Posts Tagged ‘Masaan’

Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan Bags 2 Top Awards at Cannes – FIPRESCI & Un Certain Regard

Posted: May 24, 2015 by moifightclub in Awards, cinema, Film Festival, Indie, News, World Cinema
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Neeraj receiving FIPRESCI
FIPRESCI citation
Neeraj receiving Un Certain regard jury prize
Un certain regard citation
Neeraj receiving Un Certain regard jury prize
Neeraj with film’s producers
Masaan writer Varun Grover says cheers from Venice
Neeraj with Jury & other winners

(click on any pic to start the slide show)

Aha. It feels so good to write this post. And since Indian media is still busy covering gowns at Cannes, we feel like shouting out from rooftop that our Neeraj Ghaywan has bagged not one, but two-fucking-awards at Cannes! The first one is the FIPRESCI Award, which is given by the International Federation Of Film Critics. For other winners, click here.

The next win is in the Un Certain Regard section in which Masaan premiered and was in competition. The film won the Special Jury prize for Debut films/Promising Future (Prix de l’avenir). It shared the award with Ida Panahandeh’s Nahid. Click here for the video. For complete list of winners, click here.

Earlier, the film had received a standing ovation after its first screening. Click here for the video and all the pics. To check out film’s trailer and premiere pics, click here. And to know more about the film, its synopsis, cast & crew, click here.

(PS – whatever you think of Bombay Velvet, Anurag Kashyap still remains the best film school in India. Here is one more proof)

VIDEO : Standing ovation for “Masaan” at Cannes 2015

Posted: May 20, 2015 by moifightclub in cinema
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Finally! You have read about it, and now here is the video of that moment of glory – the long standing ovation for Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan, at its premiere on 19th May, 2015 at Cannes Film Festival. The claps continued long after the film got over. Cheers to the entire team of Masaan!

 

And click here to read an early and glowing review of the film by Screen Daily.

UPDATE : And we have got a small video of the presentation ceremony too. Do watch it.

Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan at Cannes (Trailer + Photos)

Posted: May 20, 2015 by moifightclub in cast & crew, cinema, Film Festival, first look, Indie, pics, Trailer
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Neeraj Ghaywan’s debut feature Masaan (Fly Away Solo) is premiering at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. Written by Varun Grover and starring Richa Chaddha, Sanjay Mishra, Vicky Kaushal and Shweta Tripathi, the film is competing in Un Certain regard section of the fest. Click here for the official synopsis, cast and crew list.

Here’s the trailer of the film

Click here to check out a new clip from the film.

And here are some happy faces of the film at the fest. Click on any pic to start the slide show.

Cast with Anupama Chopra
Masaan Cast on stage
Neeraj Ghaywan with producer Manish Mundra
Neeraj Ghaywan with cast
Ghaywan with Dardenne Brothers
Neeraj Ghaywan at photocall
Ghaywan receiving standing ovation
Richa Chadha, Neeraj Ghaywan, Shewta Tripathi, Vicky Kaushal
Vicky Kaushal, Richa Chadha, Shweta Tripathi
Writer Varun Grover in front, Mundra & Ghaywan at the back
Richa with film’s poster
Producer Manish Mundra
Varun & Neeraj
Vicky Kaushal, Shweta Tripathi, Neeraj Ghaywan, Richa Chaddha at the photocall
Ghaywan gets emotional
Receiving standing ovation

Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan & Gurvinder Singh’s Chauthi Koot selected for Cannes Film Festival, 2015

Posted: April 16, 2015 by moifightclub in cast & crew, cinema, Film Festival, Indie, News
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It seems like another good year for desi indies at Cannes. Two films have been selected in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival this year, and interestingly, both the films are Indo-French productions. Masaan (Fly Away Solo) is directed by our own Neeraj Ghaywan and written by Varun Grover. Both are editors and contributors at moiFightClub.

The second film is Gurvinder Singh’s Chauthi Koot.

Here are the details –

MASAAN (Fly Away Solo)

Synopsis

Four lives intersect along the Ganges – a lower-caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with a fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.

Neeraj Ghaywan had won the Global Filmmaker Award at Mahindra Sundance 2014 for Masaan, and was also part of the prestigious Mahindra Sundance Screenwriters’ Lab (Now Dhrishyam Sundance Lab).

The film is an Indo-French co-production produced by Manish Mundra, Macassar Productions, Phantom Films, Sikhya Entertainment, Arte France Cinema and Pathé productions.

Cast

Richa Chadda, Sanjay Mishra, Vicky Kaushal, Shweta Tripathi, Vineet Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi, Bhupesh Singh, Bhagwan Tiwari, Satya Kam Anand and Nikhil Sahani.

Crew

Director : Neeraj Ghaywan

Writer : Varun Grover

Editor : Nitin Baid
DoP: Avinash Arun Dhaware
Songs composed by: Indian Ocean
Background score: Bruno Coulais
Sound: Sanjay Maurya, Allwin Rego & Gilles Benardeau
Casting Director: Mukesh Chhabra
Costume: Shruti Kapoor
Production Design: Ranjit Singh
First Assistant Director: Karuna Dutt
Co-produced by: Dipa De Motwane

Associate Producers: Ranjan Singh and Rati Shankar Tripathi.

Chauthi Koot

Chauthi Koot (Fourth Direction), Gurvinder Singh’s second movie after Anhe Ghore Da Daan, is based on two short stories by Punjabi writer Waryam Singh Sandhu. Chauthi Koot has been co-produced by Kartikeya Singh and Sunil Doshi in India, and Catherine Dussart in France. The film is about the state-sponsored crimes of the 1980s and the resistance movement it spawned.

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