Chennai, May 15 (IANS) Pointing out that India too, like the rest of the world, was feeling the impact of rising fuel, energy, logistics, and production costs as a result of the continuing crisis in West Asia, actor and parliamentarian Kamal Haasan on Friday underlined the need for the Indian film industry to evolve practical and sustainable operating practices for efficient filmmaking and urged the different stakeholders of the Indian film industry to have a conversation on how to collectively …
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Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Music composer Amaal Mallik is expressing his love for the National Award-winning music composer Pritam. He recently took to the Stories section of his Instagram, and penned a long note for Pritam, as he called him his inspiration, and the gateway into the realm of commercial Hindi film music. He wrote, “Bollywood and the Indian film industry must celebrate you for truly holding fort and tirelessly giving US timeless music over the last 3 decades. My life as a listener …
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) Veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai, on the 27th of April , recently paid a heartfelt tribute to legendary music composer Pyarelal Sharma, further sharing how deeply the maestro influenced his creative vision.Subhash Ghai shared a beautiful picture of the two on his social media account and penned a beautiful note.“A genius. A guru. A music composer. Living legend. sh #PYARE LAL SHARMA at his home.”He added, “I learnt so much from him how to bend music into visuals chara…
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) Actor-director-writer Adivi Sesh, who is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film ‘Dacoit’, has spoken about what keeps him grounded as an actor and a storyteller. The actor spoke with IANS during the promotions of ‘Dacoit’, and said that narrating his films to other actors, and sorting their dates for shoot is a humbling experience every single time.He told IANS, “Oh, it’s very grounding to try and narrate your film to like actors who, sometimes are day …
Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh, who has been accused of copyright infringement of ‘Kahaani 2’, has been given a huge relief by the Apex court. The Supreme Court has quashed proceedings against the filmmaker in the copyright infringement case related to his film ‘Kahaani 2’.It was alleged that he plagiarised the script of ‘Kahaani 2’, from another source. Writer, Umesh Mehta alleged that Sujoy Ghosh has used his script ‘Sabak’ to make ‘Kahaani 2’, which is a copyright violation.In …
Mumbai, Jan 2 (IANS) The recently released blockbuster ‘Dhurandhar’ has been declared tax-free in Ladakh. On Friday, the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Kavinder Gupta took to his X, formerly Twitter on Friday, and shared the update with regards to the film’s revenue. He wrote, “ Lt Governor Shri @KavinderGupta declares Bollywood film ‘Dhurandhar’ tax-free in UT #Ladakh. Shot extensively in the region, the film spotlights Ladakh’s cinematic landscapes, signalling strong support for …
Mumbai, Dec 25 (IANS) Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has described the blockbuster “Dhurandhar” as a game-changer that the Indian film industry cannot ignore and added that it will actually be a film for all those makers who believed in “VFX ridden, expensive sets, item song ridden and the Hero worship template.” Taking to X, formerly called Twitter, RGV wrote: “Whenever a path breaking and monstrous hit like #dhurandhar comes , the industry people will wish to ignore it because they will f…