Nagesh Kukunoor's 'Dhanak' heads to Berlin film fest
Shot in the bylanes of Rajasthan, the film revolves around the a little girl Pari's endeavour towards getting his brother's eyesight back.
They set out on a journey where they encounter myriad colours of life to meet superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who on a poster promised his viewers “new eyes”.
The complete details of the Generation programme, which focuses on films around young people who come out of situations that threaten their existence, will be announced in mid January next year.
Exhilarated by the news, Kukunoor took to micro-blogging website Twitter to share his happiness over the film getting an international platform.
"Thrilled to announce that my new film Dhanak @dhanakthefilm is head to the Berlin Film Festival. Feb 2015!!!
"Dhanak's @dhanakthefilm magical journey begins in Berlin. Let us celebrate @ManMundra @elaheh”p!" posted Kukunoor.
Actor Rannvijay Singh, who worked in Kukunoor's 2011 film "Mod", also congratulated the director.
"Congratularions sirr! @nkukunoor: Thrilled to announce that my new film Dhanak @dhanakthefilm is head to the Berlin Film Festival. Feb 2015!" the actor tweeted.
The festival will open Feb 5.
Google honours Raj Kapoor with a doodle on his 90th birth anniversary
Google's Doodle on Raj Kapoor's 90th birth anniversary.
Raj Kapoor, also known as ‘The Show Man’, was one of India’s foremost film personalities. He was an actor, director, producer, and most importantly an entertainer.
On his 90th birthday, Google honoured the master entertainer with an excellent Google Doodle.
The doodle, reminiscent of the posters of Raj Kapoor’s films quite rightly showcases the showman from his character in Shri 420. The famous pose from the song ‘Pyaar hua, iqraar hua’, where Raj Kapoor and Nargis are standing under an umbrella in the rain, lost in each other’s eyes is also shown in the doodle.
Raj Kapoor, has given us many memorable films like Awara, Mera Naam Joker, Sangam.
He took the Kapoor legacy forward, and found his own film production studio RK Films. The man with a hearty smile and twinkle in his eye had wooed generations of Hindi film lovers.
His legacy is unsurpassed and it is only fitting that search engine giant Google, honoured him with a simple, yet creative doodle on his 90th birth anniversary.
AR Rahman, 'Jal' in Oscars' probable list
Rahman, who has previously been nominated for 127 Hours and Slumdog Millionaire, for which he won two Oscars, has made it to the list for three of his films including Hollywood movies The Hundred-Foot Journey and Million Dollar Arm and Rajinikanth-starrer Tamil film Kochadaiiyaan.
As congratulations poured in from fans on Twitter, Rahman tweeted in Tamil “All praise is for god”. Girish Malik’s directorial debut Jal, a film based on the water scarcity issue has also found a place among the 100 films shortlisted for nomination in the best picture category as well as in the best original score list for Sonu Nigam and Bickram Ghosh’s rustic compositions.
Jal features in the best picture list as an independent submission, while India will officially be represented at the Academy awards in the best foreign feature category by Liar’s Dice.
“We had directly submitted our film to the Academy. I believed in our content and that’s why we decided to send our movie. Two days ago we got the news that our screenplay was acquired by the Oscar library. Now our film is among the 100 films hoping for an Oscar nomination. The composers Sonu Nigam and Bickram Ghosh have also made it to the probable list of original background score category,” Jal producer Puneet Singh said.
“It is a great honour to be on the list of two categories. We are keeping our fingers crossed. Lets hope for the best,” he added.
The nominations for the Academy Awards will be announced on January 15 and the ceremony will be held on February 22, 2015.
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