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Over food, single malt and cards: Vijay Varma, Anubhav Sinha on bonding with friends and why their validation matters
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Over food, single malt and cards: Vijay Varma, Anubhav Sinha on bonding with friends and why their validation matters

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Food, single malt, films and sometimes just a game of cards. Over food, single malt and cards: Vijay Varma, Anubhav Sinha on bonding with friends and why their validation matters Sinha calls it “serendipity”, the happy happenchance to find himself among like-minded friends and colleagues. Sinha and Varma, both rank outsiders who made a name for themselves in …

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India doesn’t support ‘Cannes kind’ of cinema, says Anurag Kashyap
7 months ago

India doesn’t support ‘Cannes kind’ of cinema, says Anurag Kashyap

The Hindu  

India didn’t have any moment at Cannes, says filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, stressing that the victory of independent filmmakers at the European gala is theirs alone and the government doesn’t support that kind of award winning cinema. India won an unprecedented three awards at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival last month — Payal Kapadia became the first ever …

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We have our own vocabulary in cinema: Cannes winner Payal Kapadia
7 months, 2 weeks ago

We have our own vocabulary in cinema: Cannes winner Payal Kapadia

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The beauty of cinema is that all kinds of films can and should co-exist, says Cannes Grand Prix winner Payal Kapadia, who credits her exposure to films from across the world as a major part of her learning years at Pune's FTII. We have our own vocabulary in cinema: Cannes winner Payal Kapadia Kapadia etched her name in …

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Cannes 2024: Triple treat as India shines at the 77th edition of film festival
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Cannes 2024: Triple treat as India shines at the 77th edition of film festival

India TV News  

It was a triple feat for Indian talent at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival with Payal Kapadia's "All We Imagine As Light", "Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know" by FTII student Chidananda S Naik, and Anasuya Sengupta of "The Shameless" fame winning major awards in each of the three competitive sections of the prestigious gala. Kapadia, an alumna of …

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Cannes 2024: A Palme d’Or contender after 30 years and more, making this an incredible year for Indian indie cinema
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Cannes 2024: A Palme d’Or contender after 30 years and more, making this an incredible year for Indian indie cinema

The Hindu  

In terms of cinema, and cinema alone, India is making the kind of splash at Cannes 2024 that it has never done before. “The Indian presence is extremely strong this year,” said Cannes deputy artistic director Christian Jeune at the start of the festival. They are making a strong comeback to Cannes,” the festival’s artistic director Thierry Frémaux had said …

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1960: FTII set up in Pune
2 years, 4 months ago

1960: FTII set up in Pune

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 12, 2022 06:00 IST Whenever you were in thrall of Shabana Azmi’s performances or were glued to Shatrughan Sinha’s stylish dialogue delivery, each time you were mesmerised by Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s larger-than-life films or revelled in Subhash Ghai’s quintessential masala movies or Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s cerebral cinema, you can thank FTII, Pune, for it. When the legendary film-maker …

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Interview: Rajat Kapoor: ‘Everyone ends up chasing stars’
2 years, 5 months ago

Interview: Rajat Kapoor: ‘Everyone ends up chasing stars’

Hindustan Times  

Fiction, when I can. People believed that it’s a medium of images and they wanted to create abstract images on film. It’s a matter of shame, national shame, that Kumar has not made a film in the last 15 years! Just like every short story writer needn’t be a great novelist and vice versa, I think every film writer cannot …

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Remembering Renu Saluja, the unsung genius of Hindi cinema on her birth anniversary
2 years, 6 months ago

Remembering Renu Saluja, the unsung genius of Hindi cinema on her birth anniversary

Firstpost  

With her work in films like Ardh Satya, Jaane bhi do Yaaro, Parinda and Bandit Queen, Renu Saluja made a lasting contribution to Hindi cinema, besides also becoming the first female editor to significantly break through into a field which was up until then considered a man’s domain. Enter Renu Saluja, the editor of the film, who was present throughout …

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Divyenndu Sharma: 'I am happy to be part of the OTT movement which is merit-based and democratic'
2 years, 8 months ago

Divyenndu Sharma: 'I am happy to be part of the OTT movement which is merit-based and democratic'

Firstpost  

In conversation with actor Divyenndu Sharma on his role in Amazon miniTV’s short film 1800 Life. Actor Divyenndu Sharma plays the role of a struggling stand-up comedian, Vishal in Amazon mini TV’s short film 1800 Life. In a feature film, you have a lot of time for the character to develop and like a lot of side stories come in, …

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Filming with fire: Behind Indian documentary’s biggest year
2 years, 9 months ago

Filming with fire: Behind Indian documentary’s biggest year

Live Mint  

Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh were inside the plane, on the tarmac at Delhi airport. And last July, Payal Kapadia’s A Night Of Knowing Nothing won the L’Oeil d’Or, awarded to the best documentary across categories at the Cannes Film Festival. “If you are making films independently,” she says, “you have to do two-three things at once, otherwise it’s very …

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Cannes 2020: FTII diploma film wins first prize under students' category
4 years, 2 months ago

Cannes 2020: FTII diploma film wins first prize under students' category

India Today  

A movie made by the students of Film and Television Institute of India, titled CatDog, recently won the first prize at Cinefondation selection, which is the students’ competition category at this year’s Festival De Cannes. The movie submitted by the students of FTII under the students’ competition category was a 20-minute-long final year diploma project prepared by the students. As …

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Shekhar Kapur appointed FTII president
4 years, 3 months ago

Shekhar Kapur appointed FTII president

The Hindu  

Eminent filmmaker Shekhar Kapur was on Tuesday appointed as the new president of the Film and Television Institute of India Society and the chairman of the governing council, which runs the country’s most prestigious film school in Pune. Mr. Kapur, known for such acclaimed films like Bandit Queen and historical biopics Queen Elizabeth, will hold the post till March 3, …

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Shekhar Kapur is the New President of FTII Society and Chairman of Governing Council
4 years, 3 months ago

Shekhar Kapur is the New President of FTII Society and Chairman of Governing Council

News 18  

Acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, known for films like Bandit Queen, Elizabeth, Masoom and Mr India, has been appointed the new President of Film and Television Institute of India Society and the Chairman of FTII Governing Council. Director Shekhar Kapur has been appointed as the new President of FTII Society and Chairman of FTII Governing Council pic.twitter.com/rqtEEd6KuW— ANI September 29, 2020 …

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Gully Boy breakout star Vijay Varma talks about working with Ranveer Singh and navigating Bollywood
5 years, 10 months ago

Gully Boy breakout star Vijay Varma talks about working with Ranveer Singh and navigating Bollywood

Firstpost  

The tide turned for Vijay Varma with his performance as the vile Ankit in Pink and now, with his role as Moeen in Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy. You have to let go of every desperate thought and think apna time aayega.” This is what kept actor Vijay Varma going even after long delays in the release of his first two …

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