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  • Dia Mirza to star in first Indo-Iranian co-production with Iranian superstar

    Dia Mirza to star in first Indo-Iranian co-production with Iranian superstar

    NEW DELHI: Actor Dia Mirza has begun shooting for a first-of-its-kind Indo-Iranian co-production opposite Iranian superstar Mohammad Reza Golzar. 

    “This movie is going to be a confluence of the two countries as well as Indian and Iranian cultures and that’s what got me really excited,” said Mirza.

    The movie titled Salaam Mumbai explores the tumultuous love story of the two main protagonists.

    “Golzar is considered to be the Shah Rukh Khan of Iranian cinema, and through him I thought it would be interesting to be exposed to a new audience of 80 million Iranians,” she added.

    Interestingly, the deal came through when Mirza met Shah Rukh Khan’s doctor Dr Ali Irani, who in turn introduced her to the Iranian producer.

    “This is a movie about two medical students from different parts of the world finding love, and one that will capture the rich cinematic legacies of the two countries,” she added.

    Salaam Mumbai is directed by Iranian director Ghorban Mohammadpour and has Javad Norouzbeigi as one of the producers. Previously, Norouzbeigi has also partnered with Majid Majidi on The Sea of Sparrows.

    “As the world shrinks and artists from different countries collaborate to work together, it’s a great opportunity for us to learn and take our art to newer platforms and audiences,” added Mirza.

  • Dia Mirza to star in first Indo-Iranian co-production with Iranian superstar

    Dia Mirza to star in first Indo-Iranian co-production with Iranian superstar

    NEW DELHI: Actor Dia Mirza has begun shooting for a first-of-its-kind Indo-Iranian co-production opposite Iranian superstar Mohammad Reza Golzar. 

    “This movie is going to be a confluence of the two countries as well as Indian and Iranian cultures and that’s what got me really excited,” said Mirza.

    The movie titled Salaam Mumbai explores the tumultuous love story of the two main protagonists.

    “Golzar is considered to be the Shah Rukh Khan of Iranian cinema, and through him I thought it would be interesting to be exposed to a new audience of 80 million Iranians,” she added.

    Interestingly, the deal came through when Mirza met Shah Rukh Khan’s doctor Dr Ali Irani, who in turn introduced her to the Iranian producer.

    “This is a movie about two medical students from different parts of the world finding love, and one that will capture the rich cinematic legacies of the two countries,” she added.

    Salaam Mumbai is directed by Iranian director Ghorban Mohammadpour and has Javad Norouzbeigi as one of the producers. Previously, Norouzbeigi has also partnered with Majid Majidi on The Sea of Sparrows.

    “As the world shrinks and artists from different countries collaborate to work together, it’s a great opportunity for us to learn and take our art to newer platforms and audiences,” added Mirza.

  • Montreal Filmfest: ‘Chucks’ gets audience award, Puttman bags award for exceptional service to cinema

    Montreal Filmfest: ‘Chucks’ gets audience award, Puttman bags award for exceptional service to cinema

    NEW DELHI: Mad Love from Philippe Ramos (France) received the Grand Prize of the Americas, while Turkish film Misafir (The Visitor) from Mehmet Eryilmaz got the Special Grand Jury Award at the Montreal World Film Festival.

     

    The film, which had opened last month with the film Mohammed by renowned Iranian director Majid Majidi and music by AR Rahman, closed yesterday. A special grand prize of the Americas is awarded to producer Lord Puttnam for his exceptional contribution to the world of cinema.

     

    There was a tie for Best director: 2 Nights Till Morning by Mikko Kuparinen (Finland / Luthania) and Dosieto Petrov (Petrov File) from Georgi Balabanov (Bulgaria / Germany).

     

    The Best Actress award went to Malin Buska for The Girl King de Mika Kaurismäki(Canada / Finland /Germany / Switzerland) while Wolfram Berger was voted best actor for Rider Jack by This Lüscher (Switzerland).

     

    The best screenplay went to Letnie Przesilenie for Summer Solstice by Michal Rogalski (Poland/ Germany) and best artistic contribution went to Seven Days byXing Jian (China).

     

    The Innovation Award went to Un Instante En La Habana (Havana Moment) from Guillermo Iv?n Duenas (USA / Cuba / Mexico/ Colombia).

     

    Among Short Films, the first prize went to La Voce from David Uloth (Canada) and the jury award to Honeysuckle from Lucy Lumsden (United Kingdom).

     

    The Golden Zenith award for best first fiction feature went to Chuyi (The Funeral) from Qi Wang (China) and the Silver Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film went toPara Minha Amada Morta (To My Beloved) from Ali Muritiba (Brazil). The Bronze Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film went to La Linea Delgada Amarilla (The Thin Yellow Line) from Celso Garcia (Mexico).

     

    The Special Mentions of the First Feature Film Jury were Asman Aldynda (Under Heaven) from DalmiraTilepbergen (Kyrgyzstan) and Rosa Chumbe from Jonatan Relayze Chiang (Peru).

     

    The Audience Award went to Chucks by Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl from Cornelia Travnicek’s book (Autriche).

     

    The most popular film of the Festival was The Girl King from Mika Kaurismäki (Canada / Finland /Germany / Switzerland).

     

    The Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Latin American was La Delgada Linea Amarilla (The Thin Yellow Line) from Celso Garcia (Mexico), while the Best Documentary was a tie between Marzia, Ystäväni (Marzia My Friend) from Kirsi Mattila (Finland) and Playing Lecuona by Pavel Giroud (Spain- Colombia).

     

    The Best Canadian Short Film was La Voce (The Voice) from David Uloth.

     

    The FIPRESCI (Internationale Film Critics) prizes went in World competition to the Turkish Misafir and First Feature to Rosa Chumbe from Jonatan Relayze Chiang (Peru).

     

    Ecumenical Jury Prize was given to L’orchestre de minuit  by Jérôme Cohen Olivar (Morocco).

  • Majid Majidi’s ‘Muhammad’ with music by AR Rahman to open Montreal World Film Festival

    Majid Majidi’s ‘Muhammad’ with music by AR Rahman to open Montreal World Film Festival

    NEW DELHI: Muhammad, the latest film by renowned Iranian director Majid Majidi will open the 39th Montreal World Film Festival with its world premiere. 

     

    This 171-minute epic on the early years of the prophet of Islam is considered the most expensive film made in Iran, with a budget of over $50 million. The entire production took five years. Renowned Indian composer AR Rahman also contributed to the music of the film. 

     

    MWFF president Serge Losique said, “The Festival is very proud to be able to host the premiere of this important work, a film of very high artistry aimed at a very wide audience, There have been many movies dealing with key figures of the world’s great religions, including Jesus, Moses and Buddha, but this is only the second epic screen treatment of Islam’s founder.”

     

    Majidi will be present in Montreal along with principal members of his cast and crew.

     

    The Festival, which is the only one in north America to be recognized by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) will take place from 27 August to 7 September.

     

    Starring many of Iran’s top actors, the film’s crew includes international craftsmen and artists as director of photography Vittorio Storaro, editor Roberto Perpignani, special effects designer Scott E. Anderson, and makeup designer Gianetto De Ross, apart from Rahman.

     

    By the order of Abraha, King of Habasha, one of his army commanders launches an attack on Mecca in order to destroy the Kaaba. He leads a well-equipped force comprised of thousands of soldiers, horses and elephants. As the army approaches Mecca, the elephants respond to divine order by halting and refusing to continue. Millions of small birds then release a hail of stones onto Abraha’s forces and the army is annihilated. A month later, Muhammad is born. This film depicts the pagan age with all its tyranny and oppression as seen through the eyes of Muhammad from birth to the age of 13.

     

    A record number of short films were submitted to the Festival for this year’s edition. Over 1200 shorts including some 400 Canadian and foreign student films, were submitted prior to the festival deadline, an increase of 42 per cent over last year’s figures.
     

    Close to 726 films from 64 countries have already been submitted.

  • Majid Majidi and Dilip Kumar get Lifetime Achievement Awards at Jaipur festival

    Majid Majidi and Dilip Kumar get Lifetime Achievement Awards at Jaipur festival

    NEW DELHI: Jamshid Mahmoudi has received the Golden Camel award for best director for Afghanistan film “A Few Cubic Meters of Love” at the Seventh Jaipur International Film Festival which concluded in Jaipur. The film also received the best cinematography award for Morteza Ghafori.

     

    The Red Rose award went to India’s Aditya Vikram Sengupta for “Asha Jaoar Maihe” in the Best Released feature film category, while the Green Rose went to India’s Dr. Biju for the feature film “Perariyathavar” for giving a Global Message.

     

    The Yellow Rose went to India’s Agneya Singh for the “M Cream” upcoming feature film with world premiere.

     

    Renowned Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi was awarded the first International award for lifetime contribution and the National Award for lifetime achievement was presented to veteran Dilip Kumar (received by Anupam Kher). A video on him made by his wife Saira Bano was shown on the occasion on the inaugural day (1 February).

     

    A total of 159 films including around 10 premieres were featured in the five-day festival inaugurated jointly by actor Anupam Kher, well known filmmaker Shaji N. Karun, National award winning filmmaker Dr. Biju, actress Pallavi Joshi, and director Vivek Agnihotri.

     

    “A Few Cubic Meters of love”, a 90-minute Persian language feature film of Jamshid Mahmoudi from Afghanistan was the opening film of this year’s festival. It is a romantic story of love between a young Iranian working in a Teheran factory and the daughter of an Afghan worker.

     

    The Best Debutante Director award went to Bangladesh’s Abu Shahed Emon for the feature “Jalal’s Story”

     

    The best actress award went to Sohana Saba from Bangladesh for “Brihonnola” (which also won the best screenplay award for Murad Parvez) and the actor award went to Parviz Parastui for the Iranian features “Today” & “Mihman Darim”.

     

    Among the features, the best Sound And Editing Award went to Sandeep A. Varma for the Indian “Manjunath”.

     

    In the feature documentary category, the Golden Camel went to Indonesia’s Danniel Ziv for “Jalanan” as Best Director; the Green Rose went to Ireland’s Laura Fletcher for “African Pride” for the film which gives a Global Messag; the Best Sound And Editing Award went to Switzerland’s David Induni & Roccardo Studer for “Heritage”; and the best cinematography award went to the Indian Kavya Sharma & Sudeep Sen Gupta for “The Mount of Faith”.

     

    In the documentary category, the best film award went to India’s Anand Gandhi for his film “New Borns” in the International Competition of the Worldwood International Panorama while the Special Jury mention was given to the Spanish Asier Urbieta for “Arconda”.

     

    The awards in the short films category were: Switzerland’s ‘Mosqueto’ by Jeppe Hansen getting the best award in the International Competition of the Worldwood International Panorama; the best script going to India’s Kapil Sawant for “Banner”; the best director also going to India’s Sunit Sinha for “Pratihinsa”; the best editor going to Emilions Avraam from Cyprus for “5 Ways 2 Die”; best cinematographer going to Croatian Nic Mussell for “Zwischen Den Linien”; best sound editor award going to Estonian Horret Kuss for “Papa”; and Special Jury Mention for Sweden’s Henrik Henziger for “Nar Tararna Fallit”.

     

    The other awards were the best upcoming Students film award to India’s Aroop Dwivedi for ‘Aai’; the best Rajasthani film award to Gajendra S. Shrotriya for “Selfie”; Rocket Science Animation for “Anita Ka Gudiya Ghar” from India in the Animation Film Category; and Special Jury Mention for Animation Award to Max Hattler for “Unclean Proof” from UK, Italy, and Germany.

     

    The Best Print Media Coverage went to Dainik Bhaskar and the best Television Media Space

    award to E TV Rajasthan.

     

    JIFF founder and director Hanu Roj told indiantelevision.com that the festival received a total of 1827 film applications. The selected films include 33 Feature Films, seven Documentary Features, 86 Short Films, 17 Short Documentaries and 16 Animation Films. Of these, 68 films are from India and rest 91 from all over the world. Thirteen workshops and four special meets will be the centre of attraction in this year JIFF.

     

    Bangladesh was the Guest Country at the Festival this year.

     

    Out of 33 feature films, 10 feature films had their first Indian, Asian and World Premiere.