A still from Fandry
The British Film Institute’s London Film Festival has picked 7 Indian films to screen in its 57th edition: Sniffer, Fandry, Jeevan Smriti, The Lunchbox, Kalpana, Siddharth and From Gulf To Gulf .
The festival will be held from October 9 to 20, 2013 and will screen over 300 films.
Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox is the only Indian film in the Official Competition section. An India/France/Germany co-production, the film revolves around a middle class housewife Ila who is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage and Saajan, a lonely man on the verge of retirement. Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui feature in lead roles. The film is due to see a country wide theatrical release on September 20, 2013.
Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Sniffer (Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa) and Richie Mehta’s Siddharth will screen under the Journey section.
Sniffer is the tale of a clumsy private detective Anwar.
The British Film Institute’s London Film Festival has picked 7 Indian films to screen in its 57th edition: Sniffer, Fandry, Jeevan Smriti, The Lunchbox, Kalpana, Siddharth and From Gulf To Gulf .
The festival will be held from October 9 to 20, 2013 and will screen over 300 films.
Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox is the only Indian film in the Official Competition section. An India/France/Germany co-production, the film revolves around a middle class housewife Ila who is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage and Saajan, a lonely man on the verge of retirement. Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui feature in lead roles. The film is due to see a country wide theatrical release on September 20, 2013.
Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Sniffer (Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa) and Richie Mehta’s Siddharth will screen under the Journey section.
Sniffer is the tale of a clumsy private detective Anwar.
- 9/5/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Rituparno Ghosh’s last completed film Jeevan Smriti: Selected Memories (77 mins), an impressionist documentary on Rabindranath Tagore will be telecast on August 8, 10:30 pm on Doordarshan.
The film in English celebrates the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore while the telecast coincides with 22nd Shravan, his death anniversary.
Jeevan Smriti is produced by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India and filmmaker Sanjoy Nag is the creative producer.
“The film focuses on some key journeys in Tagore’s life that evolved and enriched his quest to re-imagine a new India, which would rise above narrow patriotic concerns prevailing in the country of the time,” Rituparno had said. “The idea is not to stick to the expected austerity of the standard documentary film, but to bring Tagore alive as a flesh and blood person whom the average Indian can relate to despite his lofty philosophical expression, as a lovable and highly accessible vulnerable human being.
The film in English celebrates the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore while the telecast coincides with 22nd Shravan, his death anniversary.
Jeevan Smriti is produced by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India and filmmaker Sanjoy Nag is the creative producer.
“The film focuses on some key journeys in Tagore’s life that evolved and enriched his quest to re-imagine a new India, which would rise above narrow patriotic concerns prevailing in the country of the time,” Rituparno had said. “The idea is not to stick to the expected austerity of the standard documentary film, but to bring Tagore alive as a flesh and blood person whom the average Indian can relate to despite his lofty philosophical expression, as a lovable and highly accessible vulnerable human being.
- 8/8/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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