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  • Release of Kukunoor’s Mod delayed to 14 October

    Release of Kukunoor’s Mod delayed to 14 October

    MUMBAI: The release of director Nagesh Kukunoor‘s forthcoming film Mod will release on 14 October.

    As per the earlier schedule, the film was to release on 30 September.

    Mod, a romantic thriller, is based on the Taiwanese film, Keeping Watch. It is the story of a girl running her ancestral clock store, leading a monotonous life. She experiences love and romance for the first time when a man arrives as her neighbour, saying that he was her old schoolmate. Suddenly, he vanishes and the estranged girl goes in search of the man, only to learn that he had died years ago.

    When he saw the Taiwanese film, Kukunoor was greatly touched by it and immediately decided to remake it for the Indian audiences by buying its rights. But the Indian version has been kept close to the original in terms of the plot and characters. Though the story remains the same, it has been more Indianised.

    The film stars Ayesha Takia opposite Rannvijay Singh.

     

  • IFFA reschedules to start on 6 October

    IFFA reschedules to start on 6 October

    MUMBAI: The third edition of the International Film Festival Ahmedabad (IFFA) will now go underway on 6 October, and not on 25 August, as scheduled earlier.

    Accordingly, Ketan Mehta‘a Rang Rasiya that was to be the opening film of the festival has been replaced by Nagesh Kukunoor‘s latest film Mod.

    Mod, based on a Taiwanese film Keeping Watch, is a suspense drama that stars Ayesha Takia opposite Rannvijay Singh. The director was highly touched by the Taiwanese film and instantly decided to remake it for the Indian audiences by buying its rights.

    Anurag Kashyap‘s That Girl in Yellow Boots will be the closing film of the Festival. Written by Anurag Kashyap and Kalki Koechlin, the film stars Kalki Koechlin as Ruth along with Naseeruddin Shah, Prashant Prakash, Gulshan Devaiya, Shivkumar Subramaniam, Divya Jagdale, Kumud Mishra and Kartik Krishnan.

    Five films from the line-up of the festival will get a limited release under PVR‘s new label, Director‘s Cut & Director‘s Rare.

     

  • Delhi Safari to be dubbed in English, to release on 30 September

    Delhi Safari to be dubbed in English, to release on 30 September

    MUMBAI: Director Nikhil Advani, busy in converting Delhi Safari into a 3D film, has now decided to dub it in English so that moviegoers across the globe could enjoy the same.

    To this effect, the director has taken the services of several international artistes like Jason Alexander, Cary Elwes, Brad Garrett, Christopher Lloyd, Jane Lynch and Vanessa Williams to dub for the film.

    Govinda, Akshaye Khanna, Suniel Shetty, Ayesha Takia, Urmila Matondkar, Swini Khara and Boman Irani provide voiceovers for the Hindi version.

    Delhi Safari revolves around a group of five animals from Borivali National Park who make a journey to Delhi to meet the Prime Minister with an intention to plead that humans stop encroaching forests.

    Meanwhile, Advani has decided to re-schedule the release of the film. Earlier slated for release in August, the film will now hit the screens on 30 September.

    Just a week ago, the director had revealed his intention to convert the film into the 3D format.
     

  • Excel launches Kukunoor’s film DOR on DVD

    Excel launches Kukunoor’s film DOR on DVD

    MUMBAI: DOR, the critically acclaimed movie by Nagesh Kukunoor was launched on DVD.

    The DVD was launched by Shreyas Talpade and Nagesh Kukunoor at Movies and More, Mumbai.

    The movie has been winning awards at many of the award functions.

    At the launch of the DOR DVD Shreyas Talpade said, “Iqbal got me a foothold into the industry, but all the offers that came in later were that of handicapped characters. DOR was a fresh breathe of life”.

    The DVD has been loaded with extra features and is released by Excel Home Videos. Says Excel Home Videos managing director M.N. Kapasi, “The DVD has features like deleted scenes, audio commentary by the director and ‘Location Hunt’ to supplement the movie experience” Dor tells the story of Zeenat(Gul Panag) and Mira(Ayesha Takia), women from two different worlds.

    The story revolves around two women Zeenat and Mira.Their husbands go out to work in the Gulf to make things better at their respective places. The story takes a turn when Mira’s husband gets killed and Zeenat’s husband is held responsible for it. Zeenat needs Mira’s letter stating forgiveness for her husband and she sets out in search for Mira.On the way she meets up with a “Behrupiya”, played by Shreyas Talpade.The revelation and the final confrontation form the climax.