'Not since the time when my Devdas went to Cannes have I felt this level of enthusiasm for my cinema being honoured internationally.'
Laxmikant Shetgaonkar's Paltadacho Munis won the Discovery award at the recently concluded film festival.
The controversy about The Kashmir Files may have got all the eyeballs but there was much more to the closing ceremony of the 53rd edition of International Film Festival of India in Goa.
Several corporate houses have joined the Goa government in making the 35th International Film Festival of India a big success.
Aseem Chhabra picks Indian and other South Asian gems at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Imaad Shah's Tuesday's Women, Haoban Paban Kumar's Iron Women of Manipur, Shivam Singh Rajput's Ladakh 470 and Samman Roy's The Exile are among 10 titles to watch out for at the 17th edition of the Film Bazaar.
'India was 10 years old when Guru Dutt made Pyaasa, but even at that young age, its poets -- including the film's lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi -- appeared disappointed with the direction the country was taking.'
Ankur Pathak brings all the action from the ongoing Locarno Film Festival.
That Girl in Yellow Boots may be too 'adult' for Indian audiences.
It beat the Brazilian film, Radio Fevela, Mr And Mrs Iyer and Anahat to reach the top slot.
'I could have never imagined such a day would come and bring light and celebration of light.'
Iranian filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf won the Golden Peacock for her film At Five in the Afternoon.
'...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.'
Waris Shah was directed by the late Manoj Punj.
Is this a shot at patriarchy under the classic tale of mistaken identities? Or a humorous coming-of-age feminist tale as seen in last year's Barbie, wonders Mayur Sanap.
From Ivanka Trump to Deepika Padukone, everyone loved Rohit Bal's magnificent creations.
India offers travel adventures no other country can offer.
Can a culture survive as a way of life, even as the language and writing at its core, alter with time? Can we be rational and Malayalee or do we have to necessarily be religious and proudly cultural to be Malayalee? asks Shyam G Menon.
Several leaders of the TMC slammed the rural development minister for his comments on the chief minister attending the Kolkata International Film Festival.
The coronavirus pandemic may have postponed a lot of plans but cinema-lovers refuse to get daunted.
Fifteen award-winning films will be selected, says filmmaker Shyam Benegal.
Rajeev Srinivasan on one of the best film festivals in India.
Films and features that have won acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival and other events, get another showing at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Stars arrive for the opening ceremony of the 54th edition of International Film Festival of India.
The New York Film Festival served an amazing plate of films. Aseem Chhabra picks the best ones.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui's film Liar's Dice has been selected as India's official entry to the Oscars 2015, and he's thrilled!
Aseem Chhabra lists the films that won his heart at the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
Just where are the stars travelling? We find out.
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.
Author Ruskin Bond came out of hibernation to watch his first film, The Blue Umbrella, in a theatre after 25 years.
The International Film Festival of India kicked off in style on November 20 in Goa.
Anil Kapoor goes back in time and remembers his journey into the movies.
'Great western directors have been making films in India for the last 40 years,' Hollywood script Paul Schrader says.
'China is monitoring films like ours and making sure it doesn't get a platform.'
'It was inspired by the Hamas attack and was like their attack -- well planned and well executed.'
The festival features nine Indian films in its main programmes for the first time.
The 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) kicked off in Panaji, Goa, on a grand scale.
'I find his sense of history astounding, not just history of film, but of life in general.' Another fascinating excerpt from Sangeeta Datta's book Shyam Benegal.
All the latest buzz from cinema down South.
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