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  • Surkhaab nominated to receive the prestigious REMI award at the 46th Annual WorldFest in Houston

    Surkhaab nominated to receive the prestigious REMI award at the 46th Annual WorldFest in Houston

    New Delhi: Canadian film-producer Tushar Unadkat’s film Surkhaab is an Official Selection for programming into The 46th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film and Video Festival in its TEXAS Premiere.

    He had been honoured with the prestigious Trailblazer Award at the 11th Annual ReelWorld Film Festival last year..

    WorldFest-Houston is one of the three original international film festivals in North America, after San Francisco and New York. It was founded in 1961 as Cinema Arts, an International Film Society. Houston will be presenting Surkhaab to the World, in the prime time of 20 April at the 30 Screen AMC.
     
    Surkhaab is nominated to receive one of the prestigious REMI awards in its feature film categories at this year‘s WorldFest 2013. WorldFest awards are the Grand Award (Best of Category), REMI Special Jury Awards, Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze REMI awards. The WorldFest REMI Award is named after the great Western Artist Frederick Remington, who captured the spirit of Texas and The American West with his remarkable paintings and sculptures.

    Unadkat shares, "Surkhaab is the name given to the Ruddy Shelduck (a type of bird) in India and Pakistan. This film is a story of a girl from India, her flight to Canada and the first 96 hours on the run! Barkha Madan, former Femina Miss India and Miss Tourism World Wide, who was seen in Bollywood‘s famous filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma‘s Bhoot and in Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi with superstar Akshay Kumar, plays the lead in the film. I collaborated with Golden Gate Creations, a California based company, Executive Producer: Vivek Kumar and Director: Sanjay Talreja to produce Surkhaab. It is a Hinglish (Hindi + English) feature film scheduled for theatrical release this summer in the US, India and Canada."
     
    Asked about his journey as a filmmaker, he says, "It‘s been a wonderful journey and I have directed numerous shorts and features. I have had the opportunity to work with Oscar winning producers and editors, namely Fred Fuchs, Phil Svaboda and Frank Reynolds to name a few! I have also worked with the likes of Shabana Azmi and Girish Karnad."

  • Tushar Unadkat to receive Trailblazer Award in Canada

    Tushar Unadkat to receive Trailblazer Award in Canada

    NEW DELHI: Mukta Advertising Creative Director and CEO Tushar Unadkat who recently produced a film in Canada is to be honoured by ReelWorld as the Trailblazer at the 12th Annual Film Festival to be held from 11 to 15 April in Toronto.

    For ReelWorld, a trailblazer is an up-and-coming voice contributing to Canada’s multi-ethnic framework and entertainment industry, making strides through innovation.

    Created in 2002, the Trailblazer Award recognises the accomplishments of ethnically diverse Canadian entertainment industry professionals whose work has broadened our horizons. Over the past ten years, ReelWorld has recognised some of Canada’s brightest talent for their ability to bring innovative stories and to forge a bright future for the Canadian entertainment industry.

    Unadkat holds a Master in Design degree from University of Dundee, Scotland and Honors in Photography from University of Wolverhampton, England. In the past decade, Tushar has executed art direction in the film, fashion, advertising and events industry in USA, England, Scotland, France, Germany, Netherlands, India and Canada.

    Winning 14 international awards, he has worked with Oscar winning producers and editors in the past as the Production Designer making a significant name in the Western Cross-Over Film-Industry and earning credits on more than 25 feature films in his portfolio.

    Currently enrolled on a Business Edge programme at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Unadkat produced a cross-over Bollywood-Hollywood genre feature film – Surkhaab – scheduled to theatrically release this summer in U S, Canada and India.