Documentary
Farhan Akhtar To Produce Documentary On Salim-Javed
In much of the 1970s and 80s Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar revolutionized the way the film industry looked at screenwriting and screenwriters with their stream of phenomenal hits like Zanjeer, Deewaar, Sholay, Don, Trishul , Shakti and Mr India. Salim and Javed re-wrote the entire profile of screenwriters with their uninterrupted run at the boxoffice.And now Javed Akhtar’s son Farhan Akhtar and the latter’s partner Ritesh Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment are all set to produce a documentary-drama on the Salim-Javed phenomenon . A source ver | Click Here...
Review Of Searching For Sheela: Fails To Impress
Searching For Sheela(Netflix, Documentary) Rating: ** ½ This is a 58-minute journey with Ma Anand Sheela which says more about the people around her, journalists and socialites she meets during her first visit to India in 35 years who are seen gushing fawning and ingratiating themselves with mine-is-bigger-than-your comparisons of her notoriety with theirs. So we have journalists Shoma Choudhury victim-shaming herself in front of a bemused Ma Sheila by talking about her own disgrace and ostracization (she was disgraced media baron Tarun Tejpal’s m | Click Here...
Review Of The Social Dilemma: Horror Flick Of The Smartphone Age
The Social Dilemma(Documentary, Netflix) Directed by Jeff Orlowski Rating: *** Here is the thing. We are now officially a civilization of zombies, staring 24x7 at out phone-screens waiting for the next ping, posting ridiculously vain self-serving pictures which no one is interested in, unless you are Kim Kadarshian or Kangana Ranaut. But the social-media organizations would have you believe that you are the centre of the universe, at least YOUR universe. It’s a frightening delusion created to generate revenues worth billions. While Google, Facebook etc laugh | Click Here...
Amit Behl, Sr Joint Secretary, CINTAA talks about CINTAA’s ‘big step’ for a big change!!
For most of us who don’t work in the entertainment industry, TV and films are all about glamour and glitz. However, there is a dark, other side to the coin as well. A large number of people who work here in other capacities get a very raw deal. In a bid to create awareness about the lack of proper health, sanitation and fire safety facilities at most film and TV sets, actor body CINTAA tied up with film-maker Opender Chanana, for a special screening of his documentary on the same, titled, Living On The Edge. The one-hour-long heart-wrenching film chronicled several cases whe | Click Here...
Shweta Basu Prasad ‘excited’ about the screening of her documentary ‘Roots’
Actress Shweta Basu Prasad no doubt is a talented performer, but her inclination and passion for writing has indeed won her many appreciations recently. The actor cum columnist now takes a big step to create awareness among the masses. Shweta has recently come up with a documentary titled ‘Roots’ which will speak about the dying visibility of Indian Classical Music among the youth. The actress has conceived, researched, produced and directed the documentary. Must say, another laurel in her already feathered cap!! The documentary will have musical maestros of | Click Here...