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Freida Pinto’s style goof up at IFFI Goa!
Immortals star Frieda is used to swanning it in designer togs on red carpets the world over. This time, in Goa at IFFI, she wasn’t looking her best….
If your first reaction to this image is to turn away, we don’t blame you. Looks like Freida Pinto had a bad day coordinating styles, colours and her posture on the red carpet. So what went wrong? Click here to read more1 Comment
MF Husain’s documentary film not screened at IFFI
Bowing to pressure from rightwing Hindu groups, organisers of the 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) deferred the screening of legendary artist MF Husain’s documentary. Speaking to reporters Sunday, IFFI director Shankar Mohan said the screening of Through the Eyes of a Painter was a homage by the film fraternity to the late artist. Mohan said the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) had told them that a case regarding the documentary was pending in court. “We do not want to do anything illegal, so we are taking a legal opinion,” he said. The documentary had won the Golden Bear prize at the Berlin film festival.
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Brazilian director Oscar Marron Filho passes away at IFFI Goa
In a tragic incident, Brazilian documentary director Oscar Marron Filho suffered a cardiac arrest during an interactive session Sunday afternoon and died later at a local hospital. IFFI director Shankar Mohan said that as a mark of respect for the Brazilian director, the film parties scheduled Sunday would be cancelled and the playing of loud music would be stopped. Filho, 56, whose film Mario Filho: A Creator of Crowds – based on famed Brazilian journalist and writer Mario Filho was screened as a part of a special package on soccer films – was speaking during Open Forum, an interactive session with delegates on Sunday when he suddenly suffered a heart attack. After a few minutes of chaos, the ailing Filho was rushed to the Goa Medical College and hospital located some distance from Panaji, where he succumbed. “We are suspending festivities for today. Two minutes’ silence will be observed at all theatres at 8pm today. His relatives have been informed,” Mohan said.
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IFFI Goa: Jackie Shroff wants to make it better than Cannes
Bollywood actors and industry professionals should not see Goa merely as a holiday destination, but also participate in the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which is hosted in Panaji, said actor Jackie Shroff Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, the plain-speaking Shroff also said that he would urge his friends and colleagues in the industry to participate in IFFI more whole-heartedly. “People come here (Goa) for a holiday. They should also come here during IFFI,” Shroff said, after inaugurating the Raj Kapoor lounge for directors at the IFFI venue. “I am going to request people from the film industries in India, like Marathi, Tamil, Bengali also to come here for the festival…. People keep talking about Cannes, let’s make Goa better than all that,” Shroff said. The 42nd IFFI kicks off in Panaji on Wednesday. Shroff, a regular visitor to Goa for several decades now, said that it has changed over the years and advised the people and state government to ensure that development in the beach state is done in conformation with the environmental needs of the region.
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Rahul Khanna, Tisca Chopra to host 42nd IFFI opening ceremony in Goa
The 10-day extravaganza of the 42nd International Film Festival of India will start Wednesday and actress Tisca Chopra has tweeted that she will host the opening ceremony. “Off to Goa for IFFI – International Film Fest Of India, hosting the opening ceremony,” Tisca posted on microblogging site Twitter. Actor Rahul Khanna will co-host the opening ceremony with her. The festival, which will take place at Ravindra Bhavan auditorium in Margao, aims to be a one-stop-shop for cultural exchanges between Indian filmmakers and artists and cinema experts from several countries. Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan will inaugurate the festival. The guest list of the festival includes eminent French filmmaker Luc Besson, Hollywood actor Michelle Yeoh as well as Laurence Kardish, Dan Wolman, Raima Sen, Dino Morea and Prem Chopra.
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Shahrukh Khan, Suriya to brush shoulders with international stars at IFFI Goa
Shahrukh Khan will open the 42nd International Film Festival of India while south star Suriya will close it
Fresh from the success of RA.One and ahead of the release of Don 2, actor Shahrukh Khan will inaugurate the 42nd International Film Festival of India to be held in Panaji, Goa from November 23-December 3. “Shahrukh will flag off the 42nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2011 in Goa. He would formally inaugurate the 10-day extravaganza on November 23 at Ravindra Bhavan auditorium in Margao,” festival director Shankar Mohan confirmed. The festival’s opening will include the screening of the Portuguese film The Consul of Bordeaux directed by Francisco Manso and Joao Correa. Click here to read moreIFFI Goa to have 3D, digital and animation films
Matching global trends, the 42nd International Film Festival of India is going to do many things for the first time
For the first time, movies backed by animation, 3D and digital technology will find prominence at the upcoming 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa as organisers want to bring global trends to India while showcasing the vast variety of domestic cinema. Keeping true to its theme of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, which translates to ‘The Whole World is One Family’, the 11-day film extravaganza, starting November 23, aims to be a one-stop-shop for cultural exchange between Indian filmmakers as well as artists and cinema experts from several countries, according to Shankar Mohan, Director, IFFI. Click here to read moreSantosh Sivan’s ‘Urumi’ to open IFFI’s Indian Panorama
Cineswami takes a look at the film’s to be screened at the International Film Festival of India in Goa
Santosh Sivan’s magnum opus Urumi starring Malayalam heartthrob Prithviraj, Pradhu Deva, Vidya Balan, Genelia D’Souza and Arya will open the Indian Panorama section of this year’s International Film Festival of India in Goa. The jury headed by Sai Paranjpye has chosen 23 films out of a total of 118 eligible entries. Bollywood is represented with Parvin Dabas’ Sahi Dhande Galat Bande, Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Shagird and Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Click here to read more
