Archive for October 14, 2010

First Look : Phas Gaya Re Obama (Poster, Trailer & Synopsis)

Posted: October 14, 2010 by moifightclub in bollywood, cast & crew, film, first look, pics, songs & videos, Story / Plot / Synopsis, Trailer
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The film is directed by Subhash Kapoor and stars Rajat Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, Manu Rishi, Amole Gupte and Sanjay Mishra. Its distributed by Warner Brothers.

According to official release, Phas Gaye Re Obama is a comedy set against the backdrop of global recession. The film traces the journey of Om Shashtri, an American citizen of Indian origin, who loses all his wealth overnight to the global recession & has been asked to vacate his home by the bank unless he pays up $100,000 (mortgaged amount) within 30 days.

Seeing no other option Om comes to India to sell a small piece of an ancestral property. But within days of landing in India he is kidnapped by a ‘recession-hit’ underworld gang those who think that he is still a millionaire. What happens to Om, is he able to save his home, how did the ‘poor’ gangster cope with their ‘poor’ catch & what do small town Indian gangsters have to say to President Obama… that’s what the film is all about.

 

Oscar Race for Best Foreign Language Film – Peepli Live to compete with 64 films

Posted: October 14, 2010 by moifightclub in Awards, cinema, News
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And thats not all.

Out of the 65 films, some are festival favourites and winners too. There is Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Biutiful (Mexico), Xavier Beauvois’s Of Gods and Men (France – Grand Prix at 2010 Cannes), Apichatpong Weerathesakul’s Uncle Boonmee Can Recall His Past Lives (Thailand – Palm d’Or Cannes 2010), Susanne Bier’s In a Better World (Denmark), Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies Canada), Danis Tanovic’s Circus Columbia (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Florin Serban’s If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle ( Silver Bear at Berline 2010), Semih Kaplanoglu’s Bal ( golden Bear at Berlin 2010), and Oliver Schmitz’s “Life, Above All” (South Africa).

Here is the complete list…

Albania – East, West, East, directed by Gjergj Xhuvani

Algeria – Outside the Law, directed by Rachid Bouchareb

Argentina – Carancho, Pablo Trapero

Austria – La Pivellina, directed by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel

Azerbaijan – Precinct, directed by Ilgar Safat

Bangladesh – Third Person Singular Number, directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki

Belgium – Illegal, directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Cirkus Columbia, directed by Danis Tanovic

Brazil – Lula, o filho do Brasil, directed by Fábio Barreto

Bulgaria – Eastern Plays, directed by Kamen Kalev

Canada – Incendies, directed by Denis Villeneuve

Chile – The Life of Fish, directed by Matías Bize

China – Aftershock, directed by Feng Xiaogang

Colombia – Crab Trap, directed by Oscar Ruíz Navia

Costa Rica – Of Love and Other Demons, directed by Hilda Hidalgo

Croatia – The Blacks, directed by Goran Devic and Zvonimir Juric

Czech Republic – Kawasaki’s Rose, directed by Jan Hrebejk

Denmark – In a Better World, directed by Susanne Bier

Egypt – Messages From The Sea, directed by Daoud Abdel Sayed

Estonia – The Temptation of St. Tony, directed by Veiko Öunpuu

Ethiopia – The Athlete, directed by Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew

Finland – Steam of Life, directed by Joonas Berghail & Mika Hotakainen

France – Of Gods and Men, directed by Xavier Beauvois

Georgia – Street Days, directed Levan Koguashvili

Germany – When We Leave, directed by Feo Aladag

Greece – Dogtooth, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

Greenland – Nuummioq, directed by Torben Bech and Otto Rosing

Hong Kong – Echoes of the Rainbow, directed by Alex Law

Hungary – Bibliteque Pascal, directed by Szabolcs Hajdu

Iceland – Mamma Gógó, directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson

India – Peepli Live, directed by Anusha Rizvi

Indonesia – How Funny (This Country Is), directed by Deddy Mizwar

Iran – Farewell Baghdad, directed by Mehdi Naderi

Iraq – Son of Babylon, directed by Mohamed Al-Daradji

Italy – The First Beautiful Thing, directed by Paolo Virzì

Israel – The Human Resources Manager, directed by Eran Riklis

Japan – Confessions, directed by Tetsuya Nakashima

Kazakhstan – Strayed, directed by Akan Satayev

Latvia – Hong Kong Confidential, directed by Maris Martinsons

Macedonia – Mothers, directed by Milcho Manchevski

Mexico – Biutiful, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

Netherlands – Tirza, directed by Rudolph van den Berg

Nicaragua – Le Yuma, directed by Florence Jaugey

Norway – Angel, directed by Margreth Olin

Peru – Undertow, directed by Javier Fuentes-León

Philippines – Noy, directed by Dondon Santos

Poland – All That I Love, directed by Jacek Borcuch

Portugal – To Die Like A Man, directed by João Pedro Rodrigues

Puerto Rico – Miente, directed by Rafi Mercado

Romania – If I Want to Whistle…I Whistle, directed by Florin Serban

Russia – The Edge, directed by Aleksei Uchitel

Serbia – Besa, directed by Srdjan Karanovic

Slovakia – The Border, directed by Jaroslav Vojtek

Slovenia – 9:06, directed by Igor Sterk

South Africa – Life, Above All, directed by Oliver Schmitz

South Korea – A Barefoot Dream, directed by Tae-gyun Kim

Spain – Even The Rain, directed by Iciar Bollain

Sweden – Simple Simon, directed by Andreas Ohman

Switzerland – La petite chambre, directed by Stéphanie Chaut & Véronique Reymond

Taiwan – Monga, directed by Doze Niu

Thailand – Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, directed by Apichatpong Weerathesakul

Turkey – Honey ( Bal), directed by Semih Kaplanoglu

Venezuela – Hermano, directed by Marcel Rasquin