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God destined me to be a film star: Asha Parekh
Nov 28th
It was yesterday once more at IFFI-Goa today where Asha Parekh went down the memory lane and a formal press conference turned into a collective re-living of the days gone by. A gracefully resplendent Asha said unassumingly ‘perhaps god destined me to be a film star and I worked to fulfill that destiny.’ That humility
Corporate houses have a responsibility towards the cultural focus – Shaji Karun
Nov 27th
Corporate houses have a responsibility towards cultural focus of the country said veteran filmmakers at IFFI-Goa 2009 today. At the combined press conference of Shaji Karun’s Kutty Srank, Ijjodu of M S Sathyu and Rituparno Ghosh’s Shob Charitro Kalponik the directors expressed their views on working for projects of corporate film making organizations, in this
Where is wholesome family cinema in India asks Disney veteran
Nov 27th
Lamenting the absence of middle ground between the high brow ‘art films’ and big commercial ventures, Umakanth Thumrugoti, director of 7 Days in Slow Motion said that people want to see good movies which can be seen with entire family and we have to provide means to do that. Producer Ms. Soumya Sriraman also wondered
Film makers take themselves too seriously – Roland Reber
Nov 27th
‘Movie-making is like a conversation for me I pose questions to the audience and wait for the answers. Film makers take themselves too seriously, a nurse or a doctor is far more important, they behave like Gods while they are just having a conversation’ opined director Roland Reber here today. Reber’s six films are being
Madhura Jasraj recounts life with Shantaram
Nov 27th
Noted film director V. Shantaram’s love for dance has been experienced by millions through his films but the fact that he himself was an accomplished dancer was revealed by his daughter and film director Madhura Jasraj at IFFI-2009 today. Smt. Jasraj whose film on her husband ‘Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj’ is part of ‘Moments with
Secretary of I&B Ministry assures facilitation for healthy and orderly growth of film industry
Nov 24th
Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, Raghu Menon today assured the film industry stake holders that the Government of India would make all efforts to facilitate healthy and orderly growth of the film industry and the media industry as a whole. Menon was delivering the keynote address at the ‘India-The Big Picture’
