Writer-director Sarthak Dasgupta, who is currently receiving positive response to the streaming series ‘Dharavi Bank’ penned by him, has shared that Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi was destined to play the role of Joint Commissioner of Police Jayant Gavaskar in the show.
Walking down the memory lane, Sarthak recollected: “Around the time I had begun writing Dharavi Bank, a few years back, I met Vivek Oberoi at the house of director-producer Sanjay Gupta. We were all having lunch together. During a casual chat he asked me what I was doing those days. I told him about this crazy show which I was writing called ‘Dharavi Bank’. When he heard that it was about a cop who single handedly takes on a big cartel, he said he wished he could do the role. “Bro, it’s completely up my alley!”
He continued: “Cut to almost 1 and half year later, somehow the producers...
Walking down the memory lane, Sarthak recollected: “Around the time I had begun writing Dharavi Bank, a few years back, I met Vivek Oberoi at the house of director-producer Sanjay Gupta. We were all having lunch together. During a casual chat he asked me what I was doing those days. I told him about this crazy show which I was writing called ‘Dharavi Bank’. When he heard that it was about a cop who single handedly takes on a big cartel, he said he wished he could do the role. “Bro, it’s completely up my alley!”
He continued: “Cut to almost 1 and half year later, somehow the producers...
- 12/24/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
ZEE5 Global, has always presented meaningful and relevant content in many different languages and genres. Now, they have announced an addition to their list of originals, the Hindi film titled 200.
200 is a compelling narrative chronicling the oppression and injustice suffered by Dalit women and the circumstances which led them to take a drastic step.
Set in the context of atrocities against women, the film captures an incident where 200 women took law and justice in their own hands and lynched a gangster, robber, serial killer, serial rapist, in open court.
Produced by Yoodlee Films, the film production arm of Saregama and directed by Sarthak Dasgupta, 200 has an ensemble cast comprising Amol Palekar, Barun Sobti, Rinku Rajguru, Sahil Khattar, Saloni Batra, Indraneil Sengupta and Upendra Limaye.
Commenting on the announcement, Nimisha Pandey, Head, Hindi Originals, ZEE5 said, “ZEE5 has always believed in the power of content to bring about a positive change in the society.
200 is a compelling narrative chronicling the oppression and injustice suffered by Dalit women and the circumstances which led them to take a drastic step.
Set in the context of atrocities against women, the film captures an incident where 200 women took law and justice in their own hands and lynched a gangster, robber, serial killer, serial rapist, in open court.
Produced by Yoodlee Films, the film production arm of Saregama and directed by Sarthak Dasgupta, 200 has an ensemble cast comprising Amol Palekar, Barun Sobti, Rinku Rajguru, Sahil Khattar, Saloni Batra, Indraneil Sengupta and Upendra Limaye.
Commenting on the announcement, Nimisha Pandey, Head, Hindi Originals, ZEE5 said, “ZEE5 has always believed in the power of content to bring about a positive change in the society.
- 7/28/2021
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Netflix used the second night of its See What’s Next: Asia content gathering in Singapore to unveil eight new original films for its India market, including a regional release for Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures’ long-gestating Hotel Mumbai, which the streaming giant has rights to in the South and Southeast Asian territories.
The film, directed by Anthony Maras and starring Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher and Jason Isaacs, had been in limbo as part of The Weinstein Company bankruptcy. A 2019 U.S. release date is likely for the movie, which depicts the events of the 2008 terrorist attacks on the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.
Other films in the works include Firebrand, a Marathi Film directed by Aurna Raje and produced by Priyanka Chopra that follows a successful lawyer (Usha Jadhav), a sexual assault victim, as she tackles difficult family cases while also dealing with intimacy issues in her own marriage.
The film, directed by Anthony Maras and starring Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher and Jason Isaacs, had been in limbo as part of The Weinstein Company bankruptcy. A 2019 U.S. release date is likely for the movie, which depicts the events of the 2008 terrorist attacks on the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.
Other films in the works include Firebrand, a Marathi Film directed by Aurna Raje and produced by Priyanka Chopra that follows a successful lawyer (Usha Jadhav), a sexual assault victim, as she tackles difficult family cases while also dealing with intimacy issues in her own marriage.
- 11/9/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
It isn't just Alia Bhatt who's getting ready to take music lessons. For the role of aclassicalvocalist in a forthcoming film the method-actor par excellence Nawazuddin Siddiqui would be hiring himself a Hindustani classical vocal maestro to train him. The film entitled The Music Teacher to be directed by Sarthak Dasgupta requiresNawazuddinto be an adept vocalist.While an expert vocalist can sing for Nawaz he would like to look convincing while putting forward the nuances, hence the tutoring. This method actorspent a large part of 2013 digging a mountain for Ketan Mehta's parabolic take of inspiration and perspiration The Mountain Man, and attending international film festivals. Nawaz says he is very surprised with the way 2013 panned out."I thought 2012 was too eventful a year for me to repeat. In 2013, I only had two releases. But by God's grace I got so much praise for both Bombay Talkies and The Lunchbox.
- 4/5/2014
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Mumbai, April 5: Acclaimed actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who is making significant inroads into commercial Hindi cinema, has been signed on to play a major role in the next Salman Khan blockbuster "Kick". He is excited about sharing the frame with the superstar.
"I've been told not to say anything about my role. But I am looking forward to working with Salman Khan. He is such a huge star and doing terrific work," said Nawazuddin.
For now, he is gearing up to work hard for the role of a classical vocalist in a forthcoming film. He would be hiring himself a Hindustani classical vocal maestro to train him.
The film entitled "The Music Teacher", to be directed by Sarthak Dasgupta, requires Nawazuddin to be an adept vocalist..
"I've been told not to say anything about my role. But I am looking forward to working with Salman Khan. He is such a huge star and doing terrific work," said Nawazuddin.
For now, he is gearing up to work hard for the role of a classical vocalist in a forthcoming film. He would be hiring himself a Hindustani classical vocal maestro to train him.
The film entitled "The Music Teacher", to be directed by Sarthak Dasgupta, requires Nawazuddin to be an adept vocalist..
- 4/5/2014
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
Neeraj Ghaywan
Neeraj Ghaywan, who has directed the award-winning short Shor, won the 2014 Sundance Institute | Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award for his feature film script Flying Away Solo (Ud Jaayega).
In Flying Away Solo, four lives intersect along the Ganges river: a lower-caste boy in a hopeless love, a daughter torn with guilt, a father sinking in greed, and a spirited kid craving a family, all yearning to escape the constrictions of a small-town.
Neeraj Ghaywan assisted Anurag Kashyap on Gangs of Wasseypur and Ugly. His short film Shor won the Satyajit Ray Foundation’s Short Film Award at the London Indian Film Festival 2012; and the Best Short Film awards at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) 2012 and South Asian International Film Festival (Saiff) 2011.
Read Neeraj Ghaywan’s interview here
The Sundance Institute | Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award is given in recognition and support of emerging independent filmmakers from around the world.
Neeraj Ghaywan, who has directed the award-winning short Shor, won the 2014 Sundance Institute | Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award for his feature film script Flying Away Solo (Ud Jaayega).
In Flying Away Solo, four lives intersect along the Ganges river: a lower-caste boy in a hopeless love, a daughter torn with guilt, a father sinking in greed, and a spirited kid craving a family, all yearning to escape the constrictions of a small-town.
Neeraj Ghaywan assisted Anurag Kashyap on Gangs of Wasseypur and Ugly. His short film Shor won the Satyajit Ray Foundation’s Short Film Award at the London Indian Film Festival 2012; and the Best Short Film awards at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) 2012 and South Asian International Film Festival (Saiff) 2011.
Read Neeraj Ghaywan’s interview here
The Sundance Institute | Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award is given in recognition and support of emerging independent filmmakers from around the world.
- 1/22/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Primexchange co-production workshop (Nov 18-24) is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year with a strong line-up of ten projects, along with guest project In Search Of A Miracle, based on William Dalrymple’s book Nine Lives.
Produced by the UK’s Film and Music Entertainment (F&Me), the docudrama follows four individuals in contemporary India as they pursue their devotion to a higher power. It is one of four UK projects selected for Primexchange this year – along with Rosemilk Productions’ psychological thriller Figments, Aimimage Productions’ Seven Stages and Avatar Productions’ The Importance Of Being Chunky.
Avatar’s project is a comedy about a cab driver enlisted to impersonate a Bollywood star. Thriller Seven Stages was selected in collaboration with Primexchange’s partners at Film London.
A co-production workshop which aims to foster collaboration between Indian and European producers, Primexchange selects ten projects each year – five from India and five from Europe. This year’s...
Produced by the UK’s Film and Music Entertainment (F&Me), the docudrama follows four individuals in contemporary India as they pursue their devotion to a higher power. It is one of four UK projects selected for Primexchange this year – along with Rosemilk Productions’ psychological thriller Figments, Aimimage Productions’ Seven Stages and Avatar Productions’ The Importance Of Being Chunky.
Avatar’s project is a comedy about a cab driver enlisted to impersonate a Bollywood star. Thriller Seven Stages was selected in collaboration with Primexchange’s partners at Film London.
A co-production workshop which aims to foster collaboration between Indian and European producers, Primexchange selects ten projects each year – five from India and five from Europe. This year’s...
- 11/21/2013
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Festival audiences were treated to a feast of exciting films on Day 6 of the 15th Mumbai Film Festival presented by Reliance Entertainment and organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (Mami).
From El Sur directed by Victor Erice, Florian Rey’s Carmen, Yesterday Never Ends directed by Isabel Coixet and Costa Gavras’ Eden is West to Charles Chaplin’s The Floorwalker, Praveen Morchhale’s Barefoot to Goa and Axelle Ropert’s Miss and the doctors, Virgin Talkies by K.R Manoj among others ,the list of movies screened today was illustrious.
At noon, the Indian Popular Film screened was Baishe Srabon written and directed by Srijit Mukherji. The cast of this Bengali psychological thriller consists of Prosenjit Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee and Raima Sen. A detective struggles to find the killer who leaves verses from Bengali poems next to his victims. The critically acclaimed film received a boisterous round of applause from the audience.
From El Sur directed by Victor Erice, Florian Rey’s Carmen, Yesterday Never Ends directed by Isabel Coixet and Costa Gavras’ Eden is West to Charles Chaplin’s The Floorwalker, Praveen Morchhale’s Barefoot to Goa and Axelle Ropert’s Miss and the doctors, Virgin Talkies by K.R Manoj among others ,the list of movies screened today was illustrious.
At noon, the Indian Popular Film screened was Baishe Srabon written and directed by Srijit Mukherji. The cast of this Bengali psychological thriller consists of Prosenjit Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee and Raima Sen. A detective struggles to find the killer who leaves verses from Bengali poems next to his victims. The critically acclaimed film received a boisterous round of applause from the audience.
- 10/25/2013
- by Pooja Rao
- Bollyspice
L-r: Pawan Kumar, Yogesh Karikurve, Sarthak Dasgupta
T he concept of crowd-funding is not new in India. Shyam Benegal made Manthan by collecting Rs 2 each from about five lakh farmers. Back then, it did not have the fancy name ‘Crowd-Funding’ but was called ‘Chanda’. The concept is now becoming popular with Indian filmmakers and has given rise to online portals devoted to the cause and business of crowd funding.
The Mumbai Film Festival 2013 hosted a panel discussion on ‘Crowd Culture’ on October 22. The panelists were:
Pawan Kumar, director of Kannada film Lucia, made with Rs 51 lakh collected from around 1,300 people from India and from Indians abroad using Facebook and blogs. The film released all over the country on September 6, 2013 and was a commercial as well as critical success.
Sarthak Dasgupta, known for The Great Indian Butterfly, ran a successful crowd funding campaign on Catapooolt for his project Cut Throat, a...
T he concept of crowd-funding is not new in India. Shyam Benegal made Manthan by collecting Rs 2 each from about five lakh farmers. Back then, it did not have the fancy name ‘Crowd-Funding’ but was called ‘Chanda’. The concept is now becoming popular with Indian filmmakers and has given rise to online portals devoted to the cause and business of crowd funding.
The Mumbai Film Festival 2013 hosted a panel discussion on ‘Crowd Culture’ on October 22. The panelists were:
Pawan Kumar, director of Kannada film Lucia, made with Rs 51 lakh collected from around 1,300 people from India and from Indians abroad using Facebook and blogs. The film released all over the country on September 6, 2013 and was a commercial as well as critical success.
Sarthak Dasgupta, known for The Great Indian Butterfly, ran a successful crowd funding campaign on Catapooolt for his project Cut Throat, a...
- 10/23/2013
- by Anita Thomas
- DearCinema.com
Open Forum Panels
Oct 18th, 2-3pm, Screen 3, Metro Cinema
Do film festivals help films achieve success?
Speakers : Marc Baschet ( French producer of Oscar winning films No Man’s Land, An episode in the life of an iron picker), Umesh Kulkarni, Anand Gandhi, Peter Van Hoof ( Programmer, International film festival of Rotterdam)
Moderator : Liz Shackleton, Asia chief, Screen International
Oct 19th, 2-3pm, Screen 3, Metro Cinema
Alternative distribution plan for Indie films.
Speakers : Isabelle Dubar, Guneet Monga, Shubra Gupta, Nandini Mansinghka
Moderator : Chris Hainsworth
Oct 20th, 2-3pm, Screen 4, Metro Cinema
Rejuvenation of Marathi Cinema presented by Akhil Bhartiy Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal in association with Mami
Speakers : Sanjay Jadhav (director -Duniyadari )
Amitraj (Music -Duniyadari )
Ashutosh Ghorpade (Director -Cultural Affairs -Mh Govt )
Deepti DCunha (Film Festivals)
Ambar Hadap (Story –Balak Palak )
6.Avinash (Music-Premachi Gosht )
7.Jayesh Muzumdar (Producer -Viacom 18)
Moderator: Vijay Patkar
Oct 21st, 2-3pm,...
Oct 18th, 2-3pm, Screen 3, Metro Cinema
Do film festivals help films achieve success?
Speakers : Marc Baschet ( French producer of Oscar winning films No Man’s Land, An episode in the life of an iron picker), Umesh Kulkarni, Anand Gandhi, Peter Van Hoof ( Programmer, International film festival of Rotterdam)
Moderator : Liz Shackleton, Asia chief, Screen International
Oct 19th, 2-3pm, Screen 3, Metro Cinema
Alternative distribution plan for Indie films.
Speakers : Isabelle Dubar, Guneet Monga, Shubra Gupta, Nandini Mansinghka
Moderator : Chris Hainsworth
Oct 20th, 2-3pm, Screen 4, Metro Cinema
Rejuvenation of Marathi Cinema presented by Akhil Bhartiy Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal in association with Mami
Speakers : Sanjay Jadhav (director -Duniyadari )
Amitraj (Music -Duniyadari )
Ashutosh Ghorpade (Director -Cultural Affairs -Mh Govt )
Deepti DCunha (Film Festivals)
Ambar Hadap (Story –Balak Palak )
6.Avinash (Music-Premachi Gosht )
7.Jayesh Muzumdar (Producer -Viacom 18)
Moderator: Vijay Patkar
Oct 21st, 2-3pm,...
- 10/18/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
New Delhi, Oct 13: What it comes down to is commerce. Independent films like "The Lunchbox" and "Ship Of Theseus" managed eyeballs with the strong backing of Bollywood bigwigs, but India's "censorship and distribution system" continue to be "teething pains" for most indie filmmakers, who can't keep their kitchens running solely via moviemaking, says director Sarthak Dasgupta.
"Times are indeed getting better for smaller independent films in this country. Technology has no doubt brought down the costs and overheads, but the distribution of such films remains challenging. One cannot still make a career out of making independent films and hope to run the kitchen.
"On one side, while the risks of not getting a good distribution.
"Times are indeed getting better for smaller independent films in this country. Technology has no doubt brought down the costs and overheads, but the distribution of such films remains challenging. One cannot still make a career out of making independent films and hope to run the kitchen.
"On one side, while the risks of not getting a good distribution.
- 10/13/2013
- by Amith Ostwal
- RealBollywood.com
Sarthak Dasgupta, who directed The Great Indian Butterfly and won the Sundance-Mahindra Global Filmmaking award 2013 appeals to our readers to crowd-fund his film project “Cutthroat”
Why should you support ‘Cutthroat’?
In the realms of Cinema made in India, for India, the biggies will always stay. Big budgets, big stars, big stakes and big blitzkriegs. Hence what gets told in these big films are trivialities. And told in loud expressions so that it makes sense to a big number of people.
Where is the space for boutique, cultish, non-genre films which are intelligent, low key, yet entertaining for a few? There isn’t any.
‘Cutthroat’ is that kind of a film, which in neither arthouse world cinema, nor a Bollywood circus on screen. And I also hope it will not turn out to be a headless apologetic endeavour, the kinds that get made in the name of low-budget, no-star flicks.
Such ‘Ideas’ which cannot be type-cast,...
Why should you support ‘Cutthroat’?
In the realms of Cinema made in India, for India, the biggies will always stay. Big budgets, big stars, big stakes and big blitzkriegs. Hence what gets told in these big films are trivialities. And told in loud expressions so that it makes sense to a big number of people.
Where is the space for boutique, cultish, non-genre films which are intelligent, low key, yet entertaining for a few? There isn’t any.
‘Cutthroat’ is that kind of a film, which in neither arthouse world cinema, nor a Bollywood circus on screen. And I also hope it will not turn out to be a headless apologetic endeavour, the kinds that get made in the name of low-budget, no-star flicks.
Such ‘Ideas’ which cannot be type-cast,...
- 7/10/2013
- by Sarthak Dasgupta
- DearCinema.com
Mumbai Mantra|Sundance Institute Screenwriters’ Lab 2013 announced the eight fellows of the second edition of the lab on Sunday.
The creative advisers of the Lab are: Screenwriters Bill Wheeler (The Hoax, The Reluctant Fundamentalist), Anjum Rajabali (Ghulam, The Legend of Bhagat Singh, Raajneeti), Malia Scotch Marmo (Hook, Jurrasic Park), Sabrina Dhawan (Monsoon Wedding, Kaminey, Ishqiya); BAFTA award winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia (The Warrior, Senna); Mexican screenwriter, director and film producer Carlos Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Solo Con Tu Pareja); Indian screenwriter and director Habib Faisal (Do Dooni Chaar, Ishaqzaade); writer-director Joshua Marston (The Forgiveness of Blood, Maria Full of Grace) and writer-producer Marti Noxon ( I Am Number Four, Fright Night).
Selected projects:
Betamax by Terrie Samundra
Betamax is set in the summer of 1976 in London on the brink of a youth uprising. The South Asian ghetto of Southall pulses with the sounds of dancehall, punk and bhangra. Gurmel, a Sikh cornershop owner,...
The creative advisers of the Lab are: Screenwriters Bill Wheeler (The Hoax, The Reluctant Fundamentalist), Anjum Rajabali (Ghulam, The Legend of Bhagat Singh, Raajneeti), Malia Scotch Marmo (Hook, Jurrasic Park), Sabrina Dhawan (Monsoon Wedding, Kaminey, Ishqiya); BAFTA award winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia (The Warrior, Senna); Mexican screenwriter, director and film producer Carlos Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Solo Con Tu Pareja); Indian screenwriter and director Habib Faisal (Do Dooni Chaar, Ishaqzaade); writer-director Joshua Marston (The Forgiveness of Blood, Maria Full of Grace) and writer-producer Marti Noxon ( I Am Number Four, Fright Night).
Selected projects:
Betamax by Terrie Samundra
Betamax is set in the summer of 1976 in London on the brink of a youth uprising. The South Asian ghetto of Southall pulses with the sounds of dancehall, punk and bhangra. Gurmel, a Sikh cornershop owner,...
- 3/11/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Fruitvale became the first Sundance film to win the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for U.S. Dramatic film since Precious in 2009. First-time director Ryan Coogler was inspired to write the film after 22-year-old Oscar Grant was shot in the back and killed by Oakland transit police on New Year’s Day morning 2009. Fruitvale tells the story of Grant’s last 24 hours alive, as he attempts to become a better father, a better boyfriend, and a better son and friend. “It’s about human beings and how we treat each other,” said Coogler, “how we treat people that...
- 1/27/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
The problem with the top festivals is that no matter what you are doing, you feel you should be doing something else. Whether to stay home and write or be out seeing films or partying/ networking, sometimes you feel like you're missing out of the really important things. And I lost my hat! If any readers find my white Russian fox hat that I bought in a Berlin flea market, please return it to me! Yesterday I missed the inauguration brunch Acme PR hosted in conjunction with the film Citizen Koch about Mayor Koch because I was trying to send out photos from my camera to my new MacBook Pro to my blog! I also missed Occupy Wall Street. But the truth of that is I am no longer in the mood for issue docs. Inequality For All satisfied my need for understanding that issue, God Loves Uganda repelled me, though one of the volunteers I was talking to was so incensed at the film's message of homophobia that I realized its value. I am going to write more on the docs in the coming days, but now just for fun, I'm going to do a survey of how many deal with personal subjects and how many with social issues. I did find a great parking lot for $5, but it was so far away that I was unable to see the films Big Sur (sold out) and C.O.G., but I did catch the buzz film Fruitvale about the New Years Eve shooting of Oscar, a 22 year old Bay Area resident. Starring the superb Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer and Melonie Diaz and directed by Ryan Coogler, it captured the family life so beautifully, Oscar was so sympathetic, so human, so young that at its end, I was totally depressed by the gun violence done in this film and in so many incidents over this past year. Another film about guns, Valentine Road by Sasha Alpert is getting very good buzz as well. Seeing Fruitvale because it was a buzz film and was so easy to enter with my press pass meant missing out of Gideon's Army which I really wanted to see but did not realize a ticket had been reserved for me and so I missed out on seeing it. Gideon's Army follows three young public defenders who are part of a small group of idealistic lawyers in the Deep South challenging the assumptions that drive a criminal justice system strained to the breaking point. I wanted to share it with my Pd friends in L.A. And the issue of justice and idealism would have taken me out of the depression over Fruitvale where the security guard who shot Oscar twice got off after serving 18 months in prison. Since this doc is an HBO doc, I might not get another chance to see it. At 4:00pm in Sundance (and Berlin, Cannes and Afm), the cocktail hour begins and we put aside watching films and switch to networking, catching up with news, meeting new people, etc. and so I went off to parties: The Louisiana Film Festival , Ifp, Film Independent and Indiewire, Kofic (the Korean film organization) and "The Party" of Sundance hosted by John Sloss and Cinetic were all on the calendar. Starting at the Riverhorse on Main, the Film Independent / Indiewire party was so exciting that I missed the Ifp party up the street. At the Find/ Indiewire party, I got to catch up with so many people including Bob and Jeannie Berney who will be opening their new company Picturehouse (2) with a Metallica film in 3D which sounds like a perfect Bob Berney film. I met Adam Donaghey, a partner of Aviation Cinemas who had been at the Arthouse Convergence. His theater is where they arrested up Lee Harvey Oswald and was originally the flag ship theater created by Howard Hughes as part of the Rko Theaters chain. They also have started the Oak Cliff Film Festival which is a festival of festivals, much like Toronto was in its early days before becoming the showcase and discovery festival it is today. We spoke of a new sort of festival scam that filmmakers need to heed, called Awards Festivals. You can buy an award so you can show your film to be a winner of a festival where it never even needs to screen! Withoutabox even lists these festivals without warning. Adam wishes Withoutabox would curate chosen festivals a bit more. I agree because uneducated filmmakers often tend to think that quantity not quality of film festivals their films show at makes the look better than it might be. For uneducated audiences who might then watch the film, disappointment may result. For the trade, it gives the film a tawdry look.
Michele Satter, Founding Director, Feature Film Program of the Sundance Institute and Paul Federbush, International Director of the Feature Film Program invited me to tomorrow's Mahinda Global Filmmaking Awards Reception which awards $10,000 to 4 filmmakers with projects which give voice to issues needing to be heard. Again I have to miss something if I go there…Narco Cultura plays at 6:30pm, the Awards ceremony starts at 6pm, And I have been invited to my host's dinner party. I hope I can catch Narco Cultura (Isa: K5) on Cinando! The winners are Sarthak Dasgupta,The Music Teacher from India; Jonas Carpignano, A Chjana from Italy-us; Aly Muritiba, The Man Who Killed My Dead Beloved from Brazil; and Vendela Vida & Eva Weber, Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name UK-Germany-us. See more here
Rick Allen, Founder and CEO of Snagfilms (the owner of Indiewire) and I spoke of their ever-growing developments and I was startled and very happy to hear him praise my blog. Stefanie Sharis, COO and Andrew Mer, VP Content Partnerships of Snagfilms and I spoke of our plans in Berlin and Cannes.
Louisiana International Film Festival and Mentorship Program party where, for the second time during this festival, I caught a fantastic musical performance. The first was at the New York Film Lounge. This one was a "love riot" performance by jazz pianist extraordinaire, actor and educator Jonathan Batiste . Both the groups are represented by N.Y. Attorney Stephen Beers . I was with Ula again, and Indiewire's James Israel, doing the party circuit. I hope Ula will bring this fine New Orleans jazz pianist Jon Batiste to The American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland. He had the room rocking with a sax, drums and -- was that a tuba? -- backing him up. I have filmed both groups and hope I can upload them for your enjoyment! The Louisiana Film Festival will be held in April and includes a mentorship program. It is being organized by our friends Jeff Dowd and Dan Ireland. Dan is now working on his next feature which sounds great with a cast of great actors. I want to go to this new festival to celebrate my birthday especially since my parents met in New Orleans as university students there, married and moved to L.A. where I was born, so it means a lot to me. Coincidently, when I mentioned this to the Executive Director and filmmaker Chesley Heymsfield, telling her my father was in med school at Lsu, she told me her father was Chancellor of the Lsu Medical School. In addition I am thinking that perhaps we can join forces with their Mentorship Program with The Literacy Project, which I began 4 years ago at El Centro del Pueblo in Echo Park. Their Mentorship Program, from what I understood, is headed by a Nobel Prize Winning Scientist. I may have heard wrong however, because the noise at this party was horrendous and the speech given was too long for sustained silence. Ula, James and I proceeded to the Korean party was a different group of folks gathering of the trade. While there I could do some matchmaking, one of my favorite pastimes, introducing Ula to Kiril of the Moscow Film Festival, seeing Clay Epstein, party organizers Henry Eshelmann and Mark Rabinowitz, being introduced by Ula and Kiral to the Busan International Film Festival/ Asian Film Market's Steering Committee Deputy Director (who is responsible for international marketing of the market, Chanil Jeon, who then introduced me to the programmer for North American films, Dosin Pak whose email is "Program [At] biff.kr" for all you North American filmmakers looking to break into Asia. I have written about Busan several times because I think South Korea's development and support of filmmaking, film education and film financing through its pre-sales market is a model other countries would be wise to follow. I would personally love to create an educational initiative there about cross-cultural competence. During one Cannes Festival, I spoke to their education director about that. So perhaps, with a little more time, I will be able to speak of how to actualize this idea. From the Korean party we went (Early) to John Sloss's Cinetic party, The Hot Ticket party for me. I know I'll see old friends there and meet new and not only interesting but important people in the business, and sure 'nuff, I did. I also know that if you come late to this party you are liable to spend a long time shivering in the cold waiting to be admitted. There was Anne Thompson holding court, Christine Vachon holding court and I am sure many others. I got some good face time with Cotty Chubb who has 3 films nearing completion, and Carol (whose last name I have forgotten regrettably without her card to jolt my memory) whom I last saw in Paris many years ago and has now returned to filmmaking. She in turn introduced me to the L.A. Based Rio Film Commissioner who works with the Rio-based Steve Solet. We gathered with old friends Tom Davia (of Shoreline) and Rodrigo Bellot whose film he wrote, We Are What We Are (Isa: Memento), just sold to eOne for U.S. for a low 6 figures. Eone already has Canada and U.K. That's enough for now. See you tomorrow!!
Michele Satter, Founding Director, Feature Film Program of the Sundance Institute and Paul Federbush, International Director of the Feature Film Program invited me to tomorrow's Mahinda Global Filmmaking Awards Reception which awards $10,000 to 4 filmmakers with projects which give voice to issues needing to be heard. Again I have to miss something if I go there…Narco Cultura plays at 6:30pm, the Awards ceremony starts at 6pm, And I have been invited to my host's dinner party. I hope I can catch Narco Cultura (Isa: K5) on Cinando! The winners are Sarthak Dasgupta,The Music Teacher from India; Jonas Carpignano, A Chjana from Italy-us; Aly Muritiba, The Man Who Killed My Dead Beloved from Brazil; and Vendela Vida & Eva Weber, Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name UK-Germany-us. See more here
Rick Allen, Founder and CEO of Snagfilms (the owner of Indiewire) and I spoke of their ever-growing developments and I was startled and very happy to hear him praise my blog. Stefanie Sharis, COO and Andrew Mer, VP Content Partnerships of Snagfilms and I spoke of our plans in Berlin and Cannes.
Louisiana International Film Festival and Mentorship Program party where, for the second time during this festival, I caught a fantastic musical performance. The first was at the New York Film Lounge. This one was a "love riot" performance by jazz pianist extraordinaire, actor and educator Jonathan Batiste . Both the groups are represented by N.Y. Attorney Stephen Beers . I was with Ula again, and Indiewire's James Israel, doing the party circuit. I hope Ula will bring this fine New Orleans jazz pianist Jon Batiste to The American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland. He had the room rocking with a sax, drums and -- was that a tuba? -- backing him up. I have filmed both groups and hope I can upload them for your enjoyment! The Louisiana Film Festival will be held in April and includes a mentorship program. It is being organized by our friends Jeff Dowd and Dan Ireland. Dan is now working on his next feature which sounds great with a cast of great actors. I want to go to this new festival to celebrate my birthday especially since my parents met in New Orleans as university students there, married and moved to L.A. where I was born, so it means a lot to me. Coincidently, when I mentioned this to the Executive Director and filmmaker Chesley Heymsfield, telling her my father was in med school at Lsu, she told me her father was Chancellor of the Lsu Medical School. In addition I am thinking that perhaps we can join forces with their Mentorship Program with The Literacy Project, which I began 4 years ago at El Centro del Pueblo in Echo Park. Their Mentorship Program, from what I understood, is headed by a Nobel Prize Winning Scientist. I may have heard wrong however, because the noise at this party was horrendous and the speech given was too long for sustained silence. Ula, James and I proceeded to the Korean party was a different group of folks gathering of the trade. While there I could do some matchmaking, one of my favorite pastimes, introducing Ula to Kiril of the Moscow Film Festival, seeing Clay Epstein, party organizers Henry Eshelmann and Mark Rabinowitz, being introduced by Ula and Kiral to the Busan International Film Festival/ Asian Film Market's Steering Committee Deputy Director (who is responsible for international marketing of the market, Chanil Jeon, who then introduced me to the programmer for North American films, Dosin Pak whose email is "Program [At] biff.kr" for all you North American filmmakers looking to break into Asia. I have written about Busan several times because I think South Korea's development and support of filmmaking, film education and film financing through its pre-sales market is a model other countries would be wise to follow. I would personally love to create an educational initiative there about cross-cultural competence. During one Cannes Festival, I spoke to their education director about that. So perhaps, with a little more time, I will be able to speak of how to actualize this idea. From the Korean party we went (Early) to John Sloss's Cinetic party, The Hot Ticket party for me. I know I'll see old friends there and meet new and not only interesting but important people in the business, and sure 'nuff, I did. I also know that if you come late to this party you are liable to spend a long time shivering in the cold waiting to be admitted. There was Anne Thompson holding court, Christine Vachon holding court and I am sure many others. I got some good face time with Cotty Chubb who has 3 films nearing completion, and Carol (whose last name I have forgotten regrettably without her card to jolt my memory) whom I last saw in Paris many years ago and has now returned to filmmaking. She in turn introduced me to the L.A. Based Rio Film Commissioner who works with the Rio-based Steve Solet. We gathered with old friends Tom Davia (of Shoreline) and Rodrigo Bellot whose film he wrote, We Are What We Are (Isa: Memento), just sold to eOne for U.S. for a low 6 figures. Eone already has Canada and U.K. That's enough for now. See you tomorrow!!
- 1/24/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Filmmakers from Italy, Brazil and India are among the four directors honored with global filmmaking awards at this year's Sundance Film Festival. The honors carry a $10,000 cash prize and are designed to encourage emerging filmmakers from around the world. They are part of a three year partnership between the Sundance Institute and the Indian multi-national Mahindra Group that is now in its third year. The winning directors and projects are: Sarthak Dasgupta, "The Music Teacher" from India; Jonas Carpignano, "A Chjana" (pictured left) from Italy-us; Aly Muritiba, "The Man Who Killed...
- 1/23/2013
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Sundance Institute and India’s Mahindra Group today announced the four winners of the 2013 Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Awards, in recognition and support of emerging independent filmmakers from around the world. The winning directors and projects are: Sarthak Dasgupta, The Music Teacher from India; Jonas Carpignano, A Chjana from Italy-us; Aly Muritiba, The Man Who Killed My Beloved Dead from Brazil; and Vendela Vida & Eva Weber, Read More...
- 1/23/2013
- Bollywood Trade
Sundance Institute and India’s Mahindra Group announced the four winners of the 2013 Sundance Institute | Mahindra Global Filmmaking Awards, in recognition and support of emerging independent filmmakers from around the world. The winning directors and projects are: Sarthak Dasgupta, The Music Teacher from India; Jonas Carpignano, A Chjana from Italy-us; Aly Muritiba, The Man Who Killed My Beloved Dead from Brazil;and Vendela Vida & Eva Weber, Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name from UK-Germany-us.
The awards were presented at a private ceremony at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, U.S.A., by Rohit Khattar, Chairman, Mumbai Mantra, Michelle Satter, Founding Director, Feature Film Program, Sundance Institute, and Paul Federbush, International Director, Feature Film Program, Sundance Institute.
Each of the four winning filmmakers will receive a cash award of $10,000, attendance at the Sundance Film Festival for targeted industry and creative meetings, year-round mentoring from Institute staff and creative advisors,...
The awards were presented at a private ceremony at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, U.S.A., by Rohit Khattar, Chairman, Mumbai Mantra, Michelle Satter, Founding Director, Feature Film Program, Sundance Institute, and Paul Federbush, International Director, Feature Film Program, Sundance Institute.
Each of the four winning filmmakers will receive a cash award of $10,000, attendance at the Sundance Film Festival for targeted industry and creative meetings, year-round mentoring from Institute staff and creative advisors,...
- 1/23/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
April 2, 2010:The Great Indian Butterfly- A must for warring couples!
Rating: 2.5 out of 5*
Starring: Aamir Bashir, Sandhya Mridul, Barry John and Koel Purie
Director: Sarthak Dasgupta
The Great Indian Butterfly narrates the tale of a young urban couple Krish (Aamir Bashir) and Meera (Sandhya Mridul). Forgetting their hectic lives, both Krish and Meera set out on their long impending vacation to Goa. While Meera wants to unwind on the beaches and scenic places, Krish has another agenda that is to search for the great Indian Butterfly. Last seen by an unknown Portuguese explorer Carodiguez,.
Rating: 2.5 out of 5*
Starring: Aamir Bashir, Sandhya Mridul, Barry John and Koel Purie
Director: Sarthak Dasgupta
The Great Indian Butterfly narrates the tale of a young urban couple Krish (Aamir Bashir) and Meera (Sandhya Mridul). Forgetting their hectic lives, both Krish and Meera set out on their long impending vacation to Goa. While Meera wants to unwind on the beaches and scenic places, Krish has another agenda that is to search for the great Indian Butterfly. Last seen by an unknown Portuguese explorer Carodiguez,.
- 4/2/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
April 2, 2010:The Great Indian Butterfly- A must for warring couples!
Rating: 2.5 out of 5*
Starring: Aamir Bashir, Sandhya Mridul, Barry John and Koel Purie
Director: Sarthak Dasgupta
The Great Indian Butterfly narrates the tale of a young urban couple Krish (Aamir Bashir) and Meera (Sandhya Mridul). Forgetting their hectic lives, both Krish and Meera set out on their long impending vacation to Goa. While Meera wants to unwind on the beaches and scenic places, Krish has another agenda that is to search for the great Indian Butterfly. Last seen by an unknown Portuguese explorer Carodiguez,.
Rating: 2.5 out of 5*
Starring: Aamir Bashir, Sandhya Mridul, Barry John and Koel Purie
Director: Sarthak Dasgupta
The Great Indian Butterfly narrates the tale of a young urban couple Krish (Aamir Bashir) and Meera (Sandhya Mridul). Forgetting their hectic lives, both Krish and Meera set out on their long impending vacation to Goa. While Meera wants to unwind on the beaches and scenic places, Krish has another agenda that is to search for the great Indian Butterfly. Last seen by an unknown Portuguese explorer Carodiguez,.
- 4/2/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Just like any thinking woman, Sandhya Mridul has a bone to pick with men. Sandhya has got into this fiery mode especially after working on her forthcoming film, The Great Indian Butterfly, directed by Sarthak Dasgupta. Sandhya plays an urban woman and wife to Aamir Bashir in the film and the couple is constantly at each other's throats. The hustle bustle and stress of working life take a toll on their marital life, sex included. Sandhya adds that trouble brews when men start ta...
- 3/22/2010
- GlamSham
Producer Sanjay Gupta is once again bringing a different type of film to the theaters with the intriguing The Great Indian Butterfly. The award winning film, which releases on March 26th was directed by Sarthak Dasgupta and stars Aamir Bashir, Koel Puri, Sandhya Mridul and Barry John.
The story: Stressed, frustrated and unable to come to terms with the sacrifice required for success, Krish and Meera, a young Indian couple goes in search of the legendary magical insect - The Great Indian Butterfly. Last seen by the unknown Portuguese explorer, Carodiguez, in a remote valley located in erstwhile colonial Goa, the butterfly possesses a magical aura, granting immense happiness to the person who catches it. In the journey that takes the couple from the smog filled, concrete jungle of the Megalopolis of Mumbai through the little discovered coastal landscapes of the western Sahyadris, to the sun soaked land of Goa,...
The story: Stressed, frustrated and unable to come to terms with the sacrifice required for success, Krish and Meera, a young Indian couple goes in search of the legendary magical insect - The Great Indian Butterfly. Last seen by the unknown Portuguese explorer, Carodiguez, in a remote valley located in erstwhile colonial Goa, the butterfly possesses a magical aura, granting immense happiness to the person who catches it. In the journey that takes the couple from the smog filled, concrete jungle of the Megalopolis of Mumbai through the little discovered coastal landscapes of the western Sahyadris, to the sun soaked land of Goa,...
- 3/16/2010
- Bollyspice
Sanjay Gupta now treads a new path and is launching his new brand White Feather Arthouse Films. He is signalling off this journey with two films that are slated to chart new territories in the realm of `new age sensibility' movies. The two films are The Great Indian Butterfly and Pankh. The first film to be released is The Great Indian Butterfly that releases on the 26th of March, 2010. Directed by Sarthak Dasgupta, the film stars Aamir Bashir, Sandhya Mridul, Koel Purie and Barry John. The film has already been invited to prestigious film festivals like the Indo-America Arts Council Film Festival and the River to River, Florence Indian Film Festival, which is the first festival in the world to be devoted entirely to films from and about India. The Great Indian Butterfly is about a young couple searching for a mystical butterfly that brings peace, love, luck and happiness.
- 3/12/2010
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Sanjay Gupta now treads a new path and is launching his new brand White Feather Arthouse Films. He is signalling off this journey with two films that are slated to chart new territories in the realm of `new age sensibility' movies. The two films are The Great Indian Butterfly and Pankh. The first film to be released is The Great Indian Butterfly that releases on the 26th of March, 2010. Directed by Sarthak Dasgupta, the film stars Aamir Bashir, Sandhya Mridul, Koel Purie and Barry John. The film has already been invited to prestigious film festivals like the Indo-America Arts Council Film Festival and the River to River, Florence Indian Film Festival, which is the first festival in the world to be devoted entirely to films from and about India. The Great Indian Butterfly is about a young couple searching for a mystical butterfly that brings peace, love, luck and happiness.
- 3/12/2010
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
The release of movie The Great Indian Butterfly has been pre-poned by a week. The movie, which is directed by Sarthak DasGupta will now release on 4 September instead of 11 September.This is the first movie to be produced under the banner of White Feather Art House Films. It stars Aamir Bashir, Sandhya Mridul, Koel Purie and Barry John.The story of The Great Indian Butterfly revolves around a young urban couple who takes a trip in search of a mystical butterfly, as they are unable to come to terms with the sacrifices ...
- 8/10/2009
- BusinessofCinema
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