to look for their beloved grandson – the only other living member of the family who has been missing since the 26/11 terror attack.
Read Jahnu Barua’s interview: Visuals of violence not necessary to make statement against it: Jahnu Barua...
Jahnu Barua’s National award-winning Assamese film Baandhon will release on July 5 under PVR Director’s Rare.
The film will release with English subtitles in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune and Ahmedabad. It will be in theatres one week starting July 5.
Baandhon won the 60th National award for Best Assamese film.
It screened at the International Film Festival of India (Iffi), International Film Festival of Kerala (Iffk), Mumbai Film Festival in 2012 and won the Best Film award at the Bengaluru Film Festival 2012.
Produced by the Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation, Baandhon revolves around an elderly couple Dandeswar and Hkawni who arrive in Mumbai to look for their beloved grandson – the only other living member of the family who has been missing since the 26/11 terror attack.
Read Jahnu Barua’s interview: Visuals of violence not necessary to make statement against it: Jahnu Barua...
- 6/27/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Guwahati, June 15: It's a region that has produced acclaimed directors like Jahnu Barua and Utpal Borpujari, singers like Bhupen Hazarika and actors like Danny Denzongpa and Adil Hussain, but sadly the northeast has never been on Bollywood's radar. Hopefully, this is set to change with the announcement of Kalpana Lajmi's biopic on Hazarika and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film on Olympic boxing bronze medalist from Manipur Mary Kom.
"Bollywood has not touched the northeast with due seriousness though it has got so many stories to tell and has such beautiful locations for shooting," rued Borpujari, a national award winning film critic-turned-filmmaker.
"Bollywood has not touched the northeast with due seriousness though it has got so many stories to tell and has such beautiful locations for shooting," rued Borpujari, a national award winning film critic-turned-filmmaker.
- 6/15/2013
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s documentary film on P.K. Nair, the founder-director of the National Film Archive of India (Nfai) premieres at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles on April 14.
“You can see a hundred years from now; you can see a certain aspect of life which was there only at the time, on that day. It means a lot. It means more than Greek Tragedy where everything is heightened beyond compare. But those very small things get so beautifully manifest (on film). It is the very, I think, soul of art of any kind.”
-Kumar Shahani
For anyone who has spent time on the campus of the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune and visited the National Film Archive of India only a couple of blocks away, it is impossible to not think of the omnipresent influence of P. K. Nair, the long-serving director and founder of the Archive.
“You can see a hundred years from now; you can see a certain aspect of life which was there only at the time, on that day. It means a lot. It means more than Greek Tragedy where everything is heightened beyond compare. But those very small things get so beautifully manifest (on film). It is the very, I think, soul of art of any kind.”
-Kumar Shahani
For anyone who has spent time on the campus of the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune and visited the National Film Archive of India only a couple of blocks away, it is impossible to not think of the omnipresent influence of P. K. Nair, the long-serving director and founder of the Archive.
- 4/14/2013
- by Shekhar Deshpande
- DearCinema.com
New Delhi, April 10: The 24th edition of Limca Book of Records, launched here Wednesday, is an Indian cinema special, celebrating hundred years of the industry.
The event saw prominent personalities from the film fraternity, and many were honoured as People of the Year 2013.
Many celebrities from showbiz were named People of the Year 2013, but only veteran actress Shabana Azmi, cinematographer Santosh Sivan, actor-director-choreographer Prabhu Deva, Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua, wildlife photographer and documentary filmmaker Mike Pandey, and film editor Sreekar Prasad were there to receive the honour personally.
Minister.
The event saw prominent personalities from the film fraternity, and many were honoured as People of the Year 2013.
Many celebrities from showbiz were named People of the Year 2013, but only veteran actress Shabana Azmi, cinematographer Santosh Sivan, actor-director-choreographer Prabhu Deva, Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua, wildlife photographer and documentary filmmaker Mike Pandey, and film editor Sreekar Prasad were there to receive the honour personally.
Minister.
- 4/10/2013
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
N0ew Delhi, March 9: Inefficient marketing strategies, incompetent distribution, lesser number of screens, language difficulties and viewers' lack of interest are major roadblocks in the growth of regional cinema, acclaimed filmmaker Jahnu Barua said Saturday.
"I feel the main reason behind the decreasing number of regional films is the lack of interest and awareness," Barua said.
"It's the mainstream cinema that sells today. Regional films don't have audiences. For example, an Assamese film is only watched by the northeastern people. Even if it is dubbed in other languages, it requires right promotion, marketing and distribution..
"I feel the main reason behind the decreasing number of regional films is the lack of interest and awareness," Barua said.
"It's the mainstream cinema that sells today. Regional films don't have audiences. For example, an Assamese film is only watched by the northeastern people. Even if it is dubbed in other languages, it requires right promotion, marketing and distribution..
- 3/9/2013
- by Rahul Kapoor
- RealBollywood.com
Jahnu Barua’s Baandhon set against the backdrop of 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai recently won the Best Film Award at Bengaluru International Film Festival.
Jahnu Barua
Jahnu Barua’s Baandhon won the Best Film Award at the recently concluded Bengaluru International Film Festival. Baandhon, the second film to be produced by the Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation, is a poignant portrayal of the aftermath of terrorism on common people. The film was screened at the Mumbai International Film Festival 2012, International Film Festival of Kerala 2012 and opened the Feature Film section in the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India. Jahnu Barua talks about Baandhon.
How did the idea of Baandhon occur to you?
Actually I have been thinking of making a film against terrorism. At the same time, I was very clear about certain things: I wanted to make it without indulging into any kind of visuals of violence.
Jahnu Barua
Jahnu Barua’s Baandhon won the Best Film Award at the recently concluded Bengaluru International Film Festival. Baandhon, the second film to be produced by the Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation, is a poignant portrayal of the aftermath of terrorism on common people. The film was screened at the Mumbai International Film Festival 2012, International Film Festival of Kerala 2012 and opened the Feature Film section in the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India. Jahnu Barua talks about Baandhon.
How did the idea of Baandhon occur to you?
Actually I have been thinking of making a film against terrorism. At the same time, I was very clear about certain things: I wanted to make it without indulging into any kind of visuals of violence.
- 12/29/2012
- by Anita Thomas
- DearCinema.com
Jahnu Barua’s Baandhon has won the Best Film award in the Indian Films Competition at the Bengaluru International Film Festival that concluded today. Girish Kasaravalli’s Kurmavatara was awarded the Best Kannada Film Award while the Netpac Award for Asian Cinema went to Susan Youssef’s Habibi.
Baandhon received a Plaque and a cash prize of Rs 4 lakhs, to be distributed equally between the producer and the director. Produced by the Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Limited, the film is a statement pointing at the sole preys of terrorism- common man. The film opened the Feature film Section of Indian Panorama at the 43rd International Film Festival of India. It was also screened at the International Film Festival of Kerala and the Mumbai Film Festival earlier this year.
Kurmavatara that won Kasaravalli his 12th National Award was rewarded with a Plaque and Rs 2 lakhs, to be equally...
Baandhon received a Plaque and a cash prize of Rs 4 lakhs, to be distributed equally between the producer and the director. Produced by the Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Limited, the film is a statement pointing at the sole preys of terrorism- common man. The film opened the Feature film Section of Indian Panorama at the 43rd International Film Festival of India. It was also screened at the International Film Festival of Kerala and the Mumbai Film Festival earlier this year.
Kurmavatara that won Kasaravalli his 12th National Award was rewarded with a Plaque and Rs 2 lakhs, to be equally...
- 12/27/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Bengaluru International Film Festival has announced the line-up of its Chitra Bharathi – Indian Cinema Competition, Kannada Cinema competition section and the 100 Years of Indian Cinema section.
A total of eleven films in the Chitra Bharathi – Indian Cinema Competition will vie for the “Suchitra Samman” with a cash prize of Rs 4 lakhs, equally divided between the director and the producer of the film. While the eight Kannada films in the Kannada Cinema competition section will contend for Rs 2 lakh award, to be equally divided between the producer and the director of the winning film.
The festival will also celebrate the centenary year of Indian cinema with the screening of twelve selected films.
The 5th edition of the festival (20th to 27th December, 2012) had recently announced the line- up of other sections.
Competition Line up:
Chitra Bharathi – Indian Cinema Competition
Chayiliam
Dir:Manoj Kana / Malayalam
Lessons in Forgetting
Dir: Unni Vijayan / Tamil
Sarasammana...
A total of eleven films in the Chitra Bharathi – Indian Cinema Competition will vie for the “Suchitra Samman” with a cash prize of Rs 4 lakhs, equally divided between the director and the producer of the film. While the eight Kannada films in the Kannada Cinema competition section will contend for Rs 2 lakh award, to be equally divided between the producer and the director of the winning film.
The festival will also celebrate the centenary year of Indian cinema with the screening of twelve selected films.
The 5th edition of the festival (20th to 27th December, 2012) had recently announced the line- up of other sections.
Competition Line up:
Chitra Bharathi – Indian Cinema Competition
Chayiliam
Dir:Manoj Kana / Malayalam
Lessons in Forgetting
Dir: Unni Vijayan / Tamil
Sarasammana...
- 12/14/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
“Why should P.K.Nair not be a recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award? After all, whatever we have of Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra, meaning just the first and last reels of the film, are there due to Nair’s unwavering vision and his endless efforts. Again, the only complete Phalke film available to us, namely, Kaliya Mardan (1919), is there because of Nair. If someone like him is not deserving of the Phalke Award, one wonders, who is?”
In mid-November, when the Calcutta air is cooler than in the preceding several months, I had the delightful experience of watching a 150-minute documentary film in a small auditorium in the company of no more than a dozen other people. What added to the delight was the fact that those who were there for the film’s first shot were in his or her seat till the last. This is not a small thing,...
In mid-November, when the Calcutta air is cooler than in the preceding several months, I had the delightful experience of watching a 150-minute documentary film in a small auditorium in the company of no more than a dozen other people. What added to the delight was the fact that those who were there for the film’s first shot were in his or her seat till the last. This is not a small thing,...
- 12/12/2012
- by Vidyarthy Chatterjee
- DearCinema.com
Twelve Tamil films will vie for the top awards – Best Feature Film – Producer, Director; Second Best Feature Film – Producer, Director and Special Jury Award for Individual Excellence at the 10th Chennai International Film Festival. The competition section is open only for Tamil films. The festival will run from 13th to 20th December, 2012.
Line up of films in competition:
Aravan by National Award winner Vasanthabalan based on Su. Venkatesan’s novel‘Kaaval Kottam’.
Marina by Pandiraj is a look at the lives of people for whom, Marina beach is practically their home. Pandiraj won the Silver Lotus Award at National Film Awards 2010 for Pasanga (2009).
Mupozhuthum Un Karpanayil by Elred Kumar.
Arrohanam directed by actress-turned-director Lakshmy Ramakrishnan. The film revolves around a missing mother, who suffers from bipolar disorder.
Attakathi a romantic comedy film is directed by Pa. Ranjith.
Mounaguru directed by Santha Kumar. Mounaguru is the story of a misunderstood college...
Line up of films in competition:
Aravan by National Award winner Vasanthabalan based on Su. Venkatesan’s novel‘Kaaval Kottam’.
Marina by Pandiraj is a look at the lives of people for whom, Marina beach is practically their home. Pandiraj won the Silver Lotus Award at National Film Awards 2010 for Pasanga (2009).
Mupozhuthum Un Karpanayil by Elred Kumar.
Arrohanam directed by actress-turned-director Lakshmy Ramakrishnan. The film revolves around a missing mother, who suffers from bipolar disorder.
Attakathi a romantic comedy film is directed by Pa. Ranjith.
Mounaguru directed by Santha Kumar. Mounaguru is the story of a misunderstood college...
- 12/10/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The fifth edition of the Bengaluru International Film Festival will hold retrospectives of Girish Kasaravalli and Jahnu Barua among others. Five of Kasaravalli’s films: Tabarana Kathe (1986), Kraurya (1996), Thaayi Saheba (1997), Dweepa (2003) and Hasina (2004)will be screened. While Barua’s Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1987), Banani (1990), Firingoti (1992) and Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door(1995) will be screened.
Besides, three other sections are dedicated to Indian cinema. Chitrabharathi – Indian Cinema Competition, Kannada Cinema (competition and screening of films in other dialects in Karnataka) and 100 years of Indian Cinema (screening of 14 films).
Complete line up:
Retrospective
Chan-Wook Park (South Korea)
1. J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (Chan-Wook Park/110/2000/South Korea)
2. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (Chan-Wook Park/129/2002/South Korea)
3. Old boy (Chan-Wook Park/120/2003/South Korea)
4. Lady Vengeance (Chan-Wook Park/112/2005/South Korea)
5. Thirst (Chan-Wook Park/133/2009/South Korea)
Fatih Akin (Germany)
1. Short Sharp Shock (Fatih Akin/100/1998/Germany)
2. In July (Fatih Akin/99/2000/Germany)
3. Solino (Fatih Akin/124/2002/Germany)
4. Head On (Fatih Akin/121/2004/Germany/Turkey...
Besides, three other sections are dedicated to Indian cinema. Chitrabharathi – Indian Cinema Competition, Kannada Cinema (competition and screening of films in other dialects in Karnataka) and 100 years of Indian Cinema (screening of 14 films).
Complete line up:
Retrospective
Chan-Wook Park (South Korea)
1. J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (Chan-Wook Park/110/2000/South Korea)
2. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (Chan-Wook Park/129/2002/South Korea)
3. Old boy (Chan-Wook Park/120/2003/South Korea)
4. Lady Vengeance (Chan-Wook Park/112/2005/South Korea)
5. Thirst (Chan-Wook Park/133/2009/South Korea)
Fatih Akin (Germany)
1. Short Sharp Shock (Fatih Akin/100/1998/Germany)
2. In July (Fatih Akin/99/2000/Germany)
3. Solino (Fatih Akin/124/2002/Germany)
4. Head On (Fatih Akin/121/2004/Germany/Turkey...
- 12/7/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Eight time National award winner director Jahnu Barua was conferred the first ever Bhupen Hazarika award to acknowledge his contribution to Indian cinema. The award, instituted in the memory of the late musical icon by Pune-based organization Sarhad, known for its work in border areas and conflict zones, was presented to the Assamese filmmaker at a ceremony last evening by former Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. An alumnus of the prestigious Ftii here, Barua spoke about his days in city as a film student and how he managed to learn Marathi. "No one would have thought that an award made in the name of Bhupen Hazarika who hails from Assam be initiated by a Pune-based organization. With this, Sarhad proved that there would no longer be boundaries when it comes to art and culture," Sarhad president Sanjay Nahar said the award is an effort to enhance people-to-people contact and...
- 12/4/2012
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Noted actor Om Puri on Wednesday inaugurated Indian Panorama section here at the ongoing 43rd International Film Festival of India (Iffi-2012). The section has 20 feature and 19 non feature films. Director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur's Celluloid Man based on Indian archivist P K Nair`s life and work opened the non-feature film section, while Assamese film Baandhon is the opening film in the feature film category. Directed by veteran filmmaker Jahnu Barua, Baandhon is a...
- 11/21/2012
- GlamSham
The Director of the film ‘Celluliod Man’ Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Actor Om Puri, the Ex Director of National Film Archive of India, P.K. Nair and Shyam Benegal at the inauguration of the Indian panorama, at the 43rd International Film Festival of India (Iffi-2012), in Panaji, Goa on November 21, 2012
“Indian cinema is not only about Bollywood as there are meaningful films made in different languages and regions but they don’t find distributors and so are killed”, said actor Om Puri after inaugurating the Indian Panorama Section of the 43rd International Film Festival of India (Iffi) in Goa. Puri said that the government should coordinate with the national broadcaster Doordarshan to screen these films.
Secretary of Ministry of information and broadcasting Uday Kumar Varma assured to work out a mechanism to showcase these films on Doordarshan.
The section has 20 feature and 19 non feature films. Director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s “Celluloid Man...
“Indian cinema is not only about Bollywood as there are meaningful films made in different languages and regions but they don’t find distributors and so are killed”, said actor Om Puri after inaugurating the Indian Panorama Section of the 43rd International Film Festival of India (Iffi) in Goa. Puri said that the government should coordinate with the national broadcaster Doordarshan to screen these films.
Secretary of Ministry of information and broadcasting Uday Kumar Varma assured to work out a mechanism to showcase these films on Doordarshan.
The section has 20 feature and 19 non feature films. Director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s “Celluloid Man...
- 11/21/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Jahnu Barua’s Baandhon will open the Feature Film section of the Indian Panorama 2012 at the 43rd International Film Festival of India (Iffi) today.
“Baandhon is a human statement against terror on behalf of the common men of the entire world. Dandeswar and Hkawni, both seventy-three years old, arrive in Mumbai to look for their beloved grandson-the only other living member of the family who has been missing since the 26/11/2008 terror attack,” reads the film’s synopsis in a press release by Iffi.
Produced by the Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Limited, the film was screened at the International Film Festival of Kerala and the Mumbai Film Festival earlier this year.
The jury for the Feature Film section of the Indian Panorama 2012 headed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta selected 18 films from the 144 eligible entries.
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s Celluloid Man will open the Non-Feature section. The jury for the Non-Feature Film section,...
“Baandhon is a human statement against terror on behalf of the common men of the entire world. Dandeswar and Hkawni, both seventy-three years old, arrive in Mumbai to look for their beloved grandson-the only other living member of the family who has been missing since the 26/11/2008 terror attack,” reads the film’s synopsis in a press release by Iffi.
Produced by the Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Limited, the film was screened at the International Film Festival of Kerala and the Mumbai Film Festival earlier this year.
The jury for the Feature Film section of the Indian Panorama 2012 headed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta selected 18 films from the 144 eligible entries.
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s Celluloid Man will open the Non-Feature section. The jury for the Non-Feature Film section,...
- 11/21/2012
- by NewsDesk
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The 17th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (Iffk) has announced its lineup. The festival will run from 7th to 14th December, 2012 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Some of the highlights of the lineup are festival favourites of the year Amour, Chitrangada, Samhita, The Sapphires, Drapchi, Miss Lovely, Me and You, Celluloid Man, and Baandhon.
Fourteen films will screen in the Competition section while seven contemporary films will be screened in “Indian Cinema Now” section.
Complete list of films:
Competition Films
Fourteen feature films from Asia, Africa and Latin America will compete for the coveted “Suvarna Chakoram” (Golden Crow Pheasant) and other awards.
Always Brando by Ridha Behi (Tunisia)
Inheritors of the Earth by T V Chandran (India)
A Terminal Trust by by Masayuki Suo (Japan)
Shutter by Joy Mathew (India)
Today by Alain Gomis (Senegal-France)
The Repentant by Merzak Allouache (Algeria)
Sta. Niña by Manny Palo (Philippines)
Present Tense...
Some of the highlights of the lineup are festival favourites of the year Amour, Chitrangada, Samhita, The Sapphires, Drapchi, Miss Lovely, Me and You, Celluloid Man, and Baandhon.
Fourteen films will screen in the Competition section while seven contemporary films will be screened in “Indian Cinema Now” section.
Complete list of films:
Competition Films
Fourteen feature films from Asia, Africa and Latin America will compete for the coveted “Suvarna Chakoram” (Golden Crow Pheasant) and other awards.
Always Brando by Ridha Behi (Tunisia)
Inheritors of the Earth by T V Chandran (India)
A Terminal Trust by by Masayuki Suo (Japan)
Shutter by Joy Mathew (India)
Today by Alain Gomis (Senegal-France)
The Repentant by Merzak Allouache (Algeria)
Sta. Niña by Manny Palo (Philippines)
Present Tense...
- 11/2/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Jahnu Barua’s Baandhon will open the Feature Film section of Indian Panorama 2012 at the International Film Festival of India. Celluloid Man will open the Non-Feature Film section.
The 43rd edition of the festival will be held from 20th – 30th November, 2012 in Goa.
The jury for the Feature Film section was headed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta and comprised Pradip Biswas, Suresh Krissna Katte Ramachandra, Kireedam Unni, Munin Barua, Pawan Manavi, Ajay Sharma, Venita Coelho and Sibi Malayil. The jury selected 18 films from the 144 eligible entries.
The jury for the Non-Feature Film section is chaired by M.R. Rajan picked up 18 films from the 147 eligible entries. Other jury members are Bachaspatimayum Sunzu, Mohammad Ali Baig, Jasmine K Roy and Rajesh S Jala.
The films selected under Feature Film section are:
Baandhon by Jahnu Barua
Shabdo by Kaushik Ganguly
Chitrangada by Rituparno Ghosh
Elar Char Adhyay by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Deswa by Nitin Chandra...
The 43rd edition of the festival will be held from 20th – 30th November, 2012 in Goa.
The jury for the Feature Film section was headed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta and comprised Pradip Biswas, Suresh Krissna Katte Ramachandra, Kireedam Unni, Munin Barua, Pawan Manavi, Ajay Sharma, Venita Coelho and Sibi Malayil. The jury selected 18 films from the 144 eligible entries.
The jury for the Non-Feature Film section is chaired by M.R. Rajan picked up 18 films from the 147 eligible entries. Other jury members are Bachaspatimayum Sunzu, Mohammad Ali Baig, Jasmine K Roy and Rajesh S Jala.
The films selected under Feature Film section are:
Baandhon by Jahnu Barua
Shabdo by Kaushik Ganguly
Chitrangada by Rituparno Ghosh
Elar Char Adhyay by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Deswa by Nitin Chandra...
- 10/26/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Jahnu Barua’s Baandhon will open the Feature Film section of Indian Panorama 2012 at the International Film Festival of India (Iffi). Documentary Celluloid Man will open the Non-Feature Film section.
The 43rd edition of the festival will be held from 20th – 30th November, 2012 in Goa.
The jury for the Feature Film section was headed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta and comprised Pradip Biswas, Suresh Krissna Katte Ramachandra, Kireedam Unni, Munin Barua, Pawan Manavi, Ajay Sharma, Venita Coelho and Sibi Malayil. The jury selected 18 films from the 144 eligible entries.
The jury for the Non-Feature Film section, chaired by M.R. Rajan, picked up 18 films from the 147 eligible entries. Other jury members were Bachaspatimayum Sunzu, Mohammad Ali Baig, Jasmine K Roy and Rajesh S Jala.
Feature Films:
Baandhon by Jahnu Barua
Shabdo by Kaushik Ganguly
Chitrangada by Rituparno Ghosh
Elar Char Adhyay by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Deswa by Nitin Chandra
Byari by Suveeran
Lessons In Forgetting...
The 43rd edition of the festival will be held from 20th – 30th November, 2012 in Goa.
The jury for the Feature Film section was headed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta and comprised Pradip Biswas, Suresh Krissna Katte Ramachandra, Kireedam Unni, Munin Barua, Pawan Manavi, Ajay Sharma, Venita Coelho and Sibi Malayil. The jury selected 18 films from the 144 eligible entries.
The jury for the Non-Feature Film section, chaired by M.R. Rajan, picked up 18 films from the 147 eligible entries. Other jury members were Bachaspatimayum Sunzu, Mohammad Ali Baig, Jasmine K Roy and Rajesh S Jala.
Feature Films:
Baandhon by Jahnu Barua
Shabdo by Kaushik Ganguly
Chitrangada by Rituparno Ghosh
Elar Char Adhyay by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Deswa by Nitin Chandra
Byari by Suveeran
Lessons In Forgetting...
- 10/26/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
G0uwahati, Oct 25: Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua's "Baandhon" will open the Indian panorama section at the International Film Festival of India (Iffi) 2012, starting Nov 20 in Goa.
The feature film is also expected to turn the wheels of fortune of the Assamese film industry, which was going through a difficult phase due to fund crunch and other factors.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Thursday formally released the film "Baandhon" (Waves of Silence) at the Anuradha cinema in the city and said that the film would.
The feature film is also expected to turn the wheels of fortune of the Assamese film industry, which was going through a difficult phase due to fund crunch and other factors.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Thursday formally released the film "Baandhon" (Waves of Silence) at the Anuradha cinema in the city and said that the film would.
- 10/26/2012
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
Flagging off their campaign on the auspicious occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, 14 film personalities came together to jointly file an Icp – Indie Cinema Petition, to fight against the threat New Wave Indie Cinema of India is facing. The Petition was jointly filed by National Award winning film makers Aparna Sen, Ashutosh Gowariker, Ashvin Kumar, Buddhadev Das Gupta, Girish Kasaravalli, Goutam Ghosh, Jahnu Barua , Janaki Viswanathan, Nila Madav Panda, Onir, Rituparno Ghosh,Sachin Read More...
- 10/6/2012
- Bollywood Trade
Flagging off their campaign on the auspicious occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, 14 film personalities came together to jointly file an Icp - Indie Cinema Petition, to fight against the threat New Wave Indie Cinema of India is facing. The Petition was jointly filed by National Award winning film makers Aparna Sen, Ashutosh Gowariker, Ashvin Kumar, Buddhadev Das Gupta, Girish Kasaravalli, Goutam Ghosh, Jahnu Barua , Janaki Viswanathan, Nila Madav Panda, Onir, Rituparno Ghosh,Sachin...
- 10/6/2012
- GlamSham
Onir
16 Indie filmmakers from across the country (13 of them national award winners) have joined hands to submit a petition to the Information and Broadcasting minister demanding better theatrical exhibition, liberal censor regime and mandatory telecast of national award winning films during primetime on the national broadcaster Doordarshan.
The online petition, posted by Onir, whose I Am won the national award for best Hindi film this year, is jointly filed by national award winning filmmakers Aparna Sen, Ashutosh Gowariker, Buddhadev Das Gupta, Goutam Ghosh, Jahnu Barua, Janaki Viswanathan, Nila Madav Panda, Rituparno Ghosh, Sachin Kundalkar, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Umesh Kulkarni, Vinay Shukla, film makers Kaushik Mukherjee(Q), Subhash Kapoor and Oscar Award and National Award winning Sound Engineer Resul Prookutty
The petition demands at least one prime time screening of all national award winning films on Doordarshan and also raises the issue of rigid censor regime faced by films when it comes to telecast.
16 Indie filmmakers from across the country (13 of them national award winners) have joined hands to submit a petition to the Information and Broadcasting minister demanding better theatrical exhibition, liberal censor regime and mandatory telecast of national award winning films during primetime on the national broadcaster Doordarshan.
The online petition, posted by Onir, whose I Am won the national award for best Hindi film this year, is jointly filed by national award winning filmmakers Aparna Sen, Ashutosh Gowariker, Buddhadev Das Gupta, Goutam Ghosh, Jahnu Barua, Janaki Viswanathan, Nila Madav Panda, Rituparno Ghosh, Sachin Kundalkar, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Umesh Kulkarni, Vinay Shukla, film makers Kaushik Mukherjee(Q), Subhash Kapoor and Oscar Award and National Award winning Sound Engineer Resul Prookutty
The petition demands at least one prime time screening of all national award winning films on Doordarshan and also raises the issue of rigid censor regime faced by films when it comes to telecast.
- 10/3/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Films Division India will organize ‘Baapu’ a festival of films and arts on Mahatma Gandhi from 2nd to 5th October, 2012. This is to commemorate the 143rd birth anniversary of the Mahatma. The festival will be held at the Rr Theatre, Films Division, Mumbai. Veteran film maker Shyam Benegal will inaugurate the event.
Registration starts from 10 am on 2nd October, 2012.
The festival includes Baapu Bhajans, screening of feature films, documentaries, slide show and interactive sessions with renowned film makers. Some of the feature films are Gandhi, The Making of The Mahatma, Gandhi My Father, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara and Lage Raho Munna Bhai. While some of the documentaries are Lines of Mahatma, Gandhi An Emerging Reality, Gandhiji through the Eyes of the Cartoonist, Gandhi, Nehru and Modern Art, Gandhiji’s letter to Hitler and Places where Gandhiji lived.
Renowned cineastes Jahnu Barua, Anupam Kher, Feroz Abbas Khan, Rohini Hattangady, Darshan Jariwala...
Registration starts from 10 am on 2nd October, 2012.
The festival includes Baapu Bhajans, screening of feature films, documentaries, slide show and interactive sessions with renowned film makers. Some of the feature films are Gandhi, The Making of The Mahatma, Gandhi My Father, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara and Lage Raho Munna Bhai. While some of the documentaries are Lines of Mahatma, Gandhi An Emerging Reality, Gandhiji through the Eyes of the Cartoonist, Gandhi, Nehru and Modern Art, Gandhiji’s letter to Hitler and Places where Gandhiji lived.
Renowned cineastes Jahnu Barua, Anupam Kher, Feroz Abbas Khan, Rohini Hattangady, Darshan Jariwala...
- 10/1/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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