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The Great Indian Filmmaker(IV): Ismail Merchant

April 27, 2010
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His very first short film as producer was nominated for Oscar Awards in 1960. His first film as director won National awards from Indian Govt. His partnership with World’s famous director James Ivory has been placed in the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest partnership in independent cinema history. He was an [...]

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The Great Indian Filmmakers(III): Satyajit Ray

March 19, 2010
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He use to earn Rs. 80 /month working as a junior visualiser and then in 1992 he earned a Honorary award for Lifetime Achievement from Oscar Academy. His book “Our films their films” which came in 1976 was a classic literary work highlighting the difference between Indian and Hollywood cinema and other International filmmakers.He is [...]

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The Great Indian Filmmakers (II):Guru Dutt

February 11, 2010
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His 2 movies have been included in Time magazine’s “All-TIME” 100 best movies.

He has worked as a choreographer and Actor at one time.His first movie introduced a new technical concept in Indian cinema ,Close up shots with 100mm lens which later was referred on his name in filmmaking.British film magazine Sight & Sound poll [...]

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Kavi: A short film on child Labour nominated for Oscars

February 6, 2010
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First It was SlumDog Millionaire ,then it was Smile Pinki and now it’s Kavi ,a short film by a foreign filmmaker focusing on the problem of child labour in India is nominated for Oscars. Its a 19-minute fictional film about a young boy who wants to escape from the brick kiln where he is forced [...]

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56th National film Awards announced: Bollywood bags most awards

January 24, 2010
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Finally heat is over and winners for 56th National film awards have been announced for the year 2008. Some speculations got right while few winners completely surprised us . A complete list of all the winners
Best Feature film   —Antaheen
Best Director –Sh. Bala for Tamil film Naan Kadauul.
Best Actor — Upendra Limaye for the Marathi movie [...]

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Fevicol celebrating 50th anniversary with Moochwali ad

January 20, 2010

Last month Fevicol , the famous brand of Pidilite Industries Ltd. completed 50yrs since its inception in 1959. It has been ranked 54th amongst India’s Top 100 Most Trusted Brands in a market survey.Fevicol commercial are quite popular among consumers and has won several International awards for many years.This time Ogilvy & Mather developed a [...]

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