Pierfrancesco Favino and Kelly Reilly star in Amanda Sthers’ film.
Vision Distribution, headed up by Italian sales veteran Catia Rossi, has announced its first significant deal for the 2021 Marche.
Square One Entertainment has acquired all rights for Germany and Austria to Promises, the new film by French author/filmmaker Amanda Sthers based on her novel of the same name.
Promises is an English-language romantic drama about an unfulfilled love affair between a man and a woman, played in the film by Pierfrancesco Favino (last year’s Venice best actor winner for Padrenostro) and UK actress Kelly Reilly (Britannia).
Jean Reno,...
Vision Distribution, headed up by Italian sales veteran Catia Rossi, has announced its first significant deal for the 2021 Marche.
Square One Entertainment has acquired all rights for Germany and Austria to Promises, the new film by French author/filmmaker Amanda Sthers based on her novel of the same name.
Promises is an English-language romantic drama about an unfulfilled love affair between a man and a woman, played in the film by Pierfrancesco Favino (last year’s Venice best actor winner for Padrenostro) and UK actress Kelly Reilly (Britannia).
Jean Reno,...
- 7/11/2021
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
French multi-hyphenate Amanda Sthers (“Holy Lands”) has recruited the U.K.’s Kelly Reilly, Italy’s Pierfrancesco Favino and France’s Jean Reno for English-language romantic drama “Promises,” set in Italy and London, which started shooting in Rome on Monday.
Based on Sthers’ novel by the same title, “Promises” turns on an unfulfilled love affair between Alexander, played by Favino — who won best actor at Venice last year for his role in Italian drama “Padrenostro” — and Laura, played by Reilly.
Commenting on her casting choices, Sthers in a statement noted that she grew up watching movies from around the globe and therefore “allowed myself to choose talent over everything else, and wanted the global sentiment of the film reflected in casting.”
“Together, Favino and Reilly look like a quintessential cinematic couple bringing a sense of timelessness to our story,” Sthers added.
Rounding out the cast are Cara Theobold (“Downton Abbey...
Based on Sthers’ novel by the same title, “Promises” turns on an unfulfilled love affair between Alexander, played by Favino — who won best actor at Venice last year for his role in Italian drama “Padrenostro” — and Laura, played by Reilly.
Commenting on her casting choices, Sthers in a statement noted that she grew up watching movies from around the globe and therefore “allowed myself to choose talent over everything else, and wanted the global sentiment of the film reflected in casting.”
“Together, Favino and Reilly look like a quintessential cinematic couple bringing a sense of timelessness to our story,” Sthers added.
Rounding out the cast are Cara Theobold (“Downton Abbey...
- 3/23/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
By Qaiser Mohammad Ali
New Delhi, Nov 12 (Ians) On its recent 'mini elections', the Delhi and District Cricket Association (Ddca) splurged a humongous amount -- well over Rs. 27 lakh, with Rs.15 lakh being paid to electoral officer Navin B. Chawla alone. The recent expenditure is 13 times more than the amount the Ddca spent on the much larger elections in 2018 -- only around Rs.2 lakh.
In the full-fledged elections in 2018, when all 12 posts of the apex council were contested, Ddca had paid Rakesh Mehta, a 1975-batch Ias officer of Ut cadre and a former Chief Secretary of Delhi, Rs. 2 lakh, said a source involved closely with the elections at the time. And, now, when elections for only six posts were held, the Ddca spent a total of Rs.27.68 lakh, confirmed a couple of council members.
"Of Rs.27.68 lakh, Chawla, a former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was paid Rs.15 lakh, his two assistants Rs.
New Delhi, Nov 12 (Ians) On its recent 'mini elections', the Delhi and District Cricket Association (Ddca) splurged a humongous amount -- well over Rs. 27 lakh, with Rs.15 lakh being paid to electoral officer Navin B. Chawla alone. The recent expenditure is 13 times more than the amount the Ddca spent on the much larger elections in 2018 -- only around Rs.2 lakh.
In the full-fledged elections in 2018, when all 12 posts of the apex council were contested, Ddca had paid Rakesh Mehta, a 1975-batch Ias officer of Ut cadre and a former Chief Secretary of Delhi, Rs. 2 lakh, said a source involved closely with the elections at the time. And, now, when elections for only six posts were held, the Ddca spent a total of Rs.27.68 lakh, confirmed a couple of council members.
"Of Rs.27.68 lakh, Chawla, a former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was paid Rs.15 lakh, his two assistants Rs.
- 11/12/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
By Qaiser Mohammad Ali
New Delhi, Oct 15 (Ians) The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the green signal to the new dates of elections of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (Ddca) next month after the warring factions struck an out-of-court settlement and submitted affidavits to that effect. The new polling dates are November 5-8.
Returning Officer Navin B. Chawla, based on an opinion from Ddca Ombudsman Justice (Retired) Deepak Verma, had countermanded the elections for six posts after both felt that the process had been "polluted beyond redemption" due to politics within the Ddca.
The rescheduled process will start from where it was stopped dramatically on October 10, when candidates were to withdraw their nominations till 3 pm. But before the deadline could expire, the Returning Officer announced the countermanding of elections, at 2.15 pm.
Now, the candidates who had filed nomination papers can withdraw their candidature on October 17, between 11 am and 1 pm...
New Delhi, Oct 15 (Ians) The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the green signal to the new dates of elections of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (Ddca) next month after the warring factions struck an out-of-court settlement and submitted affidavits to that effect. The new polling dates are November 5-8.
Returning Officer Navin B. Chawla, based on an opinion from Ddca Ombudsman Justice (Retired) Deepak Verma, had countermanded the elections for six posts after both felt that the process had been "polluted beyond redemption" due to politics within the Ddca.
The rescheduled process will start from where it was stopped dramatically on October 10, when candidates were to withdraw their nominations till 3 pm. But before the deadline could expire, the Returning Officer announced the countermanding of elections, at 2.15 pm.
Now, the candidates who had filed nomination papers can withdraw their candidature on October 17, between 11 am and 1 pm...
- 10/15/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
By Qaiser Mohammad Ali
New Delhi, Oct 10 (Ians) A disgusted Delhi and District Cricket Association (Ddca) Ombudsman, Retired Justice Deepak Verma, on Saturday said no elections can take place in the polluted politics of the parent cricket body of the national capital, and on his advice the electoral officer was "countermanding" this month's polls.
Navin B. Chawla, Electoral Officer for the Ddca elections and a former Chief Election Commissioner of India, said in a short message that he was countermanding the elections, scheduled for October 17-20, "in view of the wholly irresponsible and illegal actions of the secretary of the Ddca". Vinod Tihara is the Ddca secretary.
While reacting to the cancellation of the elections, Ombudsman Verma, a retired Supreme Court judge, seemed completely disgusted with the Ddca politics and declined to discuss in detail the raging issues.
"Arre sahib, internal politics mein itna pollution ho gaya hai ki election...
New Delhi, Oct 10 (Ians) A disgusted Delhi and District Cricket Association (Ddca) Ombudsman, Retired Justice Deepak Verma, on Saturday said no elections can take place in the polluted politics of the parent cricket body of the national capital, and on his advice the electoral officer was "countermanding" this month's polls.
Navin B. Chawla, Electoral Officer for the Ddca elections and a former Chief Election Commissioner of India, said in a short message that he was countermanding the elections, scheduled for October 17-20, "in view of the wholly irresponsible and illegal actions of the secretary of the Ddca". Vinod Tihara is the Ddca secretary.
While reacting to the cancellation of the elections, Ombudsman Verma, a retired Supreme Court judge, seemed completely disgusted with the Ddca politics and declined to discuss in detail the raging issues.
"Arre sahib, internal politics mein itna pollution ho gaya hai ki election...
- 10/10/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
A stellar line-up of celebrities and world leaders are to judge a short film competition for a special foundation that aims to promote respect and understanding about the world’s major religions and show how faith is a powerful force for good in the world.
The Tony Blair Faith Foundation has announced a judging panel that consists of Tony Blair, Jet Li, Natalie Portman, Nik Powell, Queen Rania of Jordan, Jonathan Caplan, Amr Khaled, Wendi Murdoch, June Sarpong and Deepak Verma for the the competition.
The competition asks entrants “How does your faith inspire you?”, and the winning entries will be premiered at the BAFTAs. There are separate categories depending on whether you are a filmmaker with access to film making equipment or you just have a great story and want to send a pitch in for the chance to win a portable video camera to make your film.
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The Tony Blair Faith Foundation has announced a judging panel that consists of Tony Blair, Jet Li, Natalie Portman, Nik Powell, Queen Rania of Jordan, Jonathan Caplan, Amr Khaled, Wendi Murdoch, June Sarpong and Deepak Verma for the the competition.
The competition asks entrants “How does your faith inspire you?”, and the winning entries will be premiered at the BAFTAs. There are separate categories depending on whether you are a filmmaker with access to film making equipment or you just have a great story and want to send a pitch in for the chance to win a portable video camera to make your film.
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- 3/24/2010
- Look to the Stars
Former EastEnders star Deepak Verma has compared Albert Square to Eton College. The actor, who played market trader Sanjay Kapoor in the '90s, confirmed that he is still in touch with many of his ex-soap colleagues, likening them to old schoolmates. Speaking to Holy Soap, he revealed: "There's certain people who, whenever I meet them, we always have a catch up. It's like an old school. It's like going to Eton or something. "You have that respect. We know what we've gone through, what we've had to get over." (more)...
- 7/24/2009
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Former EastEnders star Deepak Verma has criticised the BBC One soap for failing to portray modern Asian families in a realistic manner. The actor, who played Sanjay Kapoor between 1993 and 1998, has claimed that the programme is "going backwards" and branded the current Masood family as "two-dimensional and ill-conceived". Speaking to the Evening Standard, he said: "My character and Shobu [Kapoor's] character were the first real characters on the show that were proper [Asian] people. We didn't have accents. I just acted like a Hackney boy, like a barrow boy. We did that 15 years ago. We need to move forwards. It's going backwards." Verma added that BBC bosses should look (more)...
- 7/20/2009
- by By Lara Martin
- Digital Spy
Emily Bronte's classic novel Wuthering Heights has been given a Bollywood makeover in a new stage adaptation. The play, which is written by former EastEnders actor Deepak Verma, transports the 19th century story of Heathcliff and Catherine to 1770s Rajasthan. Wuthering Heights director Kristine Landon-Smith told The Times: “It's such a perfect marriage of story and genre, it seems almost obvious. When Brontë (more)...
- 4/28/2009
- by By Sanjay Odedra
- Digital Spy
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