Dave Lawrie Aug 16, 2017
Fancy a film that mashes up Reservoir Dogs and The Usual Suspects, with a few song and dance numbers? Step this way...
Film is such a diverse medium that it is possible to call yourself a fan without ever venturing out of your favourite genre. Hell, it is perfectly acceptable nowadays to add 'films' to your list of hobbies by watching nothing more than the output of the McU. Getting some people to venture into the wonderful world of foreign cinema can admittedly be a tall order. We’ve all met one, right? The 'I go to the cinema to watch, not to read!' crowd. That’s fine. There is nothing wrong with having your entertainment packaged as you like it.
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Fancy a film that mashes up Reservoir Dogs and The Usual Suspects, with a few song and dance numbers? Step this way...
Film is such a diverse medium that it is possible to call yourself a fan without ever venturing out of your favourite genre. Hell, it is perfectly acceptable nowadays to add 'films' to your list of hobbies by watching nothing more than the output of the McU. Getting some people to venture into the wonderful world of foreign cinema can admittedly be a tall order. We’ve all met one, right? The 'I go to the cinema to watch, not to read!' crowd. That’s fine. There is nothing wrong with having your entertainment packaged as you like it.
See related Top Of The Lake - China Girl episode 3 review: Surrogate Top Of The Lake - China Girl episode 2 review: The Loved One Top Of The Lake...
- 7/25/2017
- Den of Geek
2012 saw the predominantly good, a couple bad and some occasional ugly bits of cinema. Everyone seemed to get a bit of their share in the sun. Looking back, the year at the theatres for the maximum part of it was positive, providing much indulgence to ardent cinegoers by its ample variety in scripts. Franchise mania continued, additional entrants to the otherwise familiar names in the 100–crore club, regional divide minimalized, smaller films made their own space, and Bollywood put the ‘happily-ever-after’ context to reality for majority of the industry! While few stuck to the rut, it was heartening to see others stepping out of their comfort zones, and developing newer alliances with an idea to experiment with fresh content. In this feature, we look back at episodes, moments, trends in the year that made up some welcome and some rather startling surprises
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5. Karan and a campus full of students
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- 1/16/2013
- by Pooja Rao
- Bollyspice
2012 turned out to be a year when a number of smaller or independent films made their way onto many Top Ten lists. But, as always, there are films that, for a number of reasons, risk being forgotten or overlooked, especially in a year where there are so many great films to choose from. Here are 13 films – 10 already released, 3 from the festival circuit – that you should have seen in 2012. It’s still not too late!
Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid (dir. Nila Madhab Panda)
It’s a massive shame that Nila Madhab Panda’s film didn’t get as much attention as his I Am Kalam, and also a shame that the film was released to DVD without English subtitles. Because Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid, like I Am Kalam, weaves an issue into a story about, and for, children and families, and the message it carries (about the value of women and...
Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid (dir. Nila Madhab Panda)
It’s a massive shame that Nila Madhab Panda’s film didn’t get as much attention as his I Am Kalam, and also a shame that the film was released to DVD without English subtitles. Because Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid, like I Am Kalam, weaves an issue into a story about, and for, children and families, and the message it carries (about the value of women and...
- 1/6/2013
- by Katherine Matthews
- Bollyspice
While funding and distribution in India still remain a herculean challenge, 2012 seems to have slightly bettered the prospects for Indian documentaries. At par with their fiction film cousins, they not only made waves at international film festivals but a few of them also achieved limited release in domestic theatres. DearCinema lists the top ten favourite documentaries of the year (based on festival participation, awards and reviews):
Celluloid Man
With Celluloid Man, India finally saw a documentary on the life and work of the man who built its National Film Archive reel by reel. The film was so insightful and evocative that it not only got P.K Nair due recognition at home, but also won hearts at numerous festivals abroad. Directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Celluloid Man was screened at International film festival of India (Iffi), International film festival of Kerala (Iffk), Mumbai, Telluride and Il Cinema Ritrovato film festivals.
Celluloid Man
With Celluloid Man, India finally saw a documentary on the life and work of the man who built its National Film Archive reel by reel. The film was so insightful and evocative that it not only got P.K Nair due recognition at home, but also won hearts at numerous festivals abroad. Directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Celluloid Man was screened at International film festival of India (Iffi), International film festival of Kerala (Iffk), Mumbai, Telluride and Il Cinema Ritrovato film festivals.
- 12/27/2012
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
After a successful run with Good Night Good Morning, Supermen of Malegaon and the much acclaimed Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron recently among many others, PVR Directors Rare next is a quirky romance drama 10 Ml Love releasing in theatres on 7th December.
Set against the backdrop of your everyday world, 10Ml Love – a contemporary adaptation of William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ is a light hearted romantic comedy concerning the tribulations of a love quadrangle during a night of madness. One wedding, three couples, a whole lot of love, lust and desire make for a heady mix, but add to that a dash of magic potion and an enthralling rendition of the Ramlila and you have a revelation on your hands!
Directed by Sharat Katariya (Co-writer and dialogues for Bheja Fry), the film has an interesting mix of cast ranging from Rajat Kapoor (Corporate, Bheja Fry), Tisca Chopra (Taare Zameen Par...
Set against the backdrop of your everyday world, 10Ml Love – a contemporary adaptation of William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ is a light hearted romantic comedy concerning the tribulations of a love quadrangle during a night of madness. One wedding, three couples, a whole lot of love, lust and desire make for a heady mix, but add to that a dash of magic potion and an enthralling rendition of the Ramlila and you have a revelation on your hands!
Directed by Sharat Katariya (Co-writer and dialogues for Bheja Fry), the film has an interesting mix of cast ranging from Rajat Kapoor (Corporate, Bheja Fry), Tisca Chopra (Taare Zameen Par...
- 11/23/2012
- by Pooja Rao
- Bollyspice
I don’t usually begin interviews with a synopsis and a trailer, but for this one I think I must, to give you an idea about what Faiza Ahmad Khan’s Supermen of Malegaon is all about.
Malegaon, a small town tucked away near the heart of India geographically, is fraught with communal tension and under economic depression. To escape the harsh reality of their world, its people seek refuge in the fantastical world of cinema.
This passion for cinema has spurred a group of cinema enthusiasts to make their own films-quirky, low budget, socially aware and notoriously funny spoofs of Bollywood films. Their ambition has grown and now they are ready to take on Hollywood and Superman.
We follow them on this journey. At times funny, tragic, contemplative. Always warm and engaging. And as the film begins to take shape, through schemes and approaches that are sublimely ingenious, simply bizarre and purely hysterical,...
Malegaon, a small town tucked away near the heart of India geographically, is fraught with communal tension and under economic depression. To escape the harsh reality of their world, its people seek refuge in the fantastical world of cinema.
This passion for cinema has spurred a group of cinema enthusiasts to make their own films-quirky, low budget, socially aware and notoriously funny spoofs of Bollywood films. Their ambition has grown and now they are ready to take on Hollywood and Superman.
We follow them on this journey. At times funny, tragic, contemplative. Always warm and engaging. And as the film begins to take shape, through schemes and approaches that are sublimely ingenious, simply bizarre and purely hysterical,...
- 7/14/2012
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Hollywood blockbuster The Amazing Spider-Man faces competition in India from the low-budget release Supermen of Malegaon. At £1,150 ($$1,180), the Indian superhero film has been made at a fraction of the cost of Marc Webb's £140 million ($$220m) movie. "Supermen of Malegaon is a documentary that captures a motley bunch of cinema fanatics in Malegaon, Maharashtra who remake Bollywood and Hollywood films on miniscule budgets, which they shoot, star in and screen for their local audience in Malegaon," said a statement. "This time, they take on the challenge of making Superman. The film follows them on this journey - at times funny, tragic and contemplative." Bollywood (more)...
- 7/1/2012
- by By Steven Baker
- Digital Spy
The indigenous superman of Malegaon sports an ‘M’ monogram on his shirt and stumbles into a gutter while on a rescue operation. He unmistakably dons his underpants on top of his tight-fitting clothes, with its strings exposed to give him a funnier look. He romances the heroine in quintessential marigold fields in Malegaon Ka Superman, a parody of the popular Superman series.
In reality, the Superman of Malegaon was a scrawny young man who died of cancer last year. He worked in a power loom of Malegaon for a living and as a pastime acted in Mollywood (the local film industry of Malegaon) films which are parodies of Bollywood and Hollywood blockbusters.
Faiza Ahmed Khan’s evocative documentary Supermen of Malegaon chronicles the making of the film Malegaon Ka Superman and in the process acquaints one with the working of the indigenous film industry in a small town in Maharashtra.
In reality, the Superman of Malegaon was a scrawny young man who died of cancer last year. He worked in a power loom of Malegaon for a living and as a pastime acted in Mollywood (the local film industry of Malegaon) films which are parodies of Bollywood and Hollywood blockbusters.
Faiza Ahmed Khan’s evocative documentary Supermen of Malegaon chronicles the making of the film Malegaon Ka Superman and in the process acquaints one with the working of the indigenous film industry in a small town in Maharashtra.
- 6/30/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
This Friday’s new releases include Maximum, Daal Mein Kuch Kaala Hai, 3 Bachelors and the small film with a big heart, Supermen Of Malegaon. As things stand, the front runner is likely to be Kabir Kaushik’s Naseeruddin Shah, Sonu Sood and Aarya Babbar starrer, Maximum, with Supermen Of Malegaon making its presence felt in parts of Maharashtra. Read More...
- 6/28/2012
- Bollywood Trade
This Friday's new releases include Maximum, Daal Mein Kuch Kaala Hai, 3 Bachelors and the small film with a big heart, Supermen Of Malegaon. As things stand, the front runner is likely to be Kabir Kaushik's Naseeruddin Shah, Sonu Sood and Aarya Babbar starrer, Maximum, with Supermen Of Malegaon making its presence felt in parts of Maharashtra.The two releases of last week, Anurag Kashyap's Gangs Of Wasseypur and Kunal Kohli's Teri Meri Kahaani, could not achieve anything signifi...
- 6/28/2012
- GlamSham
Two hundred and seventy kilometers outside of Mumbai in Maharashtra is the small industrial town of Malegaon. For a long time, the only thing that kept Malegaon on the map is the power loom and textile factory that employs most of the men in the town. A few years ago that all changed when one industrious soul, Sheikh Nasir, took advantage of Malegaon's unusually film crazy population and began making spoofs of popular Indian films and to his and everyone's surprise, they became massive local hits. Supermen of Malegaon follows Nasir and his rag tag cast and crew as they attempt to adapt the Superman story to Malegaon in their most ambitious effort yet, Malegaon Ke Superman!I love films, as I'm sure most of...
- 6/22/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Supermen Of Malegaon, is a documentary which tries to encapsulate a spirit of passion for cinema and movie making for a bunch of intrepid filmmakers, who love cinema to the tune of being fanatic, and are least bothered about the resources to make the movies, rather have taken the lack of resources as the challenge and devised in genuine processes and devices to mesmerize the audience with their offering. These bunch of filmmakers are least bothered to release their film on a pan I...
- 6/21/2012
- GlamSham
Director Faiza Ahmad Khan's documentary Supermen Of Malegaon, which traces the making of a small time film Malegaon Ka Superman and also celebrates the film industry of Malegaon, has won several awards and accolades at numerous coveted film festivals.However, the film was not meant to traverse to film fests. As Faiza had some other plans for her documentary. The entire idea was to have Supermen Of Malegaon aired on a Singapore's TV Channel.Faiza reveals, "We never pl...
- 6/18/2012
- GlamSham
After successful screenings at festivals across the globe, Supermen of Malegaon is slated for theatrical release in India on June 29, 2012. The film has had an extraordinary journey since the idea was first mooted but its biggest hurdle was securing a theatrical release in India, which has now been achieved.
Supermen of Malegaon is a documentary that captures a motley bunch of cinema fanatics in Malegaon, Maharashtra who remake Bollywood and Hollywood films on miniscule budgets, which they shoot, star in and screen for their local audience in Malegaon. This time, they take on the challenge of making Superman. The film follows them on this journey-at times funny, tragic and contemplative.
Supermen of Malegaon took off when Director Faiza Ahmad Khan, along with co-producer Gargey Trivedi & Siddharth Thakur, won the Asian Pitch in Singapore. The Asian Pitch is organised by Mediacorp in Singapore, Nhk in Japan and Kbs in South Korea.
Supermen of Malegaon is a documentary that captures a motley bunch of cinema fanatics in Malegaon, Maharashtra who remake Bollywood and Hollywood films on miniscule budgets, which they shoot, star in and screen for their local audience in Malegaon. This time, they take on the challenge of making Superman. The film follows them on this journey-at times funny, tragic and contemplative.
Supermen of Malegaon took off when Director Faiza Ahmad Khan, along with co-producer Gargey Trivedi & Siddharth Thakur, won the Asian Pitch in Singapore. The Asian Pitch is organised by Mediacorp in Singapore, Nhk in Japan and Kbs in South Korea.
- 6/15/2012
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Shafique Shaikh, the lead actor of Malegaon Ka Superman, died a year after the film was made. He had been suffering from mouth cancer because of excessive tobacco chewing. Ironically in the film, as a Superman he takes on the Gutka King who wants to spread tobacco use in the town.Filmmaker Faiza Ahmad Khan, whose documentary Supermen Of Malegaon is on the making of decidedly tongue-in-cheek superhero adventure, Malegaon Ka Superman, stayed in Malegaon for near about 3 months...
- 6/14/2012
- GlamSham
Faiza Ahamd Hasan's documentary Supermen Of Malegaon, which is about to hit the screens on 29th June 2012, celebrates Malegoan's small film industry and traces the making of a low-budget but much talked about film Malegaon Ka Superman, helmed by Nasir.Powerloom worker Shafique Shaikh, who plays Superman, has done small roles in most of the Malegaon films. And Malegaon Ka Superman was his first big role, for which he was highly excited.However, Shafique initially appear...
- 6/14/2012
- GlamSham
After successful screenings at myriad festivals across the globe, Supermen Of Malegaon is slated for its theatrical release in India on June 29, 2012. The film has had an extraordinary journey since the idea was first mooted but its biggest hurdle was securing a theatrical release in India, which has now been achieved. Supermen Of Malegaon is a documentary that captures a motley bunch of cinema fanatics in Malegaon, Maharashtra who remake Bollywood and Hollywood films on minisc...
- 6/9/2012
- GlamSham
The 10th edition of Imagineindia Film Festival will take place in Madrid from 17th to 31st May - 2011. Entries have been invited for the festival. Imagineindia 2011 will present more than 90 films. It will pay homages to Stanley Donnen, Geraldine Chaplin, Rolf De Heer, Adoor Gopalakrishnan.
Imagineindia Barcelona 2010 will take place at Casa Asia in Barcelona in September. The films that will be screened in the festival are Firaaq by Nandita Das (Winner of 3 Imagineindia Awards in Madrid), Aamir by Rajkumar Gupta, Do Paise Ki Dhoop Char Ane Ki Barish by Deepti Naval, Gulaal by Anurag Kashyap, Harishchandrachi Factory by Paresh Mokashi, Supermen Of Malegaon by Faiza Ahmed Khan, Kharij by Mrinal Sen, Teen Kanya by Satyajit Ray, Ajantrik by Ritwik Ghatak, Little Zizou by Sooni Taraporevala, Khamosh Pani by Sabiha Sumar.
Imagineindia Barcelona 2010 will take place at Casa Asia in Barcelona in September. The films that will be screened in the festival are Firaaq by Nandita Das (Winner of 3 Imagineindia Awards in Madrid), Aamir by Rajkumar Gupta, Do Paise Ki Dhoop Char Ane Ki Barish by Deepti Naval, Gulaal by Anurag Kashyap, Harishchandrachi Factory by Paresh Mokashi, Supermen Of Malegaon by Faiza Ahmed Khan, Kharij by Mrinal Sen, Teen Kanya by Satyajit Ray, Ajantrik by Ritwik Ghatak, Little Zizou by Sooni Taraporevala, Khamosh Pani by Sabiha Sumar.
- 8/4/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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