A still from Phalke’s “Kaliya Mardan”
Films Division is hosting a Retrospective of Experimental Indian cinema and video titled “Hundred Years of Experimentation (1913- 2013)” from June 28-30, 2013.
The Retrospective has been curated by Ashish Avikunthak and Pankaj Rishi Kumar.
Screening Schedule
Venue:
Rr Theatre, 10th floor, Films Division
24, Pedder Road, Mumbai – 400026
Day One
28 June, 2013, Friday
28 June, 2013, Friday: 10.00-12.30 pm
Session 1: Experiments with Gods
A collection of early films made by D.B. Phalke between 1913 and 1935.
1. Raja Harishchandra (20 mins, 35mm, 1913)
2. Lanka Dahan (9 mins, 35mm, 1917)
3. Shree Krishna Janma (6 mins, 35mm, 1918)
4. Kaliya Mardan (50 mins, 35mm, 1919)
28 June, 2013, Friday: 1.15- 3.45 pm
Session 2: Experiment in the State
The earliest robust experimentation in India begins under the imaginative tutelage of Jean Bhownagary while he headed the Films Division in 1965.
1. Explorer – Pramod Pati (7 mins, 35mm, 1968)
2. Claxplosion – Pramod Pati (2 mins, 35mm, 1968)
3. Trip – Pramod Pati (4 mins, 35mm, 1970)
4. Koodal – Tyeb Mehta (16 mins, 35mm, 1970)
5. Abid – Pramod Pati (5 mins, 35mm,...
Films Division is hosting a Retrospective of Experimental Indian cinema and video titled “Hundred Years of Experimentation (1913- 2013)” from June 28-30, 2013.
The Retrospective has been curated by Ashish Avikunthak and Pankaj Rishi Kumar.
Screening Schedule
Venue:
Rr Theatre, 10th floor, Films Division
24, Pedder Road, Mumbai – 400026
Day One
28 June, 2013, Friday
28 June, 2013, Friday: 10.00-12.30 pm
Session 1: Experiments with Gods
A collection of early films made by D.B. Phalke between 1913 and 1935.
1. Raja Harishchandra (20 mins, 35mm, 1913)
2. Lanka Dahan (9 mins, 35mm, 1917)
3. Shree Krishna Janma (6 mins, 35mm, 1918)
4. Kaliya Mardan (50 mins, 35mm, 1919)
28 June, 2013, Friday: 1.15- 3.45 pm
Session 2: Experiment in the State
The earliest robust experimentation in India begins under the imaginative tutelage of Jean Bhownagary while he headed the Films Division in 1965.
1. Explorer – Pramod Pati (7 mins, 35mm, 1968)
2. Claxplosion – Pramod Pati (2 mins, 35mm, 1968)
3. Trip – Pramod Pati (4 mins, 35mm, 1970)
4. Koodal – Tyeb Mehta (16 mins, 35mm, 1970)
5. Abid – Pramod Pati (5 mins, 35mm,...
- 6/24/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Breaking myths and telling you everything that you should know about Indian films at Cannes Film Festival 2012
Which are the Indian films at 65th Cannes Film Festival?
Miss Lovely by Ashim Ahluwalia in Un Certain Regard
Peddlers by Vasan Bala in 51st Cannes Critics Week
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 & 2 in Directors’ Fortnight
Kalpana by Uday Shankar in Cannes Classics
Project ‘The Untold Tale’ by Shivajee Chandrabhushan in L’Atelier
Are Cannes Critics Week and Directors’ Fortnight official selections?
No. They are parallel sections of the Cannes Film Festival.
Then what is official selection?
Cannes Film Festival official selection comprises of Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Special Screenings, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Classics and the Cinéfondation.
The most important of the official selection are the Competition and Un Certain Regard. Films that are representative of “arthouse cinema with a wide audience appeal” are presented in Competition, and Un Certain Regard...
Which are the Indian films at 65th Cannes Film Festival?
Miss Lovely by Ashim Ahluwalia in Un Certain Regard
Peddlers by Vasan Bala in 51st Cannes Critics Week
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 & 2 in Directors’ Fortnight
Kalpana by Uday Shankar in Cannes Classics
Project ‘The Untold Tale’ by Shivajee Chandrabhushan in L’Atelier
Are Cannes Critics Week and Directors’ Fortnight official selections?
No. They are parallel sections of the Cannes Film Festival.
Then what is official selection?
Cannes Film Festival official selection comprises of Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Special Screenings, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Classics and the Cinéfondation.
The most important of the official selection are the Competition and Un Certain Regard. Films that are representative of “arthouse cinema with a wide audience appeal” are presented in Competition, and Un Certain Regard...
- 5/16/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
A still from Duvidha
A Retrospective of the works of Indian auteur Mani Kaul will be organized from September 16, 2011 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Most of the films will be shown on 35 mm prints borrowed from the National Film archive of India (Nfai).
The Retrospective will commence with Nazar which will be presented at 7 p.m. on September 16.
The schedule of the event:
Sept 16: 7:00pm
Nazar
(1990/124 min/Hindi)
Cast : Shekhar Kapur, Sambhavi, Surekha Sikri
Aruna Vasudev will speak a few words on the occasion.
Sept 17: 6:45pm
The Nomad Puppeteer
(20 min/English)
A short documentary
7:00pm
Dhrupad
(1983/72 min/Hindi)
Featuring: Fariduddin Dagar, Zia Mohiyuddin Dagar
Introduction by Om Thanvi, author and Editor – Jan Satta
Sept 18: 11:30am
Duvidha
(Hindi/82mins/1973)
Cast: Ravi Menon, Raisa Padamsee
1:00pm
Uski Roti
(1969/95 min/Hindi)
Cast: Garima & Gurdeep Singh
Introduction by Madan Gopal Singh, Sufi singer...
A Retrospective of the works of Indian auteur Mani Kaul will be organized from September 16, 2011 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Most of the films will be shown on 35 mm prints borrowed from the National Film archive of India (Nfai).
The Retrospective will commence with Nazar which will be presented at 7 p.m. on September 16.
The schedule of the event:
Sept 16: 7:00pm
Nazar
(1990/124 min/Hindi)
Cast : Shekhar Kapur, Sambhavi, Surekha Sikri
Aruna Vasudev will speak a few words on the occasion.
Sept 17: 6:45pm
The Nomad Puppeteer
(20 min/English)
A short documentary
7:00pm
Dhrupad
(1983/72 min/Hindi)
Featuring: Fariduddin Dagar, Zia Mohiyuddin Dagar
Introduction by Om Thanvi, author and Editor – Jan Satta
Sept 18: 11:30am
Duvidha
(Hindi/82mins/1973)
Cast: Ravi Menon, Raisa Padamsee
1:00pm
Uski Roti
(1969/95 min/Hindi)
Cast: Garima & Gurdeep Singh
Introduction by Madan Gopal Singh, Sufi singer...
- 9/14/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Speakers included Anurag Kashyap who spoke about his collaboration with Mani Kaul on two of his last scripts, “Under Her Spell”, on Padgaonkar’s book on Roberto Rossellini and his affair with an Indian woman; as well as “Diwaar Mein Ek Khidki Rehti Thi” based on Vinod Kumar Shukla’s novel.
On Saturday 16th July,2011, film artists and technicians from both the industry as well as the burgeoning independent film space in Mumbai united for a condolence meeting in memory of India’s formalist master Mani Kaul, organized by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc), which produced Kaul’s first films. In addition to being a prolific film maker, Kaul’s reputation was as a great teacher: in the dhrupad form of music as well as in his stints at the Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii) through the decades. This has been substantiated by the quality of students...
On Saturday 16th July,2011, film artists and technicians from both the industry as well as the burgeoning independent film space in Mumbai united for a condolence meeting in memory of India’s formalist master Mani Kaul, organized by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc), which produced Kaul’s first films. In addition to being a prolific film maker, Kaul’s reputation was as a great teacher: in the dhrupad form of music as well as in his stints at the Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii) through the decades. This has been substantiated by the quality of students...
- 7/20/2011
- by Devdutt Trivedi
- DearCinema.com
Kaul gradually acquired a reputation of being cerebral and pretentious to the point of being termed a pseudo. Although there have been many instances of crowds staging group walk outs or dozing through screenings of his masterworks, a few instances claim to have incited mob violence addressed directly at the director while he was present at the screening.
It is with immense difficulty that one comes to terms with the fact that the great Indian film artist of our time, Mani Kaul is no more. Kaul was one of the few film makers functioning outside of the contours of the narrative parallel cinema and was perhaps the most significant amongst directors in India to produce a full-fledged aesthetic discourse around his practice.
Born in Jodhpur on Christmas, 1944, Kaul studied filmmaking at the Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii) under the tutelage of the illustrious Ritwik Kumar Ghatak. However after...
It is with immense difficulty that one comes to terms with the fact that the great Indian film artist of our time, Mani Kaul is no more. Kaul was one of the few film makers functioning outside of the contours of the narrative parallel cinema and was perhaps the most significant amongst directors in India to produce a full-fledged aesthetic discourse around his practice.
Born in Jodhpur on Christmas, 1944, Kaul studied filmmaking at the Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii) under the tutelage of the illustrious Ritwik Kumar Ghatak. However after...
- 7/7/2011
- by Devdutt Trivedi
- DearCinema.com
Vikramaditya Motwane’s “Udaan”, the film that made it to Un Certain Regard at Cannes International Film festival after seven years has been the talk of the town lately. With Udaan, Indian cinema’s seven year long jinxed relationship with the premier film festival has come to an end. Murali Nair’s Arimpara was the last film to have made it to Un Certain Regard, the section that carries the second most prestigious award, in the year 2003. Prior to that, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas was presented as a special screening out of competition at the festival in 2002.
Come to think of it, India and Cannes have had a cordial relationship right from the start. 1946, the year one of the oldest film festivals began at Cannes, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar was screened as a Feature film in competition. Neecha Nagar was a pioneering effort in realistic Indian cinema and...
Come to think of it, India and Cannes have had a cordial relationship right from the start. 1946, the year one of the oldest film festivals began at Cannes, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar was screened as a Feature film in competition. Neecha Nagar was a pioneering effort in realistic Indian cinema and...
- 4/20/2010
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
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