"The letter from the heart can be read on the face." Cinedigm has debuted the trailer for an indie holiday romantic drama titled A New Christmas, from director Daniel Tenenbaum (Landing Up). This premiered at the Heartland Film Festival in Indiana last month, and is getting a VOD release next month. Kabir is a lonely medical student in New York, estranged from his wife and grieving the loss of his mother. When he meets Kioni, a charming student from Kenya, she persuades him to show her around the city's Christmas decorations, helping him rediscover the magic of the holidays and get his life back on track. The film stars Prashantt Guptha as Kabir, Grace Wacuka as Kioni, along with Preeti Gupta, Aurora Heimbach, Swati Bhise, and Harbinder Singh. Looks charming and sweet, a humble film about the power of love. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Daniel Tenenbaum's A New Christmas,...
- 11/13/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Cinedigm, an independent content distributor and digital platform operator, has acquired North American rights to cross-cultural holiday drama “A New Christmas.” The film will have its world premiere at the Heartland International Film Festival on Oct. 13.
Cinedigm plans to release it in North American cinemas, on digital and on demand in December.
“A New Christmas” is written by Travis Hodgkins and directed by Daniel Tenenbaum (“Landing Up”).
Indo-American actor Prashantt Guptha (“The Tashkent Files”) stars as a lonely medical student in New York, estranged from his wife. He meets a charming woman from Africa, played by Grace Wacuka (“Before and After”) who persuades him to show her the city’s Christmas decorations, thereby leading him to rediscover the magic of the season and get his life back on track.
The film is produced by U.S. entities Savi Creations (“Tu”) and Mulberry Films (“The Last Laugh”), in association with Besties Make Movies...
Cinedigm plans to release it in North American cinemas, on digital and on demand in December.
“A New Christmas” is written by Travis Hodgkins and directed by Daniel Tenenbaum (“Landing Up”).
Indo-American actor Prashantt Guptha (“The Tashkent Files”) stars as a lonely medical student in New York, estranged from his wife. He meets a charming woman from Africa, played by Grace Wacuka (“Before and After”) who persuades him to show her the city’s Christmas decorations, thereby leading him to rediscover the magic of the season and get his life back on track.
The film is produced by U.S. entities Savi Creations (“Tu”) and Mulberry Films (“The Last Laugh”), in association with Besties Make Movies...
- 10/3/2019
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Actor Prashantt Guptha has been cast as the lead in possibly one of the first Christmas movies that will star an ethnic actor. And this is a dream come true for the now Mumbai based actor, as he is originally from New York.
Prashantt has earlier done prominent roles in Bollywood features and has just returned to Mumbai from the Big Apple after completing the movie and is supremely elated on his Hollywood debut. When asked about how this breakthrough is significant, Prashantt replied, ?Having grown up in New York, Christmas has always been my favourite holiday. This is one major step forward toward a lifetime dream of wanting to work in both Indian movies and Hollywood.?
The film revolves around a first-generation Indian American who overcomes inner turmoil when a tourist girl from Africa rekindles his spirit during Christmas. Produced by Los Angeles based Mulberry Films, A New Christmas...
Prashantt has earlier done prominent roles in Bollywood features and has just returned to Mumbai from the Big Apple after completing the movie and is supremely elated on his Hollywood debut. When asked about how this breakthrough is significant, Prashantt replied, ?Having grown up in New York, Christmas has always been my favourite holiday. This is one major step forward toward a lifetime dream of wanting to work in both Indian movies and Hollywood.?
The film revolves around a first-generation Indian American who overcomes inner turmoil when a tourist girl from Africa rekindles his spirit during Christmas. Produced by Los Angeles based Mulberry Films, A New Christmas...
- 1/30/2019
- GlamSham
Festival of Globe – Silicon Valley (Fogsv) & San Francisco Movie Fest has witnessed yet another successful edition. Held from 7-16 August 2015, the festival received a footfall of over 1,00,000 visitors from the Bay Area and surrounds. Indian Film personalities Richa Chadda, Deepti Naval, Pooja Batra, Bappi Lahiri, Gulshan Grover, Guneet Monga, Rajat Kapoor and many more were felicitated for their contribution to Indian Cinema.
The celebrations included eight days of movie screenings, workshops, panel discussions, the prestigious Fog Awards and the India Day Parade. Three controversial Indian films -19th January, Unfreedom and Oass were screened and admired for their bold storyline.
Commenting on the success of the Festival, Rajesh Verma, President Fia said, “This is our way of passing on the torch of our pride in our traditions to the future generations of American Indian youth.”
Indian actresses Richa Chadda, Deepti Naval, Pooja Batra, Sonu Walia led a panel on Women Empowerment,...
The celebrations included eight days of movie screenings, workshops, panel discussions, the prestigious Fog Awards and the India Day Parade. Three controversial Indian films -19th January, Unfreedom and Oass were screened and admired for their bold storyline.
Commenting on the success of the Festival, Rajesh Verma, President Fia said, “This is our way of passing on the torch of our pride in our traditions to the future generations of American Indian youth.”
Indian actresses Richa Chadda, Deepti Naval, Pooja Batra, Sonu Walia led a panel on Women Empowerment,...
- 8/29/2015
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Actor Prashantt Guptha (formerly known as Prashaant Kumar) was last seen as the anti-hero in Jayantilal Gada and Shailesh Singh’s Hindi adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, Issaq. Though the film didn’t fare as well as the other Hit adaptation that followed, Ram-Leela, quite a few in the industry took note of this newcomer’s performance. Much to the amusement of many a viewers was the fact that this young actor, who was born and raised in New York and otherwise maintains the ‘chocolate-boy next door’ kind of look, could mould himself flawlessly into a hardcore grey-shaded Banarasi cop. Post Issaq, he bagged two films in a principal role, Identity Card and 6-5=2.
In Rahat Kazmi’s Identity Card, Prashantt plays a Kashmiri cop along with Saurabh Shukla, Vipin Sharma, Raghubir Yadav and Brijendra Kala. The film is a Dark-Comedy and highlights the importance of an identity card in Kashmir...
In Rahat Kazmi’s Identity Card, Prashantt plays a Kashmiri cop along with Saurabh Shukla, Vipin Sharma, Raghubir Yadav and Brijendra Kala. The film is a Dark-Comedy and highlights the importance of an identity card in Kashmir...
- 6/23/2014
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
The trailers of Manish Tiwary’s Issaq starring Pratiek Babbar and Amyra Dastur are been viewed and liked by a lot and is spreading its spark like thunder. Prashaant Kumar, the New York newbie plays a grey shaded character of the play. Manish Tiwary has hidden Prashaant’s face with silver paint to give the viewers a surprise. But Prashaant Kumar has finally confessed that the guy with the silver face is him.
The grey shaded character that Prashaant plays in the film is a U.P. cop. Let’s see if his performance shines like his silver face on-screen on 26th July.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bzaPqbHwNY
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The grey shaded character that Prashaant plays in the film is a U.P. cop. Let’s see if his performance shines like his silver face on-screen on 26th July.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bzaPqbHwNY
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- 7/3/2013
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
The trailers of Manish Tiwary's Issaq starring Prateik Babbar and Amyra Dastur are been viewed and liked by a lot and is spreading its spark like thunder. Prashaant Kumar, the New York newbie plays a grey shaded character in the film. Manish Tiwary has hidden Prashaant's face with silver paint to give the viewers a surprise. But Prashaant Kumar has finally confessed that the guy with the silver face is him. The grey shaded character that Prashaant plays in the film is a U...
- 7/2/2013
- GlamSham
Anurag Kashyap's Gangs Of Wasseypur is to be released in the Middle East and France. The film, which was screened at the London Indian Film Festival last week and was part of the official Cannes selection, has received high praise from critics. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh said on Twitter: "Gow intl release dates - Middle East on 28 June and France on 25 July." In India, the film opened to full houses in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, and distributors have also reported a strong turnout in multiplexes in the metros. Ians reports that Prashant Kumar Singh, owner of Puja Talkies in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, said: "Gangs of Wasseypur has opened very well with 80 to 85 percent occupancy. Some of the shows were even house-full. The film is going great and even the advance booking is going on full swing." Bihar-based (more)...
- 6/25/2012
- by By Priya Joshi
- Digital Spy
Mumbai, June 22: The audiences have given the thumbs up to Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs Of Wasseypur'. It has opened to full houses in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand and is also drawing crowds in multiplexes in the Metros, distributors say.
Prashant Kumar Singh, owner of Puja Talkies in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, told Ians: ''Gangs of Wasseypur' has opened very well with 80 to 85 percent occupancy. Some of the shows were even houseful. The film is going great.
Prashant Kumar Singh, owner of Puja Talkies in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, told Ians: ''Gangs of Wasseypur' has opened very well with 80 to 85 percent occupancy. Some of the shows were even houseful. The film is going great.
- 6/22/2012
- by Ketali Mehta
- RealBollywood.com
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