The festival's People's Choice Award, voted by the audience, is a strong indication of films that can eventually be nominated and even win Oscars. Twelve of the last 15 People's Choice winners have received Best Picture Oscar nominations.
Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has criticized comedian Kunal Kamra for his recent remarks about Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, calling them "disrespectful" and "in bad taste." Ranaut, who was speaking to reporters outside Parliament, said that Kamra's comedy was "disgracing" and that Shinde had earned his position through hard work. She also echoed Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' call for Kamra to apologize for his "low level comedy." The controversy comes after Shiv Sena members damaged the comedy club where Kamra's show took place, in response to his jokes about Shinde's political career and recent developments in Maharashtra.
'This was a government that wanted nobody outside Bangladesh to know that they were simply inept and run by a highly authoritarian leader who was afraid of any criticism towards herself.'
'At his wedding with Patralekha, I officiated as the groom's father as Raj has lost both parents, and that's the relationship we share today.'
'On screen, I am Patralekha and he is Rajkummar. I am 24 and he is 28 years old. We are seeing each other, but that is very different from the husband and wife relationship. We had to start from scratch.' City Lights actress Patralekha gets ready for showbiz.
'The show's success has only gone on to reinforce my belief that the best way to tell a story is with honesty, love and conviction... easier said than done in our industry!'
'The world needs Gandhi now more than any other time in history.'
'I have been trying to make a movie for seven years. I got a chance only now.' 'I have taken my script to every office from Dharma to Tips to Eros.' 'I have narrated my script to every actor possible. Nobody believed me.' 'Because of OTT, people like me are finally getting a chance to make something.'
Hansal Mehta's new film Faraaz is a hostage drama that unfolds over one night.
'As a parent, it had me terrified. As a human being, it compelled me to look at people with greater empathy, to understand life with greater nuance, and to see beyond the black and white. I wanted to hug my kids. To tell them it's alright. To tell myself I can do better.'
The four-day CIFF was packed with so many other new projects, like Radhika Apte's first directorial effort Koyta, with Vikramaditya Motwane as the producer, Venkatesh Maha's Ko Ko Ko, Jeo Baby's Punishment and Shonali Bose's Black Mountain Monpa.
'Unfortunately, we live in a 'Mainstream Bollywood' bubble, where we cannot look beyond films that we ourselves find entertaining.'
'We want to hide it (by saying) we are too busy in our lives, we have other things to attend to, we have families.' 'But they all had families, including Jyotiba or Mahatma Gandhi, or anybody who challenged the system.'
Kareena is off to work... Raashii shares a picture from the sets...Rajkummar is grateful...
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'He will eternally be remembered as Mr Bharat for always reminding us about roti, kapada aur kisaan.' 'Our integrity and patriotism. Our culture and our roots.'
'When he played his inner light shone so bright! His joy embraced us all... we experienced divinity.'
'After 23 years of making films, you feel vindicated that you stuck to your guns and continues to try different things.'
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Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain died at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said on Monday.
Stars attend the screening of Modern Love: Mumbai, which will start streaming on Amazon Prime Video from May 13.
'The challenging part was when I did not have a penny in my pocket and I was doing theatre.' 'I had to sometimes travel without a train ticket to go for rehearsals.' 'Those times were really hard on my family and me.' 'But my parents would say, "Never give up. Just keep following your dreams. Do what you dream about but when you do that, do that with great honesty and great commitment".'
Gandhi will now be seen in two upcoming OTT series -- Hansal Mehta's Gandhi, starring Pratik Gandhi in the title role, and Freedom at Midnight by Nikkhil Advani.
Despatch just goes on and on, sighs Mayur Sanap.
'The list of betrayals is long.' 'People, who said they were like family, have backstabbed me most.'
Kangana steps out to watch her latest film.
Kareena's sombre performance lingered on long after I had left the theatre, notes Sukanya Verma.
Hansal Mehta's nine-hour drama series Scam 1992 needs to be viewed by everyone, young and old, recommends Moumita Bhattacharya.
After playing a character who murders her husband in Jaane Jaan, Kareena Kapoor crosses over to the other side, to play a detective in The Buckingham Murders.
Kareena's cop, Rajni's supercop and Samantha's spy, it's a star-studded week on OTT this time. Sukanya Verma lists your options on OTT this week.
In a lengthy statement on X late Monday night, a defiant Kamra said those busy leaking his number on social media or calling him incessantly should know that it all goes to his voicemail where they will be subjected to "the very song" that they hate.
There was a memorable meeting with a 'tall, elegant, beautiful girl', who had recently finished her 12th in the strongly tribal Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh. 'I was shocked. In this whole sea of villages, I knew for sure there was no other 12th pass girl. I said I want to meet your father.' 'She brought her father, a daily-wage labourer. I asked him: "How come you decided to educate your girl till the 12th standard? You break stones for a living and you don't have a lot of money".' 'He just said one line and in that one line he said everything.'
'There are times when I've gone back to my hotel room and cried about what they were doing to my character.' 'They want you to lower your performing ability in accordance with your co-actor.' 'They alter the script, change your character... that's when the real anger sets in.'
When Pritish Nandy passed into the ages, both journalists and film folk expressed their genuine sorrow. Many took to social media to pay their heartfelt condolences.
'My family are the mainstream audience and think I am wasting my time. Until I make a Rs 100 crore film, they won't be convinced.'
It's going to be a party on OTT this September, with a string of interesting releases but the theatre scene looks bare.
A look at the arrivals for the screening.
MAMI will showcase over 250 films spread across 10 days from October 27 to November 5.
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