films

The mild showers are bringing in some films too, this season. Two film festivals with over 30 films wait for film lovers.

It is a week of developments for the director who has decided to take on the Kannada film industry.

An original film writer in Kannada will make only around one lakh rupees if he is lucky. However, the same producer will pay up to Rs 10-15 lakhs or even more to buy remake rights of a film from another language.

When you login, there is a thank you note that greets you. This is an initiative to ensure Kannada films reach out, legally.

If there are moments of brilliance in this film, they come from Leonardo DiCaprio’s spellbinding performance.

BIFFES was more accessible and more inclusive compared to the previous years. And Iranian films continued to mark their presence at the film festival.

Opening on December 15th, about 175 feature films from around the world are screening in Bengaluru over eight days. These include 130 foreign, 30 Indian, 15 Kannada films.

Milan Luthria plays to the gallery, but makes his questions relevant to his audience. Vidya is bold, provocative and even outrageous, but she is never vulgar.

With Germany’s renewed focus on the technology of film-making, new opportunities for collaboration between Germany and India might open up in the years ahead.

Bollywood’s most expensive film ever, doesn’t deliver the best sci-fi film. It is not even the usual entertainer that one expects from a film with SRK in the lead. Graphic novel though has potential.

Debutant director Pawan’s film has been doing well at the box office. But his anti-piracy moves have landed the film in trouble with the censor board.

Since there is no longevity of female stars, the will to challenge the status quo and transform the current environment for a better tomorrow is lacking in the industry.