Los Angeles (PTI): Sound engineer Resul Pookutty became the third Indian to bring Oscar glory for India by winning the award for sound mixing in “Slumdog Millionaire” here on Tuesday.
“I dedicate this award to my country. This is not just a sound award but a piece of history that has been handed over to me,” […]
London (PTI): Having pocketed both the Golden Globe and the BAFTA awards, Indian composer A R Rahman, who has floored the international audience with his music in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, is now hoping for the biggest one - the Oscars.
Rahman scooped the BAFTA award in the Best Music Score category for ‘Slumdog’, the rags-to-riches story of […]
Jaipur (PTI): Nandita Das hopes her directorial venture ‘Firaq’ based on the aftermath of the Gujarat riots will prompt dialogue on the issue of divisiveness and prevail over any wrong noises the film’s theme generates from right wing parties.
Though it is based on the riots in Gujarat, the film has very little violence depicted in […]
G.S. PAUL
M.R. Rajan’s ‘Minukku,’ a short film on Kathakali veteran Kottakkal Sivaraman, won the national film award for the best documentary.
I am sure my works will be an asset for posterity to be introduced to many stalwarts.
Thespians: Kottakkal Sivaraman and Nedumudi Venu A passion for biographical documentaries has helped M.R. Rajan carve a niche for […]
P.K AJITH KUMAR
M.A. Rahman’s ‘M.T.yude Kumaranellooirile Kulangal’ explores the poignant tale of the Nila.
Shooting the film was quite a time-consuming challenge as I wanted to capture the Nila in different seasons. - M.A. RAHMAN
Distressing decline: M.T. Vasudevan Nair takes a walk through the dry banks of the Nila in the documentary ‘M.T.yude Kumaranellooirile Kulangal.’ Watching […]
ZIYA US SALAM
Adoor Gopalakrishnan traces his journey in films beginning with “Swayamvaram”, three decades ago, and reaching a new landmark with the recent “Orum Pennum Randaanum”.
Photo: Rajeev Bhatt
We might be living in the age of road rage, but there is barely a ripple in the life of Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Amid the hullabaloo at […]
Panaji (PTI): Chinese filmmaker Peter Chan had a word of appreciation for Indian film industry, which has kept Hollywood at bay.
The filmmaker, who is heading the jury for the competition section of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2008, said that India is the only market where
Hollywood could penetrate by only five per cent.
“In rest […]
Panaji (PTI): The audience in Kerala have lost taste for good and intellectually provocative cinema, feels producer Manu S Kumaran whose film ‘Aakashagopuram’ was
screened to a full house at IFFI 2008.
“Extreme commercial films made in Telugu language and dubbed in Malyalam are box office successes in Kerala. The young audiences are not just interested in […]
Afghanistan actor Khatira Yusufi arrives on the second day of the 39th International film festival of India in Panaji on Monday. Photo: PTI
Panaji (PTI): Veterans from the Hindi film industry on Sunday said films in the current generation lacked rich content in the absence of financial assistance to the script-writers.
“We have a beautiful body […]
Ziya Us Salam
He has just come back from the hospital. And all that veteran filmmaker Mrinal Sen asks for is some time before he can sit down, and answer a few questions about the changing contours of filmmaking.
He is polite to a fault, extremely modest for a man who has much to be immodest about. […]