National award winner director Nishikant Kamat, returns to theatres this time with his highly anticipated film “Mumbai Meri Jaan”, a film around the devastating Mumbai train bomb blasts.

Tariq Tapa made “Zero Bridge” almost single handedly. He wrote, directed, shot, recorded sound and even co-edited it. During the shoot he stayed with his relatives in Kashmir and financed the film from his Fulbright scholarship. The film is now ready for a world premiere at Venice Film Festival.

“Zero Bridge” is the only Indian film (an Indo-US production) selected this year for the coveted festival. It will be screened in the “Orizzonti” section that according to the organizers “aims to provide a picture of new trends in cinema

Fresh from his first experience to Europe, Mustafa recounts the world premiere of R(evolution) in the Czech Republic. His film received a full house at Karlovy Vary and the following Q & A session lasted about 90 minutes. He was told by the festival organizers that it was a record-breaking session, even exceeding the running time of his film.

Mehreen Jabbar’s Ramchand Pakistani tells a compelling tale of a Dalit Hindu Pakistani boy Ramchand, who falls victim to the politics around porous borders of India and Pakistan. The film based on a real incident was screened at ongoing Osian’s Cinefan festival in New Delhi, Khadeeja Arif and Bikas Mishra caught up with the young […]

Osian’s Cinefan festival of Asian and Arab cinema turns ten this year. The festival will be screening about 200 films from 40 countries. Khadeeja Arif spoke to Joint festival director, Latika Padgaonkar, about ten year journey of the festival, its aims and aspiration, important additions to the festival over ten years and highlights of the latest edition.

What does it take to be at the helm of India’s first World Movies channel? Sample this: Seventeen years of experience in the television industry, working with brands such as National geographic, Star and Zee Cinema, a passion for movies, deep understanding of viewers and a clarity of vision. Meet Dilshad Master, the Chief Operating Officer of World Movies, A lady with a refined cinematic sensibility, and you will understand what makes her niche offering give a tough time to popular Hollywood channels.

Despite having all the ingredient of a perfect thriller, why “Via Darjeeling” takes a different turn? Did the cop make it all up or was he narrating a real incident? And why didn’t he light his cigarettes before smoking them? If you have been looking for these answers after watching “Via Darjeeling”, director Arindam Nandy shares his thoughts on his film

It looked like a usual Bollywood premier party at Mumbai’s PVR cinema lounge last evening gleaming with the presence of stars and film directors alike. But this was not your usual line up for filmfare awards, or the premiere of a star kid debut. Instead, some of Bollywood’s biggest stars had lined up to watch the premier of a Spanish horror thriller! The Bollywood bandwagon led by none other than the Big B Amitabh Bachchan assembled together to mark the beginning of the homegrown world cinema distributor NDTV Lumière’s first theatrical release: Juan Antonio Bayona’s “The Orphanage”, multiple award winner at various international festivals.