And after Rock On!! and Kai Po Che, it’s going to be an intense love story for the director who is lovingly called Gattu
Ekta Kapoor might love to stick to bucketfuls of tears when dealing with the small screen, but she prefers to diversify her taste when it comes to movies. Click here to read more
Films with children as the main characters are no longer a rarity. Thank god for that! It’s imperative that our cinema cultivate a culture of entertainment that children can empathise with without the content becoming overpowering in its message-mongering motivations
Gattuis a delicately-threaded morality tale about a poor little boy, never sorry for himself, except when play-acting the role of the bereft waif to get his way, who is taken in by his uncle (Naresh Kumar, brilliantly in character). Click here to read more
The writer-director known for movies like Jab We Met and Rockstar makes a candid confession
Complicated emotions come easily to Imtiaz Ali, who scripted the recently released Cocktail. But try and coax him to write a children’s movie and he says, “I am not so clean internally that I could attempt a children’s film.” Oops! Click here to read more
Here’s a list of all the Indian fare being screened at the renowned festival, a mix of Bollywood features, indie and short films. Find the timings and venue. The Stuttgart fest will be held from July 18–22, 2012
The 9th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart line-up is out, and it consists of some interesting Indian movies. Director Mangesh Hadawale’s award-winning Dekh Indian Circus, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Tannistha Chattejee, opens the Fest on July 18, 2012 at the Metropol 1 cinema. Click here to read more
The film that won at the Los Angeles and New York film festivals now goes to Germany
It’s the time of indie films making big, and director Rajan Khosa’s film Gattu is making the most of it. After travelling to various parts of the world, the film has now been invited to the ninth edition of Indian Film Festival Stuttgart, Germany. Click here to read more
Gangs of Wasseypur, Gandu, Queens! Destiny of Dance and Dekh Indian Circus are just a few of the Indian films at LIFF 2012, being held from June 20-July 3
Just two days before its release in India (June 22), Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur will premiere at the 2012 London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) as its opening film. Click here to read more
Click to read the entire winners’ list of NYIFF 2012
The 12th New York Indian Film Festival announced its winners for 2012 at New York University’s Skirball Center for the Arts. The festival was held from May 23-27 at Tribeca Cinemas, Lower Manhattan. Director Rajan Khosa’s much-talked about film Gattu won the top honour of Best Film. Mohammad Samad, the child artiste in Gattu, won Best Young Actor, while Best Director went to Sujay Dahake for Marathi filmShala (School). Click here to read more
The actor who is also CFSI chairperson, is “delighted with the double win” of Gattu at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
Children’s Film Society of India’s (CFSI) movie Gattu received two awards at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA). Directed by RajanKhosa, the children’s film won the Audience Award and the Honorable Mention Award at the prestigious gala Sunday evening in Los Angeles. The film is based in a small Indian town where kids and adults are obsessed with kite flying, and puts the spotlight on street children in the country. Click here to read more