by Alex Deleon-Sinha
Although little known ourtside of the Indian Sub-Continent itself there are several so-called "regional" film industries in India
each of which produces as many or more feature films a year in the regional languages as are produced in the Hindi mainstream
industry of Bombay (Whence the brand name known to the world as "Bolly-wood"). Of course, Bombay has now been officially rechristened Mumbai, but this doesn't change anything cinematically ...
Introduction
The
0110 International Digital Film Festival is back - bigger, better, bolder and
brilliant as ever.
The
0110 IDFF was the brain child of ''Madhureeta Anand'', the Festival Director,
with the objective of designing room for new films and setting up new vistas in
the sphere of digital cinema. In three booming years, the festival grew to
become international, comprising of eminent jury and audiences alike. While the
first edition was an Indo-Brit collab...
National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru in collaboration with India Foundation for the Arts presents IFA FILM FESTIVAL
January 2- February 20, 2011
Venue: National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Bangalore
January 2, 2011, Sunday, 3 pm
BISHAR BLUES, 1 Hour 16 minutes
By Amitabh Chakraborty
It is a 90-minute film based on the fakirs of Bengal, exploring their m...
IFA FILM FESTIVALJanuary 2- February 20, 2011Venue: National Gallery for Modern Art (NGMA)Manikyavelu Mansion49 Palace Road, Bengaluru 560 052Contact: 080 2234 2338 January 2, 2011, Sunday, 3 pmBISHAR BLUES, 1 Hour 16 minutesBy Amitabh Chakraborty It is a 90-minute film based on the fakirs of Bengal, exploring their music and their deeply spiritual everyday life as a living practice of radical syncretism. In this film, Amitabh Chakroborty talks about music as an integral part of their mytholog...
Director: Som.
Everyone should have a dream………
But is that dream what they really want???
Patralekha, Rupam, Armaan, Arijit and Swapno… five friends… all fed up with the monotony of city life… set off on a journey to escape from this reality… the reality of their daily lives… a reality which has become their nightmare…
They look for refuge and peace in a place called Labongi.
Labongi, they believe, is the haven of their dreams… and that’s what they do there… try to live out their dreams…
Five people… each with a different perception of sexuality and relationships…
Their lives… their dreams… and their reality……