Articles tagged with "Film"

56th National Film Awards Ceremony

On Friday, Indian President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil conferred the 56th National Film Awards for 2008 in a glittering function held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The star of the event was eminent cinematographer Sh. V.K.Murthy, who received standing ovation and thunderous applause when the President decorated him with the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke [...]

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BAFTA Awards 2010 Winners

The British Academy Film Awards or BAFTA Awards 2010 winners full list. Winners of the 2010 BAFTA Awards were announced in a ceremony held at The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London on Sunday evening. The Hurt Locker wins six BAFTAs including Best Film. Avatar won the BAFTAs for Production Design and Special Visual [...]

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Full unreleased Bollywood film leaked on YouTube

A new Hindi movie hits YouTube, much ahead of it’s actual release! Yes, a new Bollywood movie has been leaked on YouTube. The name of the film is "Tera Kya Hoga Johnny" and the YouTube upload is not just a preview, but the whole film. The Sudhir Mishra-directed film was in the final stage of [...]

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"Avatar" collects $1 billion globally

James Cameron’s 3-D science fiction film "Avatar" crossed the $1 billion mark just after 17 days of release and is now the fourth-biggest movie of all time. As on Sunday, "Avatar" ticket sales crossed $1.02 billion worldwide. In the United States and Canada, "Avatar" has earned $352.1 million, while during the New Year holiday weekend [...]

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"Sherlock Holmes" tops Christmas Box Office sales

British director Guy Ritchie’s new film "Sherlock Holmes" beats out James Cameron’s "Avatar" at box office and sets a Christmas Day sales record in North America. The contest between Sherlock Holmes and Avatar was close. "Sherlock Holmes" earned $24.9 million while "Avatar" was able to collect $23.5 million on Friday. "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The [...]

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2009 is Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Best Box Office Year ever

Sony Pictures Releasing International will pass $2 billion at the box office this coming weekend, powering Sony Pictures Entertainment to its best-ever box office year worldwide, Jeff Blake, chairman of Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing & Distribution announced on Thursday. 2009 marks just the fifth time in motion picture history that any studio will have passed [...]

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Taiwanese Film ‘I can’t live without you’ wins Golden Peacock at IFFI

The Taiwanese film, ‘I Can’t Live Without You” has bagged the coveted Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film at the 40th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, while the Silver Peacock Award for the Best Director has gone to “A Brand New Life’, a film from South Korea, directed by Ounie Lecomte. [...]

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Amitabh Bachchan’s Paa to be released in 20 countries

Amitabh Bachchan’s much awaited Bollywood film ‘Paa’ will be released on 4th December. According to news sources, the film will be released in 20 countries worldwide, including India, U.K., U.S., Canada, U.A.E., Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and many others. For the simultaneous release 700 prints of Paa are ready.
Directed by R Balakrishnan, Paa [...]

Written by Assam News · Category: Bollywood

Lack of Awareness and Outlets for Documentary Films in India: Jahnu Barua

Making a strong pitch for the documentary films in India, noted Assamese Filmmaker Jahnu Barua said that with the advent of technical ease there is a spurt in short film making, however, due to lack of awareness and outlets people are not getting to see most of the output. A lot of ground needs to [...]

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Platinum Jubilee of Assamese Cinema celebrated at IFFI-2009

The Union Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, Shri Choudhury Mohan Jatua declared open the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of Assamese Cinema at the ongoing 40th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2009. The celebrated actor and Chairman, National Film Development Corporation Shri Om Puri was the Guest of Honour on the occasion. The veteran [...]

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