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For the first time the entire Indian Panorama package outside the purview of the International Film Festival of India will be showcased in Kolkata between 15 and 20 March and on 26 and 27 March.
“Presented in collaboration with Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre, film lovers will get to watch 21 feature and 15 non-feature films,” announced Ms Neelam Kapur, additional director general, Directorate of Film Festivals, ministry of information and broadcasting.
The ‘mini film festival’ promotes Indian cinema in its diversity. Usually the films showcased here are screened in the Goa festival and abroad. An exception has been made and after the Kolkata showcasing, the package travels to Bangalore and New Delhi. The Indian Panorama seeks out new talent and presents films that are not often screened across India. “Usually Indian cinema gets to be defined by certain pockets. The Indian Panorama goes beyond that,” Ms Kapur said.
Festival of Indian Panorama 2007 Films opens with Bagher Bacha, a non-feature film in Bengali, directed by Bishnu Dev Halder, an ex-student of the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute. The opening film of the feature film section is Ore Kadal (Malayalam), directed by Shyamaprasad. Debut directors whose films are to be screened include Sameer Hanchate, Bhavna Talwar and Samir Chanda. And among stalwarts are Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Budhadeb Dasgupta. In the non-feature section ‘biographies’ like Naushad Ali, Pandit Ramnarayan, Mubarak Begum and Rajarshi Bhagyachandra of Manipur chronicle the lives of important Indian personalities.
Entry is free of cost and on a first-come, first-serve basis. Invitations are available at the Nandan ticket counter.
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Aamir Khan celebrated his 43rd birthday this Friday on March 14. For a change, the actor who always shuns the media had a number of media persona and also some fans at his Bandra residence this year. Instead of giving the paparazzi a slip, as he usually does, Aamir came up to them and spoke with a broad smile on his face.
He even cut a small cake with 43 candles on it. Reporters sang ‘Happy Birthday Aamir’ after the superstar blew the candles.
As for the best gift he got this year, Aamir said: “Actually it is a card that Kiran made for me. She is a good artist and last night she made a lovely card for me. I really liked it.”
This birthday would also be a memorable one for Aamir, making it special is the gift that Aamir will be giving himself. Folks we are referring to him going bald. If you remember some time back Aamir had said that for his forth coming film ‘Ghajini’ he will be getting into the character he plays and hence will shave his head. Well his Bday was finalized as the D day when Aamir would be using the scissors to snip off his hair.
This Thursday night, the 13th of March, saw the 10th MAMI International Film Festival’s awards ceremony. The Spanish Director Carlos Saura was felicitated with the Global Lifetime Achievement Award. Chief Guest of the event Dev Anand, veteran Actor-Director, presented the Lifetime Achievement award to Dharmendra.
The other awardees at the Festival were Rishi Kapoor for Significant Contribution to Cinema over 25 years, Gulzar for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Film Music as Lyricist and the Kodak Award for Technical Excellence to Hitendra Ghosh.
In order to nurture talent and provide a platform to new generation of filmmakers on its 10th edition, Jaya Bachchan, one of the trustees of MAMI, introduced a new initiative called ‘Dimensions Mumbai’.
On the Closing Gala Night, which was honoured by the esteemed presence of film directors from Mexico, France and European countries along with Shyam Benegal, Chairman of the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI) and other Trustees of MAMI, the Japanese film The Mourning Forest was screened, a film that won the Grand Prix at the 60th edition of Cannes Film Festival in 2007.
Folks, you all must know about Kareena’s weight obsession, crash dieting and how she collapsed on Tashan’s set. But the actress has denied being on crash diet, and obsession for size zero figure.
Kareena said, “I am not thin. The media makes me out to be. I don’t diet. One look at me and you know I am quite healthy.”
Despite collapsing and crash dieting, Kareena still manages to make her self glow, we might think the result is because of her relationship with Saif, but the actress retorts, “It is the success of my films that’s making my skin glow.”
I always believed box-office successes makes the actors grow, but in Kareena’s case they are making her glow
Aamir Khan turned 43 years old yesterday, yes guys it was his birthday yesterday. Aamir made his birthday memorable by an unusual gift he gave himself. The gift that Aamir gave himself is a bald look. Yesterday was the day when Aamir shaved off his hair to get in the skin of his character in his forth-coming film Ghajini.
Aamir Khan, the ace perfectionist has always been known for his zara-hatke movies, and his great performance. He has delivered the finest hits of Bollywood. Recently he proved his directorial mettle too, by making a blockbuster movie like Taare Zameen Par.
He has spent almost 20 years of his life as a Bollywood actor, but he never looks repetitive in any of his roles, he goes to every extent to make his reel-character look as real as possible.
We wish Aamir Khan a great year ahead, and may this 43rd year of his life add all zing, chutzpah and color to his life.
