Posts Tagged ‘film’

‘On The Other Line’, a film on internet

Indian Express: From the structure of a shot breakdown to the intricacies of day and night lighting, the Internet has been a foremost source for Saya Date. Using it to extract information and socialising greatly through it little wonder then that for this sixteen year old the internet also formed...
September 11th, 2009 | Around the city, Events & Happenings | Read More

Film stars shoot for their films in Pune post swine flu threat

Mid-day: Film stars are no longer scared of big bad H1N1. Actor Ashmit Patel, who was in the city a fortnight ago for the promotion of the movie Twist, feels the swine flu situation was overhyped.
September 9th, 2009 | News | Read More

Multiplex owners adopt innovative ways to lure audiences

Mid-day: Crazy film buffs who line up at the ticket counter after a new movie releases have been missing for a while. People have been confined to their homes because of the dreaded swine flu, resulting in a 60 per cent dip in overall collections. Twenty-eight theatres were shut for two weeks because...
September 2nd, 2009 | Lifestyle | Read More

Salman Khan film’s shooting cancelled in Pune

Mid-day: On Monday night, the shooting of Anil Sharma’s Veer in Pune was cancelled at the last minute because of the wide spread of swine flu in the city. Last week, the schedule of Karan Johar’s Kurbaan too was postponed because of the rising cases of flu in the city.
August 12th, 2009 | Lifestyle | Read More

Film buffs meet under the auspices of the Ashay Film Club

Mid-day: Listening to the soft, controlled voice of Satish Jakatdar (54) as he speaks about the Ashay Film Club, one realises that films are the abiding passion in his life. “Initially it was love for films, which turned to a passion and later into a mission for good cinema,” he says.
August 10th, 2009 | Lifestyle | Read More

A film about Paithani Saree

Indian Express: It’s all about telling a simple story in a simple way,” muses director Milind Damle, when quizzed about the details of what goes into the making of a film. Damle, an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute (FTII) recently won the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Janmabhumi Puraskaar...
August 6th, 2009 | Around the city, Events & Happenings | Read More

‘My Flag, My Life’, a film to make youth aware of career opportunities in army

Times of India: Aspiring soldiers go through a rigorous grind at the National Defence Academy (NDA), the foremost military training institute in India. Career options in the defence forces are plenty and a youngster can look forward to shining bright as the protector of the nation. This is the message...
July 28th, 2009 | Around the city, Events & Happenings | Read More

FTII student has been selected to attend film workshop in Hungary

Indian Express: It takes effort to shut out the sounds and visuals of Umesh Kulkarni’s Gaarud, The Spell. The grim lives and the grimy walls, the only mute spectators surrounding them, hit you hard. It was little surprise then that Deepu S Unni, in his second year final project, etched those intense...
July 9th, 2009 | News | Read More

Forest department to take Bamboo mission to 16 more districts

Times of India: In a major boost, the state department of social forestry has decided to take the national bamboo mission (NBM) to 16 more districts in the state to encourage the production of this tree.
July 6th, 2009 | News | Read More

City advocate to make a film on women in live-in relationships

Mid-day: Pune activist says the Marathi film is a step towards ensuring that women in such relationships enjoy legal rights given to all wives.
July 6th, 2009 | Around the city, Events & Happenings | Read More
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