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  • Adoor Gopalakirshnan gets retrospective & first Masterclass at Osianama

    Adoor Gopalakirshnan gets retrospective & first Masterclass at Osianama

    NEW DELHI: The first-ever retrospective in Mumbai of the films of famed filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan and his first-ever Masterclass will be held this month as part of Jashn Osianama.

     

    The Gopalakrishnan retrospective will be from 14 – 18 September at the Liberty theatre in Mumbai with his Masterclass on 19 September.

     

    The event includes a World Cinema Context of some of Gopalakrishnan’s favourite cinematic masterpieces so as to contextualise his cinema a bit more meaningfully.

     

    Two important exhibitions (along with guided tours) from the Osian’s Archive Collection on the “South Indian Contribution to the Hindi Cinematic History” and “Glimpses of Genius: Kurosawa & Ray” accompany these events from 19 to 24 September.

     

    The first Indian Cultural Renaissance Panel Discussion with Gopalakrishnan, Girish Kasaravalli, Dr. Kanak Rele, Gieve Patel, Sen Kapadia & Neville Tuli will take place on 18 September.

     

    Gopalakrishnan’s films being screened include Mukhamukham, Kodiyettam, Kalamandalam Gopi, The Dance of the Enchantress, Ellipathayam, Kathapurshan, Vidheyan and Mathilukal.

     

    In addition, there will be a screening of Pather Panchali by the master craftsman of cinema Satyajit Ray, and Bhoomiyil Chuvadurachu by Vipin Vijay.

     

    Global cinema screenings include Rashomon by Akira Kursosawa, Tokyo Story by Yasujiro Ozu, Andrei Rublev by Andrei Tarkovsky, The 400 Blows by François Truffaut, and Pick Pocket by Robert Bresson.

  • Bata to offer Angry Birds merchandise

    Mumbai: Bata India, manufacturer and retailer of footwear, are introducing a new collection of Angry Birds merchandise.

    They are offering school shoes, casual shoes and accessories for children and teenagers.

    The design‘s created are trendy, comfortable and mix and match of various characters from the popular angry birds – red, blue, black, boomerang, the company said.

    Bata India Rajeev group managing director Gopalakrishnan said, “With this association, we look forward to further strengthen relations with our younger audience. With a variety of products for pre-teens and teens, we are very excited to launch the ‘Angry Birds collection‘ that will make every purchase made by the customer worthwhile for them. With increasing popularity of Angry Birds amongst the youth, these attractive styles & designs are surely to entice the younger customers.”

    Dream Theatre, Rovio‘s (creator of Angry Birds franchise) representation agency in India secured the Angry Birds Bata India partnership.

    Dream Theatre CEO and founder Jiggy George added, “We are thrilled and very proud of the Bata Angry Birds footwear range as it offers Angry Birds fans in India the best of both worlds, authorised Angry Birds merchandise and the Bata product promise!”

    Priced between Rs 299 to Rs 999, the collection is available across all Bata stores and online.