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Single Window Clearance for film shoots to roll out in 3 months »

Uday Kumar Varma, I&B Secretary, India

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Single window clearance for film shoots in India will be set up within three months. The system will work…

May 21 2013 / Read More »

Vidya Balan interested to work in Iranian, Italian or French Films »

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Vidya Balan would like to work in Iranian, Italian or French films, she said in her official jury interview…

May 21 2013 / Read More »

“Gulabi Gang” wins Amnesty award at doc festival in Poland »

“The Bright Day” to compete at Shanghai International Film Festival »

Cannes Review: Amit Kumar’s “Monsoon Shootout” hits the bull’s eye »

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Chasing ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ dream »

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist-was realized through a long and arduous journey, full of ups and downs, just like any independent filmmaker in any part of the world would have it. Investors…

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Features & Opinion

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If Saadat Hasan Manto had been living, he would have been a centenarian, thirty-five years older than the Indian nation he loved…

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A journey into the world of the most sought after Independent producer of Mumbai, Guneet Monga…

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When it comes to the coverage of the 66th Cannes Film Festival starting today, mainstream media outlets’ obsession with celebrities seems to be getting the better of them. Playboy Girl…

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Reviews

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Mira Nair delivers a masterful film that rides high on the minimal expectations of the audiences and turns each scene into a cruel exercise of meeting as well as challenging…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

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Nawazuddin Siddiqui delivers a powerful performance in Bombay Talkies

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“Bombay Talkies” marks the boundaries clearly between the star-powered Bollywood and director-driven New Hindi Cinema. It also speaks of the growing influence…

May 4 2013 / Read More »

Midnight’s Children: Two Authors in Search of a Film »

Salman Rushdie and Deepa Mehta, Midnight's Children

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Midnight’s Children may be a good pictured novel for the post-Slumdog age in which images themselves become the story and we are…

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