Prashant Bhargava, known for his films Patang and Sangam has been named one of the juries for the short films section at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2013. IFFLA has also added four films to its line up.
Prashant Bhargava’s Patang (India-USA) and Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist (India-Pakistan-USA) will screen at the Pan-Asia Film Festival, which will take place across ten London venues and several other UK cities from March 6-17, 2013. Patang will make its UK Premiere at the festival. Bhargava’s debut feature film has been screened at over 25 film [...]
B.A. Pass directed by Ajay Bahl was named Best Film in Indian Competition at the 12th Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival. Ajita Suchitra Veera won Best Director for Ballad of Rustom. Rii won Best Actress for Cosmic Sex while Shadab Kamal won Best Actor for B.A. Pass. Patang by Prashant Bhargava won Special Jury mention. Turkish [...]
Patang, actually, is more about imagery than intricate storytelling; and Bhargava adopts an almost documentary-like approach while capturing the sights and sounds of the city, his editing and Raman’s camera complementing each other smoothly, except for a few portions where this cinema verite approach looks a bit forced.
Patang directed by Prashant Bhargava will have its North American theatrical release on June 15, 2012. “A poetic journey to the old city of Ahmedabad, Patang (The Kite) weaves together the stories of six people transformed by the energy of India’s largest kite festival. When a businessman returns to his childhood home in Ahmedabad for [...]
Award winning film Patang directed by Prashant Bhargava and produced by Jaideep Punjabi will be screened as the Closing Night Gala film at the 10th Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) on April 15. On April 14, IFFLA has scheduled a special 1 hour event to explore the unique approach to creating Patang – [...]
The makers of Patang (India-US), a family-drama set in the backdrop of the kite festival of Ahmadabad have turned to crowd-funding for releasing the film in the United States. The film is written, directed and edited by Prashant Bhargava, and produced by Jaideep Punjabi. A campaign has been launched for raising US$40,000 through indiegogo.com in [...]
Patang (The Kite), directed by Prashat Bhargava will be presented at the 47th Chicago International Film Festival. The festival, one of the oldest in North America, announced the first 25 titles of the more than 150 that will be presented during the 2011 edition of the festival. Chicago International Film Festival will be held from [...]
The seeds for the movie Patang were planted in 2005, when my trip to Ahmedabad coincided with the city’s annual kite festival. When I first witnessed the entire city on their rooftops, staring up at the sky, their kites dueling ferociously, dancing without inhibition, I knew I had to make this film.
Patang (India/USA) and Marathon Boy (UK/USA/India) will be presented at the 10th Tribeca Film Festival (TFF). The festival announced its lineup for the World Narrative and Documentary Competition sections on Monday. Patang, directed and written by Prashant Bhargava will be screened in the World Narrative section. The family drama set in the backdrop of India’s [...]
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