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Anurag Kashyap’s Mukkabaaz, Hansal Mehta’s Omerta, & Bornila Chatterjee’s The Hungry To Premiere At TIFF, 2017

Posted: July 25, 2017 by moifightclub in cinema, Film Festival, first look, Indie, News, pics
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Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has unveiled the first set of film titles premiering in the Gala and Special Presentations programmes in this year’s edition of the fest. Three Indian films will have there world premiere at Toronto. All the three films are part of Special Presentations.

Anurag Kashyap’s latest film Mukkebaaz is titled The Brawler for the fest edition. The 145-min long film is about a lower caste boxer struggling to make his mark on the boxing world. The film stars Vineet Singh in the lead role.

Hansal Mehta’s Omerta recounts the story of infamous British-born terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who kidnapped and murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002. It stars Raj Kummar Rao in the lead and is 96 minutes long.

The third one is Bornilla Chatterjee’s The Hungry. It relocates Shakespeare’s bloody tragedy Titus Andronicus to modern-day India, where corruption, greed, and revenge run rampant at an extravagant wedding.

First Look : Shanker Raman’s Gurgaon (Poster/Trailer)

Posted: July 23, 2017 by moifightclub in cinema, film, first look, Indie, Poster, Trailer
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Well known cinematographer Shanker Raman makes his directorial debut with Gurgaon. Though Versova’s rumour mills suggest he might have ghost-directed one of the most acclaimed indies (insert wink-wink-nudge-nudge emoji). Produced by JAR Pictures, the film stars Akshay Oberoi, Ragini Khanna, Pankaj Tripathi, Aamir Bashir and Shalini Vatsa.

Here’s the official synopsis –

Kehri Singh, a real estate baron, runs his business ‘Preet Real Estate’ in his daughter’s name. She is his lucky charm and the apple of his eye. Kehri Singh’s oldest son Nikki Singh, is often side-lined by his father as a brash, insolent, good for nothing, who only brings bad luck. Driven by his need to pay off a large debt to a local bookie, Nikki Singh sets off a chilling chain of events, that unwittingly force his cold-blooded father to confront his buried past.

Gurgaon, is a cautionary tale that reminds us of the famous saying, what goes around, comes around.

It was selected at Work-In-Progress Lab of NFDC Film Bazaar in 2015, won the Prasad DI Award in the fiction feature category.

Here’s the film’s trailer :

First Look : Samarth Mahajan’s docu The Unreserved (Trailer)

Posted: February 11, 2017 by moifightclub in Documentary, first look, Indie, Trailer
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While watching Garath Davis’ film Lion last week, i was wondering why we don’t shoot the Indian Railways the way these firangi directors capture it in their films. Remember the thrilling sequence with the kid hanging upside down in Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire? Till 80s, we were still portraying the trains in our films. But now it’s limited to occasional chaiyya chaiyya or tap tap tippa.

And here comes an entire film set in our railways. Three friends – Samarth Mahajan, Rajat Bhargava, and Omkar Divekar embarked on a train journey covering a distance of about 25,000 km over a period of 17 days. They documented their stories on twitter too (click the thread embedded in post). Almost after a year, all these stories have turned into a film.

Here’s the trailer of the film

The film will be available online from 15th Feb.

Shubhashish Bhutiani’s Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation) To Premiere At Venice Film Festival. Trailer Out

Posted: August 30, 2016 by moifightclub in cinema, Film Festival, first look, Indie, News, Story / Plot / Synopsis, Trailer
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Mukti BhawanIn 2013, Shubhashish Bhutiani’s short film Kush had premiered at Venice Film Festival and it won the Orizzonti Award For the Best Short film. This year, he is returning to Venice with his debut feature, Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation).

The film was one of the the 4 projects that was selected for 4th Biennale College – Cinema (2015 – 2016). This is the initiative launched in 2012 by the Biennale di Venezia to promote new talents, offering them the opportunity to work side by side with the masters in the making of micro-budget feature films.

The film stars stars Adil Hussain, Lalit Behl, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Palomi Ghosh, Navnindra Behl and Anil K Rastogi.

Its first trailer is out. Do have a look.

At first glance, it looks like the perfect exotic subject for the west. But its bittersweet charm disarms you quickly.

Official Synopsis

An ominous dream convinces 77-year-old Dayanand Kumar that his end could be near. He takes the news to his son Rajiv, knowing he wants to breathe his last in the holy city of Varanasi and end the cycle of rebirth, by attaining salvation. Being the dutiful son he is, Rajiv is left with no choice but to drop everything and make the journey with his stubborn father. Daya and Rajiv check into Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation) in Varanasi, a guesthouse devoted to people who want to die there. But as the days go by, Rajiv struggles to juggle his responsibilities back home, while Daya starts to bloom in the hotel. Rajiv gives his father a shot at salvation but as family bonds are tested, he finds himself torn, and not knowing what he must do to keep his life together.

Credits

Writer & Director: Shubhashish Bhutiani
Producer: Sanjay Bhutiani & Sajida Sharma
Director of Photography: Michael McSweeney & David Huwiler
Production Design: Avyakta Kapur
Editor: Manas Mittal
Music Composer: Tajdar Junaid
Sound Design: Ajay Kumar PB & Akhilesh Acharya
Costume Design: Shruti Wadetiwar
Dialogues: Assad Hussain
First Assistant Director: Abbas Khan
Production Company: Red Carpet Moving Pictures Pvt. Ltd.

To know more about the film, its FB page is here.

Konkona Sensharma’s Directorial Debut ‘A Death In The Gunj’ To Premiere At TIFF + Trailer Out

Posted: July 27, 2016 by moifightclub in cinema, Film Festival, first look, Indie, News, Trailer
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Going by this wicked short film directed by Konkona Sensharma, we felt it was just a matter of time till she graduates to features. So here’s the good news – her feature directorial debut, A Death In The Gunj is ready, and the film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

With this film, Abhishek Chaubey and Honey Trehan have turned producers with their new production banner, MacGuffin Pictures.

The film’s festival trailer is also out. Do have a look.

We don’t have exact synopsis of the film yet, but here’s what TIFF says about the film – Award-winning actor Konkona Sensharma makes her feature debut as a writer-director with this coming-of-age story about a shy young Indian student who quietly and fatefully unravels during a family road trip.

The film’s cast includes Vikrant Massey, Ranvir Shorey, Kalki Koechlin, Gulshan Devaiah, Tillotama Shome, Jim Sarbh, Tanuja Mukherjee, Om Puri and Arya Sharma.

First Look : Anurag Kashyap’s Raman Raghav 2.0 (Trailer)

Posted: May 10, 2016 by moifightclub in cinema, first look, Indie, Trailer
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First came the posters and the stills. And now, the trailer is out. As the Cannes festival is all set to kick off, this seems to be the apt time to drop the trailer of Anurag Kashyap’s Raman Raghav 2.0. The film will have its world premiere at the fest in Directors’ Fortnight section.

Do check it out.

And if you are twitter, do participate in your poll.

13177326_884735191649046_4481842317797411431_nThe film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal and Sobhita Dhulipala in the lead. The film will release on 24th June, 2016.

And here’s the official synopsis – Set in present day Mumbai the story follows the life of a serial killer Ramanna who is inspired by an infamous serial killer from the 1960s Raman Raghav.
His strange obsession with Raghavan, a young Cop keeps growing as he closely follows him without his knowledge and often creates situations where both of them come face to face.

 

First Look : Hardik Mehta’s docu “Amdavad Ma Famous” (Trailer)

Posted: April 27, 2016 by moifightclub in Documentary, film, Film Festival, first look, Indie, Poster, Trailer
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Hardik Mehta’s documentary, Amdavad Ma Famous (Famous In Ahmedabad), bagged the National Award For Best Non-Feature film (Swarna Kamal) this year. Its next stop is the prestigious Hot Docs aka Canadian International Documentary Festival. The fest has put up the first trailer of the film.

Do check it out

AMFAnd here’s the official synopsis from the fest site –

Zaid is a playful kid with a love of kites that quickly spirals into an addiction. He starts skipping school, risking life and limb in traffic and trespassing on rooftops, all in pursuit of high-flying fun. Is he just being a kid—or is he becoming a criminal? A sublime social commentary on adult hypocrisy and childhood curiosity.

Crew

Director : Hardik Mehta
Producer : Arya Menon, Akanksha Tewari
Editor : Hardik Mehta
Cinematographer : Piyush Puty
Composer : Alokananda Dasgupta
Sound: Manoj Goswami
Website: https://www.facebook.com/amdavadmafamous/

 

First Look : Anurag Kashyap’s Raman Raghav 2.0 (Poster + Stills)

Posted: April 25, 2016 by moifightclub in bollywood, cinema, Film Festival, first look, On location, Stills, Xclusive
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The first look of Anurag Kashyap’s new film, Raman Raghav 2.0, is out. The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal and Sobhita Dhulipala in the lead.

The film will have its world premiere at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.

Do check out the poster and the stills.

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Raman Raghav Poster
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Sobhita Dhulipala
Vicky Kaushal
Vicky Kaushal

First Look (Trailer) : Anu Menon’s Waiting

Posted: April 23, 2016 by moifightclub in first look, Indie, Poster, Trailer
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The first look of Anu Menon’s new film, Waiting, is out. Do check out the trailer.

WaitingThe film stars Naseeruddin Shah and Kalki Koechlin in the lead, and it also has Rajat Kapoor, Sushasini Maniratnam, and Arjun Mathur.

Going by official release – WAITING is a film about the special relationship between Shiv (Naseeruddin Shah) and Tara (Kalki Koechlin), who befriend each other unexpectedly in a hospital while nursing their individual spouses in coma. It is a film about grief, yes, but it is also about confronting it with optimism and learning to live with courage, love with faith and laugh with hope.

Minor grouse – the way the song is laid out in the background of the trailer, with dialogues coming on top of words (of the song), its difficult to hear either. Wish it was just music, and not words, when there are dialogues on top. One really has to strain hard to get everything

Cast & Crew

Ishka Films & Drishyam Films PRESENT

WAITING

DIRECTED BY Anu Menon

CAST: Naseeruddin Shah, Kalki Koechlin, Rajat Kapoor, Sushasini Maniratnam, Arjun Mathur

PRODUCED BY: Priti Gupta, Manish Mundra

SCREENPLAY: Anu Menon, James Ruzicka

DIALOGUE: Atika Chohan

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Neha Parti Matiyani

EDITING: Nitin Baid, Apurva Asrani

MUSIC: Mikey McCleary

SOUND: Roland Heap, Udit Duseja, Mandar Kamalapurkar

CASTING: Shubham Gaur, Gautam Pisharody

PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Prajakta Ghag

CHOREOGRAPHY: Shampa Gopikrishna

VFX: Bibek Basu

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Nancy Nisa Beso

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Poonam Punjabi, Shiladitya Bora

Trailer of Raam Reddy’s ‘Thithi’ Is Out

Posted: April 20, 2016 by moifightclub in cinema, film, first look, Indie, Trailer
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After doing the fest rounds, Raam Reddy’s debut feature Thithi is all set to release in India on 6th May, 2016. And its trailer is out today.

Recently, the film bagged the National Award for Best Film in Kannada. Last year, it also won two Golden Leopards at the  Locarno Film Festival.

According to official release, Thithi is a realistic, light-hearted Kannada-language film about how three generations of sons react to the death of their patriarch, Century Gowda: a locally renowned, highly cranky 101-year-old man.

Cast & Crew

Director: Raam Reddy
Writers: Eregowda, Raam Reddy
Producers: Pratap Reddy, Sunmin Park
Director of Photography: Doron Tempert
Editors: John Zimmerman, Raam Reddy
Sound Design: Nithin Lukose
Lead Cast: Thammegowda S., Channegowda, Abhishek H.N., Pooja S.M.
Production Companies: Prspctvs Productions (India), Maxmedia (USA)

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