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Aye Zindagi, Review: Goodness of human beings, greatness of cinema
A very touchy, sensitive and polarising subject, Aye Zindagi (O Life) hits the right chords and sticks diligently to its theme and thrust. Based on an “incredible” true story, the film comes across as honest and well-crafted. One can feel emotions similar to those evoked by Anand, made 50 years ago, and Safar, before it, but, though both starred the new star on the horizon, Rajesh Khanna, both were works of fiction...
Phone Bhoot trailer launch: Horrorlarius
Ever since the audience saw the first poster of Katrina Kaif, Siddhant Chaturvedi, and Ishaan Khattar starrer Phone Bhoot, they were eagerly waiting to get more glimpses of the film. Their wait is over: the trailer of this most awaited comedy of horrors was launched on 10 October at the PVR multiplex, Juhu, Mumbai.
Phone Bhoot is a title most likely chosen as a pun on the word Phone Booth, and has been in the news for some time now, because superstar ...
Trailer launch of 1st Marathi multilingual film Har Har Mahadev: 300 against 12,000
ZEE Studios' released the trailer of their upcoming film Har Har Mahadev on 10 October at the PVR Cinemas, Juhu, Mumbai. The film is the story of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (King Shivaji), from the point of view of Baji Prabhu Deshpande, who was initially an opponent, but joined ranks with Shivaji later on. The trailer is trending high in the Tamil and Telugu versions. Har Har Mahadev (a battle cry among ...
Janpath Kiss, play review: Kiss and miss
Staged in testing circumstances, Janpath Kiss, a full-length play in Hindustani, provided its share of laughs and satirical commentary on the contemporary socio-legal scene in India, particularly New Delhi. With a huge cast and three musicians seated on stage, it appeared to be under-rehearsed and a bit longer than necessary, considering there was no intermission or act division. Showing patches of imaginative theatrical ideas, it started on the wrong ...
Our film "When the Woodlark Sings" was selected on the Couch Film Festival in Toronto, Canada and ANA BILIC is the AWARD WINNER in the category Best Writer. The actress Valentina Himmelbauer received the NOMINEE in the category Best Actress. That was great news and we are overjoyed!
Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/oXuEJiN3rD0
More information: https://heidelerche-film.cittador.com
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The growing audience of major and lesser-known film festivals certainly does not signal the end of the cinema. It mirrors the growing number of movies which are produced and the social and commercial attractions of film festivals. Though one should keep in mind that over a twenty-year period through 2018 only about four percent of independent films in the Unites States generated a profit and that just ten percent were ever shown in theaters. The relative decline of independent films refl...
Our film "When the Woodlark Sings" was selected on the 8 & HalfFilm Awards in Roma, Italy in the category Best Original Score and is the AWARD WINNER. The film composer Danilo Wimmer is delighted and happy and we – as a team – are grateful and overjoyed!
Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/oXuEJiN3rD0
More information: https://heidelerche-film.cittador.com
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First episode of mini-series Happy Got Lucky canned
Director Param Kalra has canned the first episode of the mini-series, Happy Got Lucky. Commissioned by SBT entertainment, of Jalaj Dave and Hiren Bhoi, it consists of three episodes. Happy Got Lucky stars Vidit Sharma (MTV roadies fame, Aaja Tujhe Chaand Pe Le Chalun) and two pretty girls, Anjali Krishna and Bushra Shaikh (Mika Di Vohti fame).
The series revolves around modern day youth issues, like commitment phobia. There are many causes ...
FICCI FRAMES Fast Track 2022, 03 Shoot at sights in Rajasthan
Anand Tripathi, Additional Director, Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan invited the members of film fraternity to come and explore the hidden gems of Rajasthan and shoot in Rajasthan. Addressing the session 'Come, Shoot in Rajasthan' at FICCI FRAMES FAST TRACK 2022, in Mumbai, on 28 September, the second and last day of the convention, Tripathi highlighted the strength of the state the rich culture and legacy th...
FICCI FRAMES Fast Track 2022, 02: Delhi High Court Judge sees enormous opportunities
Addressing the two-day ‘FICCI FRAMES Fast Track 2022’ on the second day, 28 September, Hon’ble Justice Ms. Prathiba M Singh, Judge, Delhi High Court said, “There are enormous opportunities that the Indian Creative Sector provides for expansion, and leaving a global footprint of the country.”
Speaking on strengthening India’s IP Ecosystem, Justice Singh highlighted, “...
FICCI FRAMES Fast Track 2022, 01: A comeback of sorts
It was overdue. Usually held in March, it was first postponed at the eleventh hour, and then cancelled. The year was 2020. And everybody remembers what was happening in March 2020. The Ides of March plagued the world in 2021 too, and only relented after March 2022. An eagerly awaited annual event, FICCI FRAMES is the definitive convention of the Media and Entertainment (M & E) Sector of the country. Industry giants assemble, there are ...
Vikram Vedha, Review: Gang gang, bang bang
There are only a handful of characters in Vikram Vedha who do not wield guns, swords or any ‘weapon’ they can lay their hands on. Almost all of them die. And what about those who do wield guns and makeshift weapons? They meet their fate too, except for…Rarely has a film let loose a such a fusillade of bullets, from all sorts of hand-guns as well as AK47s, as in this film. And rarely have we seen so many corpses tumble left, right a...
Varun Dhawan holds sway at Amazon Prime Video bae
Events starting on time is a rarity in the entertainment circuit of Mumbae….oops, Mumbai, but for once the exception proved the rule. A smartly dressed young lady greeted me at the desk, took my name, which I spelt out to her loud and clear. Then she took my picture on an ipad and told me to collect my identity badge a few minutes later. As I entered the Grand Sangam Ballroom at the J.W. Marriott hotel, Juhu, there was loud dance music ...
Our film "When the Woodlark Sings" was selected at the INFLUX Film Awards, Huntington Beach CA, USA in the category Best International Film and is the AWARD WINNER.
What a great feeling! We are overjoyed, grateful and delighted!
Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/oXuEJiN3rD0
More information: https://heidelerche-film.cittador.com
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A step by step guide to submitting a short film to the Cittador Film Festival 2022 Vienna, Austria:
1. Submit your film on FilmFreeway via this link: https://filmfreeway.com/CittadorInternationalFilmFestival
2. If your film selected, you receive the “Official Selection” status and laurels as official selected film. You can use laurels for your promotional purpose for example on social media channels.
3. &n...
Prime Video’s first original film, Maja Ma, Trailer launch: Mad about Madhuri
One afternoon in 1984, I was invited to the Natraj Hotel, Marine Drive, Bombay, to the release get-together of Rajshri Productions’ Abodh. My benefactor, writer-director Gobind Moonis, who had wanted to cast me as the blind boy in Dosti, had now discovered a girl with a very pretty face who had learnt kathak too. But the star of the day was Gyan Shivpuri, an actor who came with a reputation. When I trie...
Dhokha Round D Corner, Review: True lies, deception-perception and betrayal-portrayal
Way back in 1940, a British film was made under the title Gaslight. It had an American version in 1944. Since then, it has inspired a lot of psychological thrillers, in India too. In the film, a man plots to convince his wife and all around them that she is mad, in order to recover the jewels that he had tried to steal from her late aunt, who he had just murdered, but had failed by the sudden arrival of the ...
Chup: Revenge of the Artist, Review: Critickill analysis
Film critics, run for cover! Better still, seek police protection. Take a cue from the one renowned film critic already has police protection, and comes to our press previews with an armed escort, in uniform. The reason for this shield is not known to me. But all the other reviewers are mere mortals, some senior, some junior and some newbies. Some of them are well paid, some are paid much less than what they deserve, some are well-to-do...
Modi Ji Ki Beti, Trailer launch: What’s in a surname?
Modi is not a common a surname as Shah, Patel and Mehta in India and Smith in England. But, in India, it happens to be the surname of Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India. That should work in favour of persons with such a surname, only Narendra Modi has no children.
Film, TV and theatre actress Avani Modi, who comes from a small town in Gujarat, and has worked mainly in Tamil and Gujarati films, faced a queer situation when it...
Our film “When the Woodlark Sings” was selected at the Top Film Awards in Tokyo! Here are results:
Nominee – Best Feature; Nominee – Best Original Idea; Winner – Best Actress, Nominee – No Budget Spirit. We are happy and grateful!
Watch the film trailer on Youtube with English subtitles: https://youtu.be/oXuEJiN3rD0
More information about the film: https://heidelerche-film.cittador.com
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The Scorched Forest-Part I-The Kindling, Review: The Killing Fields
A twenty-one years old man, whose father died in an accident, is at the bottom end of the class pyramid. Living in abject poverty, he, his mother and sister, work as daily-wage labourers and have a huge debt to repay to a money-lender. The ‘man’ of the house chops (removes) harmful thorns from the plants and trees in a field, for a paltry sum, which is barely enough to help keep the kitchen fires burning. This beg...
Siya, Review: We didn’t see ya
A man who has produced 12 films, including masterpieces like Masaan and Newton, over the last eight years, decides to make his directorial debut under his own banner, Drishyam Films (Drishyam means ‘scene’), at the age of 49. His name is Manish Mundra. All eyes are on him. What subject has he chosen? Who are the actors? How will be his treatment of the script, and so on. And then comes the invitation to attend the première of Siya. There...
Jahaan Chaar Yaar, Review: 4 oppressed wives and 1 dead, naked, male stripper
Sometimes, you don’t realise you have made a fairly good beginning and deviate into unnecessary trappings. Sometimes you don’t realise that it ain’t broke, so don’t fix it. Sometimes you start tinkering with the engine, and don’t realise that the problem is that you have run out of petrol (read ‘ideas’). On the other hand, you might realise that you have run out of petrol an...
Prime Video holds a press conference, unveils trailer, but remains Hush Hush
A new web series begins 22 September on the Prime Video platform, in seven episodes, and is titled Hush Hush. It is not about gossip, as some might conclude, but a murder mystery. A trailer was released and shown twice in succession, as is the norm, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, Juhu, Mumbai, yesterday. The series marks the OTT debut of film director Tanuja Chandra (Dushman) and film actress Ayesha Julka (Jo Jeeta Wohi...
Small Scale Industries play a crucial role in the country’s productivity
Laghu Udyog Bharati (LUB/ Small Industries of India) focusses on and works towards uplifting and strengthening the Medium and Small Medium Enterprises MSME sector. There are multiple levels at which LUB operates, including targetting policy adversity, policy intervention, guidelines, entrepreneur development programme, exports, power, industrial land and property, banking and finance, etc. At a press meet held at t...
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