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Indian auteur Anurag Kashyap is returning to the children’s film genre with his latest production, “Little Thomas.”

The comedy-drama, which is the feature directing debut of Kaushal Oza, is slated for its world premiere at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (Iffm).

Starring Gulshan Devaiah and Rasika Duggal, alongside child actor Hridansh Parekh, “Little Thomas” marks Kashyap’s first foray into children’s cinema since his 2007 animated directorial venture “Return of Hanuman.”

Set in 1990s Goa, the film follows a seven-year-old boy’s attempts to reunite his quarreling parents in hopes of getting a baby brother. Kashyap, known for hard-hitting films like “Gangs of Wasseypur” and “Ugly,” was drawn to Oza’s vision of creating a genuine children’s film from a kid’s perspective.

“It’s a difficult genre actually, to make an authentic children’s film,” Kashyap said. “So one has to ensure that it’s a good script before making it.

I’ll admit to feeling a little – no, let’s be honest, a Lot – of trepidation about watching Kill. I’m very squeamish when it comes to violence and genre films are generally not my thing. But I was curious because the film comes from a partnership of production houses Dharma Productions and Sikhya Entertainment (headed up by Guneet Monga and Achin Jain). Guneet Monga as a producer didn’t surprise me, as her productions range from Oscar winning short films to grittier films like That Girl in Yellow Boots, Shaitan, and Peddlers. My curiousity got the better of me when I was offered a screener to watch Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s latest film, Kill, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023, as part of their “Midnight Madness” programming, which specializes in (according to the TIFF website) “the best in action, horror, shock and fantasy cinema”.

And the...

The London Indian Film Festival (Liff), is back for its 13th year and we have a sneak peek into the exciting films that will be showcased at the prestigious festival! This year’s Liff spans 14 days from 23rd June – 6th July, screening in various cinemas across London as well as regionally in Manchester, Birmingham, and Leeds. Plus the BFI Player will host a selection of short films. Plus there will be films available at LoveLIFFatHome.com but more to come on that later.

As with every year, the festival strives to bring thought-provoking, unique viewpoints and outstanding independent films to audiences with the selection of films Liff brings to the screen. Not only featuring world premieres, and special screenings, Liff also features masterclasses and incredible Q&a events after the screenings. Liff brings an in-depth look into cinema.

Festival Director Cary Rajinder Sawhney MBE says, “We are delighted at the...

Actor Gulshan Devaiah says the greatest fear for an actor is to be forgotten and become irrelevant.

"The forgotten become irrelevant and that's the greatest fear for an actor. This can be anybody's reality. It's a tough business. It kills the mind, breaks the spirit of people & yet we come flocking in the thousands. Best wishes to Mr Samir Khakhar & everyone else who's an actor," Gulshan tweeted on Saturday.

His post comes as a reaction to a post which stated that "Samir Khakhar who played the role of Khopdi in Nukkad is looking for work".

The forgotten become irrelevant & that’s the greatest fear for an actor. This can be anybody’s reality. It’s a tough business. It kills the mind, breaks the sprit of people & yet we come flocking in the thousands. Best wishes to Mr Samir Khakhar & everyone else who’s an actor. https://t.co/wdfSmvJaIO

— Gulshan Devaiah (@gulshandevaiah) January 2, 2021

Earlier,...

By Arundhuti Banerjee

Mumbai, Oct 24 (Ians) Actor Gulshan Devaiah feels recent controversies, related to allegations of Bollywood-drug trade nexus as well as nepotism charges, which have been surrounding the film fraternity, do not bother him.

"Without taking names, I want to say that the controversies and generalisation that have defamed our film industry in the recent past do not bother me. What bothers me is the people who are raising their voice with a huge amount of insincerity. If you know that you are an influential voice of the film industry, will you not check your own words before uttering them? That is why I have difficulty trusting them. The audience that is observing the toxicity, should sit back and try to understand who is benefitting from these controversies? As an audience, are you?" said the actor.

Gulshan has managed to make his mark in the entertainment industry across mediums.

MollywoodThe critically acclaimed film directed by Geetu Mohandas has Nivin Pauly in the lead. Digital NativeMoothon, which did well in several international festivals, is easily one of the milestone films in Nivin Pauly’s career. Now the film had its European premiere with the screening at Ffast – South Asian Film Festival, Paris -- happening on Tuesday, January 27. Nivin took to his Instagram and shared a picture with the director of the film Geetu Mohandas, confirming their participation in Ffast. “Moothon premiering at Ffast in Paris today,” Nivin captioned the picture on Tuesday. View this post on Instagram #moothon premiering at Ffast in Paris today! @geetu_mohandas A post shared by Nivin Pauly (@nivinpaulyactor) on Jan 27, 2020 at 6:58pm Pst It may be noted here that Moothon had premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September last year to critical acclaim and then at the Mumbai Film Festival on October...

MollywoodWritten and directed by Geetu Mohandas, 'Moothon' has Nivin Pauly playing the central character.Digital NativeMoothon, which did well in several international festivals, is easily one of the milestone films in Nivin Pauly’s career. The film deals with a serious issue. The making-of-the-film video that was recently released shows how much the team enjoyed working on the project. Despite the heaviness in the subject, the team has had some lighter moments to share. The video shows the behind the scene preparations including Nivin getting his ears pierced as Geetu watches anxiously. Rajeev Ravi can be seen looking for the perfect shots while the actors wait for the director’s instructions. The video ends with a shot of Nivin falling down and Geetu waiting before saying: “Cut, that was nice.” It may be noted here that Moothon was premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September this year to...

Following plaudit and standing ovation while premiering at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, gritty, Indian noir thriller, Raman Raghav 2.0, releases in cinemas worldwide on 24th June 2016, presented by Reliance Entertainment.

Embodying new age Indian cinema beyond Bollywood for an international audience, Raman Raghav 2.0 is helmed by celebrated auteur, Anurag Kashyap (Gangs of Wasseypur Parts 1 & 2, Dev D, That Girl In Yellow Boots), one of India’s most acclaimed crossover filmmakers with a cult, global following. Golden boy of contemporary Indian cinema, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, conveys the role of serial killer Ramanna with unnerving menace, while rising star, Vicky Kaushal, essays his nemesis, coke-addled police officer Raghavan. The narrative unfolds against the darker underbelly of Mumbai, providing the setting for a serial killer’s cold-blooded crimes to germinate.

Setting the tone of the film is the real life back-story of a notorious serial killer that plagued Bombay in the 1960’s. The city...

Soon to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Shonali Bose's Margarita, With A Straw promises to offer a little something different than we normally see from Indian film - even within the blossoming indie scene. A realistic, female focused coming of age story - something we actually don't see very much of coming from anywhere - here's how the festival pitches it:In this inspirational love story, a Delhi university student and aspiring writer afflicted with cerebral palsy (Kalki Koechlin, Dev.D, That Girl in Yellow Boots) leaves India for New York University, where she falls for a fiery young activist. We're pleased to share the first trailer for this film here at Twitch, check it out below....

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Director Hansal Mehta's son Jai Mehta, who has assisted his father on both his acclaimed films, is all set to turn an independent director with a film chronicling the cinema and lives of the horror specialists Ramsay Brothers. While there has been a recent much-acclaimed film Ashim Ahluwalia's Miss Lovely about the cheesy horror cinema of the Ramsays, Jai who has been researching the subject for more than two years feels the saga of the Ramsays needs to be told with reverence rather than ridicule. Says the young aspiring director, "Through much of the 1970s and 80s, the Ramsays churned out innumerable horror films one after another. And they were all successful. What I find fascinating about their success saga is how much they believed in what they did. No matter how cheesy critics found their films they were made in a spirit of complete conviction. The Ramsays...

Exclusive, Updated July 7: The distributor is understood to have picked up Us rights to Anurag Kashyap’s gangster epic.

Gangs Of Wasseypur is a gangster saga set in the heartland of India’s coal industry – the city of Dhanbad in the state of Jharkand – where the local coal mine mafia rules with an iron fist.

The $5m Hindi-language story charts the life of a family locked in a blood feud with a local union leader-turned-mafia boss from the 1940s to the present day.

Adi Shankar of 1984 Private Defense Contractors will present the two-part release.

Kashyap co-wrote the screenplay with Syed Zeeshan Qadri, Akhilesh Jaiswal and Sachin Ladia

Kashyap produced with Sunil Bohra, Guneet Monga and financier Viacom 18 Motion Pictures

Mumbai-based Kashyap’s credits include That Girl In Yellow Boots and Dev D.

Sources in the production and financing community alerted Screendaily to the deal, however Cinelicious Pics had not confirmed the deal at time of writing...

The distributor is understood to have picked up Us rights to Anurag Kashyap’s gangster epic.

Gangs Of Wasseypur is a gangster epic set in the heartland of India’s coal industry – the city of Dhanbad in the state of Jharkand – where the local coal mine mafia rules with an iron fist.

The $5m hindi language story charts the life of a family locked in a blood feud with a local union leader-turned-mafia boss from the 1940s to the present day.

Kashyap co-wrote the screenplay with Syed Zeeshan Qadri, Akhilesh Jaiswal and Sachin Ladia

Kashyap produced with Sunil Bohra, Guneet Monga and financier Viacom 18 Motion Pictures

Mumbai-based Kashyap’s credits include That Girl In Yellow Boots and Dev D.

Cinelicious had not confirmed the deal at time of writing.

The 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will pay tribute to Anurag Kashyap, along with Italian filmmaker Elio Petri and British director and artist Ben Rivers.

Director, screenwriter and producer Anurag Kashyap presented his ambitious gangster saga Gangs of Wasseypur at Cannes Film Festival in 2012. At the same festival last year the filmmaker presented his latest feature Ugly (2013).

The festival describes Kashyap as a ““Powerful storyteller, who ingeniously injects Western cinematic styling into Indian situations…”

Among the seven movies that he will personally introduce to audiences this year at Karlovy Vary are Dev.D (2009), Gulaal (2009), and That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010).

While Ben Rivers is a contemporary British filmmaker, Elio Petri (1929-1982) was a self-taught Italian filmmaker and intellectual who took the Palme d’Or at Cannes (The Working Class Goes to Heaven, 1971) and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion, 1969). However, he was...

A “neglected” Italian legend, a key figure in contemporary Indian cinema, and the complete work of a renowned British visual artist and filmmaker are to feature at the next Karlovy Vary film festival.

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is to pay tribute to three diverse filmmakers - Ben Rivers, Anurag Kashyap and Elio Petri - at it 49th edition, which runs July 4-12.

A year after introducing its Imagina sidebar, which focuses on movies veering from common narrative and stylistic patterns, the new festival section will offer a complete profile of British director and artist Ben Rivers, who will attend Kviff.

Rivers, whose work straddles documentary and parable, shoots in 16mm and often centres on social outsiders. Although the director focuses mainly on short films, his most well-received feature to date is A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness (2013), on which Rivers cooperated with director Ben Russell and musician Robert A. A. Lowe (known...

Mumbai, Jan 23: Kalki Koechlin is not a big fan of her dancing skills, but hopes to master the art "one day".

She took to Twitter Wednesday to share her thoughts on her dancing abilities and tweeted: "One day I'll dance properly, maybe I'll be 95, but one day it's going to happen."

After making her debut with ex-husband Anurag Kashyap's critically acclaimed "Dev D", Kalki has been appreciated for her performances in "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara", "Shaitan" and "That Girl in Yellow Boots".

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'Jai Ho' will rock: Subhash Ghai

Salman Khan's "Jai Ho" is not only eagerly awaited by his fans, but the.

Oct 19, Mumbai: Marketing an independent film takes a lot of time as it requires the basic understanding of pitching films to the right people, Guneet Monga, one of the country's popular independent film producers, said here Saturday.

"I have been producing films for a few years now. But my first film festival (experience) was with 'That Girl in Yellow Boots' at Venice International Film Festival. I remember asking the festival director where I can find buyers in the market. Who are they and how does one start?" Monga said at the ongoing Mumbai Film Festival.

Speaking at a panel discussion on 'Alternate Distribution Plan.

The National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) announced the six scripts selected for the Screenwriters’ Lab 2013:

Chingari (The Spark) by Rajesh Jala Dainik (Daily) by Nikhil Mahajan Kaalapani (Dark Waters) by Bela Negi Maa Bhagwatiya Iit Coaching ( Mother Goddess Iit Coaching) by Varun Grover My Brother the Salesman and I by Shanker Raman T se Taj Mahal ((T for Taj Mahal) by Ashish Srivastav

Rajesh Jala has directed award-winning documentaries Children of the Pyre, Floating Lamp of the Shadow Valley and At the Stairs. Nikhil Mahajan has directed documentary Half a Billion Dreams and feature film Pune-52 that premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival last year. Bela Negi directed feature film Daayen Ya Baayen which released in 2010. Varun Grover has penned lyrics for That Girl in Yellow Boots, Gangs of Wasseypur and Prague. Shanker Raman is a National award winning cinematographer who has worked on films like Patang, Harud, Peepli Live and Frozen.

Guneet Monga

Indian producer Guneet Monga will sit on the International Jury of the 9th Zurich Film Festival to be held in Switzerland from September 26- October 6, 2013.

The Jury will be presided over by Swiss-German director, producer and screenwriter Marc Forster, whose most recent and successful film is World War Z.

The other members of the Jury are Us American producer Stacy Sher (Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained), Australian director and screenwriter Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Killing Them Softly) and Swiss director, screenwriter and producer Thomas Imbach (Happiness is a Warm Gun).

Monga recently produced Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox and Amit Kumar’s Monsoon Shootout both of which premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2013. She has earlier produced critically acclaimed films such as Gangs of Wasseypur, Shahid, Peddlers and That Girl in Yellow Boots. She was recently conferred the Industry Leadership award at...

Shonali Bose

Shonali Bose’s feature film Margarita, with a Straw that won her the Sundance Institute– Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award 2012 has completed principal photography. The film was shot in India in March and in New York in June 2013.

The film features Kalki Koechlin (Shanghai, That Girl in Yellow Boots), Revathy (Thevar Magan, Dhoop, Marupadiyam) and William Moseley who played Peter Pevensie in the film series The Chronicles of Narnia.

Produced by Bose’s production company Ishan Talkies and Viacom 18, the film is still in need of finishing funds. It is expected to be ready by October this year.

The film revolves around Laila (Koechlin) who falls repeatedly in love, yearns to have sex and wants to be a Bollywood lyricist.

Academy award winner Resool Pookutty (Slumdog Millionaire) is the sound designer of the film. Prasoon Joshi ( Taare Zameen Par, Rang de Basanti) has penned the lyrics. Anne Misawa ( Treeless Mountain,...

Ugly – Anurag Kashyap

Section: Directors’ Fortnight

Buzz: Not a stranger to prolific film festivals, Anurag Kashyap’s films have debuted in Venice (Dev D), Toronto (That Girl in Yellow Boots) and most recently last year in Cannes with Gangs of Wasseypur. This year, along with Ugly, he is one of the co-directors of Bombay Talkies which screens in Cannes a a special tribute to India. His latest film seems to be torn from the headlines as the safety of young girls is thrust into the forefront. Designed as a thriller, this kidnapping tale may prove to be timely for audiences not only in India, but everywhere..

The Gist:Rahul and Shalini are the divorced parents of ten-year Kali. The little girl now lives with her mother and step-father, Shoumik, who runs a Mumbai police brigade. One Sunday, Kali is spending the day with her father when she disappea​rs.

Nandita Dutta takes us into the world of the most sought after Independent producer of Mumbai, Guneet Monga

Next week, Guneet Monga heads to Cannes with an impressive lineup as a producer: Monsoon Shootout in official selection and Dabba (The Lunchbox) in International Critics’ Week.

She featured in The Hollywood Reporter’s list of 12 outstanding International women achievers in the field of entertainment a few months ago. They called her India’s go-to producer for edgy young filmmakers. The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) conferred on her their annual Industry Leadership award.

Though her success may sound astounding, few will believe that this young woman-full of enthusiasm-travelled to her first international film festival in Venice in 2010 with some 200 posters and 20,000 handouts of That Girl in Yellow Boots. She thought she could paste posters of her film everywhere-like the festivals she had attended in school and college-and grab attention of the audience.

Mumbai, April 18: Actress Kalki Koechlin, who made her Bollywood debut with Anurag Kashyap directed "Dev D", says they do not have any immediate plans to work together and that they are in no hurry as they have "whole life" to plan something.

"Anurag and me - we will work together at some point. We have no plans right now as we don't have a script right now. We have our whole lives ahead. Even if he casts me when I am 65, I am happy. We will find our way, it has to happen naturally," said the 29-year-old actress who married Kashyap in 2011.

After Dev D, they did another film - "That Girl In Yellow Boots" - together.

Meanwhile,.

The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) announced its honorees for the sixth annual Industry Leadership Awards (Ila): Bela Bajaria, Executive Vice President, Universal Television, and producer Guneet Monga.

Bela Bajaria

The Industry Leadership Awards honor entertainment industry professionals (Us and India-based) who have had a significant impact on the entertainment industry as it relates to India and the diaspora. The awards will be presented at a gala luncheon on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at House of Blues in West Hollywood. The keynote address will be given by Andy Bird, Chairman of Walt Disney International and former Ila Honoree.

Bela Bajaria, a veteran network and cable television executive, was named Executive Vice President, Universal Television in August 2011. She oversees creative programming for a television studio responsible for hit series as “The Office,” “Parks and Recreation,” “30 Rock,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Grimm,” “Smash,” “Bates

Guneet Monga

Motel,” and “Parenthood.” The...

Mumbai, Jan 14: Kalki Koechlin is familiar with roles with shades of grey - be it "Shaitan" or "That Girl In Yellow Boots" - but it is for the first time that she will be seen in an out-and-out horror flick.

"Ek Thi Daayan", which the actress describes as "a scary film", also stars Konkona Sen and Huma Qureshi, and Kalki believes the audience will have a tough time figuring out which of the three is the 'daayan' (witch).

"'Ek Thi Daayan' is about a witch and a magician. The mystery is that there are three possible 'daayans' and you guys will probably have lots of competition trying to guess which of us is the daayan."

Kalki,.

Anurag Kashyap is on the World Cinema Dramatic Jury of the upcoming 2013 Sundance film festival to be held from January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

Kashyap’s credits as a director include Paanch (2003), Black Friday (2004), No Smoking (2007), Dev. D (2009), That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010), and the two-part Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), which will play in the Spotlight Section of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

“His films have made him a face representing the new wave of Indian Cinema at various prestigious platforms across the globe,” states an official press release from Sundance.

The other members of the World Cinema Dramatic Jury are Lebanese filmmaker and actress Nadine Labaki and award-winning producer Joana Vicente.

Ed Burns, whose debut film The Brothers McMullen premiered at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, was announced today as a jury member for next month’s Sundance in Park City, Utah. Burns joins documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, executive Tom Rothman and 16 others named to five juries that will award prizes at independent film’s most high-profile showcase.

Short Film Awards will be announced at a ceremony on Jan. 22, with feature film awards announced at a separate ceremony on Jan. 26. The festival runs this year from Jan. 17-27.

Click below for the entire Sundance jury list:

U.S. Documentary Jury

Liz Garbus is a prolific documentary filmmaker.

Nina Lath Gupta

Nfdc head Nina Lath Gupta and producer Guneet Monga have been featured in the list of 12 outstanding International women achievers in the field of entertainment by American entertainment magazine “The Hollywood Reporter” (THR). The special issue was launched at THR’s 21st annual ‘Women in Entertainment’ breakfast event at Los Angeles, held on 5th December 2012.

Nina Lath Gupta joined Nfdc as the Managing Director of the company in 2006, after having served as the Additional Commissioner of Income Tax for 16 years and resigning from The Indian Revenue Service. Within five years of taking charge, Nina has contributed to the drastic makeover in the company, significantly in terms of the turnover from Rs 12 crores in 2006, to Rs 255 crores in 2011- 2012. Recent noteworthy developments at Nfdc include the launch of the production and distribution brand- Cinemas of India, launch of Nfdc Labs – the training and development division aimed at mentoring mid-level film professionals.

Kalki Koechlin has said she does not want only one type of film to be made. The actress has appeared in indie films such as That Girl in Yellow Boots and Shanghai. She told the Hindustan Times: "I don't want a dictatorship where only an Anurag Kashyap [her filmmaker husband] can make a film; or only a 'dark' filmmaker can make one kind of film. But for the longest time, that space for alternative storytelling didn't exist in Bollywood. I think it's happening now. "I never concocted a plan to change the face of Indian cinema. But I was very adamant that I won't change or mould myself to fit in... I'm only doing what I truly believe in." She went on: "I think I'm a product of a generation (more)...

The 12th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival has organised a special section “Hindi Mood for Marrakech” this year to mark the centenary year of Indian cinema. Some of the Hindi films to be screened are Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Barfi!, English Vinglish, Don and Don 2.

An outdoor screening of selected films from Bollywood will be organised at the Jemaa el Fna square, each evening of the festival.

A delegation of Indian actors, directors and producers, lead by Amitabh Bachchan has been invited to attend a tribute ceremony on Saturday, December 1, 2012.

The festival will run from 30th November – 8th December, 2012.

Films to be screened under ‘Hindi Mood for Marrakech’:

Yash Chopra:

Jab Tak Hai Jaan

Amitabh Bachchan | Actor

Black by Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (Happiness & Tears) by Karan Johar

Agneepath by Mukul Anand

Silsila by Yash Chopra

Deewar by...

New Delhi, Nov 12: Actress Kalki Koechlin(of Dev D, Shaitan and That Girl In Yellow Boots fame) has recently spoken to the media where she talks about her upcoming films and how does she handle criticism from so called critics. She tasted success with Zoya Akhtar's 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' bub her last couple of movies like 'My Friend Pinto and Shanghai failed miserably at the box office and she was heavily criticized for that.

Ask her how she handles all this criticism she says, "I think criticism is something that comes with a territory. Anyone who complains about that, is silly. When you are out there doing anything, you are going to be criticized.

New Delhi, Nov 5: Actress-writer Kalki Koechlin believes commercial and independent cinema co-exist in a healthy way in the Indian film industry.

The 29-year-old has been part of offbeat cinema with movies like "Shaitan" and "That Girl In Yellow Boots", and tasted the commercial flavour with "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara", and feels the industry is united in making independent cinema as successful as commercial movies.

"I think there is a space for independent cinema and I think they should.

UK based independent distributor Mara Pictures has picked up rights for Anurag Kashyap’sGangs of Wasseypur I and II and Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

Gangs of Wasseypur will be released in winter 2012-2013 while The Reluctant Fundamentalist is slated for a summer 2013 release.

The catalogue of Mara Pictures include Anurag Kashyap’s That Girl in Yellow Boots, Mehreen Jabbar’s Ramchand Pakistani, Chris Smith’s The Pool and Hammad Khan’s Slackistanamong others.

Kashyap’s sequels and Nair’s adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s acclaimed novel by the same name have garnered critical acclaim across festivals. Gangs of Wasseypur was screened at the 2012 Cannes Director’s Fortnight, while The Reluctant Fundamentalist opened the 69th Venice International Film Festival.

Pedal to the Medal: Death and Drugs Intermingle on the Street of Mumbai in Bala’s Impressive Debut

Vasan Bala, previously casting director and protégé of Anurag Kashyap, makes his directorial debut with Peddlers, an entrancing collision of several desperate lives in Mumbai’s underworld. Managing to avoid most of the tiring clichés with intersecting characters, Bala proves he is definitely an intriguing talent and his debut is an exciting title to seek amidst a current influx of new independent cinema coming out of India. Energetic, intriguing and laced with a great mixture of compelling narratives and arresting performances, one can only hope Bala’s film finds the audience it deserves.

We’re introduced to three very different characters, whose paths and fates will eventually cross, perhaps more than once. There’s Mac (Siddharth Menon), a petty street thief and drug dealer, raised by an uncle who has since cut ties with him.

New Delhi, Aug 23: Actress Kalki Koechlin, who donned the writer's hat for "That Girl In Yellow Boots" and even acted in it as the protagonist, vows never to do the dual job again.

"I won't ever write and act in the same film because I get so confused with the writer in you saying 'No, it's not correct' and the actor saying something else. It's not good," Kalki told Ians.

"I think writing is something which is.

After working together in films like That Girl In Yellow Boots and Michael (although as a producer), the impeccable duo of Anurag Kashyap and Naseeruddin will now been seen creating a hat trick. This time round, Kashyap will be directing the veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah in his much talked about film Bombay Velvet that has Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma in the lead. Talking about Shah, Kashyap said that he will play a significant part in his film, but remained tightlipped about the actor's role. News has it that the film will go on floors in April next year. Besides Shah, Kay Kay Menon will also be seen playing a crucial role in the film.

After garnering a fantastic response whilst competing at the International Critics Week at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, Peddlers, starring Gulshan Deviah, Siddharth Menon, Kriti Malhotra and Nimrat Kaur and directed by Vasan Bala, is all set to screen at the Tiff this year.

The film has been programmed for the City to City section with an aim to bring global cities to Toronto audiences, where the focus will be on Mumbai this year.

Produced by Guneet Monga and Anurag Kashyap, Peddlers has definitely been creating an impact with the buzz around it in India and in the international festival circuits. Speaking about the film, Guneet Monga says, “Tiff is among world’s top movie events, and is a gateway for international films into the North American region. We are very proud and honoured to have not one, but four of our films including Peddlers at the festival this year.

New Delhi, July 10: Bollywood fans in Hamburg will be treated to five movies by acclaimed director Anurag Kashyap as part of a retrospective July 11-16.

The retrospective will open with the "Dev-d" followed by the screening of both parts of "Gangs Of Wasseypur", "That Girl In Yellow Boots" and "Black Friday". It is being held as a part of the India Week 2012 in Germany at the Metropolis Cinema, Hamburg.

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After successful screenings at festivals across the globe, Supermen of Malegaon is slated for theatrical release in India on June 29, 2012. The film has had an extraordinary journey since the idea was first mooted but its biggest hurdle was securing a theatrical release in India, which has now been achieved.

Supermen of Malegaon is a documentary that captures a motley bunch of cinema fanatics in Malegaon, Maharashtra who remake Bollywood and Hollywood films on miniscule budgets, which they shoot, star in and screen for their local audience in Malegaon. This time, they take on the challenge of making Superman. The film follows them on this journey-at times funny, tragic and contemplative.

Supermen of Malegaon took off when Director Faiza Ahmad Khan, along with co-producer Gargey Trivedi & Siddharth Thakur, won the Asian Pitch in Singapore. The Asian Pitch is organised by Mediacorp in Singapore, Nhk in Japan and Kbs in South Korea.

Gangs of Wasseypur – Anurag Kashyap

Buzz: Excluding the Main Comp, there’ll be a dash of curry all along the Croisette this year as India’s New Wave is taking over. Ashim Ahluwalia‘s Miss Lovely (Un Certain Regard), Vasan Bala’s Peddlers (Critics’ Week) and this year’s record holder for the longest running time (it isn’t Sergio Leone’s extended cut of Once Upon a Time in America), in Anurag Kashyap (That Girl In Yellow Boots). A ballsy, uncompromising film with a run time of 5h20 minutes might rewrite some of Bollywood’s tired rules – we’d be definitely interested in seeing at some point in time.

Gist: Wasseypur, India. The story of vengeance between two families that spans three generations. Shahid Khan loots British trains and rules over the Ramadhir Sing clan. He becomes an outcast and must work in Ramadhir Singh’s coal mines. Shahid’s son,...

Eros International Media Ltd (Eros International) has formed a strategic alliance with Anurag Kashyap Films Pvt Ltd (Akfpl) and Sikhya Entertainment for the film Peddlers, selected to represent India as the official selection in competition at the Cannes Critics’ Week earlier this week. The film is the work of first time director Vasan Bala and will compete for the prestigious Camera d’Or Award at the festival.

Speaking on the development, producer Guneet Monga from Akfpl and Sikhya Entertainment says, “It is empowering to partner with Eros as it is a leading company in the film industry with a global reach. Peddlers on the other hand, is a film of global appeal, that has been independently financed by 7 co-producers and 3 associate producers, making this partnership a very unique one.”

Sunil Lulla, Managing Director, Eros International Media Ltd added, “Eros is delighted to associate with Akfpl and Sikhya Entertainment on Peddlers.

Bangalore: Anurag Kashyap’s ‘That Girl in Yellow Boots’ had given him the limelight to be considered as an actor for negative roles. Gulshan Devaiah, the Bangalore boy is in news again for his upcoming movie in which he would be playing a similar role.

The film is already struggling to find its acceptability in Indian theatres as being tagged as an erotic thriller containing scenes not suitable for Indian television as depicted in the official trailer of the film. The film is facing troubles from the censor board over the explicit and socially unaccepted dialogues mouthed by actress Paoli Dam.

However, the emerging actor made it very clear that he has no regrets being a.

If industry trade statistics are to be believed, for every single good film that is made, there are 10 other bad ones that release week after week. For anyone familiar with the Razzies concept of Hollywood, the ‘Ghanta Awards’ (‘ghanta’ being the slang for ‘rubbish’) is its desi version to celebrate and recognize the worst that Bollywood offers in terms of films, actors, technicians among some other categories.

In its second year, the awards function was held over the weekend to a packed house. Those who could not attend had the option of watching its online live stream (something that none of the bigger awards have been able to achieve yet). While invites were sent out to all the nominees, Sonam Kapoor was the lone celeb attendee, went sportingly on the stage to collect her award confessing “Thank you so much! I finally won an award!”.

Keeping Sonam company in the audience was photographer Atul Kasbekar,...

Hard-hitting, evocative, dark are some of the terms largely associated with Anurag Kashyap's style of films. Anurag is one filmmaker who never shies away from highlighting the grim realities of the society. From Dev D to That Girl In Yellow Boots, all of Anuarg's films dealt with the darker side of life. Ask Anurag what fascinates him towards the minus side of humanity and he candidly says, "We use a story or a film to evoke the true picture of society. Now India has had the...

No, Mr Perfectionist hasn’t ventured into a new avenue. But according to Mr Anurag Kashyap, Aamir is not only an amazingly talented actor, but tactical and intelligent promoter of his films and that too, in most situations, single-handedly.

A producer himself, the director of “That Girl In Yellow Boots” is quite aware of the trials and tribulations of promoting of a film both in India and abroad as he says “We haven’t seen anyone market a film like Aamir Khan does. I wish I could hire Aamir Khan to market my films. Even if he gives guidance or any kind of support.. it is enough for me.” when speaking to Times Of India.

Another feather in Aamir’s already quite full cap, we think.

Aamir the Film Marketer is a post from: BollySpice...

New Delhi, March 14: When she is not busy shooting films, actress Kalki Koechlin goes back to her first love - theatre.

"I love theatre, and as long as I have time. It's great to be able to go back to it and give time to it," Kalki told Ians. "I am happy doing theatre, and it's been film after film for a while...so it's nice to get back to theatre, it's a welcome break," she added.

The Indian actress of French descent has studied theatre and featured in several plays before trying her luck in Bollywood.

She landed a role in Anurag Kashyap's 2009 film "Dev D" and went on to feature in films like "Shaitan", "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara", "That Girl in Yellow Boots" and "My Friend Pinto".

She will next be seen.

1. Pyaar Ka Punchnama: The year’s sleeper success that kept us awake for a good 2 hours with its celluloid anthem of ribtickling misogyny. Three room-mates and their troubled love relationships formed the core of the comic conflict. Every character and each episode spilled over with a delightful déjà vu. Debutant director Luv Ranjan managed a 3-guys-in-a-sexist-soup comedy much better than Madhur Bhandarkar in Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji. And the director did it with untried actors. Kartik Tiwari(who is now doing the same director’s nextSaathi) and Divyendu Sharma(who is in David Dhawan’s Chashme Buddoor) were among the best discoveries of the year.We luv you,Luv, for bringing push to shove without tripping over.

2. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara: It never rains in Spain except when three friends take off on a holiday to the country, to do the things they always wanted to(but...

For admirers of films with prominent female roles, 2011 has certainly not been the best year for quality or choice. Actors have ruled the screen with substantial hero films like Ra. One, Ready and in the case of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, three major hero roles. The silence from the actresses corner has been so much that we at BollySpice have decided to bring the countdown from our usual ten down to five to adequately represent the performances throughout the year. Though it was quiet on the leading lady front in terms of roles, these five ladies gave performances that had to be singled out. See who impressed us in 2011!

5. Kalki Koechlin

Kalki Koechlin may be a surprise and unconventional addition to the list for some readers, but in 2011 she managed to pull off strong performances without the super celebrity tag that some of her contemporaries hold. She had quite a year with four different films,...

In a year that boasted some huge family friendly blockbusters and multiple films from some of the biggest stars, it was pretty easy for smaller films with tiny budgets, no big name stars or controversial subjects to fly a little under the radar. Here are ten of the best films that may have been appreciated by the critics, but failed to catch fire at the box office.

10. Soundtrack

Based on British “mockumentary” It’s All Gone Pete Tong, Soundtrack takes a premise that was a source of humour in the original film – a superstar DJ going deaf – and turns it into a touching, surprisingly subtly handled story of a man overcoming his demons and his disability. With a fantastic soundtrack (naturally!), as well as some inventive storytelling, Soundtrack has sex, drugs and rock’n'roll covered, as well as a compelling performance in the lead role from Rajeev Khandelwal.

9. Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge...

Take Shelter (15)

(Jeff Nichols, 2011, Us) Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart. 121 mins.

After a year-long disaster-movie onslaught, apocalypse fatigue could well be setting in, but this one's worth the extra effort – particularly since it's less about the end of the world than the threat of it. That plays large in the mind of Shannon's modern-day Midwestern Noah, who sets about building his underground ark. His wife worries more about his mental health, and their day-to-day problems. Brilliantly constructed and performed, it's a domestic saga infused with haunting, unnamed dread.

50/50 (15)

(Jonathan Levine, 2011, Us) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick. 100 mins.

The Knocked Up of cancer movies? Not quite, but this is funnier and more frank than most terminal illness movies. Gordon-Levitt is a potential victim, to whom Rogen offers blokey support.

The Deep Blue Sea (12A)

(Terence Davies, 2011, UK) Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston. 98 mins.

Davies again recreates postwar Britain, this...

London, Nov 25: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap's critically acclaimed "That Girl in Yellow Boots" (Tgiyb) will release in Britain Nov 28.

"That girl in yellow boots releasing in Uk (Britain) on (Nov) 28th. Please do catch it if you're there," Kalki Koechlin posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Set in Pune and Mumbai, "Tgiyb" is the story of the travails of a white-skinned foreign girl named Ruth, played by Kalki, who comes to India in search of her Bengali father who was a photographer.

She has also written the script of the movie.