EntertainmentDarshana Rajendran’s Telugu debut will be directed by ‘Cinema Bandi’ director Praveen Kandregula, who said the script for his new film was hard to crack and took two years to finalise. Malayalam actor Darshana Rajendran will soon make her debut in Telugu cinema with director Praveen Kandregula’s next film. The title of the film is yet to be announced. Along with Darshana, the film will also star Anupama Parameswaran and Sangeetha. Announcing his next film, Praveen wrote on Instagram, “Script is locked after 2 years. It's really hard to crack a script like this. I promise to deliver a very honest film after #cinemabandi, this time in theatres.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Praveen Kandregula (@praveen_kandregula) Praveen made his directorial debut with the 2021 film Cinema Bandi which was released directly on Netflix. Darshana was last seen in the Malayalam film Purusha Pretham, which is...
- 6/11/2023
- by Balakrishna
- The News Minute
Tollywood Produced by Raj and Dk, the Telugu comedy directed by Praveen Kandregula premiered on Netflix on May 14.Jahnavi ReddyScreenshot/Netflix Cinema Bandi is set in a Rayalaseema village which has its share of film buffs, from the guy who watches Mahesh Babu films in theatres five times, to the man who wants a haircut like Ram Charan or Allu Arjun. When a bunch of people from the village set out to make their own film, they inevitably derive from standard Tollywood tropes and aesthetics, but there’s no fascination bordering on reverence for the world of movies. Once they get their hands on an expensive camera — which they believe is similar to the ones used for Mahesh Babu and Pawan Kalyan’s movies — they are convinced that making a film would be a breeze. They never doubt if they would find good writers or actors around them. They don...
- 5/15/2021
- by Jahnavi
- The News Minute
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) – the premiere venue for the best annual showcase of independent cinema from India and its Diaspora – announced today a special virtual showcase, the first of its kind, Iffla Over the Years: 17 days celebrating 17 years of Indian cinema. Accessible via the Iffla website (www.indianfilmfestival.org) beginning on June 19 through July 5, 2020, this virtual showcase of over 120 narrative features, documentaries, and short films by festival alumni will be available online either freely or via popular streaming services. Many of these fascinating films have never seen a general release in the U.S.
Iffla Over the Years is the festival’s response to the ongoing uncertainty in the film festival world. To that end, the previously announced 2020 lineup will be moved to 2021 so that filmmakers and audiences can join together and share the festival experience in person.
“We are beyond thrilled to be presenting this online showcase of alumni films,...
Iffla Over the Years is the festival’s response to the ongoing uncertainty in the film festival world. To that end, the previously announced 2020 lineup will be moved to 2021 so that filmmakers and audiences can join together and share the festival experience in person.
“We are beyond thrilled to be presenting this online showcase of alumni films,...
- 6/20/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Vr is shaping up to be a combination of cinema, theatre and gaming, says the director of the UAE’s first Vr narrative short Flash.
Virtual reality (Vr) is shaping up to be a combination of cinema, theatre and gaming, according to Hassan Kiyany, Vr filmmaker and programmer of Diff sidebar DIFFerent Reality, which kicks off today (Dec 8).
“It definitely requires a different way of thinking – it looks like in the future it will add elements of live theatre and gaming to the cinematic experience,” said Kiyany, whose Vr work Flash is also screening in DIFFerent Reality. “Even now, people who have made Vr films say the experience is closer to directing theatre than traditional filmmaking.
Kiyany worked with Diff to select ten Vr works from all over the world to screen in DIFFerent Reality. The line-up includes Indian director Faiza Ahmad Khan’s When All Land Is Lost, about the polluted land of Korba; Italian director...
Virtual reality (Vr) is shaping up to be a combination of cinema, theatre and gaming, according to Hassan Kiyany, Vr filmmaker and programmer of Diff sidebar DIFFerent Reality, which kicks off today (Dec 8).
“It definitely requires a different way of thinking – it looks like in the future it will add elements of live theatre and gaming to the cinematic experience,” said Kiyany, whose Vr work Flash is also screening in DIFFerent Reality. “Even now, people who have made Vr films say the experience is closer to directing theatre than traditional filmmaking.
Kiyany worked with Diff to select ten Vr works from all over the world to screen in DIFFerent Reality. The line-up includes Indian director Faiza Ahmad Khan’s When All Land Is Lost, about the polluted land of Korba; Italian director...
- 12/8/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Miss Lovely by Ashim Ahluwalia, in its Us premiere, will be screened at the opening of the South Asian International Film Festival (Saiff). Earlier in the year the film was screen in the Un Certain Regard in 65th Festival de Cannes.
The Centrepiece Premiere this year at Saiff would be Paanch Adhyay (Afterglow) by Pratim D Gupta. This will be the international premiere of the Bengali film. It is scheduled to screen at the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival under the New Faces in Indian Cinema section.
Valley Of Saints by Musa Syeed will be the Closing Night Premiere of the festival. The film has won the world cinema audience award at the Sundance film festival in January this year.
Recently, Saiff in association with HBO had announced the South Asian Rising Star Awards to be held on October 23rd and co hosted by American adult entertainer and Bollywood actor Sunny Leone.
The Centrepiece Premiere this year at Saiff would be Paanch Adhyay (Afterglow) by Pratim D Gupta. This will be the international premiere of the Bengali film. It is scheduled to screen at the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival under the New Faces in Indian Cinema section.
Valley Of Saints by Musa Syeed will be the Closing Night Premiere of the festival. The film has won the world cinema audience award at the Sundance film festival in January this year.
Recently, Saiff in association with HBO had announced the South Asian Rising Star Awards to be held on October 23rd and co hosted by American adult entertainer and Bollywood actor Sunny Leone.
- 10/6/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
I don’t usually begin interviews with a synopsis and a trailer, but for this one I think I must, to give you an idea about what Faiza Ahmad Khan’s Supermen of Malegaon is all about.
Malegaon, a small town tucked away near the heart of India geographically, is fraught with communal tension and under economic depression. To escape the harsh reality of their world, its people seek refuge in the fantastical world of cinema.
This passion for cinema has spurred a group of cinema enthusiasts to make their own films-quirky, low budget, socially aware and notoriously funny spoofs of Bollywood films. Their ambition has grown and now they are ready to take on Hollywood and Superman.
We follow them on this journey. At times funny, tragic, contemplative. Always warm and engaging. And as the film begins to take shape, through schemes and approaches that are sublimely ingenious, simply bizarre and purely hysterical,...
Malegaon, a small town tucked away near the heart of India geographically, is fraught with communal tension and under economic depression. To escape the harsh reality of their world, its people seek refuge in the fantastical world of cinema.
This passion for cinema has spurred a group of cinema enthusiasts to make their own films-quirky, low budget, socially aware and notoriously funny spoofs of Bollywood films. Their ambition has grown and now they are ready to take on Hollywood and Superman.
We follow them on this journey. At times funny, tragic, contemplative. Always warm and engaging. And as the film begins to take shape, through schemes and approaches that are sublimely ingenious, simply bizarre and purely hysterical,...
- 7/14/2012
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Director Faiza Ahmad Khan's documentary Supermen Of Malegaon, which traces the making of a small time film Malegaon Ka Superman and also celebrates the film industry of Malegaon, has won several awards and accolades at numerous coveted film festivals.However, the film was not meant to traverse to film fests. As Faiza had some other plans for her documentary. The entire idea was to have Supermen Of Malegaon aired on a Singapore's TV Channel.Faiza reveals, "We never pl...
- 6/18/2012
- GlamSham
After successful screenings at festivals across the globe, Supermen of Malegaon is slated for theatrical release in India on June 29, 2012. The film has had an extraordinary journey since the idea was first mooted but its biggest hurdle was securing a theatrical release in India, which has now been achieved.
Supermen of Malegaon is a documentary that captures a motley bunch of cinema fanatics in Malegaon, Maharashtra who remake Bollywood and Hollywood films on miniscule budgets, which they shoot, star in and screen for their local audience in Malegaon. This time, they take on the challenge of making Superman. The film follows them on this journey-at times funny, tragic and contemplative.
Supermen of Malegaon took off when Director Faiza Ahmad Khan, along with co-producer Gargey Trivedi & Siddharth Thakur, won the Asian Pitch in Singapore. The Asian Pitch is organised by Mediacorp in Singapore, Nhk in Japan and Kbs in South Korea.
Supermen of Malegaon is a documentary that captures a motley bunch of cinema fanatics in Malegaon, Maharashtra who remake Bollywood and Hollywood films on miniscule budgets, which they shoot, star in and screen for their local audience in Malegaon. This time, they take on the challenge of making Superman. The film follows them on this journey-at times funny, tragic and contemplative.
Supermen of Malegaon took off when Director Faiza Ahmad Khan, along with co-producer Gargey Trivedi & Siddharth Thakur, won the Asian Pitch in Singapore. The Asian Pitch is organised by Mediacorp in Singapore, Nhk in Japan and Kbs in South Korea.
- 6/15/2012
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Shafique Shaikh, the lead actor of Malegaon Ka Superman, died a year after the film was made. He had been suffering from mouth cancer because of excessive tobacco chewing. Ironically in the film, as a Superman he takes on the Gutka King who wants to spread tobacco use in the town.Filmmaker Faiza Ahmad Khan, whose documentary Supermen Of Malegaon is on the making of decidedly tongue-in-cheek superhero adventure, Malegaon Ka Superman, stayed in Malegaon for near about 3 months...
- 6/14/2012
- GlamSham
The 6th Asian Women’s Film Festival organised by the International Association of Women in Radio and Television(Iawrt) commenced on Saturday with a welcome address by Jai Chandiram, President, Iawrt India and Director of the festival. This festival is being organised in New Delhi from March6-8. On the first day, there were two seminars Women and the Public Space and Caught in A madding Mass Media. The following two days will showcase films of women film makers of Asian origin in a range of genres.
The theme of this edition of the 6th edition of the festival is Breaking Boundaries: Shared Spaces. Inauguration address will be delivered by Mrinal Pande, Director of Prasar Bharti followed by The Stitches Speak by Nina Sabnani on the 7th of March.
The film festival received 150 films from Australia, Algeria, Bangladesh, France, India, Iran, Jordan, Malaysia, Norway, Pakistan, South Korea and Sri Lanka.
The theme of this edition of the 6th edition of the festival is Breaking Boundaries: Shared Spaces. Inauguration address will be delivered by Mrinal Pande, Director of Prasar Bharti followed by The Stitches Speak by Nina Sabnani on the 7th of March.
The film festival received 150 films from Australia, Algeria, Bangladesh, France, India, Iran, Jordan, Malaysia, Norway, Pakistan, South Korea and Sri Lanka.
- 3/6/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
2009 Asian Festival of 1st Films Awards 2009 Asian Festival of 1st Films: Singapore, Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2009 Kazuko Yoshiyuki in Looking for Anne, the story of a young woman looking for the wartime lover of her grandmother on Canada’s Prince Edward Island, the setting of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of the Green Gables. Best Film: Looking for Anne Takako Miyahira Best Documentary: Superman of Malegaon Faiza Ahmad Khan Best Producer: For Real Sona Jain Best Director: Looking for Anne Takako Miyahira Best Director of Documentary: Addicted in Afghanistan Jawed Taiman and Superman of Malegaon Faiza Ahmad Khan Best Male Actor: For Real Sriharsh Sharma Churai Best Female Actor: For Real Zoya S. Hasan Best Screenplay (tie): For Real, Sona Jain and Land Gold Woman Avantika Hari Best Cinematographer / [...]...
- 12/7/2009
- by Irene Young
- Alt Film Guide
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