Tag: Shiladitya Bora

  • Drishyam Films to kick-start ‘The Masters’ series with Sriram Raghavan

    Drishyam Films to kick-start ‘The Masters’ series with Sriram Raghavan

    MUMBAI: Drishyam Films will be hosting screenings and interactions with noted filmmakers, cinematographers, editors and producers titled as The Masters. The monthly series is an effort to give the audiences and film buffs a unique and enriching cinematic experience. 

     

    The series will kick-start with the screening of Raman Raghav and will be followed by a master class by director Sriram Raghavan. The two-part made for video series will be introduced by filmmaker and director Atul Sabharwal. The sequence comes from the year 1991 based on the true story of a serial killerThe series will outlay the successful investigations of the Stoneman murders that took place in the 1960s, drawing from official police case files.

     

    The screening will take place on 21 October, 2015 at PVR Citimall Andheri at 8 pm.

     

    “This is a one-of-a-kind initiative by us to reinvent the way master filmmakers interact with their audiences as well as aspiring filmmakers. We are sure that this will be an exciting opportunity for both to have a lively and fruitful exchange every month,” said Drishyam Films CEO Shiladitya Bora. 

     

    This is the first theatrical outing of the series, exclusive to early bird registrations. The event will be free and open to all, based on a first-come-first serve basis. The registrations can be made at http://www.drishyamfilms.com/events/

  • Ali Zafar’s Chasme Buddoor to release along with the original on 5 April

    Ali Zafar’s Chasme Buddoor to release along with the original on 5 April

    MUMBAI: In a unique exhibition strategy, PVR Director‘s Rare, an alternative programming wing of the PVR multiplex chain, has decided to re-release Sai Paranjpe‘s cult classic Chashme Buddoor audiences on 5 April, the same day when its modern-day remake is scheduled to open in cinemas.

    Avers head of Director‘s Rare Shiladitya Bora, "Earlier we had decided to release it a week ahead and then decided to release it on the same day because the buzz will be maximum during that time."

    While the original stars Farooque Sheikh, Ravi Baswani and Rakesh Bedi as three friends along with Deepti Naval who essayed the role of detergent-selling Miss Chamko.

    The remake has been directed by David Dhawan with Ali Zafar and Taapsee Pannu in the lead.

  • IIFFA shifted out of Ahmedabad

    IIFFA shifted out of Ahmedabad

    MUMBAI: The 3rd annual International Film Festival Ahmedabad (IFFA) that was scheduled to begin on 6 October has been shifted to New Delhi.


    Commented IFFA festival director Shiladitya Bora. “Unfortunately, we have been forced to be in a position by external factors that we can’t hold a film festival in Ahmedabad anymore. This decision has happened in circumstances that are beyond our control now. We did all, even beyond our capacity to make the film festival happen in Ahmedabad only.”


    The film selection, schedule, workshops and events in the festival will remain unchanged.


    The new schedule of the festival will be out soon. The festival is to be supported by PVR Cinemas in New Delhi.