A documentary on revered filmmaker James Ivory is part of an eclectic slate from Min(d) Studio, New York, it was revealed on the sidelines of Singapore’s Asia TV Forum and Market.
The boutique studio, the brainchild of Dev Benegal (New York City), Maya Patel (London and Hong Kong), Neeraj Jain (Los Angeles), came together during the pandemic with a shared vision to tell stories about people and cultures that are often unheard and unseen. Benegal is the celebrated director of “English, August,” “Split Wide Open” and “Road, Movie.”
The slate kicks off with “Ink & Ivory,” a film on director James Ivory (one half of the famed Merchant-Ivory partnership and adapted screenplay Oscar winner for “Call Me By Your Name”) and his vision for an exhibition of works selected by him at The Metropolitan Museum, New York, scheduled for summer 2024.
Feature “Further to Fly,” from a short story by Meera Nair,...
The boutique studio, the brainchild of Dev Benegal (New York City), Maya Patel (London and Hong Kong), Neeraj Jain (Los Angeles), came together during the pandemic with a shared vision to tell stories about people and cultures that are often unheard and unseen. Benegal is the celebrated director of “English, August,” “Split Wide Open” and “Road, Movie.”
The slate kicks off with “Ink & Ivory,” a film on director James Ivory (one half of the famed Merchant-Ivory partnership and adapted screenplay Oscar winner for “Call Me By Your Name”) and his vision for an exhibition of works selected by him at The Metropolitan Museum, New York, scheduled for summer 2024.
Feature “Further to Fly,” from a short story by Meera Nair,...
- 12/9/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Review Meera Jasmine and Jayaram play the parents of a teen girl, performed wonderfully by Devika Sanjay.CrisMakal, to jump straight to the point, is the kind of film you can take home and relax with, curled up in bed on a lazy afternoon. It is not going to disturb you, shock you or throw you off your bed. Makal is calm and soothing and almost like a lullaby. It is textbook-sweet but without any cheesiness to gross you out. Sathyan Anthikad, Makal’s director and a veteran of Malayalam cinema, made Achunte Amma 17 years ago, giving you the heartwarming tale of a mother and daughter. Makal is in some ways a grand extension of that, allowing the changes that time has brought to the ways of life, and still being a dear film. Devika Sanjay plays the makal – the daughter – in the film to Meera Jasmine and Jayaram. Mother...
- 4/29/2022
- by Cris
- The News Minute
MollywoodRenji Panicker plays the title role of Kalamandalam Hyder Ali in this biopic.Tnm StaffLeft - Film poster with Renji Panicker; Right - Kalamandalam Hyderali / Wiki Commons / FotokannanKalamandalam Hyder Ali, a film named after a Kathakali musician from a village in Kerala, has released on the online streaming platform Neestream. Actor-scriptwriter Renji Panicker plays the title role in the film, which is based on the real life story of Kalamandalam Hyderali. The film is directed by Kiran G Nath and tells the story of the little boy called Hyder from the village of Ottupara in Thrissur, who grew up to be the famous Kathakali musician. It is produced by Vineesh Mohan under the banner of Vedhas Creations. Kalamandalam Hyderali made a mark by being a non-Hindu professional singer of Kathakali. His songs are appreciated in India and abroad. Apart from Renji Panicker the film features actors Ashokan, Tg Ravi, Paris Laxmi,...
- 6/20/2021
- by Cris
- The News Minute
Film FestivalThe film, by journalist Aarathy Kr, makes use of women's obituaries in newspapers to prove the point. CrisBlue-pencil is code word for censor or cuts or else correction in the world of media. A journalist would know, and Aarathy Kr – who has worked in a Malayalam daily and is now a freelancer – has made a short film by that name, telling you why it is important to use it at places you don’t really think about. Blue Pencil was screened at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala. When an old man (looking older than his age), climbs the stairs to a newspaper office and tells the indifferent looking editor (Amalraj) about a correction in an obituary, the camera focuses on a box of blue pencils on the editor’s desk. He calls a woman reporter ‘koche’ (word used casually to call younger girls and boys...
- 6/25/2019
- by Cris
- The News Minute
MollywoodThe film, which saw the union of director Sathyan Anthikad and writer Sreenivasan after 16 years, falls back on old stereotypes.CrisThe teaser of Njan Prakashan had given a whiff of what the movie would be like. And if you hadn’t gotten the whiff, Sreenivasan’s voice-over is there to explain to you what kind of a person Prakashan is. The first many minutes, in fact, are explained in detail by Sreenivasan’s voice-over – Prakashan is that kind of man who gets a degree in nursing but considers it below his dignity to work as a nurse. He is the kind who changes his name to PR Akash ‘cause it is more fashionable. This was, in fact, done in an earlier movie by Sreenivasan, in which he plays Madhavan and calls himself Ma Dhavan. You get the picture. You have seen it all before. And Fahadh Faasil playing Prakashan looks...
- 12/21/2018
- by Cris
- The News Minute
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