'Usually, we are always worried that we are missing out something in life.' 'We are very keen for the audience to have this as a cinema experience in theatres.' 'You get the rare chance to be patient.'
Aseem Chhabra lists the films that won his heart at the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
The ministry of information and broadcasting is working on a proposal to set up a mega movie production studio -- akin to those in Hollywood -- with an investment of Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion), which will be supported by the government.
The New York Film Festival served an amazing plate of films. Aseem Chhabra picks the best ones.
'...and showcased in their original beauty.'
'I love the country and the people so very much. My children grew up watching Om Shanti Om.'
'The LTTE were the pioneers of that.'
Check out the impressive line-up at the International Film Festival of South Asia.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui's film Liar's Dice has been selected as India's official entry to the Oscars 2015, and he's thrilled!
'In a world which is full of categories, hatred and ideologies, there was this basic decency.'
The coronavirus pandemic may have postponed a lot of plans but cinema-lovers refuse to get daunted.
'We need to understand and respect wildlife behaviour.'
'...you start running after the star.' 'If the star says yes to the film, the ecosystem supports it.' 'The biggest cog in the wheel of the ecosystem is the audience and we forget that.'
'Outside the house, he was this iconic deified figure.' 'Inside, he was a sorted-out, genial householder, always ready to lend a patient ear to our problems.'
'I could have never imagined such a day would come and bring light and celebration of light.'
Neha's hectic trip to the US... Sunny takes Gadar 2 to London... Anurag Kashyap's Kennedy gets more applause...
It was a hit and miss for some but each one of them revelled in the opportunity to showcase their talent.
All the latest buzz from cinema down South.
'The only violence I have had in any film of mine is a slap.' 'When Nikhil narrated the film to me, I was blown away.' 'I was literally screaming out of my chair.'
'I believe FFI has made a mistake,' notes Aseem Chhabra.
'I have always looked at people and said, 'You just have to accept. You just have to love. You just have to let this person be and the trouble would be less.' 'But we keep complicating things, and that is the tragedy -- our desire not to understand.'
Sonakshi Sinha and Vijay Varma are making waves internationally.
The 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) kicked off in Panaji, Goa, on a grand scale.
Soon after her arrival at the Mumbai airport for attending the two-day meeting of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on August 31 and September 1, Banerjee drove to Bachchan's residence 'Jalsa' in suburban Juhu.
Rediff.com's Arthur J Pais reports from the Toronto International Film Festival.
National award winner Chaitanya Tamhane tells us the story behind his film, Court.
'When democracy first came to Bhutan people had no idea and they were like 'What is that?' Oh it's that thing they have in India where the leaders are always fighting and arguing.' When I screened the film to Bhutan's film committee, they thought my film was good but they were concerned about that line. They wanted me to change that line. They said, 'We don't want to offend India.' I tried to tell them that Indians have a great ability to laugh at themselves but they insisted I change it.'
'I hadn't worked for three-and-a-half years.' 'I felt industry was based on who you knew.' 'I didn't belong to a network.'
Director Hansal Mehta took his film Omerta, starring Rajkummar Rao, to TIFF, and as Mehta tweeted, the premiere saw a full house.
The festival features nine Indian films in its main programmes for the first time.
Toronto's cabbies give the thumbs down to the festival; no big ticket Indian stars, they say
Ankur Pathak brings all the action from the ongoing Locarno Film Festival.
'Rapists do have families. I wanted to see how a father or mother would deal with it.' 'They go through shame as well and get discriminated from the rest of the village.' 'Why don't we show it that way?'
'We didn't expect the film to be recognised at this level; we focused on making an honest and simple film.' 'We didn't have any expectations even like being appreciated at festivals.'
The Kerala high court gives a go-ahead to the controversial Malayalam film.
The film's directors -- Dibaker Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Karan Zohar, Anurag Kashyap -- walk the red carpet at the prestigious film festival.
The visitor returns not just with the jewel-like beauty of the country imprinted on the mind, the body rejuvenated by hot stone massages, but also with the captivating stories and myths that are built into every important structure -- whether a tourist magnet or an off-the-beaten track spot.
Harami is described as a 'hard-hitting, visually striking street saga of youth crime and broken destinies, love and redemption'.
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