'Coming from Sikkim and the Himalayan region, we don't have a well-established film industry, so funding, infrastructure, and distribution opportunities are limited. At the same time, that can be liberating.' 'There are fewer expectations about what stories should be told, and that gave me freedom to make the film on my own terms.'
'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.'
'This was a film, a story that had never been told before.'
'Representing our country is a wonderful honour and a mighty task that we are all looking forward to.'
'It's such a mishmash of wonderful things, so many different cultures, subsections of society and weird histories.'
Aseem Chhabra presents his list of 100 best (and must watch) films -- many classics, some relatively new and several personal favourites.
'I have nostalgia for Ladakhi culture, which is common to both Muslims and Buddhists.' 'It is kind of a Buddhist way of life. You are compassionate and nice to each other.' 'You are good human beings.'
Aseem Chhabra lists must watch films, many classics, some relatively new and several personal favourites.
Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.
Shriya promotes Music School... Mrunal shares a throwback pic... Sara wraps up a shoot...
Music School tries hard to make a case -- like 3 Idiots and Taare Zameen Par before -- to let children follow their artistic passions and not try to fit them into pre-set moulds, to which people might nod their heads in agreement before packing their children off to coaching class, notes Deepa Gahlot.
We present you the concluding series of Amitabh Bachchan's finest films in our ongoing series, marking the Big B's 70th birthday on October 11.
More than 120 cats swarm the island with only a handful of humans for company.
Mediums may change, formats may alter but one thing remains constant -- audience making their likes and dislikes abundantly clear.
Japan today imports 500,000 tons of coffee annually. Barely 60 years earlier, it was a market that hardly sold a cup! Ad guru Sandeep Goyal reveals how Nestle won the Coffee versus Tea Battle.
Aseem Chhabra picks 10 fascinating films he watched in Macao -- a blend of Asian, independent, Hollywood projects and even a 66-years-old classic Japanese film that still stands the test of time.
Sukanya Verma lists the movies she grabbed at MAMI this year.
As the MAMI film festival kicks off, Aseem Chhabra picks the must watch Indian movies.
Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year.
