Dibakar Banerjee left on Tuesday for the Melbourne International Film Festival where Love Sex Aur Dhokha is being screened in a special section called ‘Not Quite Hollywood’, he regrets not having his producer Ekta Kapoor along. Immersed in the release of her new film Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Ekta has regrettably given the a honour a...

Each year there is a new breed of filmmakers who impress us with their sheer ability to narrate a story convincingly. Vikramaditya Motwane, director of this week’s critically acclaimed film Udaan, is yet another addition to the list of young and talented filmmakers. Vikramaditya’s very first film Udaan managed to make it to the prestigious...

The Ash clouds that brought Europe to a standstill might have also affected Amitabh Bachchan’s visit to Poland back then, when he was invited as a chief guest at the International Film Festival of Independent cinema. But as a result of that, the ambassador of Poland did get to visit Mr. Bachchan at his residence Pratiksha in Mumbai city. After...

If buzz is to be believed, Sameera Reddy is one of the many surprises that this week’s release Red Alert – The War Within has to offer. Though the film has been ready for a while and making rounds of the festival circuits, Sameera Reddy has been patiently waiting for the response to this film back home in India. Based on the Naxal movement...

Anant Mahadevan directed Red Alert – The War Within has made people sit up and take notice worldwide. In last year’s Stuttgart Film Festival 2009, this drama about the naxalite movement in India had received a standing ovation after it was screened as the closing film of the festival. Not just that, it was also hailed by international critics...

The London INDIAN Film Festival launches begins on July 15 By devansh patel The London Indian Film Festival launches from July 15- 20 in London with a range of cutting-edge movies from some of India’s hottest independent talents, we aren’t talking Bollywood here, but films that challenge, make you think and show a more realistic view of...

Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B Entertainment, under its Creative Partnership with Reliance BIG Entertainment, have acquired the screen rights to Tom Rachman’s novel, The Imperfectionists, which was published this spring by Dial Press. The Imperfectionists centres on the quirky, maddening, endearing people who write and read an international...

Indian Film Festival of London are honouring Vidhu Vinod Chopra with a Retrospective, screening An Encounter With Faces (1978); Parinda (1989); 1942: A Love Story (1993); Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007). Closing of the festival will happen with a charity screening of 3 Idiots and the proceeds will go UNICEF. The Retrospective will be accompanied by...

Amar Mohile, one of the leading background music composers who has done a lot of Ram Gopal Varma films like Rann, Sarkar Raj, Sarkar, Naach, Road, Agyaat, Vaastushastra, Nishabd and Contract besides Acid Factory, Ek Chalis Ki Last Local, Musafir, Luck, Love Story 2050, Shootout At Lokhandwala, Dus Kahaniyan, Mission Istaanbul and many more, has been...

Mallika Sherawat may be missing in action on the Bollywood front but she is surely making a lot of heads turn in the West. While her immediate next release is Hissss where she plays a snake-woman, Mallika would also be seen in the political comedy Love, Barack alongside side Laz Alonso. The first look poster of Love,Barack was unveiled at Cannes Film...