Rajan Khosa
Rajan Khosa’s Gattu, which hits the theatres on July 20, won a Special Mention from the Children’s Jury at Berlin Film Festival 2012. A film about a street urchin who follows his dream, Gattu, produced by the Children’s Film Society of India, went on to win the Best Film award at New York Indian Film Festival 2012.
An alumnus of the Royal College of Arts in London, Khosa came into limelight with his feature film Dance Of The Wind (1997) which world premiered at Venice Film Festival and won the Netpac award at International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Rajan Khosa talks about Gattu and the state of children’s films in India:
Tell us about the journey of Gattu.
I had worked with children in my earlier films and had realized that childhood was a beautiful stage of life to explore. So when the opportunity came to make a children’s film,...
Rajan Khosa’s Gattu, which hits the theatres on July 20, won a Special Mention from the Children’s Jury at Berlin Film Festival 2012. A film about a street urchin who follows his dream, Gattu, produced by the Children’s Film Society of India, went on to win the Best Film award at New York Indian Film Festival 2012.
An alumnus of the Royal College of Arts in London, Khosa came into limelight with his feature film Dance Of The Wind (1997) which world premiered at Venice Film Festival and won the Netpac award at International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Rajan Khosa talks about Gattu and the state of children’s films in India:
Tell us about the journey of Gattu.
I had worked with children in my earlier films and had realized that childhood was a beautiful stage of life to explore. So when the opportunity came to make a children’s film,...
- 7/19/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Kitu Gidwani, who was last seen in Madhur Bhandarkar's hit movie 'Fashion', is returning to the big screen with 'Hello Zindagi'. Also a well known television face, she feels 'saas-bahu' soaps were a curse. ''Hello Zindagi' is a lovely little film which talks about the life of a young woman and an older one. While the young one is spoilt and is into drugs, the older one is a doctor whose married life is not going well. The film tracks their journey as they find a new meaning to their life,' Gidwani told Ians in a telephonic interview from Mumbai. 'It also deals with a sensitive and global environmental issue of conservation of Olive Ridley Turtles, which is finely moulded into the story,' she added. Also with the actress in the film are Kanwaljeet Singh and Neena Gupta, who are teaming up more than a...
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- Filmicafe
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