The Young India

Kartikey Sehgal

Despite the presence of several journalists at the recently concluded Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI ) certain ‘disturbances’ have not been brought out well in the newspapers.
Since it is being talked about for its ‘seventy percent growth in delegate registration’, the behaviour of the delegates (more like a representative than a common movie watcher) must be brought out publically too.

For instance, Iranian director Saman Estereki came to the premiere of his film ‘Empty Chair’ with big…

Kartikey Sehgal
At the premiere show of the movie Dashavatar

The premiere show of the Hindi movie ‘Dashavatar’ was among the better organised movie screenings I have attended. Atul Tiwari, who has penned the Hindi dialogues for the film, was polite and patient with the invitees and happy over the release of the movie. Some months back he had remarked that he was very eagerly waiting for the movie to reach across to the Hindi speaking audience.

Nimesh Advani and
Ipsita Bandyopadhyay

“Snapshot of memories” or simply an awry screenplay? Nimesh Advani and Ipsita Bandyopadhyay think differently about the movie ‘Delhi-6‘.

Nimesh [1 out of 4] writes that “…there are so many characters and so many sub plots that I was confused where to look next…”

Ipsita [3 out of 4] writes that “Do we remember dreams/childhood memories clearly? But some events, images, sights, sounds, smells stand out.”

Ranjana Dave

A concert hall is home to an audience that is as varied as chalk and cheese. In a Kafkaesque moment, one can imagine a supermarket alley with all types of people waving from their shelves.

Let’s look at some of the audience species.