By Manju Mittal Do you remember ”˜Badki’ of the serial ”˜Hum Log’, played by Seema Bhargava Pahwa, a popular TV serial of the early 80’s. Badki or the eldest daughter of a middle-class family was a representative for millions of Indian girls who found themselves buried under the day to day house hold responsibilities. She […]
By Neeru Saluja Veteran actor Supriya Pathak is interested in telling influential stories of different women characters. The role maybe small or centric, it has to impact the audience and the story. And that is why we love her versatile characters. Be it the elegant ”˜Shabnam’ in Bazaar, the hilarious Hansa in ”˜Khichdi’, the egoistic […]
By Manju Mittal We in Sydney are getting to see talent coming up by way of singing, lyric writing, and who else to stitch together the two, rather three. Talent, singer and the poet in neat short music videos. Enter Pankaj Upadhayay, a film maker and a cinematographer from Kolkata. An award winning film maker […]
By Neena Badhwar In NSW, Covid-19 restrictions have just been lifted. Inside the Madison Function Lounge on December 6 it seems restrictions never existed. It was as if a nightmare had finally ended as the function centre buzzed with energy, singers Rachna Bhatnagar and Suhas Mahajan taking the centre stage. Sarshar playing Sarod, on the […]
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy (APSA) last night honoured filmmakers of the region at special Award Presentation on Australia’s Gold Coast. The moving presentation, held at Home of The Arts, was a celebration of cultural diversity through the region’s cinema as well as a powerful show of support for its future. The Young Cinema Award […]
Harjot Singh as the elder brother with Addy Singh as his druggie younger brother in ‘Chitta’ By Manju Mittal ”˜Chitta’, is a sad story about a young man’s drug addiction and his elder brother’s attempt to help him get out of the habit. The short film is produced by a local Indian film maker Harjot […]
Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar in Shubh Mangal Saavdhaan This year’s AACTA Industry Awards presented by Foxtel ”“ previously known as the Industry Luncheon ”“ will be broadcast for the first time exclusively via the AACTA ScreenFest website and Foxtel Arts at 6:30pm on Friday 27 November. With COVID restrictions in place AACTA has joined […]
By Neeru Saluja Actor Manoj Bajyapee can play any role with conviction. Be it the underworld don, a gay professor, the honest cop, a family man or his latest comic role of a wedding detective. One of the finest and critically acclaimed actors of our film industry, Manoj is unstoppable as his latest film ”˜Suraj […]
From epic romance to supernatural comedy, SBS World Movies is celebrating Diwali with a movie marathon that has something for everyone. Celebrate the Indian festival of lights with an early evening marathon this Saturday November 14 from 3:30pm. Manje Bistre (2017) 3.30pm While getting prepared for his sister’s wedding, a young man attempts to woo […]
The 2nd Asia Pacific Screen Forum celebrates cultural diversity and cinematic excellence by linking screen creatives across the vast Asia Pacific as never before. This year the forum will have Australian film maker Ana Tiwary who will be talking in Diverse Culture: Pathways Forward segment of the forum and Indian film director Anurag Kashyap known […]