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On June 13, The Walt Disney Company passed on the opportunity to renew its streaming rights to Indian Premier League cricket. Investors and analysts largely cheered that decision, deeming the rights to the most popular sport in the world’s second-most populous nation, which ultimately sold at auction for 2.6 billion for a period of five years, simply too pricey given the relatively low revenues per user in the Indian marketplace.
But as Disney let the cricket rights go, a formidable new competitor stepped in to snap them up — Viacom18, a joint venture entertainment firm formed between Reliance Industries, operator of India’s largest telecom company, Jio; Paramount Global; and Bodhi Tree Systems, an investment vehicle backed by media industry veterans James Murdoch and Uday Shankar. (Reliance Industries has a 51 percent stake in the venture, while Bodhi Tree Systems has 40 percent and Paramount Global has 9 percent.
On June 13, The Walt Disney Company passed on the opportunity to renew its streaming rights to Indian Premier League cricket. Investors and analysts largely cheered that decision, deeming the rights to the most popular sport in the world’s second-most populous nation, which ultimately sold at auction for 2.6 billion for a period of five years, simply too pricey given the relatively low revenues per user in the Indian marketplace.
But as Disney let the cricket rights go, a formidable new competitor stepped in to snap them up — Viacom18, a joint venture entertainment firm formed between Reliance Industries, operator of India’s largest telecom company, Jio; Paramount Global; and Bodhi Tree Systems, an investment vehicle backed by media industry veterans James Murdoch and Uday Shankar. (Reliance Industries has a 51 percent stake in the venture, while Bodhi Tree Systems has 40 percent and Paramount Global has 9 percent.
- 6/21/2022
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Shape of international organisation unveiled after $71bn deal closes.
Several senior Fox executives will take on international management roles at Disney after the latter’s landscape-changing deal for the former closes.
Significantly for the UK, Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa president Jan Koeppen has been named president of television and direct-to-consumer for at Disney Emea.
He will report to Rebecca Campbell, who will continue to lead Disney Emea while adding responsibilities for Russia and the Cis region.
She in turn will report to Disney international and direct-to-consumer chairman Kevin Mayer, who has also named the leadership in Asia and Latin America.
Several senior Fox executives will take on international management roles at Disney after the latter’s landscape-changing deal for the former closes.
Significantly for the UK, Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa president Jan Koeppen has been named president of television and direct-to-consumer for at Disney Emea.
He will report to Rebecca Campbell, who will continue to lead Disney Emea while adding responsibilities for Russia and the Cis region.
She in turn will report to Disney international and direct-to-consumer chairman Kevin Mayer, who has also named the leadership in Asia and Latin America.
- 12/14/2018
- by Jesse Whittock Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Shape of international organisation unveiled after $71bn deal closes.
Several senior Fox executives will take on international management roles at Disney after the latter’s landscape-changing deal for the former closes.
Significantly for the UK, Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa president Jan Koeppen has been named president of television and direct-to-consumer for at Disney Emea.
He will report to Rachel Campbell, who will continue to lead Disney Emea while adding responsibilities for Russia and the Cis region.
She in turn will report to Disney international and direct-to-consumer chairman Kevin Mayer, who has also named the leadership in Asia and Latin America.
Several senior Fox executives will take on international management roles at Disney after the latter’s landscape-changing deal for the former closes.
Significantly for the UK, Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa president Jan Koeppen has been named president of television and direct-to-consumer for at Disney Emea.
He will report to Rachel Campbell, who will continue to lead Disney Emea while adding responsibilities for Russia and the Cis region.
She in turn will report to Disney international and direct-to-consumer chairman Kevin Mayer, who has also named the leadership in Asia and Latin America.
- 12/14/2018
- by Jesse Whittock Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Rebecca Campbell, Diego Lerner and Uday Shankar are set to be Disney’s three key international chiefs when its deal for 21st Century Fox closes, the company announced Thursday.
Campbell will run the Europe, Middle East and Africa team under the new structure, which is conditional on the Fox deal closing. She also adds Russia and the Cis region to her portfolio. Campbell is a Disney veteran who relocated to London in 2017 to take the Emea role at the studio, replacing Diego Lerner, who had been in the role since 2009.
Lerner left London to return to his native Argentina and run Latin America for Disney. Under the reorganization plan unveiled Thursday, he will continue in that role and have oversight of the whole region.
Shankar, currently president of Fox Asia, will take the reins as president of Disney Asia Pacific. He is also chairman of the Star India pay-tv platform...
Campbell will run the Europe, Middle East and Africa team under the new structure, which is conditional on the Fox deal closing. She also adds Russia and the Cis region to her portfolio. Campbell is a Disney veteran who relocated to London in 2017 to take the Emea role at the studio, replacing Diego Lerner, who had been in the role since 2009.
Lerner left London to return to his native Argentina and run Latin America for Disney. Under the reorganization plan unveiled Thursday, he will continue in that role and have oversight of the whole region.
Shankar, currently president of Fox Asia, will take the reins as president of Disney Asia Pacific. He is also chairman of the Star India pay-tv platform...
- 12/13/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Disney has reorganized its international business ahead of its pending acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox. The Hollywood studio has revealed the executives from both Disney and Fox that will lead its global units.
Rebecca Campbell, who currently serves as President, The Walt Disney Company Emea, will continue in this role with added oversight of Russia and Cis. Diego Lerner, who currently serves as President, The Walt Disney Company Latin America, will lead the Lat Am business and Uday Shankar, who currently serves as President, 21st Century Fox, Asia, and Chairman and CEO of Star India, will become Chairman, Star and Disney India, and President, The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific.
Long-serving Disney exec Janice Marinelli will serve as President, Global Content Sales and Distribution.
No word on any departures as yet per Disney’s official announcement.
Campbell, Lerner, Marinelli and Shankar will report to Kevin Mayer, Chairman of The Walt...
Rebecca Campbell, who currently serves as President, The Walt Disney Company Emea, will continue in this role with added oversight of Russia and Cis. Diego Lerner, who currently serves as President, The Walt Disney Company Latin America, will lead the Lat Am business and Uday Shankar, who currently serves as President, 21st Century Fox, Asia, and Chairman and CEO of Star India, will become Chairman, Star and Disney India, and President, The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific.
Long-serving Disney exec Janice Marinelli will serve as President, Global Content Sales and Distribution.
No word on any departures as yet per Disney’s official announcement.
Campbell, Lerner, Marinelli and Shankar will report to Kevin Mayer, Chairman of The Walt...
- 12/13/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Uday Shankar is coming over from Fox to lead Disney’s India and Asia Pacific regions as part of a Mouse House international reorg in anticipation of its 21st Century Fox acquisition closing.
Additionally, Rebecca Campbell will keep her post atop the Emea region and add Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (Cis) to her oversight. Diego Lerner will continue to run the company’s Latin America markets. Both have president-level titles in their respective territories.
As part of the overseas shakeup, Shankar will become chairman of Star and Disney India, and president of The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific. Additionally, Janice Marinelli will serve as Disney’s president, global content sales and distribution.
Also Read: Disney Hits $7 Billion at Global Box Office for Second Time in 3 Years
“The planned restructuring of our business units outside of the U.S. will result in a stronger, more agile organization, one...
Additionally, Rebecca Campbell will keep her post atop the Emea region and add Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (Cis) to her oversight. Diego Lerner will continue to run the company’s Latin America markets. Both have president-level titles in their respective territories.
As part of the overseas shakeup, Shankar will become chairman of Star and Disney India, and president of The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific. Additionally, Janice Marinelli will serve as Disney’s president, global content sales and distribution.
Also Read: Disney Hits $7 Billion at Global Box Office for Second Time in 3 Years
“The planned restructuring of our business units outside of the U.S. will result in a stronger, more agile organization, one...
- 12/13/2018
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Disney has set the post-merger leadership team for its international group.
Kevin Mayer, recently appointed chairman of Disney's newly created direct-to-consumer and international division, has named his key deputies who will oversee the Disney brand abroad.
Staying in their current roles are Rebecca Campbell, president of Emea at Disney, who will also add oversight of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States to her purview, and Diego Lerner, who serves as president of Latin America at Disney. Uday Shankar, president of 21st Century Fox Asia and chairman and CEO of Star India, will become chairman of Star and ...
Kevin Mayer, recently appointed chairman of Disney's newly created direct-to-consumer and international division, has named his key deputies who will oversee the Disney brand abroad.
Staying in their current roles are Rebecca Campbell, president of Emea at Disney, who will also add oversight of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States to her purview, and Diego Lerner, who serves as president of Latin America at Disney. Uday Shankar, president of 21st Century Fox Asia and chairman and CEO of Star India, will become chairman of Star and ...
- 12/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Disney has set the post-merger leadership team for its international group.
Kevin Mayer, recently appointed chairman of Disney's newly created direct-to-consumer and international division, has named his key deputies who will oversee the Disney brand abroad.
Staying in their current roles are Rebecca Campbell, president of Emea at Disney, who will also add oversight of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States to her purview, and Diego Lerner, who serves as president of Latin America at Disney. Uday Shankar, president of 21st Century Fox Asia and chairman and CEO of Star India, will become chairman of Star and ...
Kevin Mayer, recently appointed chairman of Disney's newly created direct-to-consumer and international division, has named his key deputies who will oversee the Disney brand abroad.
Staying in their current roles are Rebecca Campbell, president of Emea at Disney, who will also add oversight of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States to her purview, and Diego Lerner, who serves as president of Latin America at Disney. Uday Shankar, president of 21st Century Fox Asia and chairman and CEO of Star India, will become chairman of Star and ...
- 12/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Challenging stereotypes of India and South Asia, and wrestling with some very hard issues the 7th Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival returns this Summer.
The Director of the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival, Cary Rajinder Sawhney states,”We aim to showcase films that entertain but challenge and make one think about the many social issues happening in India today, and that includes many positive changes including the fact that so many emerging Indian women filmmakers who are producing world-class films that are giving their male counterparts a serious run for their money.”
The diverse programme of brand new features, documentaries and shorts includes seven films directed by power-packed women filmmakers that give the Bechdel Test a run for its money, including the Thelma and Louise-esque opening night buddy movie, Parched, set in the desert villages of India’s Gujarat (female director Leena Yadav and Producer and Bollywood star Ajay Devgn, is expected). Double Oscar® winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, introduces her punch in the guts, documentary, A Girl In The River – The Price of Forgiveness.
With a strong Lgbtq+ following, the festival proudly hosts its first Transgender movie based on an empowering true story – I am Not He…She, at BFI Southbank, supported by Mac Cosmetics and Sun Mark Ltd, amongst others. Bangalore Director Bs Lingadevaru, is expected.
Reflecting the linguistic diversity of UK’s South Asian communities, the carefully curated programme will include 15 major languages, including films from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. All films are English subtitled.
This celebration of Indian regional diversity includes a very rare on-stage Q&A at BFI Southbank with one of South India’s greatest ever superstars – Kamal Haasan, who moved from child actor to Tamil cinema star, to produce, write and direct some of India’s most acclaimed features, including many Bollywood hits. He is adored by millions of fans, worldwide.
The closing night gala, is the world premiere of the incredibly moving and intense Toba Tek Singh, which focuses on patients locked in a Punjabi mental health hospital during the Partition (legendary director Ketan Mehta, is expected).
Sri Lankan breakout filmmakers Kalpana & Vindana Ariyawansa explore the taboo subject of obsessive compulsive disorder (Ocd) in a very personal family drama Dirty, Yellow, Darkness, while at the Ica, Director Jayaraj from Kerala, presents the Berlinale Crystal-Bear winner, Ottaal (The Trap), a heart-wrenching drama, based on the roots of child slave labour.
On a lighter note the festival also celebrates two icons of cinema with on-stage interviews with Satyajit Ray’s favourite actress Sharmila Tagore from Kolkata and the only Indian filmmaker to truly cross from Bollywood to Hollywood – Shekhar Kapur, who will discuss his plans for Elizabeth 3. Let’s hope that Cate Blanchett continues her reign in this expected sequel.
Also in the line-up is a special screening of the risque film Brahman Naman, directed by India’s leading indie director Q, the hilarious coming-of-age comedy is exclusive to Netflix. The Mumbai music industry focused Jugni, shows that love and a damn-good Punjabi song, can conquer even the toughest hearts (female director, Shefali Bhushan, is expected).
As well as synchronous screenings in London and Birmingham from 14-24 July, the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival goes live on digital, with the festival showing a selection of films on BFI Player into the Autumn.
Festival Patron Tony Matharu, who is also our founding sponsor, from Grange Hotels, continues to support with full fervour, and the festival welcomes back supporters including title sponsor, the Bagri Foundation, who share our passion for South Asian arts and culture. The British Film Institute and Cineworld Cinemas have supported Liff since year one. The festival enjoys on-going essential support from major sponsor, Sun Mark Ltd.
Title Sponsor Alka Bagri of the Bagri Foundation says, “We are delighted to support such an incredible festival which reveals the richness of South Asian culture and offers a wonderful platform for emerging talent. This year’s programme epitomises the diversity and dynamism of South Asian cinema, and through films, debates and panel discussions, we will explore topical issues such as gender, identity, mental health and equality. We look forward to being joined by two acclaimed figures of Indian cinema: Kamal Haasan and Shekhar Kapur who will take us on their cinematic journey”.
Liff presents the prestigious annual Satyajit Ray Short Film Competition, in association with the Bagri Foundation, with a prize of £1,000 to the winning film. The short film programme screens at the Ica on Wednesday 20th July and the winning short will be announced at the closing night gala, on 21st July, at BFI Southbank. The festival continues in Birmingham, until 24th July.
Participating cinemas’ in London are: Cineworld (Haymarket, O2, Wandsworth, Wembley), BFI Southbank, Ica, Picture House Central, Crouch End Picturehouse, East London’s rustic Boleyn Cinema, with Cineworld Broad Street and Midland Arts Centre (Mac), in Birmingham.
Opening Night | Dual English Premiere: Parched
– Hindi with English subtitles | 117 min | India 2015 | Dir: Leena Yadav | with: Radhika Apte, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Surveen Chawla, Lehar Khan.
Director Leena Yadav tells a wonderfully joyous and inspiring tale of female comradery.
– Q&A with Director Leena Yadav and other special guests.
14 July | 18:00 | Cineworld Haymarket, London
15 July | 19:00 | Cineworld Broad Street, Birmingham
16 July | 17.30 | Cineworld Wembley, London
20 July | 20.40 | BFI Southbank, London
Closing Night | World Premiere: Toba Tek Singh
– Hindi / Punjabi with English subtitles | 75 min | India 2016 | Dir: Ketan Mehta | with: Pankaj Kapur, Vinay Pathak.
Acclaimed director Ketan Mehta delivers this unforgettably moving and at times joyous version of Manto’s legendary story, produced by the Zeal for Unity project.
– Q&A with Director Ketan Mehta and other special guests.
21 July | 18:00 | BFI Southbank, London
24 July | 18:00 | Cineworld Broad Street, Birmingham
– Icons from India, polymath Kamal Haasan (whose films have the highest number of Academy Award submissions from India), and director of the exquisite BAFTA & Oscar® winning Elizabeth & The Golden Age films, Shekhar Kapur, will give masterclasses at BFI Southbank, with the famous female scion of the Tagore family, who married into Indian royalty, Sharmila Tagore, speaking at the historic art deco cinema, Cineworld Haymarket.
– A 2016 highlight, is a rare opportunity to hear female filmmakers like Pakistan’s double Oscar®-winning Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Mumbai’s multi-award winning Leena Yadav, documentary filmmaker Rinku Kalsy and other special guests, talking about their unique careers and exploring commonalities of experience, with women filmmakers around the world.
– The UK premiere of the restored verison of the 1948 film Kalpana (Imagination), by the legandary dancer, Padma Vibhushan Uday Shankar (brother of the late Sitar stalwart Ravi Shankar), starring the legendary dancer and actress Padmini (Mera Naam Joker/Thillana Mohanambal), in her cinematic debut, gets a one off special screening in Birmingham.
– Winner of the best directing debut at the Venice Film Festival, the Hindi language film directed by Ruchika Oberoi, Island City, tells three stories, of a drone employee at a soulless corporation wins an office competition entitling him to a whole day of fun at the mall; a domineering head of a family who suffers a stroke and is on life support, and a woman who is leading a mechanical existence blossoms, when she gets a series of anonymous love letters.
– Actor, Leader, Hero, God. For his fans, the superstar Rajinikanth is all of these. Men from various generations alter their lives, sell their belongings, and place fandom above their families in devotion to the iconic actor, a man who has inspired a fanatic cult following across the world ranging from India to Japan. This is explored in the riveting documentary, For The Love Of A Man.
– Made under the Zeal for Unity India-Pakistan filmmaking initiative, Khaema mein matt jhankain (Don’t Peek Into The Tent) and Jeewan Hathi (Elephant In The Room) explore different facets of life in Pakistan. Tamil Naidu’s hottest young filmmaker M Manikandan returns to the festival, after last year’s hit Kaaka Muttai (Crow’s Egg), with the stylish, twisted plot thriller, with Kutrame Thandanai.
– The new tale by Kaushik Ganguly, one of West Bengal’s most accomplished directors, depicts a love-torn nostalgia for the passing age of film called Cinemawala, while Liff’s first Nepali screening is directed by new hot-property director Min Bahadur Bham, who has been delighting audiences around Europe with his film Kalo Pothi (The Black Hen).
– For more information on the festival please visit:
http://www.londonindianfilmfestival.co.uk
– The full festival programme for London and Birmingham:
http://londonindianfilmfestival.co.uk/programme.htm
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The Director of the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival, Cary Rajinder Sawhney states,”We aim to showcase films that entertain but challenge and make one think about the many social issues happening in India today, and that includes many positive changes including the fact that so many emerging Indian women filmmakers who are producing world-class films that are giving their male counterparts a serious run for their money.”
The diverse programme of brand new features, documentaries and shorts includes seven films directed by power-packed women filmmakers that give the Bechdel Test a run for its money, including the Thelma and Louise-esque opening night buddy movie, Parched, set in the desert villages of India’s Gujarat (female director Leena Yadav and Producer and Bollywood star Ajay Devgn, is expected). Double Oscar® winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, introduces her punch in the guts, documentary, A Girl In The River – The Price of Forgiveness.
With a strong Lgbtq+ following, the festival proudly hosts its first Transgender movie based on an empowering true story – I am Not He…She, at BFI Southbank, supported by Mac Cosmetics and Sun Mark Ltd, amongst others. Bangalore Director Bs Lingadevaru, is expected.
Reflecting the linguistic diversity of UK’s South Asian communities, the carefully curated programme will include 15 major languages, including films from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. All films are English subtitled.
This celebration of Indian regional diversity includes a very rare on-stage Q&A at BFI Southbank with one of South India’s greatest ever superstars – Kamal Haasan, who moved from child actor to Tamil cinema star, to produce, write and direct some of India’s most acclaimed features, including many Bollywood hits. He is adored by millions of fans, worldwide.
The closing night gala, is the world premiere of the incredibly moving and intense Toba Tek Singh, which focuses on patients locked in a Punjabi mental health hospital during the Partition (legendary director Ketan Mehta, is expected).
Sri Lankan breakout filmmakers Kalpana & Vindana Ariyawansa explore the taboo subject of obsessive compulsive disorder (Ocd) in a very personal family drama Dirty, Yellow, Darkness, while at the Ica, Director Jayaraj from Kerala, presents the Berlinale Crystal-Bear winner, Ottaal (The Trap), a heart-wrenching drama, based on the roots of child slave labour.
On a lighter note the festival also celebrates two icons of cinema with on-stage interviews with Satyajit Ray’s favourite actress Sharmila Tagore from Kolkata and the only Indian filmmaker to truly cross from Bollywood to Hollywood – Shekhar Kapur, who will discuss his plans for Elizabeth 3. Let’s hope that Cate Blanchett continues her reign in this expected sequel.
Also in the line-up is a special screening of the risque film Brahman Naman, directed by India’s leading indie director Q, the hilarious coming-of-age comedy is exclusive to Netflix. The Mumbai music industry focused Jugni, shows that love and a damn-good Punjabi song, can conquer even the toughest hearts (female director, Shefali Bhushan, is expected).
As well as synchronous screenings in London and Birmingham from 14-24 July, the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival goes live on digital, with the festival showing a selection of films on BFI Player into the Autumn.
Festival Patron Tony Matharu, who is also our founding sponsor, from Grange Hotels, continues to support with full fervour, and the festival welcomes back supporters including title sponsor, the Bagri Foundation, who share our passion for South Asian arts and culture. The British Film Institute and Cineworld Cinemas have supported Liff since year one. The festival enjoys on-going essential support from major sponsor, Sun Mark Ltd.
Title Sponsor Alka Bagri of the Bagri Foundation says, “We are delighted to support such an incredible festival which reveals the richness of South Asian culture and offers a wonderful platform for emerging talent. This year’s programme epitomises the diversity and dynamism of South Asian cinema, and through films, debates and panel discussions, we will explore topical issues such as gender, identity, mental health and equality. We look forward to being joined by two acclaimed figures of Indian cinema: Kamal Haasan and Shekhar Kapur who will take us on their cinematic journey”.
Liff presents the prestigious annual Satyajit Ray Short Film Competition, in association with the Bagri Foundation, with a prize of £1,000 to the winning film. The short film programme screens at the Ica on Wednesday 20th July and the winning short will be announced at the closing night gala, on 21st July, at BFI Southbank. The festival continues in Birmingham, until 24th July.
Participating cinemas’ in London are: Cineworld (Haymarket, O2, Wandsworth, Wembley), BFI Southbank, Ica, Picture House Central, Crouch End Picturehouse, East London’s rustic Boleyn Cinema, with Cineworld Broad Street and Midland Arts Centre (Mac), in Birmingham.
Opening Night | Dual English Premiere: Parched
– Hindi with English subtitles | 117 min | India 2015 | Dir: Leena Yadav | with: Radhika Apte, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Surveen Chawla, Lehar Khan.
Director Leena Yadav tells a wonderfully joyous and inspiring tale of female comradery.
– Q&A with Director Leena Yadav and other special guests.
14 July | 18:00 | Cineworld Haymarket, London
15 July | 19:00 | Cineworld Broad Street, Birmingham
16 July | 17.30 | Cineworld Wembley, London
20 July | 20.40 | BFI Southbank, London
Closing Night | World Premiere: Toba Tek Singh
– Hindi / Punjabi with English subtitles | 75 min | India 2016 | Dir: Ketan Mehta | with: Pankaj Kapur, Vinay Pathak.
Acclaimed director Ketan Mehta delivers this unforgettably moving and at times joyous version of Manto’s legendary story, produced by the Zeal for Unity project.
– Q&A with Director Ketan Mehta and other special guests.
21 July | 18:00 | BFI Southbank, London
24 July | 18:00 | Cineworld Broad Street, Birmingham
– Icons from India, polymath Kamal Haasan (whose films have the highest number of Academy Award submissions from India), and director of the exquisite BAFTA & Oscar® winning Elizabeth & The Golden Age films, Shekhar Kapur, will give masterclasses at BFI Southbank, with the famous female scion of the Tagore family, who married into Indian royalty, Sharmila Tagore, speaking at the historic art deco cinema, Cineworld Haymarket.
– A 2016 highlight, is a rare opportunity to hear female filmmakers like Pakistan’s double Oscar®-winning Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Mumbai’s multi-award winning Leena Yadav, documentary filmmaker Rinku Kalsy and other special guests, talking about their unique careers and exploring commonalities of experience, with women filmmakers around the world.
– The UK premiere of the restored verison of the 1948 film Kalpana (Imagination), by the legandary dancer, Padma Vibhushan Uday Shankar (brother of the late Sitar stalwart Ravi Shankar), starring the legendary dancer and actress Padmini (Mera Naam Joker/Thillana Mohanambal), in her cinematic debut, gets a one off special screening in Birmingham.
– Winner of the best directing debut at the Venice Film Festival, the Hindi language film directed by Ruchika Oberoi, Island City, tells three stories, of a drone employee at a soulless corporation wins an office competition entitling him to a whole day of fun at the mall; a domineering head of a family who suffers a stroke and is on life support, and a woman who is leading a mechanical existence blossoms, when she gets a series of anonymous love letters.
– Actor, Leader, Hero, God. For his fans, the superstar Rajinikanth is all of these. Men from various generations alter their lives, sell their belongings, and place fandom above their families in devotion to the iconic actor, a man who has inspired a fanatic cult following across the world ranging from India to Japan. This is explored in the riveting documentary, For The Love Of A Man.
– Made under the Zeal for Unity India-Pakistan filmmaking initiative, Khaema mein matt jhankain (Don’t Peek Into The Tent) and Jeewan Hathi (Elephant In The Room) explore different facets of life in Pakistan. Tamil Naidu’s hottest young filmmaker M Manikandan returns to the festival, after last year’s hit Kaaka Muttai (Crow’s Egg), with the stylish, twisted plot thriller, with Kutrame Thandanai.
– The new tale by Kaushik Ganguly, one of West Bengal’s most accomplished directors, depicts a love-torn nostalgia for the passing age of film called Cinemawala, while Liff’s first Nepali screening is directed by new hot-property director Min Bahadur Bham, who has been delighting audiences around Europe with his film Kalo Pothi (The Black Hen).
– For more information on the festival please visit:
http://www.londonindianfilmfestival.co.uk
– The full festival programme for London and Birmingham:
http://londonindianfilmfestival.co.uk/programme.htm
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- 6/14/2016
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Besides being a veteran actress- cum choreographer, Mamata Shankar also happens to be the daughter of the legendary dancers Uday Shankar and Amala Shankar. Mamata Shankar will soon be seen in Bollywood playing the role of Amitabh Bachchan's wife in Pink. Readers may know that Mamata Shankar has made her acting debut with Mrinal Sen's Mrigayaa (1976) which had Mithun Chakraborty as her co-star. Speaking about Pink, Mamata Shankar said that she was nervous shooting with Amitabh Bachchan, whom she had known since the late 1960s when he spent time in Kolkata. Even though she was offered a role in yet another Amitabh Bachchan starrer Te3n (film by Sujoy Ghosh), the makers reportedly never got back to her, even after the discussions and fixing the shoot schedule. Maybe that explains the reason of her being hesitant to give her nod to Pink, because of her previous bad experience with Te3n.
- 4/14/2016
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation is among the organsiations working with India’s Film Heritage Foundation on a film preservation workshop that kicks off this week (Feb 26-March 6).
Overseas partners also include The International Federation of Film Archives (Fiaf), George Eastman Museum, the Selznick School of Film Preservation and Italy’s L’Immagine Ritrovata. In addition to Film Heritage Foundation, established by Indian filmmaker Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, local organisers include the National Film Archive of India (Nfai) and Viacom18.
“The language of cinema is universal,” said Scorsese, announcing the workshop. “In a time of great divisions, conflicts, transformations, it’s really crucial to preserve and share our cultural patrimonies and to ensure that this universal language will speak to future generations around the world.”
The 10-day workshop, which will take place at Nfai’s headquarters in Pune, covers the technology and ethics involved in film preservation as India races to save its film heritage. “This is a unique...
Overseas partners also include The International Federation of Film Archives (Fiaf), George Eastman Museum, the Selznick School of Film Preservation and Italy’s L’Immagine Ritrovata. In addition to Film Heritage Foundation, established by Indian filmmaker Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, local organisers include the National Film Archive of India (Nfai) and Viacom18.
“The language of cinema is universal,” said Scorsese, announcing the workshop. “In a time of great divisions, conflicts, transformations, it’s really crucial to preserve and share our cultural patrimonies and to ensure that this universal language will speak to future generations around the world.”
The 10-day workshop, which will take place at Nfai’s headquarters in Pune, covers the technology and ethics involved in film preservation as India races to save its film heritage. “This is a unique...
- 2/23/2016
- by [email protected] (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
The world's biggest ballet star collaborated with an Indian art student in 1923 – and set a major dance career in motion
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Uday Shankar was a student at the Royal College of Art in London when, in 1923, he was summoned to a meeting with Anna Pavlova.
The great ballerina had become curious about Indian dance during a recent tour, and wanted to absorb something of it into her own repertory. She'd been informed that Shankar, while not a trained dancer himself, was something of an enthusiast, having grown up watching local folk dancing near his family home in Uttar Pradesh and court dancers at the palace of his father's employer, the Rajah of Jhalawar.
While that first meeting was almost an impulse on Pavlova's part, it launched a year-long association between her and the star-struck young Indian. Shankar was persuaded to abandon his art studies and join the ballerina's company,...
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Uday Shankar was a student at the Royal College of Art in London when, in 1923, he was summoned to a meeting with Anna Pavlova.
The great ballerina had become curious about Indian dance during a recent tour, and wanted to absorb something of it into her own repertory. She'd been informed that Shankar, while not a trained dancer himself, was something of an enthusiast, having grown up watching local folk dancing near his family home in Uttar Pradesh and court dancers at the palace of his father's employer, the Rajah of Jhalawar.
While that first meeting was almost an impulse on Pavlova's part, it launched a year-long association between her and the star-struck young Indian. Shankar was persuaded to abandon his art studies and join the ballerina's company,...
- 10/7/2013
- by Judith Mackrell
- The Guardian - Film News
A still from Fandry
The British Film Institute’s London Film Festival has picked 7 Indian films to screen in its 57th edition: Sniffer, Fandry, Jeevan Smriti, The Lunchbox, Kalpana, Siddharth and From Gulf To Gulf .
The festival will be held from October 9 to 20, 2013 and will screen over 300 films.
Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox is the only Indian film in the Official Competition section. An India/France/Germany co-production, the film revolves around a middle class housewife Ila who is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage and Saajan, a lonely man on the verge of retirement. Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui feature in lead roles. The film is due to see a country wide theatrical release on September 20, 2013.
Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Sniffer (Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa) and Richie Mehta’s Siddharth will screen under the Journey section.
Sniffer is the tale of a clumsy private detective Anwar.
The British Film Institute’s London Film Festival has picked 7 Indian films to screen in its 57th edition: Sniffer, Fandry, Jeevan Smriti, The Lunchbox, Kalpana, Siddharth and From Gulf To Gulf .
The festival will be held from October 9 to 20, 2013 and will screen over 300 films.
Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox is the only Indian film in the Official Competition section. An India/France/Germany co-production, the film revolves around a middle class housewife Ila who is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage and Saajan, a lonely man on the verge of retirement. Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui feature in lead roles. The film is due to see a country wide theatrical release on September 20, 2013.
Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Sniffer (Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa) and Richie Mehta’s Siddharth will screen under the Journey section.
Sniffer is the tale of a clumsy private detective Anwar.
- 9/5/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
When it comes to the coverage of the 66th Cannes Film Festival starting today, mainstream media outlets’ obsession with celebrities seems to be getting the better of them. Playboy Girl Sherlyn Chopra and Ameesha Patel and the likes are being written about with equal enthusiasm (quite often even higher) than the films and people who will actually represent India at Cannes 2013.
Cannes coverage of the Indian press is as ill-informed and misleading as it’s bizarre. Quite often the most talked about titles are those which don’t even feature in the selection while some have market screenings. It’s obvious that the festival coverage by the Indian mainstream media is driven by ignorance and publicists.
Here are some Cannes headlines from mainstream media:-
Rajinikanth takes Kochadaiyaan to Cannes Film Festival – Hindustran Times
Ameesha Patel’s all set for Cannes outing: The Times of India
Playboy girl Sherlyn Chopra on...
Cannes coverage of the Indian press is as ill-informed and misleading as it’s bizarre. Quite often the most talked about titles are those which don’t even feature in the selection while some have market screenings. It’s obvious that the festival coverage by the Indian mainstream media is driven by ignorance and publicists.
Here are some Cannes headlines from mainstream media:-
Rajinikanth takes Kochadaiyaan to Cannes Film Festival – Hindustran Times
Ameesha Patel’s all set for Cannes outing: The Times of India
Playboy girl Sherlyn Chopra on...
- 5/15/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
Recently, the 13th Annual New York Indian Film Festival (Nyiff) announced the lineup for their “100 Years of Indian Cinema” series presented by Incredible India! Ever since pioneer filmmaker D.G Phalke released his first feature film Raja Harishchandra on May 3, 1913, India has continued to be the most prolific and diverse film industry in the world. To mark the global celebration of 100 years of Indian Cinema, Nyiff is featuring an exceptionally compelling array of films preceding Cannes. The lineup includes three rarely seen masterpieces from different time periods, as well as two world-premiere documentaries that explore different facets of Indian filmmaking.
These classic films will celebrate recent efforts at film restoration, which are bringing some of India’s greatest cinematic treasures to an international audience. According to Film Festival Director Aseem Chhabra, “In the recent years, many scholars, film programmers and archivists have expressed deep concerns about the state of old Indian films.
These classic films will celebrate recent efforts at film restoration, which are bringing some of India’s greatest cinematic treasures to an international audience. According to Film Festival Director Aseem Chhabra, “In the recent years, many scholars, film programmers and archivists have expressed deep concerns about the state of old Indian films.
- 4/22/2013
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Still from Dekh Tamasha Dekh
The 13 New York Indian Film Festival will open with Feroze Abbas Khan’s political satire Dekh Tamasha Dekh and close with Nitin Kakkar’s Filmistaan. The festival will be held from April 30 – May 4, 2013.
This year the festival will screen 22 Indian features, all having their New York City premieres.
Khan’s 108 minute film Dekh Tamasha Dekh explores a country where bizarre is normal through a poor man in search for his religious identity. While Kakkar’s 117 minute film Filmistaan connects humans and cultures through cinema.
The festival will celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema with the screenings of Rudradeep Bhattacharjee’s The Human Factor, Jaideep Varma’s Baavra Mann, Kundan Shah’s Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, M S Sathyu’s Garam Hawa and Uday Shankar’s Kalpana. Whereas, Hansal Mehta’s Shahid will be presented under the Centrepiece section and Amit Gupta’s Jadoo under Special Screening.
The 13 New York Indian Film Festival will open with Feroze Abbas Khan’s political satire Dekh Tamasha Dekh and close with Nitin Kakkar’s Filmistaan. The festival will be held from April 30 – May 4, 2013.
This year the festival will screen 22 Indian features, all having their New York City premieres.
Khan’s 108 minute film Dekh Tamasha Dekh explores a country where bizarre is normal through a poor man in search for his religious identity. While Kakkar’s 117 minute film Filmistaan connects humans and cultures through cinema.
The festival will celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema with the screenings of Rudradeep Bhattacharjee’s The Human Factor, Jaideep Varma’s Baavra Mann, Kundan Shah’s Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, M S Sathyu’s Garam Hawa and Uday Shankar’s Kalpana. Whereas, Hansal Mehta’s Shahid will be presented under the Centrepiece section and Amit Gupta’s Jadoo under Special Screening.
- 4/6/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Still from Raja Harishchandra
The 19th Bradford International Film Festival will celebrate the centenary year of Indian Cinema with the screening of 12 Indian films. The festival will be held from April 11 – 21, 2013, across cities in the UK.
“100 years on, the 19th Bradford International Film Festival wishes Indian cinema a happy centenary by devoting a large chunk of our programming to this inexhaustibly fertile source of astonishing films,” said Tom Vincent and Neil Young, Co-Directors of the festival.
The festival has lined up a wide range of Indian films from Raja Harishchandra to Mumbai Cha Raja.
The line-up includes:
Dadasaheb Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra (1913),
Franz Osten’s India – UK – Germany production Prapancha Pash (1929),
Uday Shankar’s Kalpana (1948),
Mehboob Khan’s Mother India (1957) and Mughal-e-Azam (1957),
Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977),
Yash Chopra’s Silsila (1981),
Deepa Dhanraj’s Kya Hua Iss Shehar Ko? (1986),
Aditya Chopra’s Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995),
Sandeep Ray’s...
The 19th Bradford International Film Festival will celebrate the centenary year of Indian Cinema with the screening of 12 Indian films. The festival will be held from April 11 – 21, 2013, across cities in the UK.
“100 years on, the 19th Bradford International Film Festival wishes Indian cinema a happy centenary by devoting a large chunk of our programming to this inexhaustibly fertile source of astonishing films,” said Tom Vincent and Neil Young, Co-Directors of the festival.
The festival has lined up a wide range of Indian films from Raja Harishchandra to Mumbai Cha Raja.
The line-up includes:
Dadasaheb Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra (1913),
Franz Osten’s India – UK – Germany production Prapancha Pash (1929),
Uday Shankar’s Kalpana (1948),
Mehboob Khan’s Mother India (1957) and Mughal-e-Azam (1957),
Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977),
Yash Chopra’s Silsila (1981),
Deepa Dhanraj’s Kya Hua Iss Shehar Ko? (1986),
Aditya Chopra’s Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995),
Sandeep Ray’s...
- 3/12/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Bradford International Film Festival is typically an underground-friendly fest. This year appears to be no exception with two very special experimental film retrospectives, as well as a few modern underground-type flicks.
The 19th annual Biff will roll on April 11-21 at several locations around Bradford and Leeds in England, including the National Media Museum, Hebden Bridge Picture House, Hyde Park Picture House and other venues.
Biff is hosting a tribute to Stan Brakhage this year by screening the prolific filmmaker’s magnum opus, Dog Star Man, as well as a selection of his short films, from 1963′s legendary Mothlight to 1994′s Black Ice. There’s also going to be an epic-sized tribute/retrospective of experimental films from Austria, a country with a proud avant-garde filmmaking tradition that’s typically overlooked.
From Austria, Biff is, of course, screening two works from one of the experimental film world’s biggest masters,...
The 19th annual Biff will roll on April 11-21 at several locations around Bradford and Leeds in England, including the National Media Museum, Hebden Bridge Picture House, Hyde Park Picture House and other venues.
Biff is hosting a tribute to Stan Brakhage this year by screening the prolific filmmaker’s magnum opus, Dog Star Man, as well as a selection of his short films, from 1963′s legendary Mothlight to 1994′s Black Ice. There’s also going to be an epic-sized tribute/retrospective of experimental films from Austria, a country with a proud avant-garde filmmaking tradition that’s typically overlooked.
From Austria, Biff is, of course, screening two works from one of the experimental film world’s biggest masters,...
- 3/11/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Still from Kalpana
Stanley Ka Dabba, Arjun, Mumbai Cha Raja, One More and Kalpana will be screened at the 27th edition of Fribourg International Film Festival (Fiff), to be held from March 16-23, 2013 in Fribourg, Switzerland.
Stanley Ka Dabba, Arjun and Mumbai Cha Raja will screen under the FIFFamily In India section. The newly-introduced FIFFamily is a mini festival under Fiff for the attending parents and children. The section will screen three selected films from the same country.
One More will screen under the Genre Cinema: Escape to Victory! section and Kalpana will screen in the Hommage à World Cinema Foundation section.
The festival that will play host to 90 feature and 20 short films from 45 countries, will open with Karzan Kader’s Bekas and close with Wong Kar-wai’s The Grandmaster.
Amole Gupte’s Stanley Ka Dabba will make its Swiss premiere at the festival. Young Stanley, unlike his classmates, is...
Stanley Ka Dabba, Arjun, Mumbai Cha Raja, One More and Kalpana will be screened at the 27th edition of Fribourg International Film Festival (Fiff), to be held from March 16-23, 2013 in Fribourg, Switzerland.
Stanley Ka Dabba, Arjun and Mumbai Cha Raja will screen under the FIFFamily In India section. The newly-introduced FIFFamily is a mini festival under Fiff for the attending parents and children. The section will screen three selected films from the same country.
One More will screen under the Genre Cinema: Escape to Victory! section and Kalpana will screen in the Hommage à World Cinema Foundation section.
The festival that will play host to 90 feature and 20 short films from 45 countries, will open with Karzan Kader’s Bekas and close with Wong Kar-wai’s The Grandmaster.
Amole Gupte’s Stanley Ka Dabba will make its Swiss premiere at the festival. Young Stanley, unlike his classmates, is...
- 3/4/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
“After watching the film, he cried. I have never seen him so emotional. He is a man of very few words and rarely praises any work. He came to me and told me, “I am fine with the length.” That itself was high praise.”
P. K. Nair with Shivendra Singh Dungarpur after the screening of “Celluloid Man” in Mumbai Film Festival
A journey that started with attending Il Cinema Ritrovato (Cinema Rediscovered) festival in Italy came a full circle for Shivendra Singh Dungarpur when his film Celluloid Man premiered at the same festival in 2012. An archivist and Ftii-trained filmmaker, Dungarpur has made a significant contribution to Indian cinema by making a film on the work of P.K. Nair, the man who single-handedly built the national film archive. In an interview with DearCinema, Dungarpur reveals his discoveries and plans about preservation and restoration of Indian films:
How did it occur...
P. K. Nair with Shivendra Singh Dungarpur after the screening of “Celluloid Man” in Mumbai Film Festival
A journey that started with attending Il Cinema Ritrovato (Cinema Rediscovered) festival in Italy came a full circle for Shivendra Singh Dungarpur when his film Celluloid Man premiered at the same festival in 2012. An archivist and Ftii-trained filmmaker, Dungarpur has made a significant contribution to Indian cinema by making a film on the work of P.K. Nair, the man who single-handedly built the national film archive. In an interview with DearCinema, Dungarpur reveals his discoveries and plans about preservation and restoration of Indian films:
How did it occur...
- 12/13/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Amitabh Bachchan
The 18th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival will host a special section in the honour of Amitabh Bachchan. The festival will be inaugurated by Bachchan along with Shahrukh Khan.
Six of Bachchan starrer films: Saath Hindustani, Abhiman, Saudagar, Deewar, Black, and Cheeni Kum will be screened under the special section “Big Story” (Amitabh Bachchan).
The festival will run from 10th to 17th November, 2012. The eight day festival will host 170 films from 62 countries.
This year the festival will hold various special sections. Some of them are:
Centenary Tribute
This section will screen 13 films of Michelangelo Antonioni.
The Adventure (1960)
The Night (1961)
The Eclipse (1962)
The Red Desert (1964)
Identification of a Woman (1982)
People of the Po Valley (1947)
Lies of Love (1949)
Superstitions (1949)
Dustmen (1948)
Kumbha Mela (1989)
Roma 90 (1990)
Sicilia (1997)
Michelangelo Eye to Eye (2004)
200 Years Birth Anniversary Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby by Douglas McGrath
The Pickwick Papers by Noel Langley
100 Years Of Indian Cinema
Raja Harishchandra by D.
The 18th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival will host a special section in the honour of Amitabh Bachchan. The festival will be inaugurated by Bachchan along with Shahrukh Khan.
Six of Bachchan starrer films: Saath Hindustani, Abhiman, Saudagar, Deewar, Black, and Cheeni Kum will be screened under the special section “Big Story” (Amitabh Bachchan).
The festival will run from 10th to 17th November, 2012. The eight day festival will host 170 films from 62 countries.
This year the festival will hold various special sections. Some of them are:
Centenary Tribute
This section will screen 13 films of Michelangelo Antonioni.
The Adventure (1960)
The Night (1961)
The Eclipse (1962)
The Red Desert (1964)
Identification of a Woman (1982)
People of the Po Valley (1947)
Lies of Love (1949)
Superstitions (1949)
Dustmen (1948)
Kumbha Mela (1989)
Roma 90 (1990)
Sicilia (1997)
Michelangelo Eye to Eye (2004)
200 Years Birth Anniversary Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby by Douglas McGrath
The Pickwick Papers by Noel Langley
100 Years Of Indian Cinema
Raja Harishchandra by D.
- 11/3/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A n Open Forum was held on the 4th day of the 14th Mumbai Film Festival to discuss film preservation and restoration. On the panel were Schawn Belston, Senior Vice President and Executive Director of Film Preservation, Twentieth Century Fox; Margaret Bodde, Executive Director, The Film Foundation; Michael Pogorzelski, Director, Academy Film Archive; Kimball Thurston Reliance Media Works, La, Shivendra Dungarpur, Filmmaker and David Pozzi, Cineteca Bologna.
The discussion was moderated by Ian Birnie, a noted film historian. Amid discussions on the best way to go about preserving and restoring the films from the past and present, the forum was replete with the screening of clippings from the films that have been restored.
Filmmaker Dev Benegal and P.K. Nair, founder-director of National Film Archive of India, Pune were also present for the forum.
Michael Pogorzelski shared how the idea of restoring films started at the Academy. Satyajit Ray was...
The discussion was moderated by Ian Birnie, a noted film historian. Amid discussions on the best way to go about preserving and restoring the films from the past and present, the forum was replete with the screening of clippings from the films that have been restored.
Filmmaker Dev Benegal and P.K. Nair, founder-director of National Film Archive of India, Pune were also present for the forum.
Michael Pogorzelski shared how the idea of restoring films started at the Academy. Satyajit Ray was...
- 10/22/2012
- by Anita Thomas
- DearCinema.com
14th Mumbai Film Festival (Mff) announced its complete lineup today in a press conference. Mff will be held from October 18th to 25th at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (Ncpa) and Inox, Nariman Point, Liberty Cinemas, Marine Lines as the main festival venues and Cinemax, Andheri and Cinemax Sion as the satellite venues. Click here to watch trailers and highlights from the festival.
Here is the complete list of films to be screened during the festival (October 18-25)
International Competition for the First Feature Films of Directors
1. From Tuesday To Tuesday (De Martes A Martes)
Dir.: Gustavo Fernandez Triviño (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 111′)
2. The Last Elvis (El Último Elvis)
Dir.: Armando Bo (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 91′)
3. The Sapphires
Dir.: Wayne Blair (Australia / 2012 / Col. / 103′)
4. The Wall (Die Wand)
Dir.: Julian Pölsler (Austria-Germany / 2012 / Col. / 108′)
5. Teddy Bear (10 timer til Paradis)
Dir.: Mads Matthiesen (Denmark / 2012 / Col. / 93′)
6. Augustine
Dir.: Alice Winccour (France / 2012 / Col.
Here is the complete list of films to be screened during the festival (October 18-25)
International Competition for the First Feature Films of Directors
1. From Tuesday To Tuesday (De Martes A Martes)
Dir.: Gustavo Fernandez Triviño (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 111′)
2. The Last Elvis (El Último Elvis)
Dir.: Armando Bo (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 91′)
3. The Sapphires
Dir.: Wayne Blair (Australia / 2012 / Col. / 103′)
4. The Wall (Die Wand)
Dir.: Julian Pölsler (Austria-Germany / 2012 / Col. / 108′)
5. Teddy Bear (10 timer til Paradis)
Dir.: Mads Matthiesen (Denmark / 2012 / Col. / 93′)
6. Augustine
Dir.: Alice Winccour (France / 2012 / Col.
- 9/24/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Hollywood bigwig Martin Scorsese teaming up with Shivendra Singh Dungarpur to digitally enhance Uday Shankar's film Kalpana was big news last year. The film which was even screened at Cannes after restoration has however run into trouble post the legal hassles it faced over its Indian release. In fact it is now learnt that a restored print of the 1948 classic is apparently being held at a suburban location with the Customs, in a postal godown since the last three weeks. The restored film was scheduled to be handed over to National Film Archives of India (Nfai) in Pune. However, the reason behind this delay is the Custom department's apparent lethargic attitude towards the much- awaited parcel. Dungarpur alleges that despite having already cleared the dues stipulated by the authorities, he hasn't received the print. Adding that despite the package bearing the official chapa on it, the word 'restored' on...
- 7/23/2012
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Kalpana by Uday Shankar at Cannes Classics
Kalpana, made in 1948, literally means imagination; however, in its tone it is closer to a dream or even a nightmare. At times, these dreams are clearly marked while mostly they seamlessly merge into the narrative of a dancer who wants to set up his academy.
The plot is autobiographical. Uday Shankar ran his famous dance academy in the Himalayas. He closed the academy in late forties and started work on this film that took four years to complete. His assistants included Guru Dutt and sitar maestro Ravi Shankar while famous writer Amritlal Nagar wrote the Hindi dialogues.
Uday Shankar plays the lead named Udayan while his wife Amala plays the leading lady Uma in the film.
The film has a very complex narrative structure held together by many stories within it – Udayan and Uma’s love story, Udayan’s dream to set up his dance academy.
Kalpana, made in 1948, literally means imagination; however, in its tone it is closer to a dream or even a nightmare. At times, these dreams are clearly marked while mostly they seamlessly merge into the narrative of a dancer who wants to set up his academy.
The plot is autobiographical. Uday Shankar ran his famous dance academy in the Himalayas. He closed the academy in late forties and started work on this film that took four years to complete. His assistants included Guru Dutt and sitar maestro Ravi Shankar while famous writer Amritlal Nagar wrote the Hindi dialogues.
Uday Shankar plays the lead named Udayan while his wife Amala plays the leading lady Uma in the film.
The film has a very complex narrative structure held together by many stories within it – Udayan and Uma’s love story, Udayan’s dream to set up his dance academy.
- 5/20/2012
- by Bikas Mishra
- DearCinema.com
Amala Shankar at Cannes
Dance maestro Uday Shankar’s Kalpana and its leading lady Amala Shankar received a standing ovation at the 65th Cannes Film Festival. A digitally restored version of the film was screened here as part of Cannes Classics.
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation has digitally restored the film using a combined dupe negative and a positive print preserved at the National Film Archive of India (Nfai).
Amala Shankar, the wife of late director Uday Shankar was present at the screening. ‘This is my only film,’ she recalled, ‘I was born in a small thatched roof house in Bengal and now I feel I am a citizen of the world. France holds special importance for me as this is where I met my husband for the first time when I was eleven years old.’
A recorded introduction from Martin Scorsese preceded the screening. Uday Shankar, better known internationally than at home,...
Dance maestro Uday Shankar’s Kalpana and its leading lady Amala Shankar received a standing ovation at the 65th Cannes Film Festival. A digitally restored version of the film was screened here as part of Cannes Classics.
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation has digitally restored the film using a combined dupe negative and a positive print preserved at the National Film Archive of India (Nfai).
Amala Shankar, the wife of late director Uday Shankar was present at the screening. ‘This is my only film,’ she recalled, ‘I was born in a small thatched roof house in Bengal and now I feel I am a citizen of the world. France holds special importance for me as this is where I met my husband for the first time when I was eleven years old.’
A recorded introduction from Martin Scorsese preceded the screening. Uday Shankar, better known internationally than at home,...
- 5/18/2012
- by Bikas Mishra
- DearCinema.com
Breaking myths and telling you everything that you should know about Indian films at Cannes Film Festival 2012
Which are the Indian films at 65th Cannes Film Festival?
Miss Lovely by Ashim Ahluwalia in Un Certain Regard
Peddlers by Vasan Bala in 51st Cannes Critics Week
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 & 2 in Directors’ Fortnight
Kalpana by Uday Shankar in Cannes Classics
Project ‘The Untold Tale’ by Shivajee Chandrabhushan in L’Atelier
Are Cannes Critics Week and Directors’ Fortnight official selections?
No. They are parallel sections of the Cannes Film Festival.
Then what is official selection?
Cannes Film Festival official selection comprises of Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Special Screenings, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Classics and the Cinéfondation.
The most important of the official selection are the Competition and Un Certain Regard. Films that are representative of “arthouse cinema with a wide audience appeal” are presented in Competition, and Un Certain Regard...
Which are the Indian films at 65th Cannes Film Festival?
Miss Lovely by Ashim Ahluwalia in Un Certain Regard
Peddlers by Vasan Bala in 51st Cannes Critics Week
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 & 2 in Directors’ Fortnight
Kalpana by Uday Shankar in Cannes Classics
Project ‘The Untold Tale’ by Shivajee Chandrabhushan in L’Atelier
Are Cannes Critics Week and Directors’ Fortnight official selections?
No. They are parallel sections of the Cannes Film Festival.
Then what is official selection?
Cannes Film Festival official selection comprises of Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Special Screenings, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Classics and the Cinéfondation.
The most important of the official selection are the Competition and Un Certain Regard. Films that are representative of “arthouse cinema with a wide audience appeal” are presented in Competition, and Un Certain Regard...
- 5/16/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Mumbai, May 12: Revered dancer-choreographer Uday Shankar's 1948 classic "Kalpana" is set for screening at the 65th Cannes International Film Festival May 17, and his 94-year-old widow Amala is as excited as a child about attending the extravaganza.
"Kalpana", which features Uday Shankar and Amala, has been chosen for screening at the Cannes Classics 2012 programme, which showcases restored prints of masterpieces.
The movie has been restored by Martin Scorcese's film-restoration company.
It's a moment of great joy for the late dancer-actor's family. Daughter,.
"Kalpana", which features Uday Shankar and Amala, has been chosen for screening at the Cannes Classics 2012 programme, which showcases restored prints of masterpieces.
The movie has been restored by Martin Scorcese's film-restoration company.
It's a moment of great joy for the late dancer-actor's family. Daughter,.
- 5/12/2012
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
New Delhi, April 27: Well-known dancer and choreographer Uday Shankar's 1948 directorial debut "Kalpana" has been chosen for screening at the Cannes Classics 2012 programme, which showcases restored prints of masterpieces.
This takes the Indian count at Cannes to five this year.
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, whose three productions -- "Peddlers", "Gangs Of Wasseypur - Part 1" and "Gangs Of Wasseypur - Part 2" -- will be showcased at the fest, is elated with the Indian offerings heading to the cinematic jamboree next month.
"There is a fifth Indian film showing at Cannes. 'Kalpana' (1948) directed by Uday Shankar,.
This takes the Indian count at Cannes to five this year.
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, whose three productions -- "Peddlers", "Gangs Of Wasseypur - Part 1" and "Gangs Of Wasseypur - Part 2" -- will be showcased at the fest, is elated with the Indian offerings heading to the cinematic jamboree next month.
"There is a fifth Indian film showing at Cannes. 'Kalpana' (1948) directed by Uday Shankar,.
- 4/27/2012
- by Abhijeet Sen
- RealBollywood.com
Kalpana by Uday Shankar at Cannes Classics
Kalpana (1948) directed by Uday Shankar will be screened as part of Cannes Classics. The film has been restored by the World Cinema Foundation chaired by Martin Scorsese from a copy of the original negative preserved by the National Film Archive of India.
Kalpana is the only film written and directed by noted dancer Uday Shankar. It is a dance-drama revolving around a young dancer’s dream to set up a dance academy. The film featured Uday Shankar and his wife Amala Shankar in lead roles.
Cannes Film Festival created the Cannes Classics programme in 2004 to showcase restored prints of classic films and masterpieces of film history.
The Cannes Classics 2012 programme includes 13 feature films, two shorts, a mini-concert and four documentaries. All these films will be world premieres.
Some of the other films to be screened in this section are: Once Upon a time in America by Sergio Leone,...
Kalpana (1948) directed by Uday Shankar will be screened as part of Cannes Classics. The film has been restored by the World Cinema Foundation chaired by Martin Scorsese from a copy of the original negative preserved by the National Film Archive of India.
Kalpana is the only film written and directed by noted dancer Uday Shankar. It is a dance-drama revolving around a young dancer’s dream to set up a dance academy. The film featured Uday Shankar and his wife Amala Shankar in lead roles.
Cannes Film Festival created the Cannes Classics programme in 2004 to showcase restored prints of classic films and masterpieces of film history.
The Cannes Classics 2012 programme includes 13 feature films, two shorts, a mini-concert and four documentaries. All these films will be world premieres.
Some of the other films to be screened in this section are: Once Upon a time in America by Sergio Leone,...
- 4/27/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Looks like no day this week is going to go by without a big announcement from Cannes. Today's is the lineup for Cannes Classics, a program created in 2004 "showcasing restored prints of classic films and masterpieces of film history." From May 16 through 27, the program will be featuring "13 feature films, two shorts, a mini-concert and four documentaries. All these films will be world premieres."
Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America (1984). Running 245 minutes, this newly restored version with 25 minutes of additional scenes is based on Leone's original cut. "This restoration was requested by Martin Scorsese. The screening will be attended by Robert De Niro, Elizabeth McGovern, Jennifer Connelly, producer Arnon Milchan (which also has a small role in the film) and, of course, the Leone family."
Roman Polanski's Tess (1979). Polanski supervised the restoration and, with Nastassja Kinski, will attend the screening.
Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975). Newly restored in...
Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America (1984). Running 245 minutes, this newly restored version with 25 minutes of additional scenes is based on Leone's original cut. "This restoration was requested by Martin Scorsese. The screening will be attended by Robert De Niro, Elizabeth McGovern, Jennifer Connelly, producer Arnon Milchan (which also has a small role in the film) and, of course, the Leone family."
Roman Polanski's Tess (1979). Polanski supervised the restoration and, with Nastassja Kinski, will attend the screening.
Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975). Newly restored in...
- 4/26/2012
- MUBI
I love Marty’s films, as do many of you out there. His contribution to the medium of cinema via his own output is monumental as it is, but his involvement in the conservation and restoration of other people’s cinema is hugely magnanimous too. From Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard to Powell and Pressburger’s The Red Shoes to our very own Uday Shankar’s Kalpana. (I find it shameful that we being the largest film industry in the world cannot take care of our own cinematic heritage). StorytellingThroughout Scorsese’s films, one thing that is so blatantly notable is his use ...
- 5/27/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Martin Scorsese is my choice as this week's Orange of the Week. This year, it's the much neglected films from India's cinematic golden age that will be receiving a huge helping hand from the American master's World Cinema Foundation. - He might be known as a great filmmaker of classics might be best known as the responsible film buff/cinephiles. Martin Scorsese is my choice as this week's Orange of the Week. This year, it's the much neglected films from India's cinematic golden age that will be receiving a huge helping hand from the American master's World Cinema Foundation. Here are portions from last week's The Guardian report: Kalpana, a Hindi-language comedy-drama influenced by modernist trends in Europe, was directed by Uday Shankar, the elder brother of the famous Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and a pioneer of Indian modern dance. Released in 1948, the film starred Shankar and used dance,...
- 4/5/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Decades of heat and humidity damaged only known copy of 1948 release, and film was close to being lost forever
It was a masterpiece of India's cinematic golden age, a surreal blend of comedy and dance that told the story of a struggling writer's attempt to break into the movies. But decades of tropical heat and humidity severely damaged the only known copy of Kalpana, and the film was close to being lost forever.
Now it has found an unlikely saviour: Martin Scorsese. The American director's World Cinema Foundation, set up to preserve classics of film history around the globe, plans to start restoring the neglected classic within months.
News that the director of Mean Streets, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Goodfellas has thrown his weight behind the project provoked delight among south Asian film buffs.
Satish Kaushik, the respected Indian film actor and director, said: "I was really thrilled when...
It was a masterpiece of India's cinematic golden age, a surreal blend of comedy and dance that told the story of a struggling writer's attempt to break into the movies. But decades of tropical heat and humidity severely damaged the only known copy of Kalpana, and the film was close to being lost forever.
Now it has found an unlikely saviour: Martin Scorsese. The American director's World Cinema Foundation, set up to preserve classics of film history around the globe, plans to start restoring the neglected classic within months.
News that the director of Mean Streets, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Goodfellas has thrown his weight behind the project provoked delight among south Asian film buffs.
Satish Kaushik, the respected Indian film actor and director, said: "I was really thrilled when...
- 4/5/2010
- by Jason Burke
- The Guardian - Film News
Click above for event stills The last and final day at Ficci Frames didn't turn out to be as hectic and loaded with seminars as the previous ones, but certainly had quite a few high-profile dignitaries as speakers. It's safe to say it turned out to be a star studded finale of the three day event. Here are the highlights. A panel discussion on 'User Generated Content' was an apt one following the discussions over evolving digital technologies over the past two days. The discussion was moderated by Neeraj Roy, CEO & MD, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, had a panel of senior executives from technology developers and content providers - discussing the impact user generated content will have on different mediums. The panel also discussed the room for growth in this arena and the technological advancements that need to hand-in-hand to support content creation. Like the previous two days, there was...
- 3/19/2010
- by Money Sharma and Sahirr Sethhi
- BollywoodHungama
Click above for event stills The last and final day at Ficci Frames didn't turn out to be as hectic and loaded with seminars as the previous ones, but certainly had quite a few high-profile dignitaries as speakers. It's safe to say it turned out to be a star studded finale of the three day event. Here are the highlights. A panel discussion on 'User Generated Content' was an apt one following the discussions over evolving digital technologies over the past two days. The discussion was moderated by Neeraj Roy, CEO & MD, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, had a panel of senior executives from technology developers and content providers - discussing the impact user generated content will have on different mediums. The panel also discussed the room for growth in this arena and the technological advancements that need to hand-in-hand to support content creation. Like the previous two days, there was...
- 3/19/2010
- by Money Sharma and Sahirr Sethhi
- BollywoodHungama
Mamata Shankar has claimed that she feels guilty that she has not encouraged Martin Scorsese to remake Kalpana. The actress, who has just finished shooting Bengali movie Abohoman, also said that she had been busy but wanted the director to restore her father Uday Shankar's film. "He [Scorsese] has indeed been very interested," she told Real Bollywood. "I've not been able to keep up the communication with Martin as much as I'd like to. I'm (more)...
- 2/17/2010
- by By Will Astbury
- Digital Spy
Mumbai, Feb 17 – American filmmaker Martin C. Scorsese has shown a keen interest in revising and restoring legendary choreographer Uday Shankar’s film Kalpana, the dancer’s daughter and actor Mamata Shankar has said.
However, Mamata confesses she has not been as swift and professional in her dealings with Scorsese as she should have.
‘He has indeed been very interested. But I’ve not been able to keep up the communication with Martin as much as I’d.
However, Mamata confesses she has not been as swift and professional in her dealings with Scorsese as she should have.
‘He has indeed been very interested. But I’ve not been able to keep up the communication with Martin as much as I’d.
- 2/17/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Martin Scorsese has shown keen interest in revising and restoring Mamata Shankar's legendary father Uday Shankar's film Kalpana. Sheepishly Mamata confesses she has been not as swift and professional in her dealings with Martin Scorsese as she should have. "He has indeed been very interested. But I've not been able to keep up the communication with Martin as much as I'd like to. I'm so busy with many different things. Apart from looking after my family and work I also have a mother (former danseuse Amala Shankar) who is over 90. All this is no excuse for putting behind a project as important as a restoration of my father's film." Mamata now intends to interact seriously with Martin Scorsese and get the restoration work off the ground. "I feel it's a great responsibility that has been put forward for me. I can't thank Martin Scorsese enough for taking such keen interest in Kalpana.
- 2/17/2010
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Martin Scorsese has shown keen interest in revising and restoring Mamata Shankar's legendary father Uday Shankar's film Kalpana. Sheepishly Mamata confesses she has been not as swift and professional in her dealings with Martin Scorsese as she should have. "He has indeed been very interested. But I've not been able to keep up the communication with Martin as much as I'd like to. I'm so busy with many different things. Apart from looking after my family and work I also have a mother (former danseuse Amala Shankar) who is over 90. All this is no excuse for putting behind a project as important as a restoration of my father's film." Mamata now intends to interact seriously with Martin Scorsese and get the restoration work off the ground. "I feel it's a great responsibility that has been put forward for me. I can't thank Martin Scorsese enough for taking such keen interest in Kalpana.
- 2/17/2010
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
February 17, 2010: Martin Scorsese has shown keen interest in revising and restoring Mamata Shankar’s legendary father Uday Shankar’s film ‘Kalpana’.
Sheepishly Mamata confesses she has been not as swift and professional in her dealings with Martin Scorsese as she should have. “He has indeed been very interested. But I’ve not been able to keep up the communication with Martin as much as I’d like to. I’m so busy with many different things. Apart from looking after my family and work I also have a mother (former danseuse Amala Shankar) who is over 90. All this.
Sheepishly Mamata confesses she has been not as swift and professional in her dealings with Martin Scorsese as she should have. “He has indeed been very interested. But I’ve not been able to keep up the communication with Martin as much as I’d like to. I’m so busy with many different things. Apart from looking after my family and work I also have a mother (former danseuse Amala Shankar) who is over 90. All this.
- 2/17/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Hong Kong -- Some 30% of staff in Hong Kong will leave Star TV as a result of News Corp.'s reshuffling of its broadcast businesses in Asia.
The announcement made Tuesday by James Murdoch, News Corp.'s chairman and CEO in Europe and Asia, confirmed previous reports that the conglomerate will dismantle Star's Asian regional business that has been based in Hong Kong since 1991.
Star's CEO Paul Aiello is exiting as part of the breakup and will quit the company in December after a hand over period. COO Laureen Ong's departure this month was announced in July.
The group will be replaced by two local clusters -- Star India and Star Greater China -- and a channel management business that is merged into the existing Fox International Channels business in Asia.
"The changes will take place over the next year, with much being accomplished by the end of this fiscal year,...
The announcement made Tuesday by James Murdoch, News Corp.'s chairman and CEO in Europe and Asia, confirmed previous reports that the conglomerate will dismantle Star's Asian regional business that has been based in Hong Kong since 1991.
Star's CEO Paul Aiello is exiting as part of the breakup and will quit the company in December after a hand over period. COO Laureen Ong's departure this month was announced in July.
The group will be replaced by two local clusters -- Star India and Star Greater China -- and a channel management business that is merged into the existing Fox International Channels business in Asia.
"The changes will take place over the next year, with much being accomplished by the end of this fiscal year,...
- 8/18/2009
- by By Patrick Frater and Karen Chu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
India's Star promotes Shankar, Kumar
NEW DELHI -- News Corp.'s Star network has promoted executives Uday Shankar and Jagdish Kumar to CEO and COO, respectively.
The announcement Thursday was made by Hong Kong-based Star CEO Paul Aiello, who was serving as interim CEO of Star India following the January departure of senior executives Peter Mukerjea, CEO Star Group India, and Sameer Nair, CEO of STAR Entertainment India (HR 1/22). Both positions were subsequently discontinued.
Mumbai-based Shankar joined Star India as COO in May from the network's news broadcasting joint venture Media Content & Communications Services, where he had been CEO for three years. MCCS is a joint venture between Indian media group Ananda Bazar Patrika Group and Star, which runs Hindi news channel Star News.
Following his promotion to Star India CEO, Shankar will now be responsible for Star's overall business in India, reporting to Aiello.
Kumar, currently Star senior vp finance, based in Hong Kong, will join Star India as COO and relocate to Mumbai.
The announcement Thursday was made by Hong Kong-based Star CEO Paul Aiello, who was serving as interim CEO of Star India following the January departure of senior executives Peter Mukerjea, CEO Star Group India, and Sameer Nair, CEO of STAR Entertainment India (HR 1/22). Both positions were subsequently discontinued.
Mumbai-based Shankar joined Star India as COO in May from the network's news broadcasting joint venture Media Content & Communications Services, where he had been CEO for three years. MCCS is a joint venture between Indian media group Ananda Bazar Patrika Group and Star, which runs Hindi news channel Star News.
Following his promotion to Star India CEO, Shankar will now be responsible for Star's overall business in India, reporting to Aiello.
Kumar, currently Star senior vp finance, based in Hong Kong, will join Star India as COO and relocate to Mumbai.
- 10/26/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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