Vasant Bala's Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota to get Asia premiere at 20th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival
6 years, 3 months ago

Vasant Bala's Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota to get Asia premiere at 20th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival

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Presented by RSVP and directed by Vasan Bala, Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota will kick-off the festival in 2018 Mumbai: After creating waves in Toronto, Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota will get its Asia premiere at the Jio MAMI 20th Mumbai Film Festival with Star later this month. “After winning the Midnight Madness section at Toronto International Film Festival, Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota is now the opening film at the prestigious Jio MAMI 20th Mumbai Film Festival with Star in India. Smriti Kiran, Creative Director, MAMI Mumbai Film Festival,said: “We are thrilled that Vasan Bala’s film is opening MAMI in its 20th year. We couldn’t have asked for a better start to this year’s edition.” The 20th edition of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star will take place between 25 October and 1 November.

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2024 edition of MAMI Mumbai Film Festival to take place from October 19 to 24
8 months ago

2024 edition of MAMI Mumbai Film Festival to take place from October 19 to 24

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai, The 2024 edition of the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival will be held in the city from October 19 to 24, the organisers announced on Wednesday. "Building on the success of previous editions, MAMI Mumbai Film Festival continues to support an ecosystem that spotlights the talent and films of South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora. "The festival remains committed …

Priyanka Chopra stuns in white saree for Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Watch
1 year, 2 months ago

Priyanka Chopra stuns in white saree for Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Watch

Hindustan Times  

Priyanka's white saree look Priyanka oozed confidence in a white sari with blue motifs along with a V-neck matching blouse on the third day at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Priyanka also attended the opening ceremony of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, which took place at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre on Friday. She is the Chairperson …

Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, Priyanka Chopra Jonas light up grand opening of Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival
1 year, 2 months ago

Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, Priyanka Chopra Jonas light up grand opening of Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival

The Hindu  

The Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival kicked off with a grand ceremony at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai on October 27. Kamal and Mani Ratnam, known for their iconic collaboration on the Tamil-language gangster epic Nayakan, also spoke about their upcoming film together, KH234, which reunites the duo after over three decades. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mira Nair is …

MAMI Mumbai Film Festival: Kareena Kapoor stuns in black, Aditi Rao Hydari arrives with Siddharth. See pics
1 year, 2 months ago

MAMI Mumbai Film Festival: Kareena Kapoor stuns in black, Aditi Rao Hydari arrives with Siddharth. See pics

Hindustan Times  

The opening ceremony of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023 on Friday turned out to be a star-studded affair with all from Priyanka Chopra to Kareena Kapoor in attendance. Other celebs at Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023 Diana Penty, Bhumi Pednekar and Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal at Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Siddharth and Aditi Rao Hydari, …

Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival: Priyanka Chopra, Sonam Kapoor, Kamal Haasan attend opening ceremony. See pics
1 year, 2 months ago

Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival: Priyanka Chopra, Sonam Kapoor, Kamal Haasan attend opening ceremony. See pics

Hindustan Times  

Celebs at MAMI opening ceremony Priyanka Chopra landed in India today to attend the opening ceremony of MAMI. Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival @mumbaifilmfestival.” She can be posing next to a black grand piano in a series of pictures. About MAMI 2023 The opening film for this year's edition of MAMI is Hansal Mehta's detective drama The Buckingham Murders, starring …

Exclusive! Priyanka Chopra To Host Star-Studded Gala At MAMI Opening; Janhvi, SRK’s Daughter Suhana To Attend
1 year, 3 months ago

Exclusive! Priyanka Chopra To Host Star-Studded Gala At MAMI Opening; Janhvi, SRK’s Daughter Suhana To Attend

News 18  

After three years, Jio MAMI Mumbai Festival is back with a physical event this year. Joining her will be Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, the brand ambassador of Word To Screen, along with several other names like Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Rana Daggubati, Kabir Khan, Vishal Bhardwaj, Vikramaditya Motwane and Riteish Deshmukh. And when you have Priyanka Chopra joining …

Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023: Complete list of films to be premiered at the festival
1 year, 3 months ago

Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023: Complete list of films to be premiered at the festival

India TV News  

Mumbai is going to witness the grand Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival from October 27 to November 5. Here is the complete list of films that will premiere at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. South Asia Competition Mithya by Sumant Bhat Barir Naam Shahana by Leesa Gazi The Red Suitcase by Fidel Devkota Focus South Asia All India Rank …

2023 Jio MAMI festival reveals line-up, over 250 films in 70 languages
1 year, 3 months ago

2023 Jio MAMI festival reveals line-up, over 250 films in 70 languages

The Hindu  

The Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival is returning with a physical edition after a gap of four years. The latest edition of MAMI is screening over 250 film in over 70 languages with a focus on ‘contemporary films and new cinematic voices from South Asia’. Additionally, the festival has a robust line-up of films in its World Cinema selection, including …

Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023 line-up includes Anurag Kashyap's Kennedy, Bradley Cooper's Maestro
1 year, 3 months ago

Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023 line-up includes Anurag Kashyap's Kennedy, Bradley Cooper's Maestro

Hindustan Times  

The festival, which runs from October 27 to November 5, will showcase over 250 films with a special focus on contemporary films and new cinematic voices from South Asia here. Besides Monster, Maestro, and Anatomy of a Fall, Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival’s impressive World Cinema line-up also includes Perfect Days by Wim Wenders, Beyond Utopia by Madeleine Gavin, The …

Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023 lineup announced
1 year, 3 months ago

Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023 lineup announced

Firstpost  

The press conference, hosted at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai, witnessed the festival’s illustrious board members Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival announced its line-up for 2023, with over 250 films spread over 10 days from October 27 to November 5. Sultana’s Dream by Isabel Herguera Basque, Bengali, Hindi, English, Spanish | India, Germany, Spain | South Asia …

Alia Bhatt’s next with Vasan Bala titled ‘Jigra’, release date announced
1 year, 3 months ago

Alia Bhatt’s next with Vasan Bala titled ‘Jigra’, release date announced

The Hindu  

Actor Alia Bhatt is collaborating with director Vasan Bala for her next action film titled Jigra. The makers made the announcement with a video that begins with a G. K. Chesterton quote: “The paradox of courage is that one must be a little careless of life in order to keep it.” An anime-style sequence then introduces Alia, lugging a backpack, …

Deepti DCunha Talks About Jio MAMI's Focus on South-Asian Cinema, Bhumi Pednekar's Contribution
1 year, 3 months ago

Deepti DCunha Talks About Jio MAMI's Focus on South-Asian Cinema, Bhumi Pednekar's Contribution

News 18  

Four years after its last physical edition, Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival is back to bringing together filmmakers and cinephiles from across the board. In an exclusive chat with News18, Deepti DCunha, Artistic Director, Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, says that the idea this year is to ‘expand the scope of the festival’. DCunha’s association with MAMI goes back to …

Aamir Khan and Hrithik attend Jio Studios’ Event in style, Yami arrives in saree
1 year, 9 months ago

Aamir Khan and Hrithik attend Jio Studios’ Event in style, Yami arrives in saree

Hindustan Times  

Jio Studios is hosting a special event at the Jio World Convention Centre of Mumbai on Wednesday. Several celebrities, such as Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Yami Gautam and others have arrived at the venue. Also in attendance were Bhumi Pednekar, Anil Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Sayani Gupta, Kriti Sanon, Nupur Sanon, Riteish Deshmukh, Karan Tacker, Shraddha Kapoor, Nikhil Dwivedi, …

Deepika Padukone, Janhvi Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor add spunk to MAMI Mumbai Film Festival launch. See pics
5 years, 3 months ago

Deepika Padukone, Janhvi Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor add spunk to MAMI Mumbai Film Festival launch. See pics

Hindustan Times  

Actor Deepika Padukone may not have any releases scheduled for this year but she is keeping busy with her other professional commitments. The actor attended the launch of the 21st edition of MAMI Mumbai Film Festival and on Sunday. Deepika Padukone, Janhvi Kapoor and Ananya Panday at the launch of MAMI Mumbai Film Festival in Mumbai on Sunday. Mrunal Thakur, …

Jio MAMI's Smriti Kiran builds a gargantuan homegrown film festival, while chasing her love for cinema
5 years, 3 months ago

Jio MAMI's Smriti Kiran builds a gargantuan homegrown film festival, while chasing her love for cinema

Firstpost  

It is a long wait at Mumbai’s JW Marriott, Juhu, for Smriti Kiran, Artistic Director at Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival. When one person or film makes it to the film festival overseas, that immediately leads to the world noticing that person’s work back home. And then we pursue it in our capacity.” While critically acclaimed films like Taika …

Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival 2019: Six films by Netflix to be screened, from The Irishman to Marriage Story
5 years, 3 months ago

Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival 2019: Six films by Netflix to be screened, from The Irishman to Marriage Story

Firstpost  

Five films and one documentary will be part of the Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival line-up, including The Two Popes and I Lost My Body. Five films and one documentary will be part of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2019 line up, including The Two Popes, The Irishman, Atlantics, I Lost My Body, Marriage Story, and Bikram: Yogi, …

MAMI 2019 to screen The Irishman, Ad Astra, Midsommar; Hany Abu-Assad named international jury president
5 years, 3 months ago

MAMI 2019 to screen The Irishman, Ad Astra, Midsommar; Hany Abu-Assad named international jury president

Firstpost  

Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival will take place from 17 to 24 October. pic.twitter.com/UTYStshPLL — MAMI Mumbai Film Festival September 30, 2019 Hany Abu-Assad, the Academy award-nominated Palestinian-Dutch filmmaker, will preside over the international jury. He will be joined by Tamil filmmaker Vetri Maaran, Gully Boy director Zoya Akhtar, executive director Telluride Film Festival Julie Huntsinger and Edinburgh International …

Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival with Star announces 4th edition of Movie Mela, that will kick off with Deepika Padukone
5 years, 3 months ago

Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival with Star announces 4th edition of Movie Mela, that will kick off with Deepika Padukone

Firstpost  

The event will end with a session with Karan Johar, who returns to MAMI’s Movie Mela with another edition of Big Talk, this time with Alia Bhatt and a surprise guest. Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival with Star has announced the 4th edition of Movie Mela. Speaking about the 4th Edition of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival Movie …

Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival: Bombay Rose, About Love among 10 films to compete in India Gold segment
5 years, 4 months ago

Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival: Bombay Rose, About Love among 10 films to compete in India Gold segment

Firstpost  

The 10 films screened at MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival this year are a celebration of India’s cultural diversity Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival has announced its line-up for its India Gold section – the exclusive competition category for the latest Indian films from across the country. MAMI will showcase the world premiere of three films out of the …

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota music director Karan Kulkarni on designing a soundtrack as wacky as the film
5 years, 9 months ago

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota music director Karan Kulkarni on designing a soundtrack as wacky as the film

Firstpost  

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota has managed to break boundaries in various fields. The brief for Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota ’s score was simple — it needed to be in context to how wacky the narrative of the film was. That said, there are a few singers who are really spot on with their pitching.” Since most of the …

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota movie review: A cocktail of gorgeous action sequences, absurd laugh-out-loud moments
5 years, 9 months ago

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota movie review: A cocktail of gorgeous action sequences, absurd laugh-out-loud moments

Firstpost  

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota remains watchable throughout, despite shaky foundation, precisely because it gives us an experience we rarely see in Indian cinema. We are republishing it ahead of its Indian theatrical release Surya, the lead character in Vasan Bala ’s Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota, has a penchant for telling stories. In that sense, if it so turns …

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota Trailer: The action-cum-comedy film is not something we’ve seen before
5 years, 10 months ago

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota Trailer: The action-cum-comedy film is not something we’ve seen before

India TV News  

Launching yet another star kid Abhimanyu Dassani, Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota is here with its first trailer. In the beginning itself, they announce that it’s a cliché Bollywood trailer of Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota. The protagonist opens the scene with a hilarious one-liner; Har mind-blowing kahaani ke peeche na kuch bohot hi bure decisions hota hain.” The trailer …

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota trailer: Abhimanyu Dassani, Radhika Madan pack a punch in this action comedy
5 years, 10 months ago

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota trailer: Abhimanyu Dassani, Radhika Madan pack a punch in this action comedy

India Today  

After the massive success of Uri: The Surgical Strike, producer Ronnie Screwvala is all set to bring a quirky story of a young man who has a rare condition called Congenital insensitivity to pain with Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota. Watch the trailer here: Apart from showing how Surya's superpower isn't exactly a joyride, the trailer introduces Radhika Madan as …

Watch: In Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota teaser, Radhika Madan takes a dig at Bollywood's nepotism problem
5 years, 10 months ago

Watch: In Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota teaser, Radhika Madan takes a dig at Bollywood's nepotism problem

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MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2018’s opening film Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota is finally hitting cinemas on 21 March after getting standing ovation in Mumbai’s film festival and a grand success in Toronto International Film Festival. Gulshan Devaiah, Mahesh Manjrekar and Jimit Trivedi also star in Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, directed by Vasan Bala. Ronnie Screwvala’s banner RSVP are …

Arjun Kapoor's comment on Radhika Madan's Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota poster will make you ROFL
5 years, 10 months ago

Arjun Kapoor's comment on Radhika Madan's Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota poster will make you ROFL

India TV News  

TV actress Radhika Madan has already made her debut but she is being 're-introduced' by Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota makers and that too in a unique way. While in her debut Pataakha, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, she played one of the warring sisters whereas, in Vasan Bala's Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, she will be seen doing action scenes. …

Screening Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota at MAMI will help its box office prospects, says producer Ronnie Screwvala
6 years, 2 months ago

Screening Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota at MAMI will help its box office prospects, says producer Ronnie Screwvala

Firstpost  

With Vasan Bala ’s Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota garnering praise at the 20th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, producer Ronnie Screwvala says building an audience before a film’s release is very important for its business. Screwvala told IANS: “If we would have released the film directly after its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, it would have not …

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota: Gulshan Devaiah on MAMI opening film and reuniting with Vasan Bala after Peddlers
6 years, 2 months ago

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota: Gulshan Devaiah on MAMI opening film and reuniting with Vasan Bala after Peddlers

Firstpost  

Six years ago, Vasan Bala ’s directorial debut Peddlers was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. This was always there but with time, I have understood it better,” says Gulshan, ahead of Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota’s Asian premiere as the opening film of the 20th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota not only became …

20th MAMI Mumbai Film Festival opens under spectre of MeToo movement
6 years, 2 months ago

20th MAMI Mumbai Film Festival opens under spectre of MeToo movement

Hindustan Times  

Under the open sky, with the iconic Gateway Of India on its backdrop, the 20th Jio Mumbai Academy of Moving Image Mumbai Film Festival started on Thursday night on an emotional note, in solidarity with the #MeToo movement that aims to create a much inclusive environment at the workplace. Indian Bollywood actor Kalki Koechlin, film director Kiran Rao and author, …

Mumbai International Film Festival set to open tomorrow
6 years, 2 months ago

Mumbai International Film Festival set to open tomorrow

Live Mint  

Alfonso Cuaron’s Netflix-produced “Roma”, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Shoplifters”, Spike Lee’s outrageous comedy “BlacKkKlansman”,Zhangke Jia’s “Ash is Purest White”, and Paul Dano’s “Wildlife” are some of the international festival favourites at this year’s Jio Mumbai International Film Festival organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images, its 20th year. Among more than 20 Indian films to be screened are Vasan Bala’s “Mard …

Vasan Bala’s Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota is his ode to action-comedy films
6 years, 3 months ago

Vasan Bala’s Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota is his ode to action-comedy films

The Hindu  

Attention to the smallest detail in a film can go a long way in helping it reach out widely. In filmmaker-writer Vasan Bala’s sophomore feature, Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, it’s the witty, intelligently thought out subtitles that help convey the essence of the Indian pop culture references to a Western audience. “A question like ‘have you seen a Jackie …

Jio MAMI 20th Mumbai Film Festival: Bulbul Can Sing, Balekempa among nine films to be screened in India Gold section
6 years, 3 months ago

Jio MAMI 20th Mumbai Film Festival: Bulbul Can Sing, Balekempa among nine films to be screened in India Gold section

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Mumbai Academy of Moving Image announced the lineup for the India Gold section of the upcoming Jio MAMI 20th Mumbai Film Festival. Mumbai Academy of Moving Image announced on Wednesday the lineup for the India Gold section of the upcoming Jio MAMI 20th Mumbai Film Festival. Balekempa, the directorial debut of Ere Gowda, and Rima Das’ Bulbul Can Sing, which …

TIFF 2018 Exclusive: The madness of mard who feels no dard
6 years, 3 months ago

TIFF 2018 Exclusive: The madness of mard who feels no dard

Deccan Chronicle  

For the entire 10-day duration of the Toronto International Film Festival, a joyous, infectious madness descends upon the city as midnight approaches. Long queues form outside a university theatre, Ryerson, for the 11.59 pm screening of films playing under Tiff’s Midnight Madness section. But the highlight of this year’s Midnight Madness section was writer-director Vasan Bala’s Mard Ko Dard Nahin …

Toronto International Film Festival 2018: Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota wins People's Choice Midnight Madness Award
6 years, 3 months ago

Toronto International Film Festival 2018: Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota wins People's Choice Midnight Madness Award

Firstpost  

Director Vasan Bala’s action thriller Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota won the top award at the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival which concluded on 16 September. The film, which was India’s first-ever entry into the festival’s Midnight Madness segment, won the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award. But overall, director Peter Farrelly’s film Green Book about racial segregation in the 1960s …

Vasan Bala’s Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota makes history at Toronto, see reactions
6 years, 4 months ago

Vasan Bala’s Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota makes history at Toronto, see reactions

Hindustan Times  

Writer-director Vasan Bala's sophomore vehicle Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota made history here at the stroke of midnight on Friday, becoming the first-ever Indian film to play in the Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness, a section devoted to genre and shock cinema. Ever since he began filming Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota, the director had his sights set on …

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