Q (Gandu, Tasher Desh), Thiagarajan Kumararaja (Aaranya Kaandam) are among eleven directors who have joined hands to make a collaborative feature “X” to be executive produced by Shiladitya Bora of PVR Directors’ Rare. “X” is a filmmaker’s journey through his past encounters with his 10 ex-girlfriends as he spends one surreal unforgettable night at a [...]
Paris-based sales agent Insomnia World Sales has acquired world rights to Qaushik Mukherjee a.k.a Q’s latest film Tasher Desh. Insomnia World Sales CEO Luc Ntonga said, “It’s not so often to discover such a visually striking, bold and energetic film from India. It confirms Q as a talent to continue to follow. No doubt the [...]
The word challenge may be the key to deconstruct indie cinema. Perhaps the only way that a film could claim that it’s indeed an independent film is when it challenges, provokes and engages.
Kiran Rao’s Dhobi Ghat will be the closing film of the River to River, Florence Indian Film Festival 2011. The festival will open with Bengali film Chaplin directed by Anindo Bandopadhyay followed by a Q&A with actor Rudranil Ghosh. The festival will screen Satyajit Ray’s documentary on Rabindranath Tagore along with his films Ghare Baire [...]
Qaushik Mukherjee’s Gandu (Asshole) will compete at the 17th Athens International Film Festival that opens on Thursday. The opening film of the festival is Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist. Around 175 titles will be presented at the festival under 15 sections. The festival will pay tribute to Japanese filmmaker Yasuzo Masumura and Dutch filmmaker Johan van der [...]
Adaminte Makan Abu (Abu, Son of Adam) that won the 58th National Award for Best Feature Film will be screened at the the 55th BFI London Film Festival. Gandu (Asshole), The Noble Thief, Anhey Ghore Da Daan (Alms of the Blind Horse) and Nouka Dubi are the other Indian films which will screen at the festival. [...]
The ongoing World Cinema Festival Amsterdam is holding a special section on independent Indian cinema called “Soul of India”. The festival will be on till August 21, 2011. Besides “Soul of India”, Gandu (Asshole) by Kaushik Mukherjee (Q) is one of the nine films competing at the festival. The Jury comprises of actor Achmed Akkabi, [...]
A clipping from “Gandu Circus” concert performed by Q and Neil at Mumbai Times Cafe, Bandra to mark the closing of Naya Cinema Festival
Finally, there will be no Gandu for Mumbaikars. The multiple screenings of the film as part of the ongoing Naya Cinema Festival, which were scheduled for Saturday, July 30, 2011 have been stalled. In a statement, Enlighten Film Society, the organizers of the film festival said-“We are unable to screen the film because we have [...]
Kaushik Mukherjee or Q’s critically acclaimed and controversial film Gandu will have multiple screening in Mumbai on July 30, 2011. The film will be screened at 12.00 pm, 1.30 pm, 3.00 pm, 4.30 pm and 6.00 pm, in Fun Republic Preview Theater, Fun Republic Building, Andheri. Following the screenings, there will be a band performance [...]
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