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  • Ready to release on 3 June

    MUMBAI: With the IPL 4 ending on 28 May, the first big-ticket film to hit the silver screen would be T-Series and Rajat Rawail‘s Ready on 3 June.


    It was being said earlier that the Hrithik Roshan-starrer Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara would also release on 3 June but distributors of the Excel Entertainment film have pushed its release to 23 June.


    Ready, the Salman Khan and Asin-starrer, is a remake of a 2008 Telugu film by the same name that featured Ram and Genelia D‘Souza. The film celebrated a 100- day run in Andhra Pradesh and turned out to be one of the biggest grossers in the US too.


    Directed by Aness Bazmee, the film is expected to bring back the magic created by the Salman-Anees Bazmee team that was seen in No Entry.
     

  • Indo-American movie ‘Will To Live’ in post-production stage

    MUMBAI: After extensively shooting in Hollywood, Netguru Films‘ Will To Live, inspired from a true story, has moved into the post-production phase.


    This Indo-American venture is the courageous fight of a father for his ailing son suffering from Lymphoma. Against all odds, the father takes an adventurous journey into the jungles of Himalayas in the quest of a rare herb that may cure his son, battling the depths of the jungles, greed, power and corruption and risking his own life. The story explores the intensity of a widower father‘s love to save his only son dying of this killer disease.


    Directed by Charles Sleichter, the film stars Geoffrey Broderick, Anusha Singh, Erik Altemus, Arjun and Subhasis. It has been executive produced by Amrit Das and has screenplay by Alec Doyle and Sudeshna Roy, cinematography by Mike Bartkowaski and Sounmendu Roy and is co-directed by Paul Emami and Biplab Chaterjee.


    The film has been shot exclusively in California, USA and India. A score of Hollywood and Indian filmmakers were involved in this feature film that has also pioneered the new technology of digital filmmaking in India.
     

  • James Franco, Oliver Stone honoured at Boulder Film Fest

    MUMBAI: The Boulder International Film Festival has awarded director Oliver Stone with the a “Master of Cinema” award. The award was presented on Sunday, the concluding night of the festival.


    Having been nominated for 31 Academy Awards, Stone has won three Oscars: best adapted screenplay for Midnight Express and best director for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July.


    It was only yesterday that 32-year-old James Franco took home the Vanguard Award for his role of Aron Ralston, the climber in Danny Boyle‘s 127 Hours.

  • Paramount to release updated version of Never Say Never

    MUMBAI: Paramount‘s Insurge Pictures will release an updated director‘s fan cut of Justin Bieber: Never Say Never for a one-week exclusive run beginning 25 February.


    However, the film will play only in 3D screens in the US and Canada replacing the original version. Along with, there will be 40 minutes of new footage.


    The updated version runs 115 minutes, instead of the original running time of 105 minutes.


    Some of the new footage includes more of Bieber‘s friends and hometown life, as well as new songs and special footage shot of the film‘s premiere at theaters across the country.


    The original Never Say Never will continue playing in 2D runs. The cost of a 35mm print makes sending the director‘s cut to those theaters financially unworkable. Digital prints, however, are a fraction of the cost.


    Paramount vice chairman Rob Moore said the studio is “trying to take advantage of options from digital technology that didn‘t exist before and give fans even more of what they loved from the first version.”

  • Lukewarm response for 7 Khoon Maaf

    MUMBAI: 7 Khoon Maaf met with a poor opening response and the public reports have only spoiled its prospects further. The script is poor with no drama, twist or turns and carries on routinely.


    Heroine oriented movies rarely find takers on the onset and, to one‘s surprise, despite having a line up of actors in its cast, the film‘s promotions have been centred totally around Priyanka Chopra! The film‘s official website names no other artistes except Priyanka Chopra which is rather thoughtless.


    The film has ended its first weekend with a meagre Rs 96 million; its best run is over and completing the week at all cinemas would be a tough task.


    From the maker of Bheja Fry tag does not help Kachcha Limboo and the film goes unnoticed.


    Patiala House, which fell flat with moviegoers from day one and had collected only Rs 135.8 million during its opening weekend, closes the week at Rs 219 million.


    Yeh Saali Zindagi adds another Rs 30 million to its first week tally of Rs 64 million.


    Dil Toh Bachcha Hai collects Rs 17 million in its third week with total till date being Rs 287 million.
     

  • Release of Vikram Bhatt’s Haunted 3D postponed

    MUMBAI: The release of Vikram Bhatt‘s 3D horror film, Haunted 3D, has been postponed. The film that was scheduled to release on 15 April will now release on 6 May.


    Said Bhatt, “The post-production of the movie is taking long and since we want our audience to experience the best of 3D, we have decided to postpone the release date.”


    The film is being produced by BVG Films, a division of ASA Productions and DAR Motion Pictures (DAR), the filmed entertainment division of DAR Media (a DAR Capital Group Company). It is touted to be India‘s first stereoscopic 3D film with foreign technicians working in it.


    Haunted 3D stars Mahakshay Chakraborty (son of Mithun Chakraborty) and Tia Bajpai.

  • Iranian film bags three top honours at Berlin Fest

    MUMBAI: Bagging three top awards including the coveted Golden Bear, Iranian film Nader and Simin, a Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi, emerged as the most successful film At the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.


    The seven-member international jury, which included actor-director-producer Aamir Khan, also honoured the leading male and female lead of the film by awarding them the Silver Bears for the best actor and the best actress.


    “I never thought that I will get this prize,” Farhadi said after receiving the Golden Bear from the jury president Isabella Rossellini and festival director Dieter Kosslick.


    Farhadi had received the Silver Bear for the best director for his portrayal of the Iranian society in his last feature film ‘About Elly‘ at the festival two years ago.


    Nader and Simin, a Separation is based on a middle-class couple‘s divorce on the grounds that the wife Simin wants to move abroad to find a better future for their 11-year-old daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi), but her husband refuses because he wants to look after his sick father.


    The Iranian competition entry was widely expected to win one of the main awards of the Berlinale, but its capture of three top positions surprised many festival participants.


    Aamir Khan presented the Silver Bear for the best director that was shared by Peyman Moadi, Shahab Hosseini and Sareh Bayat.

  • Film shot on iPhone wins Berlin fest award

    MUMBAI: Korean film Paranmanjang (Night Fishing) won the Golden Bear Award for best short film at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. This news has been evoking a lot of interest since brothers Park Chan-wook and Chan-kyong shot the entire 30-minute film on an iPhone.


    One the nine Korean films that featured in the festival, Night Fishing was funded by roughly around $136k by South Korea‘s exclusive iPhone carrier, wireless company KT.



    The plot of the experimental film, that took 10 days to record using the iPhone 4 and a crew of 80 people, centers around a fisherman who catches a female shaman in the middle of the night and transcends his current and previous lives. The film is a fantasy that uses recording techniques and effects that leave viewers in total disbelief that it was shot on the iPhone. The work is also the first movie to be recorded with a smartphone and win an award at an international film festival.


    25 short films were competing for the award. Another Korean director, Yang Hyo-joo received second place honors in the same competition with her Silver Bear Award winning short film The Unbroken.


    The jury explained its decision to award Night Fishing the Golden Bear, “The film we chose is nothing but a small miracle. Throughout the multi-layered original story of a simple man who is forced to confront his life and death through his shape-shifting, we experienced transformation, judgment and deep forgiveness.”

  • Nagarjuna mulls film institute in the South

    MUMBAI: Telugu star Nagarjuna is in plans to set up a film institute down South. According to him, this is a way of giving back to the industry that has made him what he is today and see it scale great heights in future.


    “Unfortunately, down South, we don‘t have a film school like the one in Mumbai. So the gap has to be filled and I am looking more at the quality aspect; hence this project has come up. After all these years in the industry, I have seen there is no proper channel or guidance here if one wants to make a career in this trade,” he has been quoted in media reports.


    The 51-year-old actor is a qualified engineer from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the US from where he did his masters. But since he was inspired by acting a lot, he took a plunge into showbiz. Moreover, he had an inspiration at home from his actor-producer father Nageswara Rao.


    Nagarjuna has over two decades in the film industry and more than 70 movies to his credit. His acting journey began with Madhusudan Rao‘s 1986 film Vikram after which he not only became a big name in the South but also did a few Bollywood projects like Criminal, Giraftari, Robbery, Agni Varsha, Angaarey, LOC Kargil and the country’s first 3D film Shiva among others.
     

  • Sachin back in Rajshri fold helming Jaana Pehchana

    MUMBAI: Actor-director Sachin (Pilgaonkar) returns to the Rajshri fold after more than 30 years with Jaana Pehchana.


    Sachin had earlier played the lead in Rajshri’s Geet Gaata Chal (1975), Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon (1978) Gopalkrishna (1979) and Nadiya Ke Paar (1982).


    Jaana Pehchana will also see the return of Sachin and Ranjeeta as a pair. Thirty two years ago, the two had enchanted viewers in the banner’s love saga Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon.


    The film, now in its post-production stage, is said to be the continuation of the love saga.


    Avers Sachin, “Jaana Pehchana will be loved by one and all as love is never bound by age or image. My film transcends the age barrier.”


    Produced by Kamal Kumar Barjatya, Rajkumar Barjatya and Ajit Kumar Barjatya, the film is being readied for a mid -2011 release.