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  • Bollywood will certainly return to Kashmir to shoot movies, says Siddharth Roy Kapur

    Image Source : INSTAGRAM/VIDYABALANCAFE Bollywood will certainly return to Kashmir to shoot movies, says Siddharth Roy Kapur
    Bollywood will certainly return to Kashmir to shoot movies and produce the Valley again to the silver display like within the Fifties and 60s, filmmaker Siddharth Roy Kapur stated on Sunday. Kapur alongside together with his spouse and actress Vidya Balan and actor-producer Arbaaz Khan was at Gulmarg in north Kashmir to attend a two-day winter pageant organized by the Army.

    “I say on behalf of the Indian film industry that we will definitely be coming to Kashmir very often in the future to shoot,” Kapur, who additionally heads the Producers Guild of India, advised reporters at Gulmarg.

    He stated Kashmir was a ravishing place and he meant to go to the Valley typically.

    “We do not need to talk about how beautiful the location is. We intend to come here very often and bring film crews here. We will see that we are able to bring Kashmir back to Indian screens the way it was in the 1950s and 60s,” the filmmaker stated.

    Thanking the Army for the invite, Kapur stated the go to gave them a chance to expertise such a beautiful place.

    “The hospitality of the Army and the Kashmiri people has been incredible,” he stated, including Kashmir is “a sentimental place” for him as his dad and mom occurred to have met within the Valley. Balan stated, “I hope I get one other alternative to go to Kashmir. I hope I come right here for a movie taking pictures.

    Actor-producer Arbaaz Khan additionally expressed hope that movie crews will return to the valley. “There is no reason not to be here, this place is truly amazing,” he stated.

    The occasion witnessed a bunch of actions together with snowboarding, snowmobile, ATV race, and snow biking, apart from cultural performances by famend artists of the valley.

    General officer Commanding (GoC), Dagger Division, Major General Virendra Vats, stated the occasion was organised to supply a platform to native artists to showcase their expertise and to supply a fillip to the tourism trade in Kashmir and lend help to the individuals who depend on the trade.

  • Vidya Balan ‘thrilled’ after brief movie ‘Natkhat’ represents India at Oscars 2021

    Image Source : INSTAGRAM/VIDYABALAN Vidya Balan ‘thrilled’ after brief movie ‘Natkhat’ represents India at Oscars 2021
    The lengthy haul for Oscars may simply conclude for India as RSVP’s Natkhat that includes Bollywood star Vidya Balan is operating the race. The makers shared an unique snippet from the movie on Thursday. The Indian brief movie on gender equality ‘Natkhat’ has introduced India to the Oscar get together after being extremely acclaimed by worldwide audiences. A brief clip of the film scene is making rounds on social media during which Vidya Balan is seen massaging her kid’s head and having a dialog with him, what appears to begin as an harmless dialog quickly turns into a gut-wrenching and worrying one.
    Vidya Balan expressed her pleasure and shared a publish on Instagram with a caption studying, “Natkhat is in the race for the Oscars 2021! Here is a snippet from our special film.”

    Eyeing on a giant feat with an Oscar, the short-movie takes on the fragile topic of gender-equality as proven within the scene operating round a grotesque thought.

    Previously, Balan shared the announcement on Instgaram and wrote, “So so so Thrilled that our film #NATKHAT is in the RACE FOR THE #OSCARS2021 after a 2020 filled with prestigious international film festivals.”

    Helmed by Shaan Vyas and written by Annukampa Harsh and Vyas, the film was premiered on YouTube as a part of the ‘We Are One: A Global Film Festival’. The Ronnie Screwvala produced movie got here out on June 2, 2020.
    -With ANI inputs

  • Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga, Tahira Kashyap’s Indian Women Rising venture ‘Bitu’ in Oscars 2021 race

    Image Source : INSTAGRAM/GUNEETMONGA Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga, Tahira Kashyap’s Indian Women Rising venture ‘Bitu’ in Oscars 2021 race
    Soon after launching the cinema collective- ‘Indian Women Rising’, Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga, Tahira Kashyap Khurrana, and Ruchikaa Kapoor introduced their inaugural venture with Karishma Dev Dube directorial ‘Bittu’, the trailer of which has been launched on its official YouTube web page on Wednesday. Kapoor, Monga, Khurrana has chosen the Student Academy Awardee ‘Bittu’ as their first venture to advertise and shine the highlight on the movie because it runs the race for Oscars within the Short Film Category.

    Bittu, a heartwarming story has had a stellar pageant run with greater than 18 festivals and a number of wins. Having screened on the BFI London Film Festival, Telluride, Palm Springs Shortfest, HollyShorts (the place Karishma gained one of the best director award) Bittu additionally got here to India with Dharamshala International Film Festival.

    Selecting ‘Bittu’ because the maiden venture below ‘Indian Women Rising’, the trio of Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga, Tahira Kashyap Khurrana, and Ruchikaa Kapoor is set to help empowering story offered by Karishma Dev Dube donning the director’s hat, Shreya Dev Dube because the cinematographer and Mary Evangelista who produced the movie. Based on a real story, Bittu is a brief movie a few shut friendship between two women, eclipsed by an unintended poisoning in school. From casting actual youngsters amongst the valleys of the Himalayas to capturing in opposition to the backdrop of the mountains, the movie affords a visually aesthetic in addition to an genuine expertise, to its viewers.

    The cinema collective ‘Indian Women Rising’ goals at discovering Indian feminine expertise in cinema and broaden its scope of selling, gross sales, and distribution past the demographical boundaries.

    Vidya Balan’s debut manufacturing ‘Natkhat’ in race for Oscars 2021

    Bollywood actress Vidya Balan’s award-winning brief movie Natkhat is within the race for Oscars 2021 as effectively. The movie is within the Best Short Film (Live Action) class. In the brief movie, Vidya has not simply starred however it is usually her debut manufacturing. It is a narrative of a mom instructing her younger son about gender equality and poisonous misogyny. The producers took to Twitter to precise how elated they’re that Natkhat is within the working for Best Short Film on the Oscars.

    RSVP Movies tweeted, “We made #Natkhat “to reach every corner of the earth and tell the world that change begins at home.” Elated to be in the race for the Oscars 2021 short film category!”

    We made #Natkhat “to reach every corner of the earth and tell the world that change begins at home.” Elated to be within the race for the Oscars 2021 brief movie class!https://t.co/BLnd7DZVPg@RonnieScrewvala @vidya_balan @SanayaIZohrabi @FontOfThinking @mesopystic @NBCNews— RSVP Movies (@RSVPMovies) January 14, 2021

    -With ANI inputs

  • Film stars descend nearly as 51st IFFI begins with precaution amid COVID-19 pandemic

    Image Source : TWITTER/@IFFIGOA Film stars descend nearly as 51st IFFI begins with precaution amid COVID-19 pandemic
    The glitz, glamour and star euphoria of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was changed by masks, sanitisers and restricted attendance on the inaugural ceremony of the 51st version of the film gala in Panaji. The coronavirus pandemic put a dent to IFFI final 12 months, with the competition being pushed by two months from its common November present. The competition screens nationwide and worldwide movies and hosts artistes from the world over, partaking in masterclasses and discussions all through its nine-day run.
    This 12 months, the competition is having its first “hybrid mode” version, the place delegates can take part and watch movies and occasions nearly. While earlier editions of the competition’s opening hosted a cluster of stars, together with Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Karan Johar, the 51st version was a low-key affair.
    The ongoing pandemic pointers ensured that no more than 250 folks have been current at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium, the place the ceremony befell.
    Noted Kannada movie star Sudeep, actors Tisca Chopra, Manoj Joshi and filmmaker Priyadarshan have been amongst those that attended the occasion from the movie fraternity. Bollywood stars like Ranveer Singh, Madhuri Dixit, Anil Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Vidya Balan, Anupam Kher, Siddhant Chaturvedi and Aparshakti Khurrana nearly despatched their finest needs for the competition.
     
    Balan stated the truth that IFFI has been held amid the pandemic proves the outdated movie business saying: “the show must go on.”
    “I’m so glad that regardless of the pandemic and the trials the 12 months has put us via, IFFI has been held with all security precautions put in place. IFFI is a chance to observe one of the best of movies.
    “Even though I won’t be there physically, I will be watching films on its OTT platform from the comfort of my home,” the 42-year-old actor stated in a video message.Malayalam star Mohan Lal, in a video, stated it has grow to be “abundantly clear” that the web is altering the best way folks expertise and eat motion pictures.”I am sure the Goa film festival will explore, reinvent or reframe the film festival experience itself…This, perhaps, will be the new norm of interacting with film festivals, especially with the film-makers, actors and technicians from around the globe,” he stated. 
    Sudeep, who was the chief visitor on the ceremony, stated cinema has an unimaginable binding energy which resonates with folks the world over. “Cinema is something that takes you around the world, gives you knowledge, gets you closer to the culture of the world. Let cinema be the new pandemic,” the 47-year-old actor stated.
    The occasion was additionally attened by Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India, Mohammad Imran. Bangladesh is the main target nation on the 51st version of the competition. The Country of Focus is a particular section that recognises the cinematic excellence and contributions of the nation.
    At the inaugural ceremony, Javadekar introduced that the 2 nations are coming collectively to make a movie titled “Bangabandhu”. Apart from this, the minister additionally inaugurated the NFDC Film Bazar, which might be held nearly.

    Multiple Academy Award-winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award on the ceremony. 
    Storaro, 80, is acclaimed for his work in movies such because the 1970 drama “The Conformist”, filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” and ”The Last Emperor”, helmed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
    The cinematographer, nonetheless, was not current on the occasion and as a substitute thanked IFFI for the honour via a video message.
    “This is an incredible honour. The visual journey I did, I couldn’t have done alone. I owe a lot to my collaborators and great directors like Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Coppola, Carlos Oliveira and Woody Allen. They led me in a specific way, to use my language of light,” he stated within the video.
    Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg’s “Another Round, starring actor Mads Mikkelsen, opened the competition.
    The movie, which is Denmark’s official entry for Oscars 2020, revolves round 4 weary highschool lecturers experimenting with the liberating results of alcohol.Vinterberg, who additionally couldn’t be current on the opening, stated the start line of the movie was a “pure celebration of alcohol, but it grew into a celebration of life.”
    A complete of 224 movies might be screened beneath completely different sections on the 51st version, 15 of which can will compete for the Golden Peacock award.
    The jury members of the competition embody Argentina’s Pablo Cesar, Prasanna Vithanage from Sri Lanka, Abu Bakr Shawky (Austria), Priyadarshan and Rubaiyat Hossain (Bangladesh).
    Only Priyadarshan, nonetheless, was current on the ocassion.
    The competition will even give homage to actors Irrfan Khan, Sushant Singh Rajput, Rishi Kapoor and Hollywood star Chadwick Boseman amongst 28 different artistes from the world cinema by showcasing their movies.
    “Saand Ki Aankh”, directed by Tushar Hiranandani and that includes Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar, would be the opening film for the Panorama part on the competition.
    The competition is performed collectively by the Directorate of Film Festivals (beneath Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) and the state Government of Goa. 

  • Vidya Balan wasn’t first alternative for Hum Paanch, stated she was an ‘awkward teenager’ when she was forged

    Actor Vidya Balan broke into Bollywood with 2005’s Parineeta, however earlier than that, she had already established herself within the tv trade with a task within the hit sitcom Hum Paanch. The actor celebrates her birthday on January 1, and on the big day, right here’s a throwback to the time when she spoke about how she bought the a part of Radhika Mathur on the present. Vidya joined the present a yr after it first started airing. By the time, it was already an enormous hit, and Vidya stated that her mom was an enormous fan. Originally, actor Amita Nangia performed the function of Radhika on Hum Paanch. “I joined the cast one year into the launch and yet they welcomed me with so much warmth. We had nicknames for each other which I, obviously, can’t share,” she stated at a particular 2016 reunion, to mark the silver jubilee of Zee TV. Vidya added, “I had done a couple of ad films and was auditioning for television shows when Hum Paanch happened. The show was a huge hit when it first aired in 1995 and my mum, being an avid follower of the show, would always say that she’d like to see me in a show like Hum Paanch. One year later, I got a call from Ekta Kapoor who asked me if I would like to play the role of Radhika Mathur. My joy knew no bounds and I just wanted to scream and dance even before putting down the phone, but for some strange reason, I just said ‘Sure’.”Vidya additionally spoke about her expertise in a 2016 interview to Hindustan Times. “It was amazing how warm Shoma, Vandana and Bhairavi were,” she stated. “I was a very awkward teenager, who had never faced the camera properly, as I had done one amateur TV show.”Also learn: Vidya Balan says she was labelled ‘jinxed’ after her first movie was shelved, was changed in 7-8 initiativesHum Paanch additionally starred Shoma Anand, Bhairavi Raichuria, Vandana Pathak and Ashok Saraf, and aired from 1995 to 2006. Vidya is now among the many most bankable feminine actors within the nation, with hits corresponding to The Dirty Picture, Kahaani, and Tumhari Sulu to her identify. Her most up-to-date launch was the Shakuntala Devi biopic. Follow @htshowbiz for extra