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  • Its checkmate time with ‘Pawn Sacrifice’ on MN+ on last day of 2016

    Its checkmate time with ‘Pawn Sacrifice’ on MN+ on last day of 2016

    MUMBAI: Times Network’s premium HD English movie channel MN+ is to premiere the biographical drama film Pawn Sacrifice 31 December at 1 pm with a repeat telecast at 9 pm.

    The inspiring movie tells the story of the first American world chess champion Bobby Fisher and his biggest championship battle at the height of the Cold War.

    Directed by Edward Zwick, the movie is a gritty nail-biting drama that portrays the story of a genius who took the chess world by storm in the second half of the twentieth century.
    Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, Pawn Sacrifice narrates the tale of the greatest chess match of all time between Russian Grandmaster Boris Spassky played by Liev Schreiber and Fischer played by Tobey Maguire.

    Fischer not only fights the Soviet player, but also battles with his inner demons as he finds himself caught between two superpowers with national glory on the line.
    The film draws parallels between sport and politics as the world championship match is a reflection of the simmering political tensions between the United States and Russia.

    While chess is an alienating game, the film makes for compelling viewing as it poignantly illustrates the world of chess in a never before seen manner.

  • Its checkmate time with ‘Pawn Sacrifice’ on MN+ on last day of 2016

    Its checkmate time with ‘Pawn Sacrifice’ on MN+ on last day of 2016

    MUMBAI: Times Network’s premium HD English movie channel MN+ is to premiere the biographical drama film Pawn Sacrifice 31 December at 1 pm with a repeat telecast at 9 pm.

    The inspiring movie tells the story of the first American world chess champion Bobby Fisher and his biggest championship battle at the height of the Cold War.

    Directed by Edward Zwick, the movie is a gritty nail-biting drama that portrays the story of a genius who took the chess world by storm in the second half of the twentieth century.
    Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, Pawn Sacrifice narrates the tale of the greatest chess match of all time between Russian Grandmaster Boris Spassky played by Liev Schreiber and Fischer played by Tobey Maguire.

    Fischer not only fights the Soviet player, but also battles with his inner demons as he finds himself caught between two superpowers with national glory on the line.
    The film draws parallels between sport and politics as the world championship match is a reflection of the simmering political tensions between the United States and Russia.

    While chess is an alienating game, the film makes for compelling viewing as it poignantly illustrates the world of chess in a never before seen manner.

  • AXN to launch ‘Ray Donovan’ on 7 December

    AXN to launch ‘Ray Donovan’ on 7 December

    MUMBAI: AXN is gearing up to launch the American television series Ray Donovan on 7 December. 

     

    The series will be aired from Monday to Friday at 11 pm.

     

    Ray Donovan stars Liev Schreiber as the lead. He is portrayed as a guy who makes the problems of the city’s celebrities, superstar athletes, and business moguls disappear.

     

    The show also stars Jon Voight, who portrays the role of Ray’s father named as Mickey Donovan. 

     

    The series narrates the story of Ray Donovan who is a professional fixer for the rich and famous of Los Angeles. The character is portrayed as a cool and sophisticated person but at the same time is shown quite ruthless. Ray continues to seek balance between the demands of his family, including his volatile relationship with Mickey and his adamant and attractive Hollywood clients.

     

    The channel has planned a 360 degree campaign including on-air, social media and on-ground to promote the show. The channel also aims to further strengthen its core consumer engagement beyond television.

  • Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist opens Venice Film Festival

    Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist opens Venice Film Festival

    MUMBAI: Mira Nair’s latest film The Reluctant Fundamentalist opened the 69th Venice Film Festival. The movie was applauded with a standing ovation.

    When Nair was asked as to what inspires her as a creative person, she said, “There is one film that has inspired me for decades—the only film in the world I wished I had directed, a path breaking film that taught me to show both sides of a conflict with equal intelligence, pain and love. This is Gillo Pontecorvo’s great classic about the fight for Algerian Independence: The Battle of Algiers.”

    Incidentally, after the screening of the movie, Pontecorvo’s widow sought Nair out and said, “I am Gillo Pontecorvo’s widow, and I have come to tell you that Gillo lives in you.”

    Mira Nair’s film will release in India on 17 May. The motion picture is a touching and engaging story of a young man chasing corporate success on Wall Street. Post September 2011 tragedy in America, he finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his american dream, a hostage crisis, and the enduring call of his family‘s homeland.

    The film stars Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, Liev Schreiber, Riz Ahmed, Shabana Azmi and Om Puri.

  • Venice fest to screen Mira Nair’s latest film

    Venice fest to screen Mira Nair’s latest film

    MUMBAI: Mira Nair‘s latest film The Reluctant Fundamentalist will open the 69th Venice International Film Festival that will run from 29 August to 8 September this year.

    Based on the best-selling novel of the same title, The Reluctant Fundamentalist is an international political thriller that follows the story of a young Pakistani man, chasing corporate success on Wall Street, who ultimately finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American Dream, a hostage crisis and the enduring call of his family‘s homeland.

    The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which screens out of competition, stars Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, Liev Schreiber, Martin Donovan, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Haluk Bilginer and Meesha Shafi. The film was shot in the cities of Lahore, Delhi, Istanbul, New York and Atlanta.

    Mira Nair, Golden Lion winner in 2001 for Monsoon Wedding, returns to the Venice Film Festival for her fifth time after having participated in 1991 with Mississippi Masala, in 2002 with the episode from the collective film 11‘09‘01 and in 2004 in Competition with Vanity Fair.