The 14th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) and 53rd London Film Festival will premiere 4 of the movies which are produced by Big Pictures, including Well Done Abba’, ‘Abohamaan’, ‘Kutty Srank’ and ‘Janala’.
 
‘Kutty Srank’ and ...

The 11th annual Osian's-Cinefan Film Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, which is slated to kick off on Oct 24, will be concentrating more on Indian movies.
 
"Osian's-Cinefan's young friends Vishal Bhardwaj, Imtiaz Ali, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap and Dibakar Banerjee along with their ...

The first international film festival on the Right to Information will kick off in New Delhi on Oct 7. This film festival is being conducted to showcase and emphasized the issues which are faced by common man.
 
This five-day event is being conducted as a collaboration of various civil ...

Tamil Nadu State awards for the movies of 2007 and 2008 were announced on Monday.  While Rajnikant grabbed the 2007 award with his spectacular performance in ‘Sivaji - The Boss’, Kamal Haasan was adjudged the best actor for 2008 for his ‘Dasavatharam’. Tamil Nadu Chief ...

Dilip Mehta is thrilled with the responses he has received for his directorial debut, ‘Cooking With Stella’, at the Toronto International Film as well as Cinfest Sudbury.
 
"Seema Biswas and I flew to Sudbury where our film was opening the Cinefest Sudbury International Film ...

Hollywood movie, ‘Precious’ has been awarded with ‘People`s Choice award’ at the Toronto Film Festival.
 
The film stars Hollywood singing sensation Mariah Carey with promotional assistance from Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions. The film has captured the top award of ...

Konkan film ‘The Man Beyond the Bridge’ has been awarded with Discovery award by film critics at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
 
The 96-minute movie deals with major societal issues like faith, the environment and social taboos. ‘The Man Beyond the ...

With one more National Award to his credit, Adoor Goplakrishnan, has proved that he is really a veteran in the field of direction. He has won his 5th National Award for best direction for ‘Naalu Pennungal’.
 
"This is a film based on four different stories. The treatment of ...

Surprisingly, ace South Indian actor, Prakash Raj, has won the award under the Best Actor category at the National Film Awards for 2007. Along with him in the race for the award were Bollywood heroes, Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan. But, he left them all behind with his stunning performance in the ...

Even though the 55th National Awards Ceremony has been postponed due to the sudden death of the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, according to reports, “Gandhi My father, which has been the production venture of Anil Kapoor has grabbed 3 awards.
 
The movie has ...

56th South Indian Filmfare Awards 2009 was held at HICC in Hyderabad on August 01, 2009. The following is a list of the award winners in different South Indian language movies.

Malayalam

Best Film: Thirakkadha
Best Director: Ranjith (Thirakkadha)
Best Actor (Male): Lal ...

The 6th National Film Festival will be held at Kozhikode from the 3rd – 6th of August. Organised under Kerala State Chalachithra Academy, the festival will be inaugurated by State minister for Culture, M A Baby at the Tagore Centenary Hall on 3rd August.
 
The fest has 3 categories - ...

Germany's only Indian film festival has been scaled down since numerous sponsors had pulled out due to economic recession.  
 
The number of entries has dropped to 47 from 56 last year and will be shown at a venue on the outskirts of Stuttgart instead of in the city centre as in ...

AR Rahman and Danny Boyle have been invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to join its list of voting members.

Rahman has got the invitation for his music in "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" and British Director Danny Boyle is also ...

Director Piyush Jha’s Hindi thriller ‘Sikandar’ and Marathi film ‘Samaantar’ have been nominated in two different categories at the Bollywood and Beyond Film Festival, scheduled to be held at Stuttgart from 14-19 July. The movie ‘Sikandar’ is in contention ...

Ashutosh Gowariker's historical romance 'Jodhaa Akbar' won as many as 10 awards including the best movie at the 10th edition of International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) award ceremony held at Macau on Saturday (June 13). The extravagant cine event was attended by over 12000 guests. Hrithik Roshan ...

Noted Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi has been conferred with the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Global Leadership Award at Macau on Friday (June 12). IIFA brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan presented the award to Shabana Azmi. The 58-year-old acclaimed actress has been nominated for the ...

The three-day International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) award ceremony kicked off in Macau on Thursday (June 11). Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan inaugurated the 10th edition of the prestigious event by planting a lotus flower, the official flower of both India and Macau. The 2009 IIFA event ...

Bollywood actor Zayed Khan and VJ turned actor Sophie Chaudhary will play hosts at the 10th edition of International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA), commencing at Macau from June 11-13. The three-day extravagant awards ceremony will witness the performances of Bollywood actresses like Aishwarya ...

Austrian director Michael Haneke bagged the Palme d’Or for best film of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival for his movie 'Das Weisse Band' (The White Ribbon). Michael Haneke's movie tells the story of series of crimes that rocks a village in northern Germany on the eve of World War One. The ...

Noted actor Manoj Kumar has been conferred with Phalke Ratna Award in Mumbai on Monday (May 4). The award ceremony was organized to commemorate the 140th birth anniversary of the legendary filmmaker Dadasaheb Phalke. Apart from Manoj Kumar, actor Prithviraj Kapoor was posthumously honoured with ...

The 59-year-old Oscar Award winning actress, Meryl Streep is all set to get the life achievement award at the Rome Film Festival. Streep has been nominated for the Marcus Aurelius Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding career in cinema. The previous winners of this coveted lifetime ...

The 54th Idea Filmfare Awards were held yesterday with 'Jodha Akbar' bagging most of the top awards. Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan hosted the event. Earlier Shah Rukh Khan was slated to host the event but the plan was changed at the last minute due to his shoulder injury.
 
Filmfare Awards ...

This year's Oscar awards night saw Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire' at the top of the list with a total of 8 Academy honours. Indian music maestro AR Rahman won two awards for his work in 'Slumdog Millionaire'. British director Danny Boyle received the Best Director award while his Mumbai-shot ...

The documentary film based on Indian plot, 'Smile Pinki' won the Best Documentary Short Subject award at the 81st Annual Academy Awards. The documentary directed by American filmmaker Megan Mylan is based on a poor Indian village girl Pinki whose cleft lip made her a social outcast. After receiving ...

Danny Boyle's Mumbai-based globally acclaimed film, 'Slumdog Millionaire' won eight Oscar Awards including two for AR Rahman and one for Resul Pookutty. Earlier the Mumbai-shot movie bagged as many as 10 Academy Awards nominations. 'Slumdog Millionaire' deals with the story of a teen-aged tea boy ...

The extravagant 81st Academy Awards night at Los Angeles surely belonged to India as 36-year-old Resul Pookutty bagged the Oscar honour for best sound mixing for the much acclaimed film 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Apart from Pookutty, Indian music genius AR Rahman also won two Academy Awards for his ...

The amazing Indian music maestro AR Rahman created history by becoming the first Indian to garb two Oscar glories for his creativity in British filmmaker Danny Boyle’s 'Slumdog Millionaire'. AR Rahman received the first Oscar honour for the best original score in the movie 'Slumdog ...

A document has been published on the internet supposedly listing the ‘winners’ of this weekend’s Academy Awards. The document seems to be authentic because it bears an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences letterhead. The document also bears what looks like the signature of ...

The host of this year's Oscar Awards ceremony, Hugh Jackman is expected to sing at the gala event. Apart from Jackman, Beyonce Knowles is also likely to give her performance at the 81st Annual Academy Awards commencing on Sunday (February 22). According to media reports, Jackman and Knowles will be ...