Film

Venice 2020: Director Ivan Ayr on ‘Meel Patthar’ (‘Milestone’) and the lonely road of Indian truck drivers through the eyes of poets ‘Ghalib’ and ‘Pash’

Truck drivers and two famous artists whose words are still very much with us – one who wrote ghazals in…

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TIFF 2020: Tanya Maniktala star of ‘A Suitable Boy’ on international acting talent panel today; Mira Nair, ‘One Night in Miami’, Priyanka Chopra Jonas (update and report links)

🎥 Director Mira Nair to receive Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Tribute Award 🎥 Bollywood star Tabu among presenters of…

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TIFF 2020: ‘One Night in Miami’ – inspirational and unforgettable like the men portrayed in this brilliant film which is a meditation on power and how to use it… (review)

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter comes a film with timely questions… WHAT a line-up…Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X,…

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TIFF 2020: Priyanka Chopra Jonas creating content and finishing her book…

On Friday, the global star shared her current news on the festival’s Instagram Live account… PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONAS said she…

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Venice 2020: Indian director of ‘The Disciple’ Chaitanya Tamhane wins two awards… (wrap)

🎥 Indian director Chaitanya Tamhane wins screenplay and international critics awards at Venice for film about young musician and Guru…

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Venice 2020 – ‘The Disciple’ director Chaitanya Tamhane talks about working with Alfonso Cuarón and exploring the world of Indian classical music in film…

We catch up with the filmmaker behind one of two Indian films to premiere at the Venice Film Festival (La…

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Tanya Maniktala, ‘Lata’ in director Mira Nair’s ‘A Suitable Boy’ talks to acv about her selection as Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2020 Rising Star, as fest get under way…

LESS than two months ago, Tanya Maniktala was relatively unknown – even in her native India. Her role as Lata…

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London Film Festival 2020 – ‘Mogul Mowgli’, ‘After Love’, ‘The Salt in Our Waters’ and ‘The Disciple’…(preview)

New and established talent hits the UK’s biggest film festival which is radically different this year because of the Coronavirus…

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ACV Bird Eye Review Show – episode 6 – ‘Khuda Haazif’, ‘Churails’, Sadak 2

Check in with what our reviewer made of the above – what do you think? #KhudaHaafiz #Churails #Sadak2 Weclome to…

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Jashn-e-Rekhta – Urdu festival celebrating poetry, music, and cinema comes to London for the first time and in a digital edition

Urdu and Hindi are phonetically the same and gave rise to a rich literary tradition that itself gave birth to…

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