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14th Mumbai Film Festival opens today: Sridevi to inaugurate
The film fest offers the best of world cinema and Indian films this year, and also introduces Afghanistan cinema
The much-awaited Mumbai Film Festival’s 14th edition begins tonight (Thursday , October 18) at the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) in South Mumbai, with actor Sridevi inaugurating the event by lighting the traditional lamp. Organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), the festival opens with award-winning Hollywood film Silver Linings Playbook that stars Robert de Niro, Bradley Cooper, and Anupam Kher. Click here to read moreClick to Comment
Cinematographer Rajen Kothari passes away – Bollywood tweets
Kothari had worked on movies like Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Ghayal, Zubeidaa and the more recent one, Tukaram
Ace cameraperson Rajen Kothari, also head of Cinematography at Subhash Ghai’s Whistling Woods International film school, died in Mumbai on Wednesday (September 26) due to cardiac arrest. He was 60. People from Bollywood and the media associated with Kothari tweeted condolence messages, including Ghai and Shabana Azmi. Click here to read moreRobert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart at the 14th Mumbai Film Festival!
Cosmopolis and On the Road, films of the on-off couple of the Twilight series, will be screened at the festival this year as part of the Italian and French focus
Twilight couple Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, who are reportedly just back together after a brief breakup thanks to Kristen’s alleged affair with her married director Rupert Sanders, will be in India soon. But only onscreen, as part of their respective films that will be screened at the upcoming 14th Mumbai Film Festival (MFF). Click here to read moreAce cinematographer Ashok Mehta passes away
The acclaimed lensman succumbed to cancer at a Mumbai hospital
Cinematographer Ashok Mehta passed away in Mumbai today. He suffered from cancer and was being treated at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Andheri West. Actor Arjun Rampal who made his Bollywood debut in Mehta’s Moksha in 2001 had paid a visit to the ailing veteran just a few days back. Mehta was an ace lensman and shot award-winning movies like Jabbar Patel’s Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, Shekhar Kapur’s Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, Mr. India and Bandit Queen Click here to read more14th Mumbai Film Festival: Entries open for India Gold 2012
The new competition section of the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image’s film fest is open for entries August 1-31, 2012
The 14th Mumbai Film Festival (MFF) organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) recently announced a new Indian competition section for the 2012 event. Called India Gold, the new section has been specially introduced to commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema this year. Click here to read moreMumbai Film Festival to screen 9 silent films
The screenings will take place as a part of the MAMI celebration of 100 years of Indian cinema
The decision makers behind the 14th Mumbai Film Festival have decided to use the platform to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema. And they are going to do it by screening nine silent films! Shyam Benegal, chairman, Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI), which organises the festival, confirmed this when he said, “The main thing is going to be the nine restored silent films that will be shown the way it used to be shown in the silent days of Indian cinema. The way it used to be shown 100 years ago…with live music.” Click here to read morePresident Pratibha Patil honours filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar
Director Madhur Bhandarkar was presented with the Ganga Sharan Singh Award by Dr Pratibha Patil on June 20. Girish Karnad and Shyam Benegal were also conferred with the award for their contribution to Indian cinema
The Ganga Sharan Singh Award is a literary honour that the Ministry Of Human Resource Development confers on people who play an integral role in promoting Hindi literature. Click here to read moreMadhur Bhandarkar, Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad to receive Presidential honour
The three filmmakers will be presented with the Ganga Sharan Singh Award, a literary honour
President of India Dr Pratibha Patil will present the Ganga Sharan Singh Puraskar to filmmakers Madhur Bhandarkar, Shyam Benegal and Girish Karnad for contribution to the Hindi language through cinema. Click here to read more
