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This Friday will see the release the Manoj Bajpayee starrer Traffic, a film that mirrors the ordeals faced by the traffic cops and how they rise to the occasions in order to fulfil their duties. As a gesture of gratitude, Manoj Bajpayee had gifted the traffic cops 'reflector jackets', which will be extremely useful for them while on duty. In addition to that, Manoj Bajpayee and the entire team of Traffic had held a special screening of the film for the traffic personnel yesterday in Mumbai. Sunil Paraskar (Mumbai's Additional Commissioner-Traffic), who had attended the trailer launch of the film earlier, said that Traffic was one of the best films that he had ever seen so far. He added that they (the traffic department) will have to now match up with what Manoj Bajpayee had done in the film, as people's expectations from the Traffic Police department would be much more after seeing the film.

Check out the second poster for the upcoming Bollywood movie Traffic showing Jimmy Shergill in his cop avatar.

A Fox Star Studios and EndemolShine India production ‘Traffic’ is an emotional thriller film based on a true story. Directed by Late Rajesh Pillai the movie stars Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Sheirgill, Divya Dutta, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Sachin Khedekar and Kitu Gidwani in the lead roles. The film is scheduled to release on 6th May, 2016.

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The makers of Traffic have released the second song from the movie, “Keh Bhi De”.

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A Fox Star Studios and EndemolShine India production Traffic is an emotional thriller film based on a true story. Directed by the Late Rajesh Pillai, the movie stars Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Sheirgill, Divya Dutta, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Sachin Khedekar and Kitu Gidwani in the lead roles. The film is scheduled to release on 6th May, 2016.

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Soon after completing Traffic his first feature film in Hindi, Rajesh Pillai died a sudden and shocking death at age 41. Manoj Bajpayee still can't believe Pillai was gone so soon. "I am still in shock and disbelief. I just can't come to terms with the fact that he is gone so suddenly. Rajesh was such a passionate filmmaker. He gave priority to his cinema over everything else, including his health. Now that we are looking at the release of the film I miss him more than ever. God bless his soul." The Bengali superstar Prosenjit returns to Hindi films after his much applauded role in Dibakar Bannerjee's Shanghai. Says Prosenjit, "It was really sad to see Rajesh Pillai leave us so suddenly. I spoke to him a few months back at the Kerala Film Festival. I accepted the role in Traffic because I really liked the subject. I play a...

The makers of the movie Traffic have released the song ‘Neki Ki Raah’ from the film today.

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A Fox Star Studios and EndemolShine India production ‘Traffic’ is an emotional thriller film based on a true story. Directed by Late Rajesh Pillai the movie stars Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Sheirgill, Divya Dutta, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Sachin Khedekar and Kitu Gidwani in the lead roles. The film is scheduled to release on 6th May, 2016.

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With the release of the Traffic trailer earlier today, fans finally got their first look at what this movie will turn out to be. The story is a fascinating thriller based on true events, when police officials were on a mission to transport a human heart from one city to another in 150 minutes to save a life.

At the launch event today, Manoj Bajpayee felicitated a team of police officials who managed to carry out a similar feat. In August of 2015, police officials were faced with the task of transporting a human heart for which they managed to create what’s known as a Green corridor which is a single lane along the route where all the signals are green on the way that took close to 150 personnel working in co-ordination to achieve. Mr. Bajpayee thanked the police team for successfully managing this daunting task. Additional Commissioner of Police – Sunil...

The makers of the upcoming Bollywood movie Traffic have released their first official trailer online.

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A Fox Star Studios and EndemolShine India production ‘Traffic’ is an emotional thriller film based on a true story. Directed by Late Rajesh Pillai the movie stars Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Sheirgill, Divya Dutta, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Sachin Khedekar and Kitu Gidwani in the lead roles. The film is scheduled to release on 6th May, 2016.

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Parambrata has completed two Hindi films since Kahaani, one is Traffic the Hindi remake of the Malayalam drama-thriller directed by Rajesh Pillai. The actor has also completed homage to the cinema of Gulzar called Yaara Silly Silly. Says Parambrata, "It's directed by Subhash Sehgal who has edited Gulzar saab's films. It features me and Paoli Dam in a cute love story about two people in love who separate and meet again after many years. I liked the fact that it saluted the cinema of Gulzar Saab. It's complete." Parambrata was supposed to be in Sujoy Ghosh's next film Durga Rani Singh. Says Parambrata, "Sujoy said, 'You are on'. I was looking forward to working with him again. But the dates he wanted were committed elsewhere. I just couldn't free myself for his film." Kahaani was a turning-point in Parambrata's career, though he isn't exactly clamouring to do Hindi films,...

Endemol India has partnered with Fox Star Studios for their emotional thriller, Traffic. Traffic marks the foray of Endemol into Hindi film industry and will be produced under the banner Eyedentity Motion Pictures- the film arm of Endemol India. Traffic, the Hindi adaptation of the critically acclaimed Malayalam blockbuster will release on March 7, 2014. Based on a true life incident the film marks the coming together of an incredibly talented ensemble cast with Manoj Bajpayee and Jimmy Shergill in the lead roles along with Bengali superstar Prosenjit, Parambrata (of Kaahani fame), Divya Dutta, Kitu Gidwani and Sachin Khedekar playing pivotal roles. The film will also see the debut of talented young actor Amol Parasher and Vishal Singh in critical roles. Directed by National award winning film maker Rajesh Pillai, who also directed the original in Malayalam, the movie showcases a high voltage drama and a battle against time when stakes run...

Fox Star Studios’ CEO Vijay Singh has revealed further details of its Hindi remake of UK production Metro Manila, which the studio is co-producing with the Bhatt brothers’ Vishesh Films.

Entitled City Lights, the film is scheduled to start shooting in December for a tentative May release, with Hansal Mehta directing and Raj Kumar heading the cast.

“We are taking the germ of the idea and giving it Indian soul and emotion,” Singh told Screen. “We brought Metro Manila to the table and suggested Vishesh Films produce the film as part of our four-film agreement with them.”

Fox International Productions acquired worldwide right remake rights to the film in a deal announced this year at Cannes. Other foreign-language remakes and an English-language remake are also understood to be on the cards.

Following City Of Lights, Fox Star and Vishesh Films will also co-produce Mohit Suri’s Hamari Adhuri Kahaani, starring Emraan Hashmi and Vidya Balan, and [link=nm...

New films by Krzysztof Zanussi, Merab Kokochashvili and Jan Cvitkovic are among the projects from Eastern Europe being presented at platforms in Warsaw, Brindisi and Cottbus in the coming weeks.

The CentEast Warsaw-Moscow initiative will be presenting nine ‘works in progress’ from Eastern Europe on October 18 as part of Warsaw Film Festival’s CentEast Market.

The showcase will then be repeated two days later on October 20 in Moscow as part of Project For Tomorrow and, in a new development, during the Beijing Film Market next April.

The nine ‘works in progress’ include:

veteran Polish film-maker Krzysztof Zanussi’s new feature the Polish-Italian-Russian co-production Foreign Body;

Ukrainian Oles Sanin’s $2m historical drama The Guide, previously presented at Odessa’s industry platform in July;

Alexander Mitta’s art film Chagall-Malevich, which is being handled internationally by Intercinema and was given a special promo-reel screening in Venice;

Romanian Dan Chisu’s sixth feature Bucharest Nonstop about four interconnected stories...

Chennai, Sep 19: Southern actress Richa Panai, known for films such as "Yamudiki Mogudu" and "Mms", will make her Bollywood debut in the upcoming yet untitled Hindi remake of Malayalam blockbuster "Traffic".

"Since it's my Bollywood debut, I'm extremely happy that I'm part of this remake. It's a big team and I have a nice role to play. I'm really looking forward to start working," Richa told Ians.

The remake will be helmed by Rajesh Pillai, who had directed the original. The film also features Manoj Bajpayee, Prosenjit Chaterjee, Jimmy Shergill, Parambrata Chaterjee, Divya Dutta and Nikitha Thukral.

Richa will.

Chennai, Aug 28: Kannada actress Nikita Thukral, known for films like "Prince" and "Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna" has been roped in to be a part of yet untitled Hindi remake of Malayalam super hit "Traffic", a story about organ donation narrated in a hyperlink format.

"Yes, we have roped in Nikita for the Hindi remake of 'Traffic'. I don't want to talk about her role at this moment, but we are planning to start shooting soon," the film's director Rajesh Pillai, who had helmed the original as well, told Ians.

"Traffic", which was inspired by real events, was recently made in Tamil as "Chennaiyil Oru Naal" and garnered.

Vidya Balan's Kahaani co-star is going places. In his next release, his romantic lead is the very talented and popular American actress Gillian Anderson who is a household name the world over through her very successful appearance in the series The X Files, not to mention her successful celluloid outings in films like Hannibal and Shadow Dancer. Apparently in Sold, a hard-hitting film about drug trafficking in India and Nepal directed by Jeffrey D Brown, Parambrata and Gillian are cast as the romantic lead. Says a source, "It's a very subtle kind of attraction, not in-your-face at all. The same kind of implicit relationship that was shown between Parambrata and Vidya in Kahaani." Parambrata is tightlipped about his role in Sold. All he will say is he had a terrific time working with the X Files' actress, and the rest of the international crew. The Bengali star who has...

Chennai, March 23: Buoyed by the news that Malayalam comedy "Ustad Hotel" pocketed three National awards this year, Tamil actor R. Sarath Kumar has expressed interest to co-produce more films with the film's producer Listin Stephen.

Listin and Sarath are awaiting the release of Tamil drama "Chennaiyil Oru Naal", Tamil remake of Malayalam hit "Traffic", which they have co-produced.

"Sarath Kumar has congratulated Listin on the National award win. They are looking forward to the release of 'Chennaiyil Oru Naal', which they believe has shaped well. Sarath has plans to remake and co-produce few more movies such as 'Puli Vaal' among.

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 11: Malayalam actress Rima Kallingal will portray the role of girl with a lot of complexities in V.K. Prakash's forthcoming movie "Mili".

The way she evolves as a person and comes out of her shell forms the story. Popular editor Mahesh Narayanan, who has worked on films like "Traffic", "Seniors" and "Casanovva", has penned the script.

After completing the post-production work of "Netholi Cheriya Meenalla", Prakash will start shooting for "Mili".

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K.C. Shanker turns negative for 'Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander'

Mumbai-based model-turned-actor K.C. Shanker will play the role of a villain in "Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander", to be directed by Perarasu.

Shanker.

Thiruvanathapuram, Dec 28: Mahesh Narayana is writing the script of director V.K. Prakash's new film "Mili", which will go on floors in February 2013.

Narayana has previously worked as an editor on Rajesh Pillai's "Traffic" and Kamal Haasan's "Vishwaroopam". He says he gets bored doing the same old work and, hence, ventured into scripting.

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Rajeev Pillai's kitty full

Actor Rajeev Pillai is busy managing a packed schedule as he is shooting films back-to-back.

The actor is currently shooting for a Tamil movie with Vijay and is travelling between Mumbai and Kerala.

While his new film "My Fan.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

After a mixed bag of a summer, Premium Rush is a welcome surprise at the cinema. Arriving at the midpoint of the “Year of Joseph Gordon-Levitt”, Premium Rush takes a simple story and adds enough visual flair and inventiveness to make it worth checking out.

Premium Rush follows Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a New York City bicycle messenger who ends up carrying a package that Bobby Monday (Michael Shannon), a dirty police cop, needs badly. The setup is simple and leads to ninety-minutes of chasing with more and more people joining in at every turn. By the end of the movie the only people missing from the chase are a marching band.

The plot of Premium Rush didn’t sound that appealing to me, and probably won’t to most other people, but the film is amplified by the execution. David Koepp (writer of Jurassic Park and...

Chicago – We’re looking for cowboy heroes in America, and a new film contends that the urban bike messenger could represent that long lost persona. This unlikely theory is the basis for “Premium Rush,” and it features Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Aasif Mandvi and Dania Ramirez.

Rating: 3.0/5.0

The life of a bike messenger in this film involves a parallel universe of the adrenaline junkie riding the plane, nobly following a code that is unwavering to money, authority and the laws of gravity. “Premium Rush” is riddled with archetypes like the twitchy dispatcher, the over-competitive rival, the wise old messenger and the hates-him-until-she-loves-him relationship. Actor Michael Shannon adds a bit of weirdness to the conventional story, but it’s not enough to overcome the soft narrative veneer that pretends to be high octane. It may be the first high octane film that has the ability to induce sleep.

Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt...

Urumi

Urumi was declared the Best Film at 11th edition of Imagineindia International Film Festival in Madrid.

Santosh Sivan won Best Director award. Deepti Naval was named Best Actress for Memories in March and Salim Kumar won Best Actor for Adaminte Makan Abu.

The award for Best Music went to Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy for Zindagi  Naa Milegi Dobara.

The 11th edition of Imagineindia International Film Festival was held in Madrid from May 17-31, 2012.

About 70 films were screened in 12 sections at the festival across 4 venues in Madrid, Spain. The Competitive Section comprised of 6 films: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara by Zoya Akhtar,Urumi by Santosh Sivan, Memoirs in Marchby Sanjay Nag, Achal (The Stagnant) by Bikramjit Gupta, Adaminte Makan Abu by Salim Ahamed and Traffic by Rajesh Pillai.

The 11th edition of Imagineindia International Film Festival will be held in Madrid from May 17-31, 2012.

About 70 films will be screened in 12 sections at the festival across 4 venues in Madrid, Spain.

The Competitive Section consists of 6 films: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara by Zoya Akhtar, Urumi by Santosh Sivan, Memoirs in March by Sanjay Nag, Achal (The Stagnant) by Bikramjit Gupta, Adaminte Makan Abu by Salim Ahamed and Traffic by Rajesh Pillai.

The Classics Section will showcase the films of great Indian directors like Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen and Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Films such as Bala, Amar Bhuvan, Oka Oori Katha will be screened.

The festival will screen short films done made by students of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute.

The festival will also screen Spanish films shot in India or related to India like Portless by Talia Leibovitz and the short films of David Varela of Spain.

The...

The 16th International Film Festival of Kerala has announced the slate of films that will be screened at the festival from December 9-16, 2011.

National Award winner for Best Film and India’s entry for Oscars—Malayalam film Adaminte Makan Abu (Abu, Son of Adam) directed by Salim Ahamed will be presented in International Competition section at the festival.

Complete lineup:

International Competition

1. A Stone’s Throw Away/A Tiro de Piedra

Dir: Sebastian Hiriat/Mexico/118min/2010

2. Aadimadhyantham

Dir: Sherrey/Malayalam/104min/2011

3. Adaminte Makan Abu/Abu Son of Adam

Dir: Salim Ahmed/Malayalam/101min/2010

4. At the end of it all/Abosheshey

Dir: Aditi Roy/Bengali/118min/2011

5. Black Blood

Dir: Miaoyan Zhang/China|France/123min/2011

6. Body/Vucut (debut)

Dir: Mustafa Nuri/Turkey/104min/2011

7. Delhi in a Day

Dir: Prashanth Nair/Hindi|English/88min/2011

8. Flamingo No.13/Flamingo Shomareh 13

Dir: Hamid Ahmadi Tofighi/Iran/82min/2010

9. Ndoto za Elibidi

Dir: Kamau Wa Ndung’u|Nick...

Urumi directed by Santosh Sivan will screen as the opening film of Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India, Goa 2011.

The jury for Feature films, headed by filmmaker Sai Paranjpye selected 23 films out of a total of 118 eligible entries for the Iffi 2011, Indian Panorama Section. Malayalam film Adaminte Makan Abu, directed by Salim Ahamed which won Best Feature Film award at the recent 58th National Film Awards is the 24th film of Indian Panorama, by virtue of direct entry.

In the Non-Feature Film category, Adwaita Sangeet directed by Makarand Brahme will be the opening film. The Non-Feature films Jury chaired by writer-director Ashok Rane picked 21 films out of 135 eligible entries. The winner of Best Non-Feature film in the recent 58th National Film Awards for 2010 Germ by Snehal R. Nair has not been included in the Non-Feature film category, as it was already included in Indian Panorama 2010 last year.

Every year, cardiovascular diseases claim 17.3 million lives - making it the leading cause of death across the world. This is precisely the reason for World Heart Day, an initiative by Who and World Health Federation, which spreads awareness all across the world. Now, a thrilling new film Traffic is all set to throw light on another life-saver - heart transplant. The film will star Sunny Deol, Prakash Raj, Jimmy Sheirgill, Paresh Rawal and Rajat Barmecha. Traffic, the Hindi adaptation of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Malayalam film, is about the triumph of human spirit against all odds on a single day that brings together absolute strangers in a race against time to facilitate a heart transplant spanning two cities. Blending taut medical drama and spine-tingling adventure, the original Malayalam film was inspired by a real incident in Chennai in September 2008. Hitendran was only 15 when he met with an accident...

Every year, cardiovascular diseases claim 17.3 million lives - making it the leading cause of death across the world. This is precisely the reason for World Heart Day, an initiative by Who and World Health Federation, which spreads awareness all across the world. Now, a thrilling new film Traffic is all set to throw light on another life-saver - heart transplant. The film will star Sunny Deol, Prakash Raj, Jimmy Sheirgill, Paresh Rawal and Rajat Barmecha. Traffic, the Hindi adaptation of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Malayalam film, is about the triumph of human spirit against all odds on a single day that brings together absolute strangers in a race against time to facilitate a heart transplant spanning two cities. Blending taut medical drama and spine-tingling adventure, the original Malayalam film was inspired by a real incident in Chennai in September 2008. Hitendran was only 15 when he met with an accident...