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Film Bazaar: Films in rare languages, mockumentaries and a growing interest in genre filmmaking are some of the dominant themes in this year’s Film Bazaar Recommends.

Among the line-up are films such as The Gold Laden Sheep & The Sacred Mountain filmed in the Pahari language, spoken in the Himalayas, and The Golden Wing (Sonar Baran Pakhi) made in Rajbanshi, which is spoken in the northeast Indian state of Assam.

“The northeast of India and the lives of the people in the mountains seems to inspire directors from this region, as well as other parts of India, perhaps because the landscape is so cinematic,” says Film Bazaar Recommends and Wip Lab curator Deepti DCunha.

This year’s line-up also includes The Bioscopewala, loosely based on Rabindranath Tagore’s short story Kabuliwala, which is partly shot in the Dari language, spoken in Afghanistan. Produced by Mumbai-based Sunil Doshi, the film stars Danny Denzongpa, Gitanjali Thapa, Tisca Chopra...

Line-up includes projects from Geetu Mohandas, Mostofa S. Farooki and Haobam Paban Kumar, along with the event’s first ever animation projects.

India’s National Film Development Corp (Nfdc) has unveiled the 18 projects selected for the Co-production Market at this year’s Film Bazaar, including new works from Geetu Mohandas, Mostofa S. Farooki [pictured] and Haobam Paban Kumar.

Mohandas, whose first feature Liar’s Dice screened at Sundance and won six international awards, is bringing her new project Insha’allah to Film Bazaar, with Jar Pictures attached as producer. Farooki, whose credits as director include Television and Ant Story, is producing fellow Bangladeshi director Abu Shahed Emon’s A Foolish Man.

Manipuri filmmaker Haobam Paban Kumar, whose debut Lady Of The Lake premieres in New Currents at Busan this week, is again working with Oli Pictures on Joseph’s Son.

The Film Bazaar line-up also includes the event’s first two animation projects –Soumitra Ranade’s Kabuliwala, to be...

French based Afghan novelist turned director Atiq Rahimi adapted his second novel for the screen which puts him in a small circle of authors adapting their own material twice….from book form to the big screen. Set during an unspecified era, a young Afghan woman finds solace in her own comatose husband whom she imagines as her own magical stone that she can tell her secrets and desires. Rahimi who won the highest literature prize in France for his novel, the Prix Goncourt adapted his novel with legendary writer Jean-Claude Carrière helping him to open the mostly monologue driven novel for cinematic interpretation. Rahimi who also adapted his first novel “Earth and Ashes” for the screen, makes for a stronger case his second time out. With The Patience Stone, he cuts deep into the hypocrisy of the male dominated Afghan culture to shed light on the plight of Afghan women...

Asian Culture Award to Afghani director Siddiq Barmak Homage to Dev Anand and Ashok Kumar 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore

The screening of the Chinese film, ’11 Flowers’, the latest production of the well-known director Xioshuai Wang, will throw open the 10th Third Eye Film Festival at the Ravindra Natya Mandi, Prabhadevi, at 6.30 p.m. on December 22.

The film, which marks its Indian premiere at the Festival, is about the dilemma of an 11-year-old boy after his chance meeting with a runaway murderer.

The Festival this year is being dedicated to the fond memories of Bollywood’s inimitable star and filmmaker of 65-year standing, Dev Anand, who passed away in London on December 3. As a gesture of paying tribute him, his memorable film, ‘Guide’ will be shown.

Organised by Asian Film Foundation in collaboration with P.L. Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy and supported by the state government of Maharashtra, the Festival...

Prabhat Chitra Mandal will showcase some critically acclaimed films produced in Bangladesh in its programme for September. G.R. Biplob’s film Swapnodaya will also be presented. Biplob, a renowned film maker in Bangladesh is also a film society activist.

The other films include Murad Parvez’s Chandrograhan and Tanvir Mokammel’s Chitra Nadir Pare.

To conclude the celebration of 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Thakur, a special programme will be organized in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi, Mumbai. This programme comprises screening of films based on Rabindranath Thakur’s stories and appreciative lectures by speakers.

Programme For The Month Of September 2011

Y.B.Chavan Centre (Rangswar)

14th September, 2011 Chandrograhan

6.30pm Wednesday Dir: Murad Parvez

(Bangladesh/2007/125min/Color)

16th September, 2011 Chitra Nadir Pare

6.30pm Friday Dir: Tanvir Mokammel

(Bangladesh/1998/114min/Color)

21st September, 2011 Pinjara-ek Anawat Naad

6.30pmWednesday Dir: Akshay Indikar

(Marathi/2011/35min/Color)

Swapnodaya 7.15pm

Dir: G.R. Biplob

(Bangladesh/2007/88min...

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Enlighten film society will organize Tagore Film Festival in four cities of India in August. These cities are Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore.

The films that will be screened as part of this festival are Kabuliwala (Hemen Gupta,1961), Kshudishta Pashan (Tapan Sinha,1961), Teen Kanya (Satyajit Ray,1961), Charulata (Satyajit Ray, 1964), Ghaire Baire (Satyajit Ray, 1984, ), Char Adhyay (Kumar Shahani, 1997), Choker Bali (Rituparno Ghosh,2003), Chaturanga (Suman Mukhopadhyay, 2008) and Naukadubi (Rituparno Ghosh,2010).

Rabindranath Tagore, a documentary made by Satyajit Ray in 1960 will also be presented as part of this film festival.

In addition to the screenings, a recital in Rabindra sangeet as well as a commemorative lecture by Kumar Shahani will also be held in Delhi. Shahani’s lecture will focus on Tagore, his literature, to eventually signify Tagore as a modernist through a screening of Shahani’s masterwork Char Adhyay.

The screenings in other...

Rabindranath Tagore

The National Committee for Commemoration in association with Nfdc will present a DVD titled Tagore Stories on Film on Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary

Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary is on May 7. In this high-tech age, what could be a better gift other than a DVD compilation of his works. The National Committee for Commemoration in association with Nfdc will present a DVD titled Tagore Stories on Film. A rare and exclusive anthology of Tagore’s works will be showcased in the DVD and will be launched on May7 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Reportedly, the DVD is a collection of 6 DVDs. It includes five classic stories written by Tagore which are filmed by different directors. It also includes two documentaries based on Tagore’s life, which is believed to be no less than a film itself. Films like Khudito Pashan, Teen Kanya, Kabuliwala,...

Rabindranath Tagore

The National Committee for Commemoration in association with Nfdc will present a DVD titled Tagore Stories on Film on Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary

Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary is on May 7. In this high-tech age, what best gift other than a DVD compilation of his works. The National Committee for Commemoration in association with Nfdc will present a DVD titled Tagore Stories on Film. A rare and exclusive anthology of Tagore’s works will be showcased in the DVD and will be launched on May7 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Reportedly, the DVD is a collection of 6 DVDs. It includes five classic stories written by Tagore which are filmed by different directors. It also includes two documentaries based on Tagore’s life, which is believed to be no less than a film itself. Films like Khudito Pashan, Teen Kanya, Kabuliwala, Ghare Bhaire and...

Rabindranath Tagore

The Ministry of I & B in association with Nfdc will release a DVD pack called “Tagore Stories on Film”. The DVD will be launched on May 7, 2011 to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.

There are 6 DVDs in the pack which comprise five films based on Tagore’s stories filmed by different directors. The 6th DVD includes 2 documentaries on Tagore’s life as a bonus feature.

The films are: Tapan Sinha’s national award winning film on Tagore’s classic story ‘Khudito Pashan’ (Hungry Stones), 1960 in Bengali; Teen Kanya (Three Daughters) directed by Satyajit Ray, 1961 in Bengali, based on three of Tagore’s stories – The Post Master, Monihara and Samapti; Kabuliwala directed by Hemen Gupta in Hindi, 1961; Ghare Bhaire (Home and the World) by Satyajit Ray, 1984 which was screened in competition at Cannes the same year. The fifth DVD features Char Adhyay (Four Chapters), directed by Kumar Shahani,...

New Delhi, President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday condoled the death of veteran film director Tapan Sinha. Patil in her condolence message said: "An acclaimed film director, he shall always be remembered for his films such as 'Kabuliwala' and 'Ek Doctor Ki Maut', which touched on social issues of our times."The Dadasaheb Phalke award winner, who died Thursday, had made over 40 films. "In his passing away, the nation has lost a creative personality and a legendary filmmaker," the president said.“I am deeply saddened to know of the passing away of noted filmmaker Tapan Sinha. In his demise India has lost a master storyteller who highlighted the travails of the common man in his works,” Singh said in his condolence ...

Sometimes, one wonders as to are the God is being unkind to us. How else will you explain the deaths of the legends of cinema leaving back a big void? The sad news for us is that the director of sensitive meaningful cinema Tapan Sinha set for his heavenly abode yesterday. For those who are clueless about the greatness of Tapan Sinha and his contribution to Indian cinema, here's a small peak at his illustrious career. Sinha is the name behind Masterpiece Classics like Uphaar, Kabuliwala. Safed Haathi, Ankush, Ek Doctor Ki Maut…to name a few. He also was the winner of many prestigious National as well as International awards and was aptly conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for lifetime achievement only last year. For the last few days, he was not keeping well and was admitted in the hospital, as he was suffering from prolonged illness (acute bronco-pneumonia,...