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48th International Film Festival Of India
The 48th International Film Festival of India was held on 20 to 28 November 2017 in Goa. "Celebrating the Future of Cinema" was set as the festival's theme and registrations were opened in early October 2017. Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh, who was appointed head of the jury of the Indian panorama section, resigned from the position on 14 November after alleging that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, that co-organizes the festival, dropped two films ''S Durga'' and ''Nude'' from screening in the Indian Panorama section, despite being chosen by the jury and without consulting them. Two other members Apurva Asrani and Gyan Correa quit the jury the following day. Winners * Golden Peacock (Best Film): BPM (Beats per Minute) by Robin Campillo *IFFI Best Director Award: Vivian Qu for "Angels Wear White" * IFFI Best Actor Award (Male): Nahuel Pérez Biscayart for BPM (Beats per Minute) *IFFI Best Actor Award (Female): Parvathy for Take Off *IFFI Best Debut Director Award: Kiro Ru ...
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Beyond The Clouds (2017 Film)
''Beyond the Clouds'' is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Majid Majidi, under the production banner Zee Studios. It stars debutante Ishaan Khatter as Amir, a street hustler and drug dealer in the city of Mumbai and Malavika Mohanan as Tara, the sister of Amir. She works for a dour merchant Akshi (Gautam Ghose). The film story is centred around bonding between the siblings, a take on human relationships in general. The sibling's bond is put to test when Tara lands in jail for a crime committed by Amir which forms the crux of the film. The film is a grown-up version of Majidi's previously directed ''Children of Heaven'' (1997). The casting for the project began in August 2016, with principal photography commencing from January 2017 in Mumbai, continued in Sambhar near Jaipur and concluded in Mumbai on 6 May 2017. Prior to theatrical release, the film premiered at International Film Festivals between October 2017 to February 2018. It was screened at ...
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Parvathy Thiruvothu
Parvathy Thiruvothu Kottuvattaa (born 7 April 1988) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Tamil cinema, Tamil language films. She is the recipient of a National Film Award, four Filmfare Awards South, and two Kerala State Film Awards. Thiruvothu began her career with the Malayalam film ''Out of Syllabus'' (2006), and won her first Filmfare Award for her performance in the Tamil romantic drama ''Poo (film), Poo'' (2008). She gained wider attention in the next decade for her roles in the Malayalam films ''Bangalore Days'' (2014), ''Ennu Ninte Moideen'' (2015), and ''Charlie (2015 Malayalam film), Charlie'' (2015). This success continued with her leading roles in ''Take Off (2017 film), Take Off'' (2017), for which she won a National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film), National Film Award – Special Mention, ''Uyare'' and ''Virus (2019 film), Virus'' (both 2019), and ''Puzhu'' (2022). Early life and education Parvathy was born into a Nair Fami ...
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Satarupa Sanyal
Satarupa Sanyal is a Bengali Indian independent or parallel cinema film director, producer, actress, poet and social activist, based in Kolkata, India. Early life She graduated from the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya on Veterinary Science and later enrolled in masters on Veterinary Pathology. She started a cultural, literary little magazine "Aw" while she was a student of under graduate which is still continuing till date. Her daughters Chitrangada Satarupa and Ritabhari Chakraborty are actors. Career She was trained in Hindustani classical music and Rabindra Sangeet and performed for the All India Radio. She acted in films since 1985. Initially she performed for Doordarshan plays and telefilms in lead roles. These include performances in ''Sukh'', ''Aparichita'', ''Uttaradhikar'', ''Bikalpa'', ''Sukher Jonne'', ''Prasab'' and ''Bhanga Aiyna''. She quit acting and involved in film production. She worked as an assistant director and associated script writer to note ...
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Rahul Rawail
Rahul Rawail is an Indian film director and editor in Bollywood known for his films like '' Love Story'' (1981), ''Betaab'' (1983), '' Arjun'' (1985), ''Dacait'' (1987), ''Anjaam'' (1994), '' Arjun Pandit'' (1999) and the recent one '' Jo Bole So Nihaal'' (2005). He was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Director twice. He is son of renowned film director H. S. Rawail. Rawail has launched a few of the Bollywood actors through his films like Kumar Gaurav and Vijayeta Pandit in '' Love Story'', Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh in ''Betaab'', Kajol in ''Bekhudi'' (1992), and Aishwarya Rai in ''Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya'' (1997). In his book “Raj Kapoor The Master at Work”, he goes down memory lane to document his revered 'front row seat' as an assistant director to him, the immortal master of Indian cinema. The book is as told to Pranika Sharma. In English the book is published by Bloomsbury and in Hindi by Prabhat Prakashan. Career and personal life Rahul Rawail is son of film director ...
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Suresh Heblikar
Suresh Heblikar ( kn, ಸುರೇಶ ಹೆಬ್ಳೀಕರ) is a Kannada filmmaker, director and actor. Life He is also a environmentalist, founding the Eco-Watch NGO in 1998. He has produced many movies in Kannada of which ''Kadina Benki'' won Best Director national award and ''Usha Kiran'' the Filmfare award. His films are known to have an offbeat theme where "passionate romance" is portrayed. Filmography See also *Sunil Kumar Desai Sunil Kumar Desai is an Indian film director, writer and producer, known for his work in Kannada cinema. In most of his films, Desai blends art and commercial cinema. He has written and directed Thriller (genre), suspense/thrillers and Romance f ... References External links Chitraranga profile* * Indian male film actors Male actors in Kannada cinema Kannada film producers Male actors from Karnataka Living people Kannada film directors 1948 births People from Dharwad Film producers from Karnataka 20th-century Indian ...
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Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential actors in the history of Indian cinema.* * * * * Referred to as the '' Shahenshah of Bollywood'' (in reference to his 1988 film '' Shahenshah''), ''Sadi ka Mahanayak'' (Hindi for, "Greatest actor of the century"), ''Star of the Millennium'', or ''Big B''.* * * During the 1970s1980s, he was the most dominant actor in the Indian movie scene; the French director François Truffaut called him a "one-man industry." Bachchan was born in 1942 in Allahabad to the Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and his wife, the social activist Teji Bachchan. He was educated at Sherwood College, Nainital, and Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi. His film career started in 1969 as a voice narrator in Mrinal Sen's film ''Bhuvan ...
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IFFI Indian Film Personality Of The Year Award
The IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year is a National honor instituted by the International Film Festival of India. The recipient is honored for their "outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Cinema of India. The award was first instituted in the year 2013 from the 44th IFFI. Indian Film Personality of the Year (2013–Present) Since 2013, on the occasion of 100 years of Cinema of India, the Award for the "Indian Film Personality of the Year" was instituted. The annual award is presented to an Indian film personality for their outstanding contribution to the Indian Film Industry through their craft. This Award consists of a Silver Peacock Medal, a certificate and a cash prize of ₹ 10,00,000. IFFI Golden Jubilee ICON Award On the occasion of Golden Jubilee year of IFFI, veteran actor Rajinikanth Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter. In a career spanning over f ...
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Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan (; hy, Աթոմ Եղոյեան, translit=Atom Yeghoyan; born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with ''Exotica (film), Exotica'' (1994), a film set primarily in and around the fictional Exotica strip club. Egoyan's most critically acclaimed film is the drama ''The Sweet Hereafter (film), The Sweet Hereafter'' (1997), for which he received two Academy Awards, Academy Award nominations, and his biggest commercial success is the erotic thriller ''Chloe (2009 film), Chloe'' (2009). He is considered by local film critic Geoff Pevere to be one of the greatest filmmakers of his generation. Egoyan's work often explores themes of social alienation, alienation and solitude, isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy, or other power structures. Egoyan's films often ...
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IFFI - Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award
The IFFI Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award (formerly IFFI Lifetime Achievement Award) is an international honor instituted by the International Film Festival of India. The recipient is honored for their "outstanding contribution to the growth and development of World cinema. Background The award was first instituted in the year 1999 from the 30th IFFI. During the 52nd edition in 2021, on the occasion of the birth centenary of Satyajit Ray, the Directorate of Film Festivals in recognition of the auteur An auteur (; , 'author') is an artist with a distinctive approach, usually a film director whose filmmaking control is so unbounded but personal that the director is likened to the "author" of the film, which thus manifests the director's unique ...’s legacy, "The IFFI Lifetime Achievement award" was rechristened to "IFFI - Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award". Recipients Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award (2021–Present) Erstwhile Lifetime Achievemen ...
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IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal
The IFFI ICFT UNSESCO Gandhi Medal is an international honor instituted since the 46th International Film Festival of India. The annual award is presented to an outstanding film which promotes peace and inter-cultural dialogue. History In the year 1994, UNESCO issued a commemorative medal, marking the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. Subsequently, since 2015, ICFT, the UNESCO international advisory body on all matters concerned with film, television and news media, headquartered in Paris France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ..., in collaboration with International Film Festival of India, honors the commemorative Fellini Award to an outstanding film that best reflects Mahatma Gandhi's ideals of peace, tolerance and non-violence.https://pib.gov.in/Pr ...
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Mahesh Narayanan
Mahesh Narayanan (born 2 May 1982) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, he has also worked in Tamil cinema, Tamil and Bollywood, Hindi films. He is a recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Debut Director (2017). He is best known for his editing in ''Vishwaroopam'' and ''Vishwaroopam II'', directed by Kamal Haasan. His best works as a director include ''Take Off (2017 film), Take Off'' (2017); which got a special mention in the 65th National Film Awards, ''C U Soon'' (2020) and ''Malik (film), Malik'' (2021). Career After completing his graduation from University College Thiruvananthapuram; he joined M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute in Tamil Nadu after which he started working as an advert editor. He subsequently progressed to editing documentaries, short films and entered the film industry with ''Rathri Mazha'', a Malayalam film which won five Kerala State Film Awar ...
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IFFI Special Jury Award And Special Mention
The IFFI Special Jury Award and Special Mention (officially known as the Silver Peacock - Special Jury Award and Special Mention) are the two honors presented annually at the International Film Festival of India for excellency in Film Art in World cinema World cinema is a term in film theory that refers to films made outside of the American motion picture industry, particularly those in opposition to the aesthetics and values of commercial American cinema.Nagib, Lúcia. "Towards a positive de .... It was first presented during the 4th IFFI 1969. The award was later re-instated since 29th IFFI 1998. On the occasion of 100 years of Indian cinema, Centenary Awards were conferred during 2012, 2013, and 2014. The Special Mention being awarded since the 46th IFFI 2015. Recipients IFFI Special Jury Award (1969–Present) Recipients IFFI Special Mention (2015–Present) IFFI Centenary Award (2012–2014) References {{International Film Festival of India, state=collap ...
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