Exclusive: Jar Pictures has unveiled a slate of upcoming productions headed by DoP Shanker Raman’s directorial debut Gurgaon and Gaurav Saxena’s feature version of his celebrated short film, Rangzen.
Ten-minute short Rangzen (which means freedom in Tibetan) premiered in the Generation Kplus competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and was also voted best international short at the UK’s Raindance Film Festival.
The feature will expand on the story of a Tibetan boy in Dharamshala coming to terms with his refugee identity.
Raman’s noir drama Gurgaon spotlights gender prejudice in the ‘new town’ of the film’s title, which is located close to New Delhi. Aamir Bashir and Pankaj Tripathi have been cast in the film, which is scheduled to start shooting early next year.
Raman describes Gurgaon as “a cautionary tale about social fragmentation that disintegrates first the community, then the family, and ultimately our sense of humanity.”
A renowned...
Ten-minute short Rangzen (which means freedom in Tibetan) premiered in the Generation Kplus competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and was also voted best international short at the UK’s Raindance Film Festival.
The feature will expand on the story of a Tibetan boy in Dharamshala coming to terms with his refugee identity.
Raman’s noir drama Gurgaon spotlights gender prejudice in the ‘new town’ of the film’s title, which is located close to New Delhi. Aamir Bashir and Pankaj Tripathi have been cast in the film, which is scheduled to start shooting early next year.
Raman describes Gurgaon as “a cautionary tale about social fragmentation that disintegrates first the community, then the family, and ultimately our sense of humanity.”
A renowned...
- 11/24/2014
- by uditaj@gmail.com (Udita Jhunjhunwala)
- ScreenDaily
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- 4/21/2014
- by Alyse Whitney
- Popsugar.com
Shanker Raman
D earCinema profiles the six screenwriters who are participating in Nfdc Screenwriters’ Lab at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival.
Screenwriters’ Lab, a 2-part workshop conducted by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) is designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community.
Shanker Raman answers five questions about his project “My Brother the Salesman, and I”:
Tell us about your project.
My project “My Brother the Salesman, and I” is a feature film set in the year 1984. It is an unflinching look at a middle class family’s dreams and aspirations. A large part of the story is from my memory of how things were during my early teens. We were a family of five, ever expanding, growing, trusting and hopeful through moments of change and peace. And then one day I felt alone. I was not a part of that environment any more.
D earCinema profiles the six screenwriters who are participating in Nfdc Screenwriters’ Lab at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival.
Screenwriters’ Lab, a 2-part workshop conducted by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) is designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community.
Shanker Raman answers five questions about his project “My Brother the Salesman, and I”:
Tell us about your project.
My project “My Brother the Salesman, and I” is a feature film set in the year 1984. It is an unflinching look at a middle class family’s dreams and aspirations. A large part of the story is from my memory of how things were during my early teens. We were a family of five, ever expanding, growing, trusting and hopeful through moments of change and peace. And then one day I felt alone. I was not a part of that environment any more.
- 9/12/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
Six projects have been selected by the Nfdc (National Film Development Corporation, India) for the 2013 Screenwriters Lab, which is relocating to Toronto.
The Lab has previously been hosted by Locarno and Venice festivals, each having hosted two editions of the Screenwriters workshop.
The six projects, selected from more than 350 applications, will first be work-shopped in Toronto and further in Goa this November before being presented in the annual Film Bazaar Co-Pro Market.
The projects include:
Daily Nikhil MahajanDark Waters Bela NegiMother Goddess Coaching Classes Varun GroverMy Brother the Salesman and I Shanker RamanT for Taj Mahal Ashish Aryan, Sachin LadiaThe Spark Rajesh Jala
Cameron Bailey, artistic director of Tiff, said: “Indian independent cinema is taking the world by storm and it all begins with its screenwriters. We’re proud to welcome this workshop to the Toronto International Film Festival, and support the Nfdc’s important work.”
Nina Lath Gupta, MD of Nfdc , said: “Nfdc is delighted to be expanding...
The Lab has previously been hosted by Locarno and Venice festivals, each having hosted two editions of the Screenwriters workshop.
The six projects, selected from more than 350 applications, will first be work-shopped in Toronto and further in Goa this November before being presented in the annual Film Bazaar Co-Pro Market.
The projects include:
Daily Nikhil MahajanDark Waters Bela NegiMother Goddess Coaching Classes Varun GroverMy Brother the Salesman and I Shanker RamanT for Taj Mahal Ashish Aryan, Sachin LadiaThe Spark Rajesh Jala
Cameron Bailey, artistic director of Tiff, said: “Indian independent cinema is taking the world by storm and it all begins with its screenwriters. We’re proud to welcome this workshop to the Toronto International Film Festival, and support the Nfdc’s important work.”
Nina Lath Gupta, MD of Nfdc , said: “Nfdc is delighted to be expanding...
- 8/14/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) announced the six scripts selected for the Screenwriters’ Lab 2013:
Chingari (The Spark) by Rajesh Jala Dainik (Daily) by Nikhil Mahajan Kaalapani (Dark Waters) by Bela Negi Maa Bhagwatiya Iit Coaching ( Mother Goddess Iit Coaching) by Varun Grover My Brother the Salesman and I by Shanker Raman T se Taj Mahal ((T for Taj Mahal) by Ashish Srivastav
Rajesh Jala has directed award-winning documentaries Children of the Pyre, Floating Lamp of the Shadow Valley and At the Stairs. Nikhil Mahajan has directed documentary Half a Billion Dreams and feature film Pune-52 that premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival last year. Bela Negi directed feature film Daayen Ya Baayen which released in 2010. Varun Grover has penned lyrics for That Girl in Yellow Boots, Gangs of Wasseypur and Prague. Shanker Raman is a National award winning cinematographer who has worked on films like Patang, Harud, Peepli Live and Frozen.
Chingari (The Spark) by Rajesh Jala Dainik (Daily) by Nikhil Mahajan Kaalapani (Dark Waters) by Bela Negi Maa Bhagwatiya Iit Coaching ( Mother Goddess Iit Coaching) by Varun Grover My Brother the Salesman and I by Shanker Raman T se Taj Mahal ((T for Taj Mahal) by Ashish Srivastav
Rajesh Jala has directed award-winning documentaries Children of the Pyre, Floating Lamp of the Shadow Valley and At the Stairs. Nikhil Mahajan has directed documentary Half a Billion Dreams and feature film Pune-52 that premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival last year. Bela Negi directed feature film Daayen Ya Baayen which released in 2010. Varun Grover has penned lyrics for That Girl in Yellow Boots, Gangs of Wasseypur and Prague. Shanker Raman is a National award winning cinematographer who has worked on films like Patang, Harud, Peepli Live and Frozen.
- 8/6/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Writer/director Prashant Bhargava and producer Jaideep Punjabi were the recipients of the rising star film awards for Best director and Best picture for the feature film Patang (The Kite). The awards ceremony was held in New York City on October 23rd, 2012. The jury consisted of Indian Film Critic Rajeev Masand; India Abroad Editor Arthur Pais, Singer/Songwriter And Goldspot Frontman Siddhartha Khosla; American Actress And Musician Janina Gavankar And American Actor Maulik Pancholy.
Patang is one of the most critically celebrated indian films of the year. Patang had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival and its north american premiere in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film has gone on to play at 30 film festivals worldwide and won numerous accolades including best feature narrative at the Hawaii International Film Festival, best world narrative at the Indy Film Festival, special jury award and the best feature narrative...
Patang is one of the most critically celebrated indian films of the year. Patang had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival and its north american premiere in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film has gone on to play at 30 film festivals worldwide and won numerous accolades including best feature narrative at the Hawaii International Film Festival, best world narrative at the Indy Film Festival, special jury award and the best feature narrative...
- 10/29/2012
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
The best thing about Patang, written-directed-edited by Prashant Bhargava, is its nuanced visualisation of Ahmedabad, specifically the old city, during the period of the kite festival (Uttarayan) when it is at its colourful and festive best. Shanker Raman, who superbly captured the landscape and mood of Ladakh in Shivaji Chandrabhushan’s Frozen, weaves a series of evocative images of the crowded part of the city where lanes emerge onto dilapidated Havelis with intricate doorways and crafted windows framing myriad faces peeping out of them.
Patang, actually, is more about imagery than intricate storytelling; and Bhargava adopts an almost documentary-like approach while capturing the sights and sounds of the city, his editing and Raman’s camera complementing each other smoothly, except for a few portions where this cinema verite approach looks a bit forced.
As a narrative, Patang’s storyline does not have anything complex. It’s rather a simple story of a man,...
Patang, actually, is more about imagery than intricate storytelling; and Bhargava adopts an almost documentary-like approach while capturing the sights and sounds of the city, his editing and Raman’s camera complementing each other smoothly, except for a few portions where this cinema verite approach looks a bit forced.
As a narrative, Patang’s storyline does not have anything complex. It’s rather a simple story of a man,...
- 8/3/2012
- by Utpal Borpujari
- DearCinema.com
The Untold Tale, a project by Shivajee Chandrabhushan and Triparna Banerjee has gained the distinction of being the first Indian project to make it to Cinefondation’s L’Atelier at Cannes Film Festival 2012. The film to be directed by Shivajee Chandrabhushan and written by Triparna Banerjee is about a young puppeteer’s journey to India that unravels her true identity. The story begins in Spain, travels through France and culminates in Rajasthan. Shivajee and Triparna reveal more about their project:
The film is set in Spain, France and India. How did the idea originate?
Shivajee: It originated from a simple idea of “going back to the roots” concept. During the festival rounds of Frozen, I got a chance to visit Spain. There I discovered the connection of Gypsies to North India. Whether it is spices, clothes, colors, music, dance and language, there is a connection between these communities and India.
The film is set in Spain, France and India. How did the idea originate?
Shivajee: It originated from a simple idea of “going back to the roots” concept. During the festival rounds of Frozen, I got a chance to visit Spain. There I discovered the connection of Gypsies to North India. Whether it is spices, clothes, colors, music, dance and language, there is a connection between these communities and India.
- 3/20/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
DearCinema brings to you a few voices that define the Indie scene in India today, ruminating over what independent cinema means to them. Straight from the horse’s mouth. Following Q, Shonali Bose and Onir, in the fourth in the series, Shivajee Chandrabhushan who made the critically acclaimed film ‘Frozen’ and is now working on his next independent project ‘One More’ sums up his views on independent cinema:
Lots of people in my short span of film life have described me as an ‘Independent filmmaker’. As much I welcomed the thought, I had no idea what it meant initially. Isn’t every filmmaker independent? I knew the theory of course but learnt later that, they are not. I would like to now digress for a moment and explain what independent cinema is. I could be totally off the track but then this is what I think.
“ A cinema that has no Production house to back,...
Lots of people in my short span of film life have described me as an ‘Independent filmmaker’. As much I welcomed the thought, I had no idea what it meant initially. Isn’t every filmmaker independent? I knew the theory of course but learnt later that, they are not. I would like to now digress for a moment and explain what independent cinema is. I could be totally off the track but then this is what I think.
“ A cinema that has no Production house to back,...
- 2/24/2012
- by Shivajee Chandrabhushan
- DearCinema.com
It’s Part One of the Top Chef Season 9 Texascouver Finale, entitled Culinary Olympics, and let me just begin by saying, many people have incessantly complained about this season (most notably my mothers’ texts at 11:01 every Wednesday), saying that it’s the worst Top Chef season yet. I haven’t totally agreed, as I believe peoples’ reservations are more a factor of just Top Chef fatigue in the show’s 9th season mixed with a largely uninspiring cast (with one head-and-shoulders favorite who should’ve been named the winner six weeks ago). The challenges, on the contrary, have actually been very good this season, as they’ve mostly bypassed gimmicky themes (Bi-Parti-Sandwich, or “Cook something a penguin would eat!” “I think a penguin would love this braised shortrib”) and arbitrarily-restricting challenges in favor of challenges that showcase the chefs’ actual ability and give them more creative freedom (the “Pee...
- 2/16/2012
- by Dan Hopper
- BestWeekEver
Shanker Raman at Locarno
The Trapper’s Snare , a project by Shanker Raman who shot films like Peepli Live, Patang and Frozen won a grant of 30,000 Chf (Swiss Franc) at the Locarno Open Doors.
The awards for the 2011 Open Doors co-production lab were announced on Tuesday.
The Trapper’s Snare is the spiritual journey of a young boy who escapes his fate as a bird trapper, only to be caught in the snare of life.
The second grant worth 20,000 Chf went to Burqa Boxers directed and produced by Alka Raghuram. It is a documentary on women boxers in Kolkata.
Grant for development by Cnc (Centre National du cinéma et de l’image animée) amounting 7.000 Euros went to Lasya (The Gentle Dance) by Anup Singh. Read Locarno Open Doors: Anup Singh’s Lasya.
Grant for development by Arte worth 6.000 Euros was won by Char… The Island Within directed and produced by Sourav Sarangi.
The Trapper’s Snare , a project by Shanker Raman who shot films like Peepli Live, Patang and Frozen won a grant of 30,000 Chf (Swiss Franc) at the Locarno Open Doors.
The awards for the 2011 Open Doors co-production lab were announced on Tuesday.
The Trapper’s Snare is the spiritual journey of a young boy who escapes his fate as a bird trapper, only to be caught in the snare of life.
The second grant worth 20,000 Chf went to Burqa Boxers directed and produced by Alka Raghuram. It is a documentary on women boxers in Kolkata.
Grant for development by Cnc (Centre National du cinéma et de l’image animée) amounting 7.000 Euros went to Lasya (The Gentle Dance) by Anup Singh. Read Locarno Open Doors: Anup Singh’s Lasya.
Grant for development by Arte worth 6.000 Euros was won by Char… The Island Within directed and produced by Sourav Sarangi.
- 8/9/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A still from Still Life
India Habitat Center, New Delhi will host a festival of films on environment organized by Taj Enlighten Film Society.
The festival that opens on Tuesday with Chinese filmmaker Jia-Zhang Ke’s Still Life will run through June 7-28, 2011.
The schedule of the festival:
7th June, 2011, 7 Pm
Jia-Zhang Ke: Still Life (2006)
9th June, 2011, 7 Pm
Ingmar Bergman: Winter Light (1962)
13th June, 2011, 7 Pm
Howard Hawkes: Red River (1948)
15th June, 2011, 7 Pm
Robert Flaherty: Nanook of the North (1922)
16th June, 2011, 7 Pm
Ang Lee: Ice Storm(1997)
20th June, 2011, 7 Pm
Shivajee Chandrabhushan: Frozen(2010)
27th June, 2011, 7 Pm
Louis Malle: Human, Too Human (1974)
28th June, 2011, 7 Pm
David Guggenheim: An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
For further information on screening and membership details, contact 022 – 42141414.
India Habitat Center, New Delhi will host a festival of films on environment organized by Taj Enlighten Film Society.
The festival that opens on Tuesday with Chinese filmmaker Jia-Zhang Ke’s Still Life will run through June 7-28, 2011.
The schedule of the festival:
7th June, 2011, 7 Pm
Jia-Zhang Ke: Still Life (2006)
9th June, 2011, 7 Pm
Ingmar Bergman: Winter Light (1962)
13th June, 2011, 7 Pm
Howard Hawkes: Red River (1948)
15th June, 2011, 7 Pm
Robert Flaherty: Nanook of the North (1922)
16th June, 2011, 7 Pm
Ang Lee: Ice Storm(1997)
20th June, 2011, 7 Pm
Shivajee Chandrabhushan: Frozen(2010)
27th June, 2011, 7 Pm
Louis Malle: Human, Too Human (1974)
28th June, 2011, 7 Pm
David Guggenheim: An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
For further information on screening and membership details, contact 022 – 42141414.
- 6/6/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
DearCinema reported on Thursday that director of the National Award winning film Frozen, Shivajee Chandrabhushan had turned to crowd funding on indiegogo.com for his next project “One More”. The filmmaker himself on why he went the crowd funding way:
Still from One More
Why Crowd funding? Well that is a not a difficult question to answer. Now, this is the easy one: that we tried getting funds from regular sources but failed and thought of generating funds through this medium.
The second answer is interesting: that by this way we are also able to generate interest about a film which is unfinished. So even if people don’t contribute much, it will be a way of making people aware about your film. This would also help while pitching it to the prospective producers and financiers and anyone who is willing to listen to you. You can show them that...
Still from One More
Why Crowd funding? Well that is a not a difficult question to answer. Now, this is the easy one: that we tried getting funds from regular sources but failed and thought of generating funds through this medium.
The second answer is interesting: that by this way we are also able to generate interest about a film which is unfinished. So even if people don’t contribute much, it will be a way of making people aware about your film. This would also help while pitching it to the prospective producers and financiers and anyone who is willing to listen to you. You can show them that...
- 6/3/2011
- by Shivajee Chandrabhushan
- DearCinema.com
Shivajee Chandrabhushan, who directed the National Award winning film Frozen has turned to crowd funding for his next project.
The project titled “One More” is a multilingual feature length film. It will be in Hindi, English, Russian and will comprise a song in Spanish.
“The film deals with the struggle of an amateur ice hockey team from the Himalayan region of Ladakh in India where they play hockey on frozen ponds and their dream of playing hockey in an tournament internationally,” as described on the crowd funding website indiegogo.com.
Produced independently by Chandrabhushan, eighty percent of the film has already been shot in Ladakh. The team aims at collecting Usd 50000 through indiegogo.com to complete remaining portion of the shoot and post-production.
For more details and to contribute for the film, visit
http://www.indiegogo.com/One-More...
The project titled “One More” is a multilingual feature length film. It will be in Hindi, English, Russian and will comprise a song in Spanish.
“The film deals with the struggle of an amateur ice hockey team from the Himalayan region of Ladakh in India where they play hockey on frozen ponds and their dream of playing hockey in an tournament internationally,” as described on the crowd funding website indiegogo.com.
Produced independently by Chandrabhushan, eighty percent of the film has already been shot in Ladakh. The team aims at collecting Usd 50000 through indiegogo.com to complete remaining portion of the shoot and post-production.
For more details and to contribute for the film, visit
http://www.indiegogo.com/One-More...
- 6/2/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Berlinale Talent Campus, an initiative of the Berlin International Film Festival is a creative and networking platform for 350 up-and-coming filmmakers from all over the world. It lasts for six days and offers a huge variety of different programme elements for people involved with various aspects of filmmaking through workshops, seminars, excursions, panel discussions and lectures.
The 9th edition of the Berlinale Talent Campus, from February 12 – 17, 2011 will focus on filmmakers positioning themselves in today’s world of cinema. Shanker Raman, Pushpendra Singh, Rajesh Jala, Zalina Gamat, Mohammed Shakeel and Bikas Mishra are the six Indians who will participate in this year’s Talent Campus. DearCinema profiles the participants for you, one at a time.
Shanker Raman
This is a special year at Berlinale for cinematographer Shanker Raman. A film which he shot, debutant Prashant Bhargava’s Patang, is having its World Premiere in the Forum of the festival. “Being selected...
The 9th edition of the Berlinale Talent Campus, from February 12 – 17, 2011 will focus on filmmakers positioning themselves in today’s world of cinema. Shanker Raman, Pushpendra Singh, Rajesh Jala, Zalina Gamat, Mohammed Shakeel and Bikas Mishra are the six Indians who will participate in this year’s Talent Campus. DearCinema profiles the participants for you, one at a time.
Shanker Raman
This is a special year at Berlinale for cinematographer Shanker Raman. A film which he shot, debutant Prashant Bhargava’s Patang, is having its World Premiere in the Forum of the festival. “Being selected...
- 2/1/2011
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
It’s horror mad this week (probably because our favourite creepy celebration is just around the corner) so expect lots of blood, psychologically disturbing material and… Kristen Bell? Okay, she’s not in the horror film but does feature highly this week with the release of:
When in Rome – Another Rom-Com with a bit of a twist. Kristen gets to travel to Rome and find the one she loves, along several others including Danny Divito. She takes coins from a fountain which brings love and therefore creepy, stalker men who have fallen under her spell.
Another blockbuster this time starring Richard Gere and Don Cheadle:
Brooklyn’s Finest: Two policemen are just trying to get by in life in a rough neighbourhood. They have to face undercover tasks as well as keeping a straight head through the torment they face everyday. Added with this they have their families to look after.
When in Rome – Another Rom-Com with a bit of a twist. Kristen gets to travel to Rome and find the one she loves, along several others including Danny Divito. She takes coins from a fountain which brings love and therefore creepy, stalker men who have fallen under her spell.
Another blockbuster this time starring Richard Gere and Don Cheadle:
Brooklyn’s Finest: Two policemen are just trying to get by in life in a rough neighbourhood. They have to face undercover tasks as well as keeping a straight head through the torment they face everyday. Added with this they have their families to look after.
- 10/18/2010
- by Kelly
- Nerdly
This is a Recap of the Top Chef Season 7 Finale (aka Top Chef D.C.), originally airing September 15, 2010. If you read on, I will vomit spoilers all over you like some Informational Angelo. I should’ve known we were in for a rough episode when the Viewing Guide had a typo in it: Part 2 of the Finale picks up right where we left off, and I mean right where we left off, like seconds after Kelly’s elimination — when did this become Breaking Bad? — and Padma calls the chefs back to Judge’s Table for another surprise. Oh man, what’s it gonna be?? Maybe they’re gonna have to cook right here and now, using only their hands and what they’re wearing, and Ed’s gonna be like “I was planning for this so I kept a lobster in my pocket. I hope you die, Angelo. I have a sarcastic sense of humor.
- 9/16/2010
- by Dan Hopper
- BestWeekEver
Frozen Enlighten, Rs 399 Rating: * * * * Director-producer Shivajee Chandrabhushan and cinematographer-scriptwriter Shanker Raman have managed to tell a rare tale in a never-before language. The duo has done it through three storytelling choices. First, it's told in a coruscating black-and-white. Second, the camera tracks motions and focal points with an unusual seamlessness. And third, the story's pace matches the slowness of actions in the high-altitude desert that's Ladakh. The lives of the debt-ridden jam-maker Karma (a dazzling Danny Denzongpa), his teenage daughter Lasya (a moody Gauri Kulkarni), and silent son Chomo (an expressive Skalzang Gultuk) are disrupted when the army ...
- 4/9/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
0:00 - Intro / In-House Stuff 04:55 - Headlines: - Avatar Passes Titanic and Gets Beat By Dear John, Oscar Nominees, Up Wins at the Annie Awards, Taylor Lautner is Stretch Armstrong, Percy Jackson Could Be Spider-Man, Danny Bride in L.A.P.I., The Thing Prequel May Not Be a Prequel, MacGyver Creator Trying to Shut Down MacGruber, David Goyer Writing Batman 3 37:05 - Review: Frozen 58:40 - Trailer Trash: The Last Airbender, Cop Out 1:06:48 - Other Stuff We Watched: Prom Night in Mississippi, Good Hair, Dirty Work, Tommy Boy, Billy Madison, More Than a Game, District B13: Ultimatum, Lost 1:29:36 - Junk Mail: Film Junk Diagnoses Diabetes / Jay's Medical Update, Are Movies Getting Shorter?, Relationship with Reed, Jay's Last Driving Test, Movies Shot on the Red Camera, Buying Used DVDs, Kids Movies from the '80s, From Burger It Came 2:19:20 - This...
- 2/9/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
<span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Best Film</span><br style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" />3 IdiotsDev DKamineyLove Aaj KalPaa<span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Best Actor</span><br style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" />Aamir Khan (3 Idiots)Amitabh Bachchan (Paa)Ranbir Kapoor (Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani)Ranbir Kapoor (Rocket Singh Salesman Of The Year)Saif Ali Khan (Love Aaj Kal)Shahid Kapur ( Kaminey)<span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Best Director</span><br style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" />Rajkumar HiraniVishal BhardwajR. BalkiImtiaz AliAnurag Kashyap<span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Best Actress</span><br style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" />Priyanka Chopra (Kaminey)Priyanka Chopra (What's Your Rashee?)Vidya Balan (Paa)Kareena Kapoor (3 Idiots)Katrina Kaif (New York)Deepika Padukone (Love Aaj Kal)<span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Best Supporting Actor</span><br style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" />Rishi Kapoor (Love Aaj Kal)Rishi Kapoor (Luck By Chance)Abhimanyu Singh (Gulaal)R. Madhavan (3 Idiots)Sharman Joshi (3 Idiots)<span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Best Female Supporting Actor</span><br style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" />Arundhati Nag (Paa)Divya Dutt (Delhi 6)Gauhar Khan (Rocket Singh Salesman Of The Year)Neha Dhupia (Raat Gayi Baat Gayi)Shahana Goswami (Firaaq)<span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Best Actor in a Comic Role</span><br style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" />Om Vaidya (3 Idiots)Paresh Rawal (De Dana Dan)Sanjay Mishra (All The Best)Vinay Pathak (Raat Gayi Baat Gayi)<span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Best Actor in a Negative...
- 12/30/2009
- Filmicafe
Priyadarshan, who's shooting in distant Karaikudi, cannot believe his Tamil film Kanchivaram has won the National Award for best film. "Can you believe, in my career of 25 years as film director, this is the first time my film won an award. And that I've won it for Kanchivaram is a very special event for me. This film is very close to my heart," says the director emotionally, even as he prepares for the release of his next masala film De Dana Dan. "Now when the critics see De Dana Dan, they'll say Priyan is back to his old tricks," chuckles the prolific director. "But I am proud of my masala films as well. It's very important for a film to get an audience. And my comedies are big successes. I can't fight success. I will continue to make the massy comedies," says the director whose films have often been accused...
- 9/8/2009
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Priyadarshan, who's shooting in distant Karaikudi, cannot believe his Tamil film Kanchivaram has won the National Award for best film. "Can you believe, in my career of 25 years as film director, this is the first time my film won an award. And that I've won it for Kanchivaram is a very special event for me. This film is very close to my heart," says the director emotionally, even as he prepares for the release of his next masala film De Dana Dan. "Now when the critics see De Dana Dan, they'll say Priyan is back to his old tricks," chuckles the prolific director. "But I am proud of my masala films as well. It's very important for a film to get an audience. And my comedies are big successes. I can't fight success. I will continue to make the massy comedies," says the director whose films have often been accused...
- 9/8/2009
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
One of the most charismatic actor of the last few decades, Danny Denzongpa, has essayed all kind of roles on screens and given action superstars like Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt etc a run for their money. Rated by none other than action king Akshay Kumar as his idol, Danny was last seen in the experimental and critically appreciated Frozen. The actor has quite a few films up for release this year which include Soham Shah's Luck, Sanjay Gupta's Acid...
- 7/13/2009
- GlamSham
Gauri Kulkarni, tipped for the top in Bollywood, has been thrilled with the international reception for her movie Frozen. Made two years ago, when it first appeared at the London International Film Festival, this bleak but remarkable film about an isolated community in the Himalayas, made in black-and-white, has only recently had a limited release in Mumbai. The film also stars Danny Denzongpa.
"I have got some great reviews for my performance," says Gauri. "Not only in India but all over the world where I have travelled with the film for different festivals"
And how did she cope with the endless cold of life high in the Himalayas? "We went to Ladakh one month prior to the shoot to get accustomed to the climate, Ladakhi dialect, their customs & way of life," she explains. "Dressing up in those rich Ladakhi costumes was an absolute delight."
Being a Psychology graduate has helped...
"I have got some great reviews for my performance," says Gauri. "Not only in India but all over the world where I have travelled with the film for different festivals"
And how did she cope with the endless cold of life high in the Himalayas? "We went to Ladakh one month prior to the shoot to get accustomed to the climate, Ladakhi dialect, their customs & way of life," she explains. "Dressing up in those rich Ladakhi costumes was an absolute delight."
Being a Psychology graduate has helped...
- 7/10/2009
- Bollyspice
Last weekend film maker Shivajee Chandrabhushan's Frozen had released in select theaters at Mumbai. Those who watched the movie had a surprise in store for them as Shilpa Shukla (more popularly known as the Chak De girl Bindiya Naik) made a screen appearance. Though she has a brief appearance in Frozen, this was one movie that she had shot for years back. ''In fact I don't even know Shilpa as the Chak De girl'', says Shivajee who states that Shilpa was roped in for the film as he was looking for a girl who could play the young wife of Danny Denzongpa, the central protagonist of the film, ''I came across Shilpa's photographs and was stunned because I was searching for someone who could hav...
- 5/14/2009
- GlamSham
Making her acting debut with a black and white film Frozen, young and charming actress Gauri’s work has already been appreciated in various international film festivals. Let’s find out what the actress has to say about her debut film and many more.
Q. Tell us about your role in the movie?
A. I play the character of Lasya who is around 18 year old girl and this girl is actually very bubbly and rebellious sort of a character. She has created her own world; her world has only her father and her younger brother. She doesn’t like to go beyond her world. She doesn’t like.
Q. Tell us about your role in the movie?
A. I play the character of Lasya who is around 18 year old girl and this girl is actually very bubbly and rebellious sort of a character. She has created her own world; her world has only her father and her younger brother. She doesn’t like to go beyond her world. She doesn’t like.
- 5/8/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Gauri who makes her debut with Frozen, a black and white film by Shivajee Chandrabhushan, sure seems to have developed cold feet. We mean quite literally.
The entire crew, while shooting for the film in Ladakh, in the harsh bitter winter faced really extreme conditions at the base of Rhizong. It had snowed the day before and the ice was slippery… and due to a scene, Gauri was made to stand in the snow at one place for almost 3-4 hours.
Needless to say, Gauri was close to tears after the scene, as the -25 degree temperature had seeped into her body and her shoes and socks had become wet.
But.
The entire crew, while shooting for the film in Ladakh, in the harsh bitter winter faced really extreme conditions at the base of Rhizong. It had snowed the day before and the ice was slippery… and due to a scene, Gauri was made to stand in the snow at one place for almost 3-4 hours.
Needless to say, Gauri was close to tears after the scene, as the -25 degree temperature had seeped into her body and her shoes and socks had become wet.
But.
- 5/7/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Gauri who makes her debut with Frozen, a black & white film by Shivajee Chandrabhushan, sure seems to have developed cold feet! We mean quite literally!!! The entire crew, while shooting for the film in Ladakh, in the harsh bitter winter faced really extreme conditions at the base of Rhizong. It had snowed the day before and the ice was slippery... and due to a scene, Gauri was made to stand in the snow at one place for almost 3-4 hours!!!...
- 5/7/2009
- GlamSham
It's not often that successful film directors openly admire the work of their contemporaries. However, Anurag Kashyap had no qualms admitting that he simply loved the work of debutant director Shivajee Chandrabhushan in the film Frozen. Frozen is a Black & White film, the first one in the last 40 years of Indian Cinema, and is based on the lives of a father-daughter-son trio played by Danny Denzongpa, debutants Gauri and Angchuk respectively....
- 5/5/2009
- GlamSham
It’s not often that successful film directors openly admire the work of their contemporaries.
However, Anurag Kashyap had no qualms admitting that he simply loved the work of debutant director Shivajee Chandrabhushan in the film ‘Frozen’.
‘Frozen’ is a Black and White film, the first one in the last 40 years of Indian Cinema, and is based on the lives of a father-daughter-son trio played by Danny Denzongpa, debutants Gauri and Angchuk respectively.
In fact the maverick director regrets the fact that he did not think of making such a film first! Says Anurag, “ Frozen.
However, Anurag Kashyap had no qualms admitting that he simply loved the work of debutant director Shivajee Chandrabhushan in the film ‘Frozen’.
‘Frozen’ is a Black and White film, the first one in the last 40 years of Indian Cinema, and is based on the lives of a father-daughter-son trio played by Danny Denzongpa, debutants Gauri and Angchuk respectively.
In fact the maverick director regrets the fact that he did not think of making such a film first! Says Anurag, “ Frozen.
- 5/4/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Actor Shakeel Khan, who has played interesting characters in prominent films like ‘Lakshya’, ‘Page 3’, ‘Bunty Aur Babli’, ‘Goal’, ‘Ahista Ahista’ and ‘Don’, will now be seen in a key role in the internationally acclaimed Hinglish film ‘Frozen’. Directed by Shivajee Chandrabhushan, the film will release in India in single screen theatres this week (May 8).
Shakeel is extremely excited and nervous at the same time. “I play a character of a happy-go-lucky romantic called Romeo and am co-starring with Danny sir (Denzongpa), Raj Zutshi and Aamir Bashir. I’ve really.
Shakeel is extremely excited and nervous at the same time. “I play a character of a happy-go-lucky romantic called Romeo and am co-starring with Danny sir (Denzongpa), Raj Zutshi and Aamir Bashir. I’ve really.
- 5/4/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Producer/director Shivajee Chandrabhushan had to face a unique dilemma while shooting for his ambitious venture Frozen. Though he was mighty impressed with the style quotient that Danny Denzongpa, the lead protagonist of his film, has carried for decades and hence had a secret desire of working with him, he had a different vision for the veteran actor in Frozen.''Danny saab is known for his style quotient whereas for the role of 'Karma' in Frozen, he had to be all subtle...
- 4/27/2009
- GlamSham
Much before Shilpa Shukla became Bindya Naik in Chak De India, Shilpa Shukla had begun work on a film called Frozen which is now getting ready for release. While she had Shah Rukh Khan for company in Chak De India, Frozen sees her paired opposite none other than Danny Denzongpa. In the film, both of them are seen as husband and wife. Says a source close to Shilpa, "Much before Chak De India happened to her, Shilpa was happily doing offbeat films....
- 4/22/2009
- GlamSham
It indeed is a fortuitous moment that exactly 25 years after Indian Army landed in Siachen and made that frozen landscape a part of its duty to protect the frontiers, a film, Frozen, is releasing in the Indian market that tries to grapple with the nuances of the natives who have to adjust to the fait accompli of Army staring them in every walk of their life. Frozen is also a film that is releasing in black and white after twenty-five years and it marks the return of Danny Dengzongpa to the silver screen in a powerful role. It has however taken two years for the film to release as the film was completed in2007 itself, may be, it had to coincide with the 25 years of landing at Siachen....
- 4/20/2009
- GlamSham
Ready for last two years, Frozen will finally release in theaters on 1st May. Current stand off between producers and multiplexes has resulted in quite a few films coming out of cold storage and Frozen is one of them. Starring Danny Denzongpa in the lead who plays the role of 'Karma', the film depicts the life of a family whose dream like existence is interrupted by inevitable odds, one after the other. Made in Hindi and Ladakhi, the film was shot at an average height of 12000 feet above sea level in Ladakh, the eastern part of...
- 4/10/2009
- GlamSham
Toronto International Film Festival
CHENNAI, India -- Shivaji Chandrabhushan's first feature, Frozen, conveys in no uncertain terms his love for photography and his sociology background. In black-and-white, he paints the stark landscape of sparsely populated Ladakh, part of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir, into an elevating, enriching experience. He studies this community of simple folks through the curious, often irreverent eyes of Lasya, a bubbly teenage girl essayed by Gauri. In fact, the story of Frozen is the story of Lasya as she grows up watching a subtle evolution around her, and Chomo, her Little Brother she imagines to be alive, is her sounding board.
Extremely arty and hence with little chance of opening in regular commercial cinemas, the film most likely will be confined to festival screens. Chandrabhushan's attempt to give his work a slight commercial edge by letting the camera play on Lasya, resplendent in rich Ladakhi costumes, does not quite work.
Lasya lives on barren terrain, complete with snow and leafless trees suggesting cold hostility. She grows up seeing her old father, Karma (Danny Denzongpa), losing a battle with modern existence. At the local market, his handmade jams can no longer compete with factory-produced food. The enormous debts he owes scheming moneylenders (who shamelessly suggest writing off the loans in exchange for a night with Lasya) push him to the brink of soulless mountain crevices. And when the Indian army sets a base close to his home, it seems like the end of the road, especially when the commanders want him to move. Lasya is caught in this endless, irreversible conflict, but manages to skate on thin ice, bluntly refusing irresponsible sexual propositions from Romeo (Shakeel Khan) and splendidly adapting herself to the rapidly changing scenario.
The movie was shot at an altitude of 12,000 feet above sea level in Ladakh, bordering China, and in extreme winter conditions in order to create the right mood and look. Shanker Raman's lens freezes the grim, gray scenery, highlighting the cunning of the moneylenders and the opportunism of Romeo. These are sharply contrasted with Lasya's innocence. Acting as a kind of bridge between these two extreme points is Karma, who knows that his idyllic existence is slipping, and yet he can do very little to stop the onslaught of consumerism and its known evils. Denzongpa performs convincingly, stoically facing the predicament and pain of a man lost in the snow.
FROZEN
Seagull Media Prods. in association with Phat Phish Motion Pictures
Credits:
Director/writer/producer: Shivajee Chandrabhushan
Executive producer/Director of photography: Shanker Raman
Production designers: Siddharth Sirohi. Sonali Singh
Music: John P. Varkey
Costume designer: Loveleena Jain
Editor: Shan Mohammed
Cast:
Karma: Danny Denzongpa
Lasya: Gauri
Chomo: Skalzang Angchuk Gultuk
Romeo: Shakeel Khan
Running time -- 110 minutes
No MPAA rating...
CHENNAI, India -- Shivaji Chandrabhushan's first feature, Frozen, conveys in no uncertain terms his love for photography and his sociology background. In black-and-white, he paints the stark landscape of sparsely populated Ladakh, part of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir, into an elevating, enriching experience. He studies this community of simple folks through the curious, often irreverent eyes of Lasya, a bubbly teenage girl essayed by Gauri. In fact, the story of Frozen is the story of Lasya as she grows up watching a subtle evolution around her, and Chomo, her Little Brother she imagines to be alive, is her sounding board.
Extremely arty and hence with little chance of opening in regular commercial cinemas, the film most likely will be confined to festival screens. Chandrabhushan's attempt to give his work a slight commercial edge by letting the camera play on Lasya, resplendent in rich Ladakhi costumes, does not quite work.
Lasya lives on barren terrain, complete with snow and leafless trees suggesting cold hostility. She grows up seeing her old father, Karma (Danny Denzongpa), losing a battle with modern existence. At the local market, his handmade jams can no longer compete with factory-produced food. The enormous debts he owes scheming moneylenders (who shamelessly suggest writing off the loans in exchange for a night with Lasya) push him to the brink of soulless mountain crevices. And when the Indian army sets a base close to his home, it seems like the end of the road, especially when the commanders want him to move. Lasya is caught in this endless, irreversible conflict, but manages to skate on thin ice, bluntly refusing irresponsible sexual propositions from Romeo (Shakeel Khan) and splendidly adapting herself to the rapidly changing scenario.
The movie was shot at an altitude of 12,000 feet above sea level in Ladakh, bordering China, and in extreme winter conditions in order to create the right mood and look. Shanker Raman's lens freezes the grim, gray scenery, highlighting the cunning of the moneylenders and the opportunism of Romeo. These are sharply contrasted with Lasya's innocence. Acting as a kind of bridge between these two extreme points is Karma, who knows that his idyllic existence is slipping, and yet he can do very little to stop the onslaught of consumerism and its known evils. Denzongpa performs convincingly, stoically facing the predicament and pain of a man lost in the snow.
FROZEN
Seagull Media Prods. in association with Phat Phish Motion Pictures
Credits:
Director/writer/producer: Shivajee Chandrabhushan
Executive producer/Director of photography: Shanker Raman
Production designers: Siddharth Sirohi. Sonali Singh
Music: John P. Varkey
Costume designer: Loveleena Jain
Editor: Shan Mohammed
Cast:
Karma: Danny Denzongpa
Lasya: Gauri
Chomo: Skalzang Angchuk Gultuk
Romeo: Shakeel Khan
Running time -- 110 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 9/19/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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