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Hoard writer-director Luna Carmoon, Didi filmmaker Sean Wang and Baby Reindeer star Nava Mau are among 43 Bafta Breakthrough members for its 2024 cohort.

The 43 names consist of 21 UK creatives, 13 from the US and nine from India. The selected members hail from film, games and television, and will receive one-to-one meetings, career guidance, full Bafta voting membership and access to screenings and networking events in the year-long initiative.

Scroll down for the full list of Bafta Breakthrough 2024

Carmoon is one of several filmmakers in the selection, alongside If The Streets Were On Fire director Alice Russell, The Contestant director Clair Titley, and...

The inaugural Tasveer Film Market has unveiled over 40 projects selected from more than 300 submissions across India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, the U.K., the U.S., Canada and Australia. The initiative, positioning itself as a new hub for South Asian and diaspora filmmakers, is set to launch as part of the 19th Tasveer Film Festival in Seattle.

Notable talents presenting projects include Radhika Apte (“The Sleepwalkers”), the Cannes-winning “Joyland” team of Apoorva Charan and Saim Sadiq, Sarvnik Kaur (“Against the Tide”), Q (“Garbage”), Nabeel Qureshi (“Na Maloom Afraad”) and Hania Chima (“Laal Kabootar”). The lineup also features the adaptation of Soniah Kamal’s “Pride and Prejudice” adaptation “Unmarriageable,” led by Sadia Ashraf and James McMillan.

Industry leaders scheduled to attend include filmmakers Deepa Mehta and Pan Nalin, along with representatives from Amazon MGM Studios, Blumhouse, HBO, Est N8, Creativeland Studios, NBCU, CAA and WME. The market has partnered with organizations such as NBCU,...

The first edition of India’s Cinevesture International Film Festival (Ciff) has revealed 20 projects that will participate in its accompanying market.

Comprising 17 features and three series, several of the projects are by creators who have found acclaim both internationally and in South Asia.

From Bangladeshi auteur Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (Busan title “Something Like an Autobiography”) comes Hindi and English-language unconventional romance “To Hell With Love.” Alankrita Srivasttava (Tokyo winner “Lipstick Under My Burkha”) has English and Hindi-language drama “Girls of Orlem,” an adaptation of Lindsay Pereira’s bestselling novel “Gods and Ends.” Gurvinder Singh is prepping Hindi, Punjabi and English-language historical thriller series “The Trial.”

“#Jack” is a thriller film from Bhaskar Hazarika (Tribeca selection “Aamis”), while “Chhaal” (“The Skin”) by Don Palathara (Rotterdam title “Family”) is a folk thriller adapted from a story by Vijayan Detha. “Encounter” by Anurag Singh (the Jatt and Juliet franchise) is a drama-thriller in...

This week of December offers a brand new slate of titles on the Ott, from crime thriller to docu series and coming of age story. Here is a list of five titles on various Ott platforms that have caught the attention this week.

Vyooham

The Telugu crime thriller series, ‘Vyooham’ features Sai Sushanth Reddy in the lead role with Chaitanya Krishna, Pavani Gangireddy, Ravindra Vijay and Shashank Siddamsetty in pivotal roles.The trailer showcases Acp Arjun Ramachandra, portrayed by Sai Sushanth Reddy, as he engages viewers in a relentless quest for justice.

The plot unfolds from a seemingly simple hit-and-run involving a tragic loss for a pregnant couple into a compelling tapestry of intertwined lives. Tasked with tracking down a serial killer, a trained naxal, handling a suspended cop, and dismantling a terrorist organisation, Arjun’s journey is intensified by the haunting echoes of his own painful past. It will...

This week of December offers a brand new slate of titles on the Ott, from crime thriller to docu series and coming of age story. Here is a list of five titles on various Ott platforms that have caught the attention this week.

Vyooham

The Telugu crime thriller series, ‘Vyooham’ features Sai Sushanth Reddy in the lead role with Chaitanya Krishna, Pavani Gangireddy, Ravindra Vijay and Shashank Siddamsetty in pivotal roles.The trailer showcases Acp Arjun Ramachandra, portrayed by Sai Sushanth Reddy, as he engages viewers in a relentless quest for justice.

The plot unfolds from a seemingly simple hit-and-run involving a tragic loss for a pregnant couple into a compelling tapestry of intertwined lives. Tasked with tracking down a serial killer, a trained naxal, handling a suspended cop, and dismantling a terrorist organisation, Arjun’s journey is intensified by the haunting echoes of his own painful past. It will...

The trailer of the upcoming streaming docu series ‘First Act’ was unveiled on Wednesday, and it offers a glimpse into the life of India’s young talents and their parents and how they navigate the entertainment industry.

The trailer features many prominent faces from the entertainment industry who have worked as child artistes and have gone on to carve a niche for themselves.

The six-part unscripted series follows six key child artistes, capturing their lives in both personal and professional settings.

Their experiences are juxtaposed with insights from seasoned actors who made their debut in the industry as child artistes like Sarika, Jugal Hansraj and older child actors like Darsheel Safary, and Parzaan Dastur.

Filmmakers Shoojit Sircar and Amole Gupte, who have worked closely with child artists, as well as casting directors such as Mukesh Chhabra, Honey Trehan, and Tess Joseph also offer an insight on how the industry functions with the child artistes.

The trailer of the upcoming streaming docu series ‘First Act’ was unveiled on Wednesday, and it offers a glimpse into the life of India’s young talents and their parents and how they navigate the entertainment industry.

The trailer features many prominent faces from the entertainment industry who have worked as child artistes and have gone on to carve a niche for themselves.

The six-part unscripted series follows six key child artistes, capturing their lives in both personal and professional settings.

Their experiences are juxtaposed with insights from seasoned actors who made their debut in the industry as child artistes like Sarika, Jugal Hansraj and older child actors like Darsheel Safary, and Parzaan Dastur.

Filmmakers Shoojit Sircar and Amole Gupte, who have worked closely with child artists, as well as casting directors such as Mukesh Chhabra, Honey Trehan, and Tess Joseph also offer an insight on how the industry functions with the child artistes.

The upcoming docuseries ‘First Act’ showcases the experiences of child actors and their parents in the Hindi TV and film industry. The series highlights the important role played by both parents and the industry in safeguarding the well-being of children.

“This was a project that had been sitting with me on the back burner for some time. Child actors are an integral part of the Indian film and television industry, and many beautiful stories would not be as impactful without them.

“However, these artistes face a unique set of challenges that I felt needed to be shared. I am so delighted that professionals who started their careers as child actors have come forward to support this project, in addition to the stalwarts,” said Deepa Bhatia, the director of the series.

The series also features insights of filmmakers who have worked closely with child artistes during the course of their careers,...

The upcoming docuseries ‘First Act’ showcases the experiences of child actors and their parents in the Hindi TV and film industry. The series highlights the important role played by both parents and the industry in safeguarding the well-being of children.

“This was a project that had been sitting with me on the back burner for some time. Child actors are an integral part of the Indian film and television industry, and many beautiful stories would not be as impactful without them.

“However, these artistes face a unique set of challenges that I felt needed to be shared. I am so delighted that professionals who started their careers as child actors have come forward to support this project, in addition to the stalwarts,” said Deepa Bhatia, the director of the series.

The series also features insights of filmmakers who have worked closely with child artistes during the course of their careers,...

Saina movie review is here. The Indian Hindi-language biographical sports film 'Saina' is directed by Amole Gupte and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Sujay Jairaj and Rashesh Shah under the banner of T-Series and Front Foot Pictures. Based on the life of Indian Badminton champion Saina Nehwal – the former world No.1, the movie stars Parineeti Chopra in the titular role. Saina was initially set to release in September 2020, but was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic in India. Saina is now scheduled to have a theatrical release on 26 March 2021.

Saina Movie Review

Think of badminton and what image comes into the minds of an average Indian who is a sports enthusiast. Saina Nehwal – the former world no. 1, who has over 24 international titles that includes eleven Super series titles to her credit. The only female player from India to achieve this feat. Those who are less aware about...

Starring Arjun Rampal, Aishwarya Rajesh, Nishikant Kamat, Farhan Akhtar

Directed by Aushim Ahluwalia

Ask any actor of some worth. It is not easy to play a known living character. Audiences and the character that you are playing, plus their close associates, judge the performance with scrutinized harshness and normally find it wanting.

Not this time. Not Arun Gawli. Not Arjun Rampal who has shaped into one of Hindi cinema’s most dependable actors who does his roles with such smooth efficiency and such noiseless excellence that we are liable to miss the point.

Don’t make the mistake of confusing Arjun’s laidback wisdom in portraying the gangster-philanthropist-parliamentarian-convict Arun Gawle, as a Devganesque laziness. This is a power-packed implosive performance. Rampal plays Gawli as a time bomb waiting to explode. There are no extra toppings, fringe benefits, perks or bonuses to this performance.

Rampal plays it straight. Auteur director Ashim Ahluwalia...

Sniff!!!

Starring Khushmeet Gill, Manmeet Singh, Surekha Sikri, Sushmita Mukherjee

Directed by Amole Gupte

The best thing about Sniff!!! are the wonderful children—God bless their untarnished souls—who play detectives to a car thief in a Mumbai housing city.

But wait. This is much later. This is where our interest in the goings-on begins to flag. The minute Sunny Gill (the wonderfully solemn and wise Khushmeet) turns super-snooper the plot loses its flexibility and momentum and falls prey to a kind of hushed rush of juvenile activities that don’t really add up to much.

But this absence of a hefty payoff is not what we are looking for or missing in this film. Straight out, Sniff!!! is a charming ode to the tastebuds and the olfactory nerves, both co-related as one gives you a yummy feeling in the mouth and the other in the nose.

But what if...

Sachin: A Billion Dreams

Directed by James Erskine

Rating: **** ½(4 and a half stars)

There is something about Sachin Tendulkar,something so correct and so innocent you want him to win in life even when you know he is no more the ‘God’ of the cricket field.

The rousing farewell speech that Sachin gives at the end of this astutely emotional journey into the heart and mind of India’s most celebrated Bat Man left me dewy-eyed. This, when I know zilch about cricket and practically nothing about Sachin’s exploits on the field. What I do know—and what this film is able to tell us in comprehensive strokes of revelation—is that greatness is not thrust on the great by chance.

One has to break bones and crack ribs to get there.

Sachin A Billion Dreams is the story of a national hero who sails through every crisis...

Starring – Tabu, Katrina Kaif, Aditya Roy Kapoor and above all, Kashmir

Directed by Abhishek Kapoor

There is only one hero in Abhishek Kapoor’s massively disappointing and bogus adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. And it’s not Aditya Roy Kapoor. It’s Kashmir. The film, purported to be a romance between the bewitching Katrina Kaif and the besotted Aditya Roy Kapoor, romances just the Kashmir Valley. The rest is all mystery.

I recommend Fitoor be used to promote tourism in the Valley. As for Charles Dickens and Great Expectations, thankfully the author is not around to see how far his novel about forbidden love has been taken away from its roots.

Dickens’ title, as it turns out, proves prophetically ironic. You enter director Abhishek Kapoor’s snow-swept stunning world of stillness and turbulence, with a whole lot of expectations. You come away feeling cheated, betrayed and also angry for...

Roopa Jeevaji is the producer of the film "In Search of America, Inshallah.” The film tells the story of a young Pakistani woman who comes to America in search of her husband but finds her emancipation instead. This film also emphasizes on the importance of women's education.

Many women in India, Pakistan, Africa and many other remote villages/ places are deprived of education and are also not aware of its importance. The film hopes to help these woman understand that empowerment through education is vital. It also hopes to be the voice of every woman in these villages/ countries.

The film is being edited by Deepa Bhatia, one of Bollywood's, Mumbai's top editors (“My Name is Khan", "Taare Zameen Par”). Sonu Nigam, composer ("Slumdog Millionaire") is on board as the composer.

Here is a brief interview with producer Roopa Jeevaji

Are you in charge of the marketing and distribution of the film?

I am the actor/ producer of the film. Since this is an independent short film, our producers are working and addressing all tasks on all fronts including marketing and distribution.

When will it be finished?

The film is currently being edited in Mumbai and will be finished by the first week of November.

Do you have a distribution plan?

Basira Cinema which specializes in films about women will screen our film in selected theaters in London.

Talha Hussien who is a well known editor / distributor has agreed to support our film and screen it in Pakistan.

Also the Ep Arati Misro on our project who also heads the Women in Film International has confirmed the screening at Women In Film L.A.

Is there an international sales agent?

Not yet.

What is the marketing strategy?

“Women's Voices Now" has come on board as coproducer and will also screen the film at various avenues.

Deana from Mpac (Muslim Public Affairs Council ) is on board and will help us with the screening at Arclight, Hollywood.

Zainab Zeb from the documentary “Honor Diaries” has come on board as a co-producer and has a large following on social media.

Is there an online/ social networking strategy in place or being planned?

We have been very active on our Facebook page and Twitter with posts and blogs about related stories of women, the importance of education and lastly an updated production status of our film. Several of our actors have a large following from India on Facebook and Twitter. That will help get the word out as well.

How do film festivals fit into your marketing strategy?

Kimberley Browning from ‘Hollywood Shorts’ will strategize with us for festival packages once the film is complete.

We hosted an event in L.A. at the Levantine Cultural Center on Aug 23rd. The Center champions a greater understanding by presenting artistic and educational programs that bridge political and religious divides. The chief guest Consul General of Pakistan unveiled the trailer. Amie Williams, the co-founder of 'Global Girl Media' was one of the guest speakers and writer Sameer Asad Gardez (“Aliens in America”, “Modern Family”, “Mr. Sunshine”, “Outsourced”) who recently won the WGA 'versatile comedy writer' award attended the event.

It has been a team effort with the director Danish Renzu and myself . Since it is his directorial debut (he has directed two other short films prior to this) and since this is my first time producing honestly, (I am an actor primarily) we have wanted to create content that is inspiring and with a message. Hence we have invested a lot of time and effort to get this right and have strategically planned this through . Marketing wise, we just have reached out to all avenues that we thought would like the story and the message we have to deliver. Danish also has many contacts in London and Pakistan and that has helped.

The film is being edited now in Mumbai and will be done in November . Here the trailer.

Here are other relevant articles about the project:

http://womensvoicesnow.org/wvoice/in_search_of_freedom_inshallah

http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-in-search-of-america-inshallah

http://pakistantimesusa.net/epaper/2013/26-12-2013/14.php

http://pakistanlink.org/Community/2014/Jan14/10/06.Htm

http://www.pakistanvoice.net/newissue/newspaper13.html

http://www.apnahub.ca/entertainment-detail/in-search-of-america-inshallah-coming-soon/...

At first glance, this movie seems like a typical underdog-success story we have all seen on the screen so many times. But the fact that Amole Gupte has lent his magic to this venture is enough reason in itself to check out what Hawaa Hawaai is all about.

Continuing with his field of expertise, Amole brings to us yet another endearing story about children. Arjun Waghmare (Partho Gupte) at first glance is yet another chai-wala kid in Mumbai – the many Chotus and Rajus that you see daily. And like every other kid, he has dreams – dreams that no amount of hardship can break. When Arjun sets his eyes on the skates for the first time, he feels a happiness he hasn’t in a long time. But for a kid who can barely afford a meal two times a day, skating seems like a pretty expensive dream.

Undeterred, he and his gang of friends – Gochi,...

The awards season has begun and the first in line was the LifeOK Screen Awards which was held last night. While we wait for the show to air on the 25th of this month here’s a look at who won the awards:

Best Film - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Director - Shoojit Sircar (Madras Cafe)

Best Story - Mohan Sikka (BA Pass)

Best Music - Pritam Chakravarty (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)

Best Lyrics - Swanand Kirkire for ‘Maanjha’ (Kai Po Che!)

Best Playback Singer (Male) - Arijit Singh for ‘Tum Hi Ho’ (Aashiqui 2)

Best Playback Singer (Female) - Shreya Ghoshal for ‘Sunn Raha Hain Na Tu…’ (Aashiqui 2)

Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male) - Rishi Kapoor (D-Day)

Best Actor in a Negative Role (Female) - Shilpa Shukla (BA Pass)

Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male/Female) - Richa Chadda (Fukrey)

Best Actor in a Supporting...

Still from Distance

Distance, a short film directed by Yashaswini Raghunandan and Ekta Mittal has won the Golden Dove Award at the 56th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Films known as Dok Leipzig. The award comprises a cash component of Euro 3,000.

The film traces boys on a construction site in Bangalore city, who in-turn are tracing their dreams, their identities. Ekta Mittal is a graduate in Social Communication Media from Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai. Yashaswini Raghunandan is an independent filmmaker who assisted Deepa Bhatia in Nero’s Guests.

Distance was one among the six Indian documentary projects that underwent a year-long training programme called DocWok and were presented to an industry audience during the festival from October 28 –November 3, 2013.

Read more about DocWok here...

A girl on a railway station who croons Lata Mangeshkar songs with aching luminosity, a stoic gluttonous ostrich, a flirty cocky gay entertainment journalist, a closet actor, a little boy who likes to dance like Katrina Kaif and a man from Allahabad who just wants to meet Amitabh Bachchan for a few seconds…Such are the engrossing characters that populate the unforgettable world of Bombay Talkies. Such are dreams celluloid dramas are woven of.

So how is it that we rarely ever get to feel so good about the movie-viewing experience?

Bombay Talkies is that rarity which makes us thankful for the gift of the movies. What would life be without the stolen pleasures in the darkened auditorium where life’s truest notions are melted own to emerge in moving images that have defined lives for generations in one way or another.

Four stories directed by four of the most...

Utv Motion Pictures presents Kai Po Che, a film directed by Abhishek Kapoor (Writer and Director of Rock On) and based on the Chetan Bhagat’s novel, The 3 Mistakes of My Life. Kai Po Che (meaning a triumphant yell in Gujarati) is an unforgettable ode to friendship and the magical moments one shares with one’s closest friends. The film stars Sushant Singh Rajput, Amit Sadh and Rajumar Yadav and releases on February 22nd, 2013.

Synopsis

Best friends Ishaan, Omi and Govind – young, ambitious and restless – are trying to make a mark in the India of the early 2000’s. These are exciting times – a new millennium has just dawned, India’s a nuclear power and ostensibly shining – a perfect place for the 3 Ahmedabad boys to start a business that could be their ticket to fame and riches. In a country where cricket is religion, they hit upon a brilliant plan – to...

Amol Gupte's film Stanley Ka Dabba has been doing the rounds at various film festivals the latest being the International Film Festival for Children and Young Audiences Schlingel held every year in Chemnitz in Germany. This year, Partho won the award for best actor beating 130 other contenders from across the globe. Amole, Deepa and Partho attended this festival and were really thrilled also because it was a jury that comprised of 20 children who made the decision. Speaking on this win from Germany Amole says, "The Schlingel festival celebrates children and their spirit. In fact Schlingel means 'rascal'! Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves...plus a statuette of a naughty boy for Partho." While closer to home, Mr. Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox Star Studios says, "Stanley Ka Dabba is probably the most important film made this year. While the film is set in India, its message is relevant across the world. We at Fox...

Amol Gupte's film Stanley Ka Dabba has been doing the rounds at various film festivals the latest being the International Film Festival for Children and Young Audiences Schlingel held every year in Chemnitz in Germany. This year, Partho won the award for best actor beating 130 other contenders from across the globe. Amole, Deepa and Partho attended this festival and were really thrilled also because it was a jury that comprised of 20 children who made the decision. Speaking on this win from Germany Amole says, "The Schlingel festival celebrates children and their spirit. In fact Schlingel means 'rascal'! Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves...plus a statuette of a naughty boy for Partho." While closer to home, Mr. Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox Star Studios says, "Stanley Ka Dabba is probably the most important film made this year. While the film is set in India, its message is relevant across the world. We at Fox...

A good number of Indian documentaries will be presented at the eight edition of Film Southasia to be held from September 29-October 2, 2011 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Film Southasia is a biennial festival of documentaries organized in Nepal. Tickets are available for Rs. 50 at the venue of the festival Kumari Cinema, Kathmandu.

The films at the festival will be judged by a three-member South-asian jury and the best film will be awarded the ‘Ram Bahadur Trophy’ for Best Film along with a citation and a cash prize of Usd 2,000. The second best film will be awarded a citation and cash prize of Usd 1,000 and the Best Debut Film will be awarded a citation and cash prize of Usd 1,000.

Journey to Yarsa (55 min) by Dipendra Bhandari of Nepal will be screened as the opening film of the festival.

An event called ‘Tareque Masud Memorial: A Dialogue’ will be conducted on the theme– ‘Documentary:...

Writer, director & producer: Amole Gupte, Cinematography: Amol Gole, Editing: Deepa Bhatia, Actors: Partho, Amole Gupte, Divya Dutta

Amole Gupte is an ambitious filmmaker and he makes no bones about it. To that effect, the beginning of the film is noteworthy. Gupte makes a reference to Indian cinema classics like Damle and Fattelal’s Sant Tukaram and Ghatak’s Meghe Dhaka Tara before claiming that he has attempted to enter the same league of Indian masters with Stanley Ka Dabba, a 100 years later!

The film begins with a beautiful animation by Gitanjali Rao, the same filmmaker whose animation films will screen in Cannes Critics Week and Cannes Film Market this year. Beauty and innocence run innately through the film, emerging from the children who feature in Stanley Ka Dabba. To extract such natural performances from children is an achievement on the part of the filmmaker. Or should they be called performances at all,...

Amol Gole

Amol Gole must be feeling like a magician at the moment, and the magic wand in his hand is a Dslr camera. After having shot successfully Amole Gupte’s Stanley Ka Dabba on a Canon 7D, he has gone on to shoot another Marathi film Gajjar on 7D and is now shooting a documentary on Canon 5D. The cinematographer talks about his discovery of the magic of Dslr a day before his film Stanley Ka Dabba hits the theatres…

Why is Stanley Ka Dabba shot on Canon 7D?

The film is shot on Canon 7D because the idea was to shoot the kids in the theatre and cinema sessions without causing any intrusion. The sessions were a regular activity and we were shooting them. We used a Canon 7D because the size was very small and we didn’t want to scare the kids.

So, how did the film come about?...

A behind the scenes look into the contemporary world of Bollywood movies and Bollywood stars. What?s hot, what?s not; how things work and who are the people pushing the buttons that make it work.–Udita Jhunjhunwala

The last few years have seen a surge in independent films with modest budgets and actors, as opposed to stars, in their cast making waves in Bollywood. Examples would stretch back to Khosla Ka Ghosla and forwards to Love, Sex Aur Dhokha, Udaan and last month?s release Shor in the City.

Shor in the City

The constrained budget of these films leaves limited resources for publicity and promotions. The producers certainly do not have surplus funds to ?buy? media and thereby influence public opinion. Over the last few years the trend has been for the directors and producers of these films to host multiple private screenings of their films weeks before release.

It is a well known fact that actor-filmmaker Amole Gupte was supposed to helm Taare Zameen Par, which eventually became Aamir Khan?s directorial debut. With Stanley Ka Dabba, which releases this Friday (May 13), Gupte convincingly proves that he would have been more than able to champion his earlier project.

The artist, writer, director, actor (who will be seen next in Bheja Fry 2) and now producer, Gupte talks to Udita Jhunjhunwala about the small film with a big heart.

Education and methods of learning are very important to both you and your wife, film editor Deepa Bhatia, right?

Education is not merely about rote learning and heavy schoolbags. We picked our son Partho?s school based on ideology and I immediately became secretary of the PTA, introducing art, theatre, poetry, thought-to-song workshops in the school. I went to a school where the principal was an art teacher and the Hindi...

Stanley Ka Dabba press event was held on Wednesday at Mehboob Studios, Mumbai. The school bell rang and the press conference begun. It was followed by Amole Gupte taking an attendance call. Stanley Ka Dabba first look trailer was unveiled by the guest at the event 'Vishal Bharadwaj'. The press event was held in Stanley's Class and the session was enjoyed by one and all.

This will be the first movie for Amol Gupte to be produced under his banner Amol Gupte Cinema Pvt. Ltd. Its Executive producer and editor is Deepa Bhatia. Amol Gole is the director of photography, Dwarak Warrior and Madhu Apsara are responsible for sound design, Coleen Khan for styling and Nyla Masood for costumes. The composition of the music is by a new person whom Amol Gupte will introduce later. The stars in the movie are Divya Dutta, Raj Zutshi, Rahul Singh, Divya Jagdal, Aditya Lakhia,...

Shah Rukh Khan.s .My Name Is Khan. leads the 6th Chevrolet Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards nomination list with 13 nominations followed by Salaman Khan-starrer blockbuster .Dabangg., which is named in 10 categories.Shah Rukh and Salman are competing with each other for the best actor trophy and both the movies will also vie for best film honour.Other actors competing for the best actor gong are Ajay Devgn (.Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai.), Hrithik Roshan (.Guzaarish.), and Ranbir Kapoor (.Raajneeti.).In the best film category other nominations are .Raajneeti., .Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai., .Band Baaja Baaraat. and .Ishqiya...Dabangg. is also nominated for best dialogue for Abhinav Singh Kashyap and Dilip Shukla; best choreography for Farah Khan for .Munni Badnam. and Mamta Shrama has got the best female singer nomination for the same song; best music for Sajid-Wajid; best lyrics for Faiz Anwar for the...

After writing the sensitive Taare Zameen Par, Amole Gupte was next seen as an actor in Vishal Bhardwaj's Kaminey. His role of the crooked politician 'Bhope Bhau' fetched him a lot of acclaim from the critics and the masses. Since then, while Amole has been acting in films such as the soon to be released Phas Gaye Re Obama, what's keeping him busier is his home production and directorial venture Stanley Ka Dabba. Speaking exclusively to Bollywood Hungama, Amole reveals, "Stanley Ka Dabba is an emotional drama about children's tiffin boxes. It's my next directorial venture which I have also written and is even the first film produced by me under my banner Amole Gupte Cinema Pvt. Ltd." Commenting on the cast of the film, Amole says, "Stanley Ka Dabba stars around 250 children most of who have been a part of the workshops conducted by us. Besides the children,...

After writing the sensitive Taare Zameen Par, Amole Gupte was next seen as an actor in Vishal Bhardwaj's Kaminey. His role of the crooked politician 'Bhope Bhau' fetched him a lot of acclaim from the critics and the masses. Since then, while Amole has been acting in films such as the soon to be released Phas Gaye Re Obama, what's keeping him busier is his home production and directorial venture Stanley Ka Dabba. Speaking exclusively to Bollywood Hungama, Amole reveals, "Stanley Ka Dabba is an emotional drama about children's tiffin boxes. It's my next directorial venture which I have also written and is even the first film produced by me under my banner Amole Gupte Cinema Pvt. Ltd." Commenting on the cast of the film, Amole says, "Stanley Ka Dabba stars around 250 children most of who have been a part of the workshops conducted by us. Besides the children,...

Laxmikant Shetgaonkar’s The Man Beyond The Bridge (Paltadacho Munis) won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the 8th Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. Dilip Mehta’s Cooking With Stella receiving an Honorable Mention in the category.

Nishta Jain’s At My Doorstep was named winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary and Deepa Bhatia’s Nero’S Guests received Honorable Mention. Ritesh Batra’s Gareeb Nawaz’S Taxi won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film with Anjoo Khosla’s Wahid’S Mobile Bookstore receiving an Honorable Mention.

Audience Choice Awards went to Paresh Mokashi’s Harishchandrachi Factory for Narrative, Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s The Sun Behind The Clouds: Tibet’S Struggle For Freedom for Documentary and Terrie Samundra’s Kunjo for the Short Film category.

This summer "My Name Is Khan" will be playing for a non-nri audience in theatres across the Us.

And the version of "Mnik" that American audiences will get to see will be different from the original film released so far in India and overseas for the Nri audiences.

Shah Rukh Khan confirms this decision to shorten the film for American audiences.

"Yes, we are cutting the length of the film for the American audience. Their requirements are different from the traditional audience for Hindi cinema. We're in this way extending the life span of a Hindi film with first a worldwide release for Indian audiences and then phased out releases for non-Indian audiences," he told Ians.

Film director Karan Johar said: "Yes, the version for Americans will be shorter though not radically different. We've left the American version's editing to the film's editor Deepa Bhatia. She is experienced and versatile...

This summer, My Name Is Khan (Mnik) will be playing for a non-nri audience in theatres across the Us. The version of Mnik that American audiences will get to see will be different from the one released so far in India and overseas for Nri audiences.Confirms Shah Rukh Khan, .Yes, we are cutting down the length of the film for the American audience. Their requirements are different from the traditional audience for Hindi cinema. We.re in this way extending the life span of a Hindi film with first a worldwide release for Indian audiences and then phased out releases for non-Indian audiences..Says the film director Karan Johar, .Yes, the version for Americans will be shorter though not radically different. We.ve left the American version.s editing to the film.s editor Deepa Bhatia. She understands what would be palatable to American audiences. She has edited films for everyone,...

Russian director Alexander Gutman’s August 17 won the Golden Conch for the Best Documentary, while The Spell directed by Umesh Kulkarni was adjudged the Best Fiction film at the 11th Mumbai International Film Festival of Documentary, Animation and Short Films, which concluded at Ncpa, in Mumbai today.

The Jury didn’t find any documentary suitable for the Golden Conch in the Best Documentary film / video (Upto 30 mins) category. The Silver Conch and Rs.1,50,000 in the same category was shared between I Found A Thread by Tangella Madhavi of India and Vagabond- A Nomad In Spirit & In Reality by Mahvish Rahman, Priya Thuvassery, Swati Bhattacharya & Tulika of Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi.

There was a Jury Special Mention for two films, Nero’s Guests by Deepa Bhatia and Anwar – Dream of a Dark Night byAnwar Jamal.

Golden Conch and Rs.3,00,000 in Best Documentary film / video (Above 30 Mins) went to 17 August by Alexander Gutman of Russia.