Aamir Khan: After failures, every minute is spent on finding where we go wrong
Thirtysix years is a long, long time to sustain oneself in the fickle world of Bollywood. Aamir Khan stepped into this world even before the term “Bollywood” became a global buzzword. And he has stayed on, with peaks and craters, accepting them as they came, reinventing, and venturing into producing films he believes in. In a one-to- one with our correspondent Shoma A Chatterji , he opens up on his future plans.
Toronto: Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction,” a wicked satire about the commodification of marginalized voices and a portrait of an artist forced to re-examine his integrity, has won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) , raising the film's prospects in the Oscar race.
India didn't love what I wanted to do, Sri Lanka has been amazing: Deepa Mehta
Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta, whose film Fire had stirred a controversy in the late 1990s for depicting lesbianism, was the guest at Ek Mulakat Visesh organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement. Her latest film is Funny Boy, set in Sri Lanka during the violent Tamil-Sinhalese conflict telling the story of a young boy and his sexual awakening. India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings excerpts of her conversation with Ehsaas Woman of Delhi Archana Dalmia
Enacting delicate same-sex relationship with Ronan every day terrified me: Kate Winslet
During one of the conversations series organized by the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), thed iconic fest's executive director and co-head Joana Vicente catches up with Hollywood stars Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan in Francis Lee directed 'Ammonite'. The romantic drama is inspired by the life of 19th century British palaeontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) who was in an all-consuming same-sex love with geologist Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan). Asha Bajaj brings you excerpts:
25th KIFF concludes: A closer look at the Indian award-winning films
Kolkata/IBNS: Let us take a closer look at some of the Indian films that bagged awards at the grand concluding ceremony of the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) presided by Shabana Azmi who delivered the principal address as the Guest of the Evening.
Unheard India-Cinema in rare languages at 25th KIFF
Kolkata/IBNS: Have you ever heard of the Paniya language spoken by tribals of the adjoining border areas of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka besides Kannur and Kerala where this is spoken at Palakkad, Mallapuram and Waynad areas? Some sections of the audience got to hear this language in the feature film Kenjira, directed by Manoj Kana.
Karan Johar engages in Twitter banter with Twinkle Khanna
Mumbai, Nov 8 (IBNS): Filmmaker Karan Johar and actress Twinkle Khanna are engaged in a fun Twitter banter over the former's chat show show 'Koffee With Karan'.
Star World to air fifth season of Koffee with Karan
Mumbai, Sept 22 (IBNS): The chatter and banter around a new season of Star World’s Koffee with Karan has already been doing the rounds since the start of April this year and Star World, finally took to media on Thursday confirming the news of a brand new season.