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  • Gangs of Wasseypur premieres at London fest

    Gangs of Wasseypur premieres at London fest

    MUMBAI: The London Indian Film Festival opened recently with the UK-premiere of Anurag Kashyap‘s Gangs of Wasseypur.

    “The London Indian Film Festival is lucky for me. My Dev D played in year one followed by the premiere of That Girl In Yellow Boots in year two and got UK distribution and now I‘ve opened the festival. It‘s a great platform,” observed Kashyap.

    Besides Kashyap, others prominent at the red carpet included actress Tannishtha Chatterjee and Ferena Wazeir. The celebrity wave continued with acclaimed British Asian actors Riz Ahmed (Trishna), Upen Patel (Namastey London) and Shiv Jhala (whose ‘Arjun and Alison‘ will enjoy its World Premiere at the festival on 30 June), walking the red carpet and obliging screaming fans with photo opportunities.

    “We are delighted that this year‘s London Indian Film Festival has opened to such a tremendous response. We have a diverse range of events scheduled for the next two weeks, including the brilliant collaboration of director Q‘s Gandu Circus along with Susheela Raman and many World and UK film premieres,” observed Festival Director Cary Sawhney.

    Anushka Sharma, currently filming in London for Yash Chopra‘s next opposite Shah Rukh Khan, also attended the premiere. After the screening, Sharma promptly remarked, “ I enjoyed Gangs of Wasseypur enormously and am looking forward to working with Kashyap in Bombay Velvet.”

    Also present were directors Asif Kapadia , Michael Winterbottom, Sidharth Sharma, Devanand Shanmugam and Sarovar Banka.

  • Bombay HC passes John Doe order for Anurag Kashyap film

    Bombay HC passes John Doe order for Anurag Kashyap film

    MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has passed its first unconditional John Doe order for Anurag Kashyap’s upcoming film Gangs of Wasseypur.

    The order was passed by Justice B.R. Gawai as an ex-parte ad-interim order against all defendants restraining them from distributing copies of the film through any means without a licence from its producer.

    With the effect of the order, the film cannot be shown through CD, DVD, Cable TV, DTH, internet, etc without permission.

    The co-producers of the film, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, had moved the HC against cable operators, internet service providers and other unknown defendants seeking preemptory orders restraining them from pirating the film on any platform.

    Senior counsel Venkatesh Dhond and Ameet Naik appeared for the film producers.

    Similar orders have earlier been passed by the Delhi HC for other films.

  • Gangs of Wasseypur releasing on 22 June

    Gangs of Wasseypur releasing on 22 June

    MUMBAI: Viacom18 Motion Pictures is set to release Gangs of Wasseypur, its co-production venture with Anurag Kashyap, across India on 22 June. The film has already got an ‘A” certificate.

    Even though the content of the film is for adults, Kashyap is confident of having a decent audience.

    “All films are not for kids. This film is not at all for children. Adult audiences will come to watch it for sure,” he observes.

    To be released in two parts, the film, a story spanning three generations from 1941 to 2009, is set against the backdrop of the coal mafia operating in North India.

    The first part of the film, which begins at the end of the colonial era in India, follows the story of Shahid Khan who robs British trains in the garb of the legendary Sultana daku. An outcast, Shahid becomes a worker at Ramadhir’s colliery and starts a revenge battle that passes on to generations.

    The plot then moves to the end of the decade where Shahid’s son Sardar Khan, whose motto in life is to avenge his father’s honour, makes him the most feared man in Wasseypur. The town, heavily influenced by Bollywood and gun culture, adds quirk to this realistic politival revenge drama.

    While the first part of this film of 5 hrs and 20 minutes will release on 22 June, the second part is also expected to release before the year end.

    The film was recently screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

  • Wasseypur locals call for ban on Anurag Kashyap film

    Wasseypur locals call for ban on Anurag Kashyap film

    MUMBAI: Since the time it came to light that Annurag Kashyap‘s Gangs of Wasseypur would have its world premiere at the Cannes film festival, the film has been in the news.

    Now, the film has been drawn into a controversy with the residents of Naya Bazaar, Wasseypur, Dhanbad who are demanding a ban on the film.

    They have claimed that the film had several objectionable dialogues and the film was a plot to defame the people of Wasseypur. Even Kashyap had uttered derogatory words about the place, they claimed.

    The residents submitted a memorandum to I&B Minister Ambika Soni and Babulal Marandi requesting a ban on the film, while copies of the same were handed over to Governor Sayed Ahmed and Union Minister Subodhkant Sahay.

    Social activist Parvez Akhtar has said that portraying the place in such a bad light in contrast to reality was demeaning.

    “Gangs of Wasseypur” is a film based in a small town of Jharkhand. It is a story on revenge that portrays the coal mafia in and around coal mines of Jharkhand.

  • Third London Indian Film Fest from 20 June

    Third London Indian Film Fest from 20 June

    MUMBAI: The London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) is set to return for the third year from 20 June to 3 July. The two-week event will screen Bollywood as well as regional and alternative cinema from India.

    “The festival brings to UK audiences a selection of cutting edge films from some of India‘s hottest independent talents,” said a LIFF statement. “Going way beyond Bollywood, these are films that challenge, shock, generate debate and present a more realistic view of India today in all its colour and diversity.”

    Anurag Kashyap‘s Gangs of Wasseypur will have its premiere on the opening night. The film centres around warring mafia clans clashing for power and passion in the steel belt towns of Bihar in Northern India.

    This year’s festival will also include world premieres of two UK Asian films including Tooting Broadway on 22 June and the UK premiere of Srijit Mukherji’s Baishey Shrabon (Seventh August) on 3 July, the closing day.

    The Satyajit Ray Foundation has joined the Festival with a ‘Short Film’ competition in which the winning filmmaker will receive a ?1,000 award on 3 July.

  • NYIFF announces nominations of 12th edition

    NYIFF announces nominations of 12th edition

    MUMBAI: The 12th Annual New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) has announced the nominations for various categories of awards. The festival will be held from 23 to 27 May at the Tribeca Cinemas in Lower Manhattan.

    The NYIFF will screen more than 50 features, documentaries and short films in a span of five days. Among the nominees of the Best Film are Aadukalam, Chitrangada, Chittagong, Gangs of Wasseypur, Gattu and Shala.

    Films vying for the Best Documentary are Big in Bollywood, Inshallah Football, Kumare, Saving Face and Transgenders: Pakistan’s Open Secret.

    Those filmmakers who have been nominated for the Best Director award are Sujay Dahake for Shala, Rituparno Ghosh for Chitrangada, Anurag Kashyap for Gangs of Wasseypur, Vetri Maaran for Aadukalam, Prashant Nair for Delhi in a Day and Bedabrata Pain for Chittagong.

    The screenwriters nominated for Best Screenplay are Pooja Desai, Anvita Dutt, Rajesh Narasimhan and Ashish Patil (Mujshe Fraaandship Karoge), Avinash Deshpande (Shala), Rituparno Ghosh (Chitrangada), Vetri Maaran (Aadukalam) and Bedabrata Pain and Shonali Bose (Chittagong).

  • NYIFF to pay tribute to Dev Anand

    NYIFF to pay tribute to Dev Anand

    MUMBAI: The 12th edition of New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF), scheduled to be held from 23 to 27 May, will pay a tribute to Dev Anand.

    A tribute will be paid to the evergreen hero with the screening of his film Hum Dono Rangeen, the coloured version of his black-and-white classic Hum Dono.

    The festival will also host the premieres of Rituparno Ghosh’s Chitrangada and Anurag Kashyap‘s Gangs of Wasseypur.

    Also to be screened at the event will be the Kashmiri film Inshallal, Football, Shyam Benegal‘s Zubeida, Mammo and Sardari Begum as well as Pakistani-Canadian journalist and filmmaker Obaid Chinoy‘s Oscar-winning documentary Saving Face.

    Other award-winning films from South Africa, Australia, and Sri Lanka along with India‘s regional language films in Tamil, Bengali, and Marathi will also be showcased.

    The festival would be attended by Kareena Kapoor, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, Anurag Kashyap, Rituparno Ghosh, Salman Rushdie and Mira Nair.

  • Sydney fest to focus on Indian cinema

    Sydney fest to focus on Indian cinema

    MUMBAI: The Sydney Film Festival 2012, due to go underway from 6 to 17 June, will have a special focus on Indian cinema.

    The section will screen Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 and 2, Anand Patwardhan’s documentary Jai Bhim Comrade, Musa Syeed’s Valley of Saints, Umesh Kulkarni’s Deool and Sandip Ray’s documentary. The Sound of Old Rooms.

    The Kashyap film will also participate in the official competition of the festival. “Anurag Kashyap’s epic is a thrilling, beautifully shot and extremely violent journey tracing the feud between mining magnate and politician Ramadhir Singh and the Khan family from colonial to contemporary times,” announces the festival’s official website.

    An Indian short film Unravel by Meghna Gupta will be screened in the festival’s section for shorts. The film is about an Indian woman in the sleepy northern town of Panipat who ponders the ways of the world as she unravels unwanted clothes from the West recycling them back into yarn.

    Nashen Moodley, who had earlier programmed Durban International Film Festival and held a special focus on the Independent Cinema of India in its 32nd edition, is this year‘s Festival director.

  • London Indian Film Fest to open with Gangs Of Wasseypur

    London Indian Film Fest to open with Gangs Of Wasseypur

    MUMBAI: The third annual London Indian Film Festival (LIFF), which will run from 20 June to 3 July, will open with Anurag Kashyap‘s action-packed ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur‘.

    Based on true incidents, the film is a revenge story set in the dynamic socio-political milieu of erstwhile Bihar, Wasseypur, a town in the district of Dhanbad.

    The festival will also screen a selection of cutting edge films from some of India‘s and the UK‘s hottest independent talents for the UK audiences. Remarked Festival Director Cary Rajinder Sawhney, “We aren‘t just showing Indian films for Indian audiences, but opening the door to the rich diversity of cinema in India today, to all audiences.

    Some of these films are kicking out the old stereotypes of Indian cinema, while the best filmmakers are starting to be recognised on the world stage, where they belong. It‘s great to be premiering these cutting-edge new films in London during a year when the city is celebrating its cultural richness.”

    The LIFF also has films and events for a wide range of audiences and includes industry events at BAFTA, exploring Indian/UK co-production and specially commissioned music and performance pieces. For the first time, the festival is also teaming up with Tate Modern to present a rare showcase in Indian experimental film made in Bangalore.

    The full programme of the London Indian Film Festival will be released on 21 May.

  • Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur to premiere at Cannes

    Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur to premiere at Cannes

    MUMBAI: Anurag Kashyap’s latest directorial project Gangs of Wasseypur will premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the 65th Cannes Film Festival.

    Touted as a family drama, spread across three generations and six decades, the film is a tale of revenge, crime and love, set against the backdrop of Wasseypur, a small town near Dhanbad. The film has been reported to be inspired from the story of Jharkhand politician Suryadev Singh, Binod Singh, Sakeldeo Singh, and Birendra Pratap Singh, who was convicted of murder.

    Directors Fortnight is a non-competitive section at the Cannes Film Festival. Since its inception, it has showcased the first films of Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Nagisa Oshima, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Ken Loach among others.

    Indo-France co-production Chhatrak (Mushrooms), directed by Sri Lankan filmmaker Vimukthi Jayasundara, was part of the official lineup of Cannes Directors Fortnight last year.