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  • SACF celebrates life and work of Dev Anand

    SACF celebrates life and work of Dev Anand

    MUMBAI: The South Asian Cinema Foundation‘s (SACF) ‘A Musical Journey through the Dev Anand Era‘, reminded people of the golden period of Indian cinema recently when it celebrated the life and work of the late actor.

    The SACF event saw live performances by the young as well as veteran singers and instrumentalists and a running narrative by the film historian and the director of SACF, Lalit Mohan Joshi in the presence of Dev Anand‘s family members among others.

    Produced by SACF in association with the Nehru Centre, the programme presented a historical perspective of Indian Cinema‘s Golden Era.

    Dev Anand, who expired in December last year, brought together and nurtured great icons of the Indian film industry like SD Burman, Sahir Ludhianvi, Guru Dutt, Raj Khosla, Kishore Kumar, Geeta Dutt, Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhonsle and Lata Mangeshkar.

    After Dev Anand got his first major break in Ziddi in 1948, he formed his own film company Navketan in 1949. For the next three decades he produced classics like Baazi (1951), Taxi Driver (1954), CID (1956), Hum Dono (1961), Guide (1965), Jewel Thief (1967), Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971) and Des Pardes (1978).

  • SACF honours Shyam Benegal for Excellence in Cinema

    SACF honours Shyam Benegal for Excellence in Cinema

    MUMBAI: Filmmaker Shyam Benegal has been presented with the South Asian Cinema Foundation‘s Excellence in Cinema Award in London. The director was chosen for the award for his contribution to the Indian Cinema.

    Rita Bhagwati, wife of the Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Dr Jaimini, presented the award to Benegal at British Film Institute (BFI). The citation described Benegal as ‘the pioneer of the new Indian Cinema Movement‘.

    “I am absolutely delighted at this award and I will continue to make films. Any award is a kind of recognition. I accept it with great delight and pleasure. I still have a long way to go. For me it is important,” Benegal said after receiving the award.

    Bhumika and Junoon, two of the director‘s named works, were also screened on the occasion.

    Benegal is the sixth filmmaker SACF has honoured so far. Previous recipients of the award include MS Sathyu (2004), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (2006), Saeed Akhtar Mirza (2008), Girish Kasaravalli (2009) and Gulzar(2010).