Tag: The Forest

  • Orangutan Gaming unveils ‘The Forest’

    Orangutan Gaming unveils ‘The Forest’

    Mumbai: Orangutan Gaming has introduced its very own training facility known as ‘The Forest.’ This training facility adores international standards of architecture and sheds light on the bright future of esports in India.

    ‘The Forest’ is South Asia’s finest esports training facility and is now open to the world. Right from the front door to the terrace, the facility explains how Orangutan has envisioned esports and the lives of the athletes and content creators making a career in this rapidly growing industry.

    Speaking about the new facility centre, Orangutan founder Yash Bhanushali said, “The future of esports has unlimited potential, and to achieve it to the fullest, you need a state-of-the-art training facility. The Forest is now getting decked up with more rosters and content creators to show that while we are here to take part, we work with the mission to take over. This is just the beginning for Orangutan and there is a lot more to come.”

    ‘The Forest’ is a 15,000 sq. ft., four-story training facility for Orang-utans’ competitive teams and content creators. It houses esports rooms for all the games, namely BGMI, FreeFire, and Valorant. The facility is content-friendly and also houses its content creators, who create some exclusive content for their supporters.

    Adding to it, Orangutan co-founder Jai Shah said, “To create what I possibly believe is South Asia’s finest esports training facility, there are a lot of intricacies involved. We have spent countless hours building every corner of this house, and it feels surreal to see this turn into a reality. The importance of a good training facility has been reflected in the motivation our athletes have shown, and now that we’ve set the bar, we only plan on setting the next bar higher.”

    The reveal video has been posted on the YouTube channel Orangutan TV and has garnered over 500K views in a week and has received appreciation and recognition for the work that they have done in their esports training facility. Along with the efforts that they have made to make esports in India compete closely with organisations internationally.

  • Ashvin Kumar‘s ‘The Forest’ set to release on 4 May

    Ashvin Kumar‘s ‘The Forest’ set to release on 4 May

    MUMBAI: Director Ashvin Kumar’s mainstream ecologic thriller The Forest is set to release on 4 May.

    The Forest, a thriller with an ecological message, is a chilling tale of a man-eating leopard set in the jungles of North India.

    The Forest is the third release under PVR Cinema’s Director’s Rare series. Its star cast includes the likes of Javed Jafferi, Nandana Sen, Ankur Vikal and Salim Ali Zaidi.

    Incidentally, Ashwin is the youngest Indian writer-director with an Academy Award Oscar nomination for Little Terrorist and National Award winning director for Inshallah Football.

    With his Oscar nomination, the director joins the select list of Indians at the Oscars like Mira Nair, Deepa Mehta, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Shekhar Kapur, Resul Pookutty, Bhanu Athaiya and AR Rahman. He is the only Indian to ever be nominated into the short film category.

    The film had early premiered at Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose in February 2009 and had its market premiere at Cannes Market ‘09. It was also a part of the official competition of Montreal International Film Festival, Canada and Sitges International Film Festival, Spain.

  • PVR acquires rights of Ashvin Kumar’s ‘The Forest’

    PVR acquires rights of Ashvin Kumar’s ‘The Forest’

    MUMBAI: PVR Cinemas has acquired the rights of director Ashvin Kumar’s 86-minute film, The Forest.

    A tale of a man-eating leopard set in the jungles of north India, The Forest was earlier premiered at Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose in February 2009 and was also show at the Cannes Market in 2009.

    The writer-director won an Oscar nomination in 2004 for Little Terrorist. The film has been part of official selections to over 130 film festivals including the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) Los Angeles.

    His documentary Inshallah Football is about a Kashmiri boy’s dreams to play football and how his father’s past jeopardises his dreams. With the film, he also became the first Indian to be nominated at the European Film Academy for the 15-minute short film that traces the journey of a young Pakistani boy who accidentally crosses the border between India and Pakistan in pursuit of his cricket ball and is instantly branded a terrorist by security forces.

    Kumar, son of well-known designer Ritu Kumar, started his filmmaking journey with Road to Ladakh and followed it up with films like Dazed in Doon and Inshallah Kashmir: Living Terror.