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[Malayaali]

Kochi International Film Festival: Kurosawa classics for film buffs

A few of his greatest movies will be included under a special category titled
‘The centenary of masters’, one of the major highlights of the week-long festival.

The Kochi International Film Festival (KIFF) scheduled to begin on December 16 will pay tribute to the legendary film maker Akira Kurosawa.

A few of his greatest movies will be included under a special category titled ‘The centenary of masters’, one of the major highlights of the week-long festival.

The specialty of the package is that it will showcase the movies in a chronological order which is in tune with the turn of events that happened in the life of Kurosawa, whose centenary was celebrated in 2010.

“This will be a fitting tribute to Kurosawa who directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years,” said KIFF director Raveendran. The films selected for the festival include ‘The most beautiful’, ‘Sanshiro Sugata’, ‘No Regrets for Our Youth’, ‘Rashomon’, ‘Throne of Blood’, ‘The Lower Depths’ and ‘Dodes’ka-den’.

The ‘most beautiful’ narrates the tale of seven young women and is set in the backdrop of second world war. The movie depicts the dedication and devotion of these women towards their work amidst hardships and injury.

“The films, including ‘Sanshiro Suagata’ which was filmed in 1945 during the end of World War II and ‘No regrets for our youth,’ are films that mark the beginning of his glorious career,” says Raveendran.

The festival will also feature Rashomon (1950), the movie which shows a crime from the point of view of different persons. “The movie holds utmost importance in Kurosawa’s career. Rashomon not only won critical acclaim and awards but also enjoyed commercial success and opened new windows for Japanese films to the intentional arena,” he added .

The KIFF will be held at five theatres in the city from December 16 to 23.

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Kolkata actor in Madras Cafe

Lot's of B'wood movies are scened in Kochi these days.

Having done cameos in 30 films, Arijit Dutta makes his Bollywood debut with Shoojit's next

Prosenjit Chatterjee is no more a part of it, but a lot seems to be brewing at Shoojit Sircar's Madras Cafe. Arijit Dutta has been roped in to play an LTTE commando in the film, which will also mark his Bollywood debut.

From what has emerged so far, Prosenjit too was supposed to play a militant in the film. But Arijit says he is not doing the role, which was turned down by the actor. "I was already a part of the venture before Prosenjit Chatterjee backed out. Even then, I'm the only actor from Kolkata to be a part of the venture." Talking about how he was signed on for the role, Arijit says, "Around a month back, I met Shoojit at a party. He tapped my shoulder and when I turned around, he said, 'Will you do a role in my film?' I was pleasantly surprised, but thought it was for a Bengali film, since Shoojit was the producer of Aparajita Tumi. Next I got calls from the unit and Shoojit also asked me to send him my portfolio pictures in jungle gear and Gandhi specs. He loved what he saw and I landed myself the role."

Arijit will be joining the unit in Cochin from December 12, where he has a three-day schedule, before heading to Delhi and Mumbai to complete the next leg of the shoot. All geared up to begin shooting, Arijit says, "The script has been sent to me, but the best part about Shoojit is that he doesn't insist on cramming the dialogues. There's a lot of room for improvization." So, will he be more focussed on acting from now on, considering that he has only done cameos in Tollywood films so far? "For me, acting has always been fun. I've done cameos in 30 films, but after Madras Cafe and also Goutam Ghose's Shunyo Awnko, where I play an activist, I think I'll be more choosy about roles," he says.

[Malayaali]

Amruta Patki to star in Paisa Paisa

The model-turned-actress features in the promotional song of Prashanth Murali's Indrajith-Mamta Mohandas starrer

Here's one more newcomer testing the waters in M-Town. Model-turned-actress Amruta Patki is now in Kochi shooting for her first Malayalam film, albeit in its promotional song. This is a first in the Malayalam film industry for Amruta, who has earlier starred in the Hindi film Hide and Seek.

"I've known Paisa Paisa producer Raj Zacharia for a long time now. He has also shot me for an ad film. So when he said he's looking for a face with an international appeal for the promo song of the film and offered me to play the part, I gladly agreed. Moreover, I was considering making an entry into the South film industry as well. So, things just fell in place," Amruta tells us.

While she had Malayalam lines to lip sync in the Malayalam-English song, Amruta says she managed just fine, what with a crew that was so helpful. "Though I've modelled for many South brands, this is the first time I'm working in the south film industry. And I'm all in awe. Just two days into the shoot and I'm impressed by how things work here. Everyone is so down-to-earth and systematic. While my song shoot was scheduled to get over by 9.30 last night, choreographer Gayathri had co-ordinated everything so well that we could pack up two hours in advance. The way the industry respects time is awesome. It goes on to save a lot of money too," she states.

While she's serious about carving a niche down south, Amruta tells us that she's currently in talks with a handful of filmmakers for some films. "Things are just shaping up; I'll let you into the details when concrete plans are chalked out," she signs off.

[Malayaali]

The M.I.A factor

Sri Lankan-British singing sensation M.I.A will perform for the first time in India as part of the Kochi Muziris Biennale. She speaks to Priyadershini S. about her music rooted in dissent, politics, art, spirituality and India

She came rapping into the hearts of the young. Rapping about issues that the world would conveniently like to forget. Her original style of electronic, hip hop and world music caught the imagination of a generation wired together in cyberspace. Her strikingly fresh style in art engaged onlookers. Through the two, art and music, her stage acquired a new lingo, a cool dimension. She received acclaim and phenomenal success almost immediately. British singing sensation of Tamil descent, Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam, M.I.A. will be presenting a music concert, her first in India, at the inauguration of the Kochi Muziris Biennale. Her art work too will be exhibited during the event.

With Madonna

M.I.A. has shared stage space with musical greats like Madonna and Rihanna, standing there in her own right. She has sung and been a part of the A.R. Rahman’s team for the music of Slumdog Millionaire.

Known for her avant-garde music, she has been nominated twice for the Grammy awards, an Academy award, the Mercury Prize and the Alternative Turner Prize award. And yet M.I.A. is nervous about her concert here. “It is more nerve-wracking than singing along with Madonna,” she says, in her slow drawl, sitting elegantly in the Old Harbour Hotel in Fort Kochi, unsure if her music will strike a chord with listeners here. M.I.A. is without her tour group and that makes her task a real challenge.

She plans to give an Indian touch to the concert by making interactive music with traditional local musicians and involving children from schools close by. “I am the bridge between the East and the West, I don’t want to abandon one for the other,” she says, indicating the global space that she has created with her music and art.

M.I.A.’s story is one of displacement of a young girl who fled from war-torn Jaffna to Chennai and moved on to London. There she created a space for her and her countrymen. The Tamil cause features strongly in her music and yet the singer has moved above to encompass a global approach to issues of discrimination, genocide, migration, displacement and acceptance.

Maya’s father Arul Pragasam was a Tamil activist and later became a mediator between the Tamil and the Sri Lankan government. But M.I.A. and her brother saw little of their father. What they saw and experienced were hardships of a life of a refugee, the struggle to merge with a new culture, adopt and adapt and be accepted. She says with the maturity of a person much ahead of her 37 years, “It is important to not let politics become contagious,” and talks of a tumultuous journey that need not end in hate and revenge but in a reincarnated form where peace rules.

M.I.A?

Her name M.I.A. evokes curiosity. “It is a coincidence that Mathangi is the Goddess of Music and the spoken word, which can be rap,” she says elucidating that she found this information on research. “The Goddess is an untouchable and can be a refugee; she carries a sword for a cause, and in the chant- Aum Aim Hrim …. the word AIM is an anagram for M.I.A. M.I.A.also stands for ‘Missing In Action’, which often happens to people in war-torn zones.”

MIA began her studies as an art student, making posters, covers, tee shirts, set designs and stage designs. “The way I was doing it was cool. It was nice to have music as a platform for art because it got into popular commercial culture. I had to make my space look artistic rather than putting my art in a gallery. This led to visual appearance onto the Internet.”

Her art is not conceptual but direct like her music. Her first album, Arular, 2005, named after her father, was about finding something new. “I was angry but optimistic,” she says. With Kala, her next album, named after her mother, she moved on to discovering herself. “I discovered that everybody was the same- Ram, Sam or Cham, be it Indian, American or Chinese.” Maya, her third album, came at a time when China banned Google, When Blackberry was suspected of spying, when FaceBook was sold to Google. It was in an era when IP was currency. It was people’s lives in personal details. Maya was literally about the concept of ‘maya’ in Hinduism, of illusion. After Maya, she says she came up with a tough love album where her fans had to find the gems and find real information, she says.

M.I.A. feels very close to India, having studied in Chennai in her early years. “I came to India because it was open to me again. I was involved with Slumdog Millionaire. That happens all the time in India. There is an ‘Indian Dream’ and I want to find out about that.” Her visit has brought her closer to Indian spirituality. She discovered the Goddess who stands for her name and represents freedom of speech, somewhere simulating the Goddess through her music and art.

“The concept of freedom of speech is 5,000 year old, represented by a woman who is an untouchable and a refugee, who fights for free speech and rapping. It is not new to India. This discovery was very liberating. I was always struggling to communicate this. India made me realise this concept.”

Her outlook, shaped by her travails, is global and secular and yet at this point she finds herself attracted by spirituality. “I never pigeonhole my self into any religion but I feel it has found me. I am trying to make sense of it….the essence of the Mathangi concept.”

Kerala connect

Kerala is not new to M.I.A. either. She was here in 2005 “in the jungles” to make a music video with Rajesh Touchriver, whom she tracked via the Internet.

The art that Mathangi will be presenting is conceptualised on the fact that ancient Indian wisdom lies buried under a heap of present day plastic, plastic of credit cards, holograms and lenticular materials. It is a concept that has to be discussed now- money, cheap labour, piracy, counterfeiting…”

The Tamil issue is close to her heart. She reacts to it with maturity. “Tamils all over the world have a sense of belonging to the world itself but our ancient roots come from India. I would like to explore India. I will keep coming back. This is the closest I can get to home,” she says, with a tinge of rue.

[Malayaali]

Ann in Diphan’s next flick, SIM

SIM, as the title of Diphan’s next outing suggests, is based on the present, widespread usage of mobile phones.

Ann Augustine and Thattathin Marayathu fame Deepak Parambol will play the lead in this flick. The thriller flick will start rolling on December 12 and will be shot entirely in Kochi.

Produced by Royson Vellara under the banner RR Entertainment, its script will be penned by Suresh Satheesh. Music is composed by Gopi Sundar and Bharani K. Dharan who cranked the camera for Diphan’s Hero will be the cinematographer for this film.

Diphan’s Hero starring Prithviraj was not a success and the filmmaker is also a part of D Company, an action anthology series in M’town in which he is directing Gangs of Vadakkumnathan.

[Malayaali]

1st Kochi International Film Festival to launch on Dec 16

Everything is happening in Kochi

Sarita, Savita, Sangeetha, Shenoys & LS, Sridhar and DH open air auditorium are the venues.

കൊച്ചി അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര ചലച്ചിത്രമേളയ്ക്ക് 16ന് തിരിതെളിയും

കൊച്ചി: സിനിമാപ്രേമികളുടെ കാഴ്ചകളിൽ ആഘാതങ്ങളും ആഹ്ലാദങ്ങളും വിസ്മയങ്ങളും കൊണ്ട് സമ്പന്നമായ ഫ്രെയിമുകൾ നിറച്ച് കൊച്ചിയുടെ ആദ്യത്തെ അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര ചലച്ചിത്രോത്സവത്തിന് 16ന് തിരിതെളിയും. മേള മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി ഉമ്മൻചാണ്ടി ഉദ്ഘാടനം ചെയ്യും.

നൂറുവർഷത്തെ ഇന്ത്യൻ സിനിമാ ചരിത്രത്തിൽ നിന്ന് തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്ത ചിത്രങ്ങളുടെയും തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കപ്പെട്ട മലയാള ചിത്രങ്ങളുടെയും മലയാളത്തിലെ നവാഗത സിനിമകളുടെയും പ്രത്യേക വിഭാഗവും ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിട്ടുണ്ട്.

അക്കിരോ കുറോസോവയുടെ പത്ത് ചിത്രങ്ങൾ റെട്രോസ്പെക്ടീവ് വിഭാഗത്തിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു. കാൻ ചലച്ചിത്രമേളയിൽ പുരസ്കാരത്തിന് അർഹമായതും ചലച്ചിത്ര ആസ്വാദകർക്കിടയിൽ ചർച്ച ചെയ്യപ്പെട്ടതുമായ മൈക്കേൽ ഹാനേക്കിന്റെ അമോർ, ജാപ്പനീസ് ചലച്ചിത്രകാരനായ മൈക്കേൽ വിന്റർ ബോട്ടത്തിന്റെ എവരിഡേയും പ്രദർശനത്തിനുണ്ട്.

തിലകൻ, ജോസ്പ്രകാശ് എന്നിവരുടെ സ്മരണയ്ക്കായി അവരുടെ മികച്ച ചിത്രങ്ങളും മേളയിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിട്ടുണ്ട്. ഇന്ത്യയിലെ വിവിധ ഭാഷാചിത്രങ്ങളും ഫെസ്റ്റിവലിൽ ഉണ്ട്.

സരിത, സവിത, സംഗീത, ഷേണായീസ്, ലിറ്റിൽ ഷേണായീസ്, ശ്രീധർ തുടങ്ങിയ തിയേറ്ററുകൾ കൂടാതെ പൊതുജനങ്ങൾക്കായി ദർബാർ ഹാൾ ഗ്രൗണ്ടിൽ ഒരുക്കുന്ന ഓപ്പൺ സ്റ്റേജും കൊച്ചിയുടെ സിനിമാ മാമാങ്കത്തിന് വേദിയാകും. ചലച്ചിത്ര അവലോകനത്തിനും ആശയ സംവാദത്തിനുമായി ഓപ്പൺ ഫോറം ഉണ്ടാകും.

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Originally Posted by Malayaali

1st Kochi International Film Festival to launch on Dec 16

Everything is happening in Kochi

Sarita, Savita, Sangeetha, Shenoys & LS, Sridhar and DH open air auditorium are the venues.

So many are happening, but events are getting cluttered!!!! It spoils the mood.... Now in this month alone, we are having Biennale, GKSF, Film Festival, numerous of private festivals, Book Festival etc.......

Instead, like Dubai, we too must have a calender of events, making the events to spread thro' out the year and city getting into one mood for each festival time, unlike multiple things at one time and nothing during other time.......

Just now, IFFK has over, naturally before its hangover finished, another film festival is not indeed good.... Rather it would have been good if placed in Feb or March.....

[Malayaali]

Originally Posted by mohammedirshad06

So many are happening, but events are getting cluttered!!!! It spoils the mood.... Now in this month alone, we are having Biennale, GKSF, Film Festival, numerous of private festivals, Book Festival etc.......

Instead, like Dubai, we too must have a calender of events

October - March is the peak season of tourism in Kerala. We are receiving huge number of high spending international tourists now. So this is the best time to showcase Kochi. Moreover, half the year is drenched in rain, when we cannot hold big events, unlike DXB which doesn't have to counter such climate

[Malayaali]

Shakeela in Baiju’s KQ

Shakeela of the ample assets will be making another foray into Malayalam with KQ directed by Baiju Johnson. This film will see Baiju acting in the film along with a newcomer Anson Paul and has some well known Bollywood names like Vijay Raaz who will be debuting in Mollywood as the villain through this movie.

KQ will also mark Parvathy Omanakuttan’s Mollywood debut and the shoot is already going on in places around Kochi. Parvathy plays a London based journalist who is in Kerala to write about the life of the residents in Mattancherry and Baiju and Anson are two locals from the area.

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Shakthisree -Latest singing sensation from KOCHI ---interview

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[Malayaali]

1st Kochi International Film Festival from tomorrow

കൊച്ചി അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര ചലച്ചിത്രോത്സവം നാളെ തുടങ്ങും



കൊച്ചി: പ്രഥമ കൊച്ചി അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര ചലച്ചിത്രോത്സവത്തിന് ഞായറാഴ്ച തുടക്കമാകും. സരിത തിയേറ്റർ കോംപ്ലക്സിൽ വൈകീട്ട് 7 ന് മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി ഉമ്മൻചാണ്ടി ചലച്ചിത്രോത്സവം ഉദ്ഘാടനം ചെയ്യും. ഹെക്ടർ ഫെരാരി സംവിധാനം ചെയ്ത ബൊളീവിയൻ ചലച്ചിത്രം 'പാച്ച'യാണ് ഉദ്ഘാടന ചിത്രമെന്ന് സംഘാടകർ പത്രസമ്മേളനത്തിൽ പറഞ്ഞു.

തിരുവനന്തപുരത്ത് നടന്ന അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര ചലച്ചിത്രോത്സവത്തിലും ഗോവ അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര ചലച്ചിത്രോത്സവത്തിലും മികച്ച അഭിപ്രായങ്ങൾ നേടിയെടുത്ത 20 ചിത്രങ്ങൾ മേളയിൽ പ്രദർശിപ്പിക്കും. യൂറോപ്പ്-ലാറ്റിനമേരിക്ക എന്നിവിടങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുള്ള ചിത്രങ്ങളാണ് മേളയുടെ ആകർഷണം. അകിറ കുറസോവയുടെ നൂറാം ജന്മദിനത്തോടനുബന്ധിച്ച് ജപ്പാൻ ഫൗണ്ടേഷനുമായി സഹകരിച്ച് അദ്ദേഹം സംവിധാനം ചെയ്ത ഏഴോളം ചിത്രങ്ങളുടെ പ്രത്യേക പ്രദർശനവും ഉണ്ടാകും.

ജില്ലാ ഭരണകൂടം, കൊച്ചി നഗരസഭ, കൊച്ചിൻ ഗേറ്റ് വേ എന്റർടെയ്ൻമെന്റ് സൊസൈറ്റി, കൊച്ചിൻ ഫിലിം സൊസൈറ്റി, മെട്രോ ഫിലിം സൊസൈറ്റി, ജില്ല ടൂറിസം പ്രൊമോഷൻ കൗൺസിൽ, ഇൻഫർമേഷൻ പബ്ലിക് റിലേഷൻസ് വകുപ്പ് എന്നിവയുടെ ആഭിമുഖ്യത്തിലാണ് ചലച്ചിത്രോത്സവം. സരിത, സവിത, സംഗീത, ശ്രീധർ, ദർബാർ ഹാൾ ഗ്രൗണ്ട്, ചിൽഡ്രൻസ് തിയേറ്റർ എന്നിവിടങ്ങളിലാണ് ചിത്രങ്ങൾ പ്രദർശിപ്പിക്കുക.

എനിസ കൊയോള സംവിധാനം ചെയ്ത ലാവോസ് ചിത്രമായ 'അറ്റ് ദ ഹൊറൈസൺ', സാറ ബ്ലച്ചർ സംവിധാനം ചെയ്ത ദക്ഷിണാഫ്രിക്കൻ ചിത്രമായ 'ഒറ്റല്ലോ ബേണിങ്' എന്നീ ചിത്രങ്ങളുടെ പ്രദർശനം ഇന്ത്യയിലാദ്യമായി ഇവിടെ നടക്കും. തായ്ലൻഡിൽ നിന്നുള്ള അഞ്ച് സിനിമകളും പോളണ്ടിൽ നിന്നുള്ള എട്ട് സിനിമകളും ഇറാനിൽ നിന്നുള്ള ആറ് സിനിമകളും പ്രദർശിപ്പിക്കും. ഇറാനിയൻ ചലച്ചിത്രരംഗത്തെ സുപ്രധാന സാന്നിദ്ധ്യമായ മൊഹ്സിൻ മക്മൽബഫും കുടുംബവും കൊച്ചിയിലെത്തും.

രാവിലെ പത്തിനാണ് തിയേറ്ററുകളിലെ ആദ്യ പ്രദർശനം. ദർബാർ ഹാൾ ഗ്രൗണ്ടിൽ വൈകീട്ട് മാത്രമായിരിക്കും പ്രദർശനം. മറ്റിടങ്ങളിൽ ദിവസേന നാലു സിനിമകൾ വീതം പ്രദർശിപ്പിക്കും. ആർട്ട് ആൻഡ് സിനിമ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രത്യേക പരിപാടിയും സംഘടിപ്പിക്കും. ഡെലിഗേറ്റ് പാസുകൾക്ക് പുറമെ തിയേറ്ററുകളിൽ നിന്ന് ടിക്കറ്റുകളെടുക്കാനും സൗകര്യമുണ്ട്. ഡി.ടി.പി.സി. ഓഫീസ്, ചിൽഡ്രൻസ് തിയേറ്റർ, മാളുകൾ, ജില്ലാ ഭരണകേന്ദ്രം, അക്ഷയ കേന്ദ്രങ്ങൾ എന്നിവിടങ്ങളിൽ പാസുകൾ ലഭിക്കും. വിദ്യാർത്ഥികൾക്ക് 150 രൂപയും മറ്റുള്ളവർക്ക് 300 രൂപയുമാണ് നിരക്ക്. ഒരു ദിവസത്തെ സിനിമകാണാൻ 100 രൂപ ടിക്കറ്റും ലഭ്യമാണ്.

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[Malayaali]

50 foreign films for Kochi film fete

Bolivian film Pacha directed by Héctor Ferreiro, which was widely acclaimed at the Berlin Film Festival, will be the inaugural film at the Kochi International Film Festival set to get underway here on Sunday.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate the fest at the Saritha Theatre complex at 7 p.m.

The fest is being organised jointly by the district administration, Kochi Corporation, Cochin Film Society, Metro Film Society, District Tourism Promotion Council, and Information and Public Relations Department. Films will be screened at Saritha, Savitha, Sangeetha and Sridhar theatres, Durbar Hall Ground, and the Children’s Theatre.

Five films from Thailand, eight from Poland, and six from Iran will be part of the package of 50 foreign language films to be screened at the fest.

Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage’s ‘With You Without You’, Filipino director Brillante Mendoza’s ‘Daewoos’, Korean director Jeon Kyu-hwan's film ‘The Weight’, Israeli filmmaker Dan Wolman’s ‘Ben’s Biography’, ‘Tied Hands’ and ‘Valley of Strength’ will also be screened.

The separate category of Malayalam films will feature 18 films. The Indian category also includes three Hindi films and one film in Tulu language. Nitin Kakkar’s movie ‘Filmistan’, which received much attention in the Indian International Film Fest at Thiruvananthapuram, will be screened here as well.

[Malayaali]

cc: Manorama

[Malayaali]

Ayushmann Khurrana turns assistant director for Shoojit’s next film

Don’t be surprised if you see Ayushmaan Khurrana’s name in the credits as an AD (assistant director) for Shoojit Sircar’s Madras Café. The actor is flying to Kochi on December 20 to join the crew for five days.

In fact, only a few days ago, he spent five days on the sets. “I’ve never been idle on a film set. I enjoy watching actors perform and the director’s involvement in a scene,” says Ayushmann, who also worked as the fourth AD for a few days on Vicky Donor.

In the process, it seems, Ayushmann started enjoying himself. “In fact, I told Shoojit, ‘If people don’t like me in Vicky Donor, you have to take me on as the fourth AD. But thank God, the film worked and I have got more offers. Then one day, Shoojit called up and said, ‘You don’t have time to turn up on the sets now?’ That’s when I decided to go on the Madras Café sets.”

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The signature video of Kochi International Film Festival

[The Adventurer]

film festival has been a mess so far.

[mohammedirshad06]

Originally Posted by The Adventurer

film festival has been a mess so far.

I too felt, as till now even their website was not updated......

Ofcourse we can say its teething troubles for first time experience.... The prime issue, this time is too unfit for another film festival.... In Asia itself, we were having 3 festivals almost same time- IFFI, IFFK and Dubai Film Festival.... Nearly 2 dozen film festivals are going here and there across world, in these weeks....

Adding another one, especially within 2 days after ending of another popular FF- IFFK, is itself a big folly, that too no serious preparations took place or promotions etc.....

In a week's time, big Xmas Releases are going to come up, straining the theatres and viewers....... In addition Biennale, Carnival, GKSF, numerous of events happening in our city same time....

It was a big mistake to host at this time. Ideally, it should be held either in Oct last week or mid of Jan or first week of Feb.......... Hope they do the same next time......

Hopefully by next season, Cinepolis will be ready. If they can host there, the 11 screens at single place, would be ideal....... Perhaps, Kavitha and Shenoys can be another major centers.....

[Malayaali]

DEL

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