Tag: Abhinav Shiv Tiwari

  • Spuul to premier Rajat Kapoor’s ‘X:Past is Present’

    Spuul to premier Rajat Kapoor’s ‘X:Past is Present’

    MUMBAI: Online streaming service for Indian cinema content Spuul is premiering Drishyam Films’ X:Past is Present digitally. 

     

    This will be Rajat Kapoor’s second film to debut on Spuul after Ankhon Dekhi in 2014. The movie will be available across devices like eeb, mobile (iOS, Android), Smart TVs (Samsung, Panasonic, LG), Airplay on iOS, and Chromecast on Android.

     

    X:Past is Present is a 2015 Indian collaborative feature film directed by a team of 11 filmmakers including Abhinav Shiv Tiwari, Anu Menon, Nalan Kumarasamy, Hemant Gaba, Pratim D. Gupta, Q, Raja Sen, Rajshree Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Sudhish Kamath and Suparn Verma. It features actor-director Rajat Kapoor and Anshuman Jha in the lead.

     

    The movie also stars Huma Qureshi, Radhika Apte and Swara Bhaskar. It revolves around a filmmaker battling mid life crisis who meets a girl half his age. This girl brings back memories of all the women in his life including his lovers, wives and actresses.

     

    Spuul Global CEO Subin Subaiah said, “As one of the leading providers of Bollywood content to viewers across India,Pakistan, UK, US and Middle East, we are constantly investing in growing our library by adding new, popular and in many cases, offbeat, new age titles to our list. In 2016, we will continue to add more diverse cinema to our library thus providing our viewers with fresh content.”

     

    Kapoor added, “With more viewers logging online to consume content, digital platforms like Spuul play a vital role in the ecosystem of cinema. After a successful digital premiere of Ankhon Dekhi on Spuul, we are back with X:Past is Present for the Indian Diaspora.”

     

    Some of the latest additions to Spuul’s catalogue over the past months are movies like Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, Jal, Dum Laga Ke Haisha and Hunterrr.

  • ‘X’, a film by eleven directors is opening film at South Asian filmfest

    ‘X’, a film by eleven directors is opening film at South Asian filmfest

    NEW DELHI: A film directed by eleven Indian directors, X will be the opening film of the South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF).

    The festival is to be held from 18 to 23 November in New York.

    The film is a novel experiment since eleven filmmakers with varied styles have made different parts of the same film.

    The story revolves around K, a filmmaker with a mid-life crisis, who meets a mysterious young girl who reminds him of his first girlfriend at first, and subsequently, of every woman in his life.

    Produced by Manish Mundra, the film is jointly directed by Abhinav Shiv Tiwari, Anu Menon, Hemant Gaba, Nalan Kumarasamy, Pratim D Gupta, Q, Raja Sen, Rajshree Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Sudhish Kamath and Suparn Verma.

    Shiladitya Bora and Sudhish Kamath are executive producers of the film.

    The movie features Aditi Chengappa, Bidita Bag, Gabriella Schmidt, Huma Qureshi, Neha Mahajan, Parno Mitra, Pia Bajpai, Pooja Ruparel, Radhika Apte, Richa Shukla, Rii Sen and SwaraBhaskar with Anshuman Jha and Rajat Kapoor