Helen Mirren calls for more women directors
July 3rd, 2012 - 9:03 am ICT by IANS
London, July 3 (IANS) Actress Helen Mirren urges that the film industry needs to have more female directors.The Oscar winner expressed her views after receiving the lifetime achievement award at ... Read more...
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Garcia Bernal takes spotlight at Colombia film fest
February 26th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Cartagena (Colombia), Feb 26 (IANS/EFE) Mexican actor, director and producer Gael Garcia Bernal was a star attraction here among cinema lovers at the Cartagena Film Festival.The actor who played Che ... Read more...
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Mexico’s `Miss Bala’ entered in Toronto film festival
August 18th, 2011 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 18 (IANS/EFE) Mexican director Gerardo Naranjo's "Miss Bala" will be shown at the Toronto International Film Festival, which will screen 300 movies, production company Canana Films said."Miss ... Read more...
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Lady Gaga to launch the Cannes Film Festival
May 11th, 2011 - 12:04 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Cannes, May 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The newest single from the celebrated diva, Lady Gaga comes up on 16th May. This was announced by the pop superstar who is billed to perform at ... Read more...
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Douglas honoured with Palm Springs icon award
January 16th, 2011 - 3:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 16 (ANI): Hollywood actor-director Michael Douglas was honoured with lifetime achievement award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.It also marked his first public appearance since revealing he has beaten ... Read more...
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IFFI film selection process veiled in secrecy
November 18th, 2010 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 18 (IANS) Secrecy shrouds the process of selecting films for the 41st International Film festival of India (IFFI) starting Nov 22.With less than four days remaining for the festival to ... Read more...
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HISSS Kills Competition At The Box Office!
October 28th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 28, 2010 (Showbiz PR Wire): Despite a vicious reaction from critics and traditional media outlets, the long-awaited Mallika Sherawat-starrer HISSS had an incredible 6 crore-plus opening weekend from its Hindi ... Read more...
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Salman Persuades Anees Bazmi To Relocate From Mauritius To Sri Lanka
June 16th, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 16, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Mauritius' loss becomes Sri Lanka's gain.Call it his newly-developed passion for the country or his persuasive tactics. But Salman Khan ... Read more...
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Tamils protest Salman Khan’s Sri Lanka visit for IIFA function
May 31st, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, May 31 (ANI): Members of the Tamil community staged a protest here on Sunday against Bollywood actor Salman Khan's proposed visit to Sri Lanka for International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) ... Read more...
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Tamils protest outside Bachchan’s residence over his proposed Sri Lanka visit
May 11th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, May 11 (ANI): Members of the Tamil community staged a protest outside Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan's residence in Mumbai on Tuesday, against his proposed visit to Sri Lanka in June. ... Read more...
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‘Raavan’ not to be screened at 11th IIFA awards: Mani Ratnam
May 10th, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, May 10 (ANI): Noted Bollywood filmmaker Mani Ratnam on Monday said that his forthcoming film 'Raavan', starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, will not be screened at the 11th India ... Read more...
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S.V. Shekar and director Bala prefer ‘Shawls’ for poor and needy
April 24th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
April 24, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Honoring chief guests and celebrities of every special event in Tamil film industry has seemingly annoyed some of the film personalities. Previously, during the movie launch ... Read more...
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Bill Murray injures himself in ski accident
January 27th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 27 (ANI): Bill Murray was seen using a crutch to walk at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday after the actor injured himself in a ski accident.Murray's pain was so ... Read more...
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Journalists boycott actor Vivek
December 7th, 2009 - 5:10 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
No love seems to be lost between actor Vivek and journalists. The entire group of media reporters is still infuriated with Vivek for his condemning speech on them.A few weeks ago ... Read more...
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Actress Gauthami’s debut on small screen
November 25th, 2009 - 2:36 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
Yesteryear actress Gauthami is all set to make her debut on small screen with the mega-serial "Abirami'. Abirami Ramanathan, owner of Abirami Theatres and one of the leading distributors in Tamil film ... Read more...
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Mammootty to be chief guest at IFFI closing ceremony
November 19th, 2009 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 19 (IANS) Malayalam superstar Mammootty is to be the chief guest at the closing ceremony of the 40th International Film Festival of India in Goa.
The 11-day festival is the biggest ... Read more...
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Episodic film India’s lone entry at Viennale 2009
October 21st, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Mehru JafferVienna, Oct 21 (IANS) Amit Dutta`s "Aadmi ki Aurat Aur Anya Kahaniyan" (The Man's Woman and Other Stories) is the lone Indian entry to the main programme of the 47th ... Read more...
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Konkan film creates buzz at Toronto festival (With Image)
September 17th, 2009 - 10:16 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Sep 17 (IANS) "The Man Beyond the Bridge" (Paltadacho Munis), the first-ever Konkan film to make it to any global film event, has created a buzz at the ongoing ... Read more...
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Rani terrific, Priyanka incredible: Toronto festival chief (With Images)
August 27th, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Aug 27 (IANS) Bollywood is set to steal the limelight at the Toronto International Film Festival starting here Sep 10.For the first time, the world's premier film event ... Read more...
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‘Oye Lucky…’ to be screened at New York film event
June 4th, 2009 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 4 (IANS) Director Dibakar Banerjee's "Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!" has been selected for screening at an event in New York that celebrates Indian films.
The event, starting Friday, is called The ... Read more...
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Raj Thackeray withdraws stir after accepting Bachchan’’s apology
September 11th, 2008 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Sept 11 (ANI): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday said he has accepted Amitabh Bachchans apology and added that he is withdrawing his partys agitation over Jaya ... Read more...
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Indian film festival opens in Germany
July 17th, 2008 - 3:23 am ICT by IANS
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Stuttgart, July 17 (DPA) An entertaining documentary about a village and its problems with a wild bull opened Germany's only annual festival of Indian cinema Wednesday in the southern city of Stuttgart. ... Read more...
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