MUMBAI: Production house, Miditech has come out with its 45 minutes documentary on AIDS – India‘s Hidden Plague: Ashley Judd’s Journey. The film will be telecast worldwide on the World AIDS day, 1 December...
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Hindi remake of Kaalchakra on the cards
MUMBAI: First-time producer Avinash Onkar plans to remake his Marathi film, Kaalchakra screened as part of the Indian Panorama Section at IFFI-2007 in Hindi. Onkar informed that he was inspired to make Kaalchakra,...
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Mira Nair’s Namesake nominated for award
MUMBAI: Mira Nair’s 2007 art house film, co-produced by UTV Motion Pictures and Fox Searchlight, The Namesake, starring Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Kal Penn, and Jacinda Barrett was nominated for Best Feature at the 2007...
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POGO Awards 2007 nominees declared
MUMBAI: The only televised kids’ awards in India, POGO has announced the nominees of their POGO Amazing Kids Awards 2007 and POGO Voice Awards 2007 that will be televised on 29 December at 6...
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Tusshar apes stylist Aalim in Golmaal Returns
MUMBAI: Actor Tusshar Kapoor is all set to play a mute hairstylist in Shree Ashtavinayak’s Golmaal Returns and for this he is very dedicatedly studying the work of his own stylist Aalim. According to Aalim,...
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‘Voyeurism a form of terrorism’: Budhadeb
MUMBAI: “Voyeurism is a new type of invasion in our life and needs to be checkedâ€, said noted film director Budhadeb Dasgupta at a press meet at IFFI-2007. His film ‘Ami, Iyasin Ar Amar...
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Billion Indians shell Rs 80 bn on film tickets
MUMBAI: India’s one billion people spend close to Rs 80 billion ($2 billion) on movie tickets each year, a figure which is expected to grow by 30 per cent over the next five years...
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India@60 begins with Manoj Kumar’s Shaheed
MUMBAI: The India @ 60 Section at the IFFI-2007 started with the screening of the 1965 movie Shaheed directed by S. Ram Sharma. This section celebrates 60 years of India’s independence and includes three...
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Indian films should be promoted in Turkey
MUMBAI: Indian films need to recapture their earlier position in Turkey, said Meltem Cumbul – an actress from Turkey. Cumbul, who was the member of the jury for the Competition Section, made these remarks while...
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