Movie ‘Hellaro’ wins Best Feature Film award at 2018 National Film awards

Hellaro (Gujarati) has won the Best Feature Film award at the 66th National Film awards for year 2018. While, Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal share the Best Actor Award for Andhadhun and Uri: The Surgical Strikes, respectively. Keerthi Suresh bagged Best Actress award for Mahanati. ‘Uri’ director Aditya Dhar won in the Best Director category, ..

Topics: 66th National Film Awards • Actors • Andhadhun • Ayushmann Khurrana • Badhaai Ho • Chumbak • Cinema of India • Indian films • National Film Awards India) • Punjabi people • Surekha Sikri • Vicky Kaushal

Mrinal Sen, legendary filmmaker, passes away

Mrinal Sen (95), the legendary filmmaker, has passed away in Kolkata, West Bengal on December 30, 2018. Along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, he was often considered to be one of the greatest ambassadors of Bengali parallel cinema on the global stage with films like Ek Din Achanak, Padatik, Mrigaya, Akaler Sandhane, ..

Topics: Akash Kusum • Cinema of India • Film • Indian films • Kharij • Mrigaya • Mrinal Sen • National Film Awards India) • Padatik • Parallel cinema • Raat Bhore • Ritwik Ghatak

Newton film wins best film award at 3rd edition of BRICS Film Festival 2018

The 2018 BRICS Film Festival took place in Durban, South Africa, along with the International Durban Film Festival (DIFF) from 22-27th July. The last day of the festival was celebrated as India Country Day, followed by Awards and Closing Ceremony. The basic aim of film festival is to celebrate world-class film productions from the BRICS ..

Topics: 48th International Film Festival of India • 65th National Film Awards • BRICS • Cinema of India • Films • Indian films • National Film Awards India) • Newton • Rima Das • Sinjar • Village Rockstars

Bengali writer Ramapada Chowdhury passes away

Acclaimed Bengali writer Ramapada Chowdhury (95), whose story ‘Abhimanyu’ was made into a Hindi movie ‘Ek doctor ki maut’, has passed away in Kolkata, West Bengal on July 29, 2018. ‘Abhimanyu’ was based on the life and work of Dr Subhas Mukhopadhyay who created India’s first and the world’s second test-tube baby in 1978. Director ..

Topics: Cinema of India • Indian culture • Indian films • National Film Awards India) • Ramapada Chowdhury

Dr Hemu Adhikari, veteran film and theatre actor passes away

Dr Hemu Adhikari (81), the veteran film and theatre actor, has passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra on May 22, 2018. He acted in Sai Paranjpe’s “Katha” and Marathi films like “Dhyaas Parya” and “Harishchandrachi Factory”. He was known for his cameo in Rajkumar Hirani’s “Lage Raho Munna Bhai” (2006).

Topics: Cinema of India • Films • Harishchandrachi Factory • Indian films • Lage Raho Munna Bhai • Marathi cinema • Munna Bhai • National Film Awards India) • Rajkumar Hirani • Sindhi people