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  • Thousands pay homage to Dev Anand

    Thousands pay homage to Dev Anand

    MUMBAI: Scores of fans of India‘s evergreen star Dev Anand thronged the Mehboob Studios where a memorial prayer was organised in memory of the star who passed away on 4 December.

    While most of the mourners were above the age of 50, there were many young people who had come to have a glimpse of the stars and those from the film fraternity who had come over to pay their last respects to the departed soul.

    Among those we could spot near the podium, where a giant sized portrait of the Guide star was placed, were notable names like Aamir Khan, Ashutosh Gowariker, Rishi Kapoor, Dheeraj Kumar, Prem Chopra, Waheeda Rehman. Asha Parekh, Ramesh Sippy, Yash Chopra, Sushma Shiromanee, Anadji (of Kayanji Anandji fame), Bappi Lahiri, Raza Murad, Mrs Manoj Kumar, Kunal Goswami, Rohan Sippy, Sushil Kumar Agarwal of Ultra and Padam Sacheti among others.

    Paying his condolence to Dev Anand, Dheeraj Kumar said, “Dev Anand was a legend and is a legend, legends don‘t die. Even after his departing from the world, he must have taken a rebirth by now. He shall grow up to entertain the millions across the globe in the entertainment and media sector.”

    According to me Dev Saab was a true karmavir who performed his karma in the field (the entertainment world) which shall again be his karmabhoomi. I had a strong bond with Dev Saab both on a human level as well as on the professional level,” Kumar said.

    Bappi Lahiri added, “Dev Saab is Dev Saab. There was no other great and humanitarian person as he was. He must have given a break to more than thousand people in the film industry. I have had the honour of working with him as well as his brother Vijay Anand. They were people beyond comparison.”

    A teary eyed Prem Chopra said, “Dev Saab was an actor and died an actor. I think he is the only film personality in the world who died as an actor cum filmmaker. I bow down to him.”

    Fans and film folks were still streaming in even after the appointed time chanting his songs that made the world go mad for him.

  • Chinese film 11 Flowers to open Third Eye fest

    Chinese film 11 Flowers to open Third Eye fest

    MUMBAI: The 10th edition of the Third Eye Film Festival will open with the screening of the Chinese film 11 Flowers directed by Xioshuai Wang at the Ravindra Natya Mandir, Mumbai on 22 December.


    While Iranian director Asghar Farahadi‘s A Sepration will be the centre piece of the festival, Ketan Mehta‘s yet unreleased film, Rang Rasiya will be the closing film.


    This year‘s festival is to be dedicated to the fond memories of star-filmmaker Dev Anand. As a tribute to him, his memorable film Guide will be screened during the festival.


    The festival will commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. As a part of the commemoration, a film each of the FTII‘s six alumni, who have made India proud by their respective work, will be screened. The six celebrated alumni are Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Girish Kasaravalli, Vikas Desai, Jahnu Barua, Ketan Mehta and Shaji Karun.


    The festival will also commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore by screening seven Bengali films made on his published stories by Satyajit Ray (Charulata and Teen Kanya), Tapan Sinha (Kabuliwala, Kshudito Pashan and Atithi) and Rituparno Ghosh (Choker Bali and Nauka Dubi).


    On the occasion of his 100th birth anniversary this year, the Festival will pay homage to Ashok Kumar. On the occasion, BR Chopra‘s Gumrah, rated as one of his best starrers will be screened.


    Organised by Asian Film Foundation in collaboration with PL Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy and supported by the state government of Maharashtra, the Festival will showcase 84 select feature films and 45 short fiction films from filmmaking countries across the Asian continent.


    All the films will be screened at the two theatres in the Ravindra Natya Mandir complex from 10 am to 8.30 pm.

  • Hema Malini to receive this year’s ANR award

    Hema Malini to receive this year’s ANR award

    MUMBAI: Hema Malini will be honoured with the Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) award for the year 2011. The award carries a memento, citation and a cash prize of Rs 400,000.

    According to the award committee chairman and Rajya Sabha member T Subbirami Reddy, the award would be presented to the actress on 26 December.

    Noted Nageswara Rao, “Hema Malini is a worthy actress and dancer. Even at the age of 60 years, she is so active both in her acting and dancing careers. She is a right choice.”

    Instituted in 2005 by the Akkineni International Foundation, the ANR award is an ‘Award for Excellence‘ presented to those who dedicated their life towards service to the film industry.

    While the late Dev Anand was the first recipient of the ANR Award in 2005, he was followed by Shabana Azmi, Anjali Devi (popular Telugu actress), Vyjayanthimala Bali, Lata Mangeshkar and K Balachander respectively.

  • Dev Anand’s funeral on Saturday

    Dev Anand’s funeral on Saturday

    MUMBAI: Dev Anand will be cremated at the Putney Vale Crematorium in London on 10 December at 11.40 am. Later, at about 2 pm, a condolence meeting has been organised at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in West Kensington.

    This was decided by the actor‘s wife Kalpana Kartik and daughter Devina. His ashes will later be brought to India, where a ceremony of remembrance will be held at the Mehboob Studios in Mumbai. Later the actor‘s son Suniel Anand will address the media there.

    Suniel Anand said in a statement, “In due course, Dev Anand‘s ashes will be taken back to India, where a major ceremony of remembrance will be held in Mumbai. The family of Dev Anand is moved and touched by the outpouring of public sympathy and love emanating from India, South Asia and the rest of the world following the sad news of his passing away.

    “Accordingly, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone for their kind words and moral support. These have been of tremendous comfort and support to them throughout this very difficult period,” he said.

    Meanwhile, PVR Rare Film Club will pay tribute to Dev Anand by screening his evergreen classic Hum Dono at nine PVR cinemas across the country in its digitally restored colour print.

  • Bengaluru Film Fest from 15 December

    Bengaluru Film Fest from 15 December

    MUMBAI: Kannada film Rasarushi will open the fourth edition of Bengaluru International Film Festival that will be held here from 15-22 December.

    This year‘s festival would also, for the first time, screen political dramas like The Battle of Algiers (Algeria), Z (France), Thaneer Thaneer (Tamil), Lemon Tree (Hebrew) amongst others, it is learnt.

    As many as 20 Kannada films would be screened during the festival out of the total of 179 international and world films.

    Renowned Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui will take part in the inaugural ceremony when five of his films namely The Cow, The Lodgers, Sara, The Pear Tree and The Music Man would be screened.

    Two Kannada films namely Sandhyaraaga and Vasantsena would be screened under the Indian film category.

    The festival panel is also making all attempts to screen one of the films of late Bollywood legend Dev Anand to pay him a tribute.

    The fourth edition of the festival would feature both competition and non-competition sections. The competition section has four categories namely World Cinema Award, Asian Cinema Award, Indian Cinema Award and Kannada Cinema Award.

  • Dev Anand will be cremated in London

    Dev Anand will be cremated in London

    MUMBAI: It has been finally confirmed that the cremation of the country‘s evergreen star, Dev Anand, will be held in London.

    Confirming the same, the family said in a statement, “We are now in a position to confirm that a cremation ceremony will be taking place in London followed by a memorial gathering and tribute in the UK Capital.

    “In due course, Mr Anand‘s ashes will be taken back to India, where a major ceremony of remembrance will be held in Mumbai.”

    Thanking the veteran‘s fans they said, “The family (of Dev Anand) is moved and touched by the outpouring of public sympathy and love emanating from India, South Asia and the rest of the world following the sad news of his passing away.

    Accordingly, they would like to express their sincere gratitude to everyone for their kind words and moral support. These have been of tremendous comfort and support to them throughout this very difficult period.”

    The family is waiting for the other relatives to arrive from India and also for the formal release of the late actor‘s body in accordance with due procedure. Only after that will the cremation date be announced.

    Dev Anand died after a cardiac arrest in London on Sunday.

  • India loses its most charismatic actor Dev Anand

    India loses its most charismatic actor Dev Anand

    MUMBAI: With the passing away of India‘s evergreen star Dev Anand, who never showed signs of aging even at the age of 88, the country has lost it most revered actor.

    With his death coming within a short span when we lost personalities like Shammi Kapoor, Bhupen Hazarika, Jagjit Singh, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and MF Husain, the country has been left with a void very difficult to fill.

    True to his wish that his last rites should not be performed in India Dev Anand breathed his last at the Washington Mayfair Hotel in central London. Ironically his family has decided to keep up to his wish that his final rites be conducted quietly, away from the media glare in a distant land. His mortal remains are to be cremated in London any day after Tuesday once his wife Kalpana Kartik and daughter Devina arrive in the British capital.

    In his lifetime, Dev Anand, through his banner Navketan Films made many films like Afsar, Baazi, Aandhiyan, Humsafar, Taxi Driver, House No.44, Funtoosh, Nau Do Gyarah, Kala Bazar, Hum Dono, Tere Ghar Ke Samne, Guide, Jewel Thief, Jaaneman, Lootmaar, Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Ghungroo Ki Awaz, Awwal Number, Sau Crore, Mr Prime Minister and Chargesheet.

    Among them, two films: Hare Rama Hare Krishna and Guide are said to be trendsetters. After its release, Hare Rama Hare Krishna assumed a cult status as it dealt with the disbanding of the Hippie culture. It aimed to have an anti-drug message and also depicted some problems associated with westernization such as divorce.

    But the film that swung the fortunes of Anand‘s production house was the Vijay Anand-directed The Guide. The Guide went through many twists and turns before and during the period it was being made because the original written by RK Narayan was totally at odds with the Indian ethos and alien to the local mindset.

    The film, the script of which was re-written by Vijay Anand, broke all the rules of Hindi cinema and shattered many taboos about what could and could not be shown on the big screen. This was only because of the sheer determination of both the Anand brothers who wanted to make a film that would be a landmark in all aspects.

    Anand always stood up for the youth, he having given breaks to artistes like Zeenat Aman, Tina Munim, Jackie Shroff and Tabu who have made a name for themselves after that. Aamir Khan also did a film with him Awwal Number.

    His enthusiasm and undying positivity won him innumerable fans the world over. In fact, this writer was initially bowled over with his warmth when five scribes from Mumbai including me accompanied him for the premiere of Mr Prime Minister in Ahmedabad a few years ago.

    Right from the time we landed in Ahmedabad, to us arriving at the Drive Inn theatre, where the premiere was held, Dev Saab was very affectionate and saw to it that we enjoyed our stay with him in a local hotel.

    And when he bade us goodbye, as he had to take an early flight to Mumbai for a special screening of his film at a suburban theatre, the actor producer asked his son Suniel to see that we were taken good care of till we left the city.

    After that, I became quite pally with him and attended most of his press conferences. He even introduced me to Jagan Mohan of Hyderabad-based Goldstone Media, which was behind the colorization of Hum Dono.

    Today,I cannot even think that he has left us for ever for just the thought of his absence, makes my heart cry.

    The man who sang Main zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya bade us goodbye singing Saathi Na Koi Manzil, Chala Mujhe Leke Ai Dil, Akela Kahan,,,,.

  • Universal Pictures International to launch standalone theatrical

    Universal Pictures International to launch standalone theatrical

    NEW DELHI: Universal Pictures International is to launch a standalone theatrical distribution operation in India and expects to bring some major hits next year.

    “With 2012 bringing us arguably Universal‘s best slate in several years, we have high aspirations for the market,” said Universal President (International) David Kosse, adding that distributing in India had always been an ambition for Universal Pictures International.

    The new unit will be headed by managing director Sarabjit Singh, who previously spent more than a decade with Paramount Films of India as general manager.

    He is credited with overseeing the release of 276 films from Universal and Paramount and of pioneering the Hindi, Tamil and Telugu dubbed release of Jurassic Park, a move which proved a hit with Indian audiences and caused most other Hollywood films to release films with local language voice tracks.

    “Sarabjit has been instrumental in UPI‘s success in India. His experience in setting up distribution operations in the market will be invaluable as we build our team,” said UPI President of Distribution Duncan Clark.

  • MP govt honours Dev Anand

    MP govt honours Dev Anand

    MUMBAI: India‘s evergreen star Dev Anand was recently felicitated by the Madhya Pradesh government when it bestowed upon the star the Rashtriya Kishore Kumar Samman (award).

    The producer-director-actor received the award for excellence in direction and a host of achievements. An amount of Rs 200,000, a plaque, shawl and coconut was given to the star as part of the award.

    Conferring the award to Dev Anand, Madhya Pradesh culture minister Laxmikant Sharma reportedly said that Dev Anand is an established signature in film world. “We are feeling proud by honouring him.”

    A grand function was also held at Khandwa to mark veteran cine-star Kishore Kumar‘s death anniversary.

    It may be noted that the Rashtriya Kishore Kumar Samman was to be given to Dev Anand at Khandwa, but due to unavoidable circumstances the star could not mske it to Khandwa. Hence, it was decided to bestow the award on him at his residence in Mumbai.

  • Dev Anand turns 88, announces sequel of Hare Rama Hare Krishna

    Dev Anand turns 88, announces sequel of Hare Rama Hare Krishna

    MUMBAI: India’s evergreen star Dev Anand turned 88 and used the opportunity to announce the sequel of Hare Rama Hare Krishna, which he had made 39 years ago.

    The film brings back Anand playing the character that he played in the original. Naturally, the character would have aged by less than a decade in the sequel, as the story moves forward.

    Said Anand, “The script of Hare Rama Hare Krishna Aaj which takes forward the story of the earlier film is ready. It isn’t a remake of Hare Rama Hare Krishna. Every scene and every character except mine would be new. If I have played Prashant in the original, the sequel will have me play Prashant in 2012 in this film too.”

    The hunt is now on for “A woman of today, trendy savvy with-it and attractive.”

    He confided that he starts thinking of his next film even before he completes the previous one. “While I am making a film, I am totally consumed by it. But I must admit that a part of my mind moves to the next project.”

    Chargesheet is a totally new genre for the filmmaker. “I haven‘t done this genre before, it‘s a murder mystery.” Off late the producer-director-actor has been busy with the release of his film Chargesheet that releases this Friday.

    “I have been having meetings with Warner Brothers, my producers,” he said.

    Anand is both agile and charged about whatever he does. “If I‘m not as enthusiastic about my new film, then I‘ve no business in making it. My audience, my fans are my source of energy. I need my fans‘ good wishes that gives me energy,” Anand concludes.