Chaitanya Tamhane on How Alfonso Cuaron Came Onboard for His Venice Film Festival Entry The Disciple
4 years, 4 months ago

Chaitanya Tamhane on How Alfonso Cuaron Came Onboard for His Venice Film Festival Entry The Disciple

News 18  

Filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane’s sophomore feature film The Disciple is making waves in international film festivals. It is also the first Indian film in 19 years to compete for the prestigious Golden Lion in the Venice Film Festival, after Mira Nair’s 2001 winner Monsoon Wedding. “We feel very grateful that Venice Film Festival is continuing to support our work by not only showing faith but also due to the massive upgrade of competing in the main competition. Chaitanya’s first feature film Court was a National Award-winner and also India’s official entry for Oscars in 2014.

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The long shot: How independent Indian filmmakers are making their mark
2 years, 3 months ago

The long shot: How independent Indian filmmakers are making their mark

Hindustan Times  

First the good news: Indian films are doing tremendously well at festivals abroad. “Some filmmakers are accused of making films for festivals,” says director Chaitanya Tamhane, who made the 2014 film Court, which was India’s official submission for the 88th Academy Awards. “I have travelled to more than five hundred villages on my own across India and screened films to …

The Disciple Movie Review: Lazy Camera and Writing Fail to Highlight an Important Theme
3 years, 8 months ago

The Disciple Movie Review: Lazy Camera and Writing Fail to Highlight an Important Theme

News 18  

The Disciple Director: Chaitanya Tamhane Cast: Aditya Modak, Arun Dravid There have been many movies pegged on music and teacher-student relationships, and one that caught my eye and attention in recent times was Rajiv Menon’s Sarvam Thaala Mayam about the enormous necessity for Carnatic Sangeet to be more inclusive, and not to be just confined to the upper echelons of …

Alfonso Cuarón and Chaitanya Tamhane discuss ‘The Disciple’
3 years, 8 months ago

Alfonso Cuarón and Chaitanya Tamhane discuss ‘The Disciple’

The Hindu  

When Gravity released in 2013, the space-thriller made more than $700 million worldwide, and won seven Academy Awards, including one for Alfonso Cuarón as best director. Cuarón and Tamhane first met through the Rolex Mentor & Protégé Arts Initiative for 2016-17, and the former was so impressed with the young Indian talent that he offered to back his next film. …

Chaitanya Tamhane's Much Feted 'The Disciple' to Get an OTT Release
3 years, 11 months ago

Chaitanya Tamhane's Much Feted 'The Disciple' to Get an OTT Release

News 18  

The Chaitanya Tamhane directorial, The Disciple, which is backed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron, will get an OTT release soon, it was confirmed on Wednesday. I’m glad this approach worked out well for ‘The Disciple’.” The Disciple was awarded the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize and the Best Screenplay award at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. “As we expand …

Chaitanya Tamhane, just back from Venice, talks film, fandom and art
4 years, 3 months ago

Chaitanya Tamhane, just back from Venice, talks film, fandom and art

Hindustan Times  

Chaitanya Tamhane’s life is turning out to be so melodramatic, it’s become the sort of plot he’d never pick for his films. The Guardian describes The Disciple as a “heartfelt, melancholy drama”, Variety calls it an engrossing watch, adding, ‘Tamhane patiently constructs his characters out of small details’. And if my story is set in a village in Gujarat, I’m …

The Disciple director Chaitanya Tamhane: Without international recognition, it’s difficult to get attention in India
4 years, 3 months ago

The Disciple director Chaitanya Tamhane: Without international recognition, it’s difficult to get attention in India

Hindustan Times  

Director Chaitanya Tamhane is no stranger to accolades. His previous film, Court was selected as India’s official entry for the 88th Academy Awards, and now, his Marathi film The Disciple is winning praise the world over. At the 77th Venice Film Festival, it bagged two awards — Best Screenplay, and International Critics’ Prize, awarded by Federation Internat e de la …

’The Disciple’ review: Hitting the high notes
4 years, 3 months ago

’The Disciple’ review: Hitting the high notes

Live Mint  

“Chaitanya is an amazing filmmaker. Exploring the esoteric world of Indian classical music, the film centres around Sharad, a young Mumbai-based musician with lofty aspirations but perhaps not enough talent to fulfil them, despite being trained by a renowned vocalist whom he calls Guruji. Inducted into the world of classical music as a young child by his father, himself a …

Bollywood Celebrates Chaintanya Tamhane's Best Screenplay Win for 'The Disciple' at Venice Film Festival
4 years, 3 months ago

Bollywood Celebrates Chaintanya Tamhane's Best Screenplay Win for 'The Disciple' at Venice Film Festival

News 18  

Filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane, whose film The Disciple was the first Indian project in 19 years to enter the main competition at Venice Film Festival, has won the Best Screenplay Award. Big win for the independent cinema in India.” Congratulations Chaitnaya Tamahane Vivek Gomber and the entire team of THE DECIPLE!! https://t.co/K4P6xotsnh— Ali Fazal M / میر علی فضل / अली …

Chaitanya Tamhane's 'The Disciple' Wins Best Screenplay Award At Venice International Film Festival 2020
4 years, 3 months ago

Chaitanya Tamhane's 'The Disciple' Wins Best Screenplay Award At Venice International Film Festival 2020

ABP News  

New Delhi: The last time any Indian film competed in the main category at the ‘Venice International Film Festival’ was the 2001 film ‘Monsoon Wedding’. Now, after 19 years, India has again triumphed at the ‘Venice International Film Festival’ as Chaitanya Tamhane’s film ‘The Disciple’ won the Best Screenplay Award at the film festival this year. ‘The Disciple’ The Venice …

Indian filmmaker Tamhane’s ‘The Disciple’ eyes success in Toronto
4 years, 3 months ago

Indian filmmaker Tamhane’s ‘The Disciple’ eyes success in Toronto

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai-based film director Chaitanya Tamhane is currently in the first week of a mandatory quarantine in India after having retuned from Venice on Monday. In a year that’s been low-key for movies due to the coronavirus pandemic and related curbs, The Disciple is the only Indian selection at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada. He said in an interview, …

The Disciple review round-up: Chaitanya Tamhane’s film is a 'long, lonely quest in music'
4 years, 4 months ago

The Disciple review round-up: Chaitanya Tamhane’s film is a 'long, lonely quest in music'

Firstpost  

The first film to play at the Venice Film Festival since Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding, The Disciple, directed by Chaitanya Tamhane, sees the hero embarking on a long, lonely quest in music, where red carpets and glamour hold little attraction for him. “The film is a labour of love insofar as it feels overthought and overburdened, with all the rough …

‘The Disciple’ returns India to Venice film fest competition
4 years, 4 months ago

‘The Disciple’ returns India to Venice film fest competition

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea — A film about a classical musician’s struggle to balance his career dreams and life in contemporary Mumbai will this week return India to the main competition at the Venice Film Festival for the first time in nearly two decades. The last Indian film in competition was “Monsoon Wedding” by Mira Nair, which in 2001 won the …

Alfonso Cuaron Encouraged Me To Be Fearless: Chaitanya Tamhane On 'The Disciple'
4 years, 5 months ago

Alfonso Cuaron Encouraged Me To Be Fearless: Chaitanya Tamhane On 'The Disciple'

News 18  

It feels like a dream, says Court director Chaitanya Tamhane on Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron's decision to board his second film The Disciple as executive producer just after it was selected for the main competition of the Venice Film Festival. Tamhane, feted for his impressive debut in the Marathi film Court, almost Kafkaesque in its depiction of the Indian legal …

Roma director Alfonso Cuaron to executive produce Chaitanya Tamhane's Marathi feature The Disciple
4 years, 5 months ago

Roma director Alfonso Cuaron to executive produce Chaitanya Tamhane's Marathi feature The Disciple

Firstpost  

The Disciple is set to represent India at the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival and will be screened in the Competition section Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuaron has come aboard as an executive producer on filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane’s movie The Disciple. The movie, which is Tamhane’s follow-up to his National Award-winning feature Court, has also been selected for 2020 …

Alfonso Cuaron is Executive Producer of The Disciple, Indian Entry at Venice Film Fest
4 years, 5 months ago

Alfonso Cuaron is Executive Producer of The Disciple, Indian Entry at Venice Film Fest

News 18  

Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron is executive producing the Chaitanya Tamhane directorial, The Disciple, which features in the competition section of the upcoming Venice Film Festival. Writer-director Tamhane's Marathi film, The Disciple, is the first Indian film in almost 20 years to feature in the main competition at any of the three major European film festivals -- Berlin, Cannes and Venice. …

Court director Chaitanya Tamhane's Marathi film The Disciple to compete at Venice Film Festival
4 years, 5 months ago

Court director Chaitanya Tamhane's Marathi film The Disciple to compete at Venice Film Festival

Firstpost  

Chaitanya Tamhane’s sophomore feature The Disciple has been selected for the Competition section. Ivan Ayr’s Milestone will be shown in the Horizons section at the Venice Film Festival 2020. National award-winning director Chaitanya Tamhane ’s new Marathi film The Disciple has been selected in the Competition section of the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival. The Disciple marks Tamhane’s …

Court director Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple selected in competition section of Venice Film Festival
4 years, 5 months ago

Court director Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple selected in competition section of Venice Film Festival

Hindustan Times  

National award-winning director Chaitanya Tamhane’s new Marathi film The Disciple has been selected in the Competition section of the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival. The Disciple marks Tamhane’s return to Venice after he won the Best Film - Orizzonti and Lion of the Future award for Court in 2014. I want to thank the Venice film festival for …

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