The Screenwriters Association (formerly Film Writers’ Association) is a trade union of screenwriters and lyricists who write Films, TV and Digital Media in India with a membership of over 25,000 writers. Recently, the Screenwriters Association (Swa), the Indian guild of screenwriters and lyricists, announced the first ever Swa Awards. Swa is holding the first ever Swa Awards on the occasion of its Diamond Jubilee year in 2020. The final winners will be announced in an online awards ceremony on September 27, 2020.
A jury comprising of eminent screenwriters selected five feature films under each of the sub-categories: Best Story, Best Screenplay, Best Dialogue and Best Debut Writer. Together, the nominations are divided among 10 Hindi language feature films released in 2019. For the purpose of selection of nominees, the Swa Awards Committee accessed 167 of 223 Hindi language feature films released in theatres and on Ott platforms in 2019. A jury comprising of screenwriters such as Ashok Mishra, Atul Tiwari,...
A jury comprising of eminent screenwriters selected five feature films under each of the sub-categories: Best Story, Best Screenplay, Best Dialogue and Best Debut Writer. Together, the nominations are divided among 10 Hindi language feature films released in 2019. For the purpose of selection of nominees, the Swa Awards Committee accessed 167 of 223 Hindi language feature films released in theatres and on Ott platforms in 2019. A jury comprising of screenwriters such as Ashok Mishra, Atul Tiwari,...
- 9/20/2020
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Leila (Netflix India), 6 Episodes
Starring Huma Qureshi, Siddharth, Rahul Khanna, Seema Biswas, Arif Zakaria
Directed by Deepa Mehta, Shanker Raman, Pawan Kumar
In the beginning there is the swimming pool. A splashy symbol of the uppercrust’s affluence that’s rapidly making the poor, poorer.
Deepa Mehta’s disturbingly devastating dystopian drama begins with a happy family Mother, Father, Child splashing in the pool. Within the first five minutes the mood swerves away from joy and Shalini, the protagonist whose journey we follow from episode to enrapturing episode of acute pain and limited joy, finds herself alone in an clinical ashram that resembles the shelter home in Muzaffarpur where young girls simply disappeared when they didn’t obey the elders’s salacious orders.
Except, that there is no sex in this world of sterile religiosity and puerile purification. Emulating the Nazi model of an emotion-less concentration camp Deepa Mehta’s...
Starring Huma Qureshi, Siddharth, Rahul Khanna, Seema Biswas, Arif Zakaria
Directed by Deepa Mehta, Shanker Raman, Pawan Kumar
In the beginning there is the swimming pool. A splashy symbol of the uppercrust’s affluence that’s rapidly making the poor, poorer.
Deepa Mehta’s disturbingly devastating dystopian drama begins with a happy family Mother, Father, Child splashing in the pool. Within the first five minutes the mood swerves away from joy and Shalini, the protagonist whose journey we follow from episode to enrapturing episode of acute pain and limited joy, finds herself alone in an clinical ashram that resembles the shelter home in Muzaffarpur where young girls simply disappeared when they didn’t obey the elders’s salacious orders.
Except, that there is no sex in this world of sterile religiosity and puerile purification. Emulating the Nazi model of an emotion-less concentration camp Deepa Mehta’s...
- 6/20/2019
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
In the beginning there is the swimming pool. A splashy symbol of the upper crust's affluence that is rapidly making the poor, poorer.
Deepa Mehta's disturbingly devastating dystopian drama begins with a happy family: mother, father, child splashing in the pool. Within the first five minutes, the mood swerves away from joy and Shalini, the protagonist whose journey we follow from episode to enrapturing episodes of acute pain and limited joy, finds herself alone in a clinical ashram that resembles the shelter home in Muzaffarpur where young girls simply disappeared when they didn't obey the elders' salacious orders.
Except, that there is no sex in this world of sterile religiosity and puerile purification. Emulating the Nazi model of a concentration camp, Mehta's futuristic world of emotionless totalitarianism is grim, joyless and utterly terrifying. Those women in dull crimson saris moving around zombie-like in a place of perverse purification run...
Deepa Mehta's disturbingly devastating dystopian drama begins with a happy family: mother, father, child splashing in the pool. Within the first five minutes, the mood swerves away from joy and Shalini, the protagonist whose journey we follow from episode to enrapturing episodes of acute pain and limited joy, finds herself alone in a clinical ashram that resembles the shelter home in Muzaffarpur where young girls simply disappeared when they didn't obey the elders' salacious orders.
Except, that there is no sex in this world of sterile religiosity and puerile purification. Emulating the Nazi model of a concentration camp, Mehta's futuristic world of emotionless totalitarianism is grim, joyless and utterly terrifying. Those women in dull crimson saris moving around zombie-like in a place of perverse purification run...
- 6/18/2019
- GlamSham
NetflixWhile the first two episodes are riveting, the saga loses its shine from there on – confused whether it should be a science dystopia or a social dystopia.Krishna SripadaLeila comprises six episodes, of runtimes varying between 40 to 50 mins on average. Created by Urmi Juvekar, the series – based on Prayaag Akbar’s novel of the same name – has been directed by Deepa Mehta, Shanker Raman and Pavan Kumar. It stars Huma Qureshi in the lead, with Siddharth playing a notable role. Leila, for reasons hard to fathom, sets the timeline in 2047. It takes digs at the current political situation, using a fictional land called Aryavarta ruled by one Mr Joshi, who is ubiquitous, like the Big Brother of 1984, his posters everywhere. The people and children of Aryavarta are brainwashed, constantly parroting the words fed to them about how Aryavarta is their mother – with an air of Brave New World, borrowing gloomy...
- 6/16/2019
- by Vidya
- The News Minute
Actress Huma Qureshi says shooting for Deepa Mehtas Leila was difficult.
Huma turned down several offers and dedicated straight six whole months of her time to the show.
"It was a very difficult shoot, when we at times shot for 14-16 hours at a stretch," Huma said in a statement.?
"I would often switch my phone off during the shoot so as not to be distracted. I just wanted to essay this role to the best of my abilities," added the actress, who is currently in Delhi shooting for the show.?
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mehta, Leila is a part of a slate of 17 original made-in-Asia shows announced by Netflix at a conference in Singapore last year. Huma will be joined by Siddharth in Leila.
Adapted from an eponymous novel by writer and executive producer Urmi Juvekar, the series is set in the near future and tells the story of...
Huma turned down several offers and dedicated straight six whole months of her time to the show.
"It was a very difficult shoot, when we at times shot for 14-16 hours at a stretch," Huma said in a statement.?
"I would often switch my phone off during the shoot so as not to be distracted. I just wanted to essay this role to the best of my abilities," added the actress, who is currently in Delhi shooting for the show.?
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mehta, Leila is a part of a slate of 17 original made-in-Asia shows announced by Netflix at a conference in Singapore last year. Huma will be joined by Siddharth in Leila.
Adapted from an eponymous novel by writer and executive producer Urmi Juvekar, the series is set in the near future and tells the story of...
- 2/27/2019
- GlamSham
Netflix has unveiled the directors for its upcoming Indian original series Leila, including Deepa Mehta, who also serves as the creative executive producer for the show.
Mehta, known for her acclaimed trilogy Fire, Earth and Water in addition to the film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's book Midnight's Children, will be joined by Shankar Raman (Gurgaon) and Pawan Kumar (Lucia).
Urmi Juvekar, known for such Bollywood titles as Oye Lucky! Lucky! Lucky Oye! And Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, serves as Leila's showrunner.
Based on the book of the same name by Prayaag Akbar, Leila is a dystopian drama set in the near future and revolves around ...
Mehta, known for her acclaimed trilogy Fire, Earth and Water in addition to the film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's book Midnight's Children, will be joined by Shankar Raman (Gurgaon) and Pawan Kumar (Lucia).
Urmi Juvekar, known for such Bollywood titles as Oye Lucky! Lucky! Lucky Oye! And Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, serves as Leila's showrunner.
Based on the book of the same name by Prayaag Akbar, Leila is a dystopian drama set in the near future and revolves around ...
- 11/22/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Netflix has unveiled the directors for its upcoming Indian original series Leila, including Deepa Mehta, who also serves as the creative executive producer for the show.
Mehta, known for her acclaimed trilogy Fire, Earth and Water in addition to the film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's book Midnight's Children, will be joined by Shankar Raman (Gurgaon) and Pawan Kumar (Lucia).
Urmi Juvekar, known for such Bollywood titles as Oye Lucky! Lucky! Lucky Oye! And Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, serves as Leila's showrunner.
Based on the book of the same name by Prayaag Akbar, Leila is a dystopian drama set in the near future and revolves around ...
Mehta, known for her acclaimed trilogy Fire, Earth and Water in addition to the film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's book Midnight's Children, will be joined by Shankar Raman (Gurgaon) and Pawan Kumar (Lucia).
Urmi Juvekar, known for such Bollywood titles as Oye Lucky! Lucky! Lucky Oye! And Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, serves as Leila's showrunner.
Based on the book of the same name by Prayaag Akbar, Leila is a dystopian drama set in the near future and revolves around ...
- 11/22/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Projects show a diversity of languages: Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Hindi and Punjabi.
Nfdc India (National Film Development Corporation India) has unveiled the six projects selected for the 10th edition of the Nfdc Film Bazaar Screenwriters’ Lab. As with the last two editions, the Lab is in collaboration with the Sarajevo International Film Festival.
The particpants selected are:
Heart and Soul (Tamil) by Hari Hara Sudhan, a student of the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute who trained under Balu Mahendra in Chennai.
Spirogyra (Malayalam) by Abhilash Vijayan, a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune who has made the shorts The Dual (Dwand) and The Elephant From The Bridge.
The Gift (Bengali) by Tamal Sen [pictured], who also studied at Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute and won international prizes with his graduation film Still Voices.
The Ward (Malayalam) by Kris Rajan, who worked as an editor on John Sayles’ Go For Sisters and who studied at New...
Nfdc India (National Film Development Corporation India) has unveiled the six projects selected for the 10th edition of the Nfdc Film Bazaar Screenwriters’ Lab. As with the last two editions, the Lab is in collaboration with the Sarajevo International Film Festival.
The particpants selected are:
Heart and Soul (Tamil) by Hari Hara Sudhan, a student of the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute who trained under Balu Mahendra in Chennai.
Spirogyra (Malayalam) by Abhilash Vijayan, a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune who has made the shorts The Dual (Dwand) and The Elephant From The Bridge.
The Gift (Bengali) by Tamal Sen [pictured], who also studied at Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute and won international prizes with his graduation film Still Voices.
The Ward (Malayalam) by Kris Rajan, who worked as an editor on John Sayles’ Go For Sisters and who studied at New...
- 7/15/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The highlight of any Sherlock Holmes story is never the story itself. When you look deep enough, there is always a dot point path that will lead to the solution for any puzzle. The allure of the clues and the unconventional mix of various fields from science to mythology. These form the highlight. All that forms the brilliance that is Sherlock Holmes and the madness as well, is but the stepping stones for Detective Byomkesh Bakshi as written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Even as Holmes overwhelmed the world, this Bengali Babu still had his own quirks and traits which made the stories and subsequent TV show so successful.
So with reliance so heavily on its main character for both stories, the casting director has a major pair of shoes to fill for this feature film adaption. Sushant Singh Rajput tries very hard to step into Byomkesh Bakshy. It may be a...
So with reliance so heavily on its main character for both stories, the casting director has a major pair of shoes to fill for this feature film adaption. Sushant Singh Rajput tries very hard to step into Byomkesh Bakshy. It may be a...
- 4/4/2015
- by Githa Vanan
- Bollyspice
Film Bazaar, the South Asian film market organised by India’s National Film Development Corp (Nfdc), has selected the six finalists of Screenwriters’ Lab 2014.
Now in its eighth edition, the first stage of the Lab will be held at the Sarajevo Film Festival (August 15-23), with the second stage held prior and during Film Bazaar (November 20-24). Previous Screenwriters’ Lab partners have included the Venice, Toronto and Locarno film festivals.
Film Bazaar is held alongside the International Film Festival of India (Iffi) in the south Indian state of Goa.
The selected scripts include The Boyfriend, from Vidur Nauriyal and Ashim Ahluwalia; Aamir Bashir’s Winter; Hitesh Bhatia’s Char Log Kya Kahenge; Vandana Kohli’s Flow; All About Her, from Ruchi Joshi; and The Sunset Club from Karan Tejpal.
Ahluwalia previously directed Miss Lovely, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2013. The Boyfriend recently received the Hubert Bals Fund for script and project development. Miss Lovely was selected...
Now in its eighth edition, the first stage of the Lab will be held at the Sarajevo Film Festival (August 15-23), with the second stage held prior and during Film Bazaar (November 20-24). Previous Screenwriters’ Lab partners have included the Venice, Toronto and Locarno film festivals.
Film Bazaar is held alongside the International Film Festival of India (Iffi) in the south Indian state of Goa.
The selected scripts include The Boyfriend, from Vidur Nauriyal and Ashim Ahluwalia; Aamir Bashir’s Winter; Hitesh Bhatia’s Char Log Kya Kahenge; Vandana Kohli’s Flow; All About Her, from Ruchi Joshi; and The Sunset Club from Karan Tejpal.
Ahluwalia previously directed Miss Lovely, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2013. The Boyfriend recently received the Hubert Bals Fund for script and project development. Miss Lovely was selected...
- 7/8/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Nfdc Film Bazaar announced today the six finalists of the Screenwriters’ Lab 2014.
In its eighth edition, the first stage of the Lab will be held at the Sarajevo Film Festival (15 – 23 August 2014) and the second stage during Film Bazaar (20- 24 November 2014) in Goa.
The six scripts / screenwriters selected are:
The Boyfriend – Vidur Nauriyal and Ashim Ahluwalia Winter- Aamir Bashir Char Log Kya Kahenge – Hitesh Bhatia Flow – Vandana Kohli All about Her – Ruchi Joshi The Sunset Club – Karan Tejpal
Vidur Nauriyal and Ashim Ahluwalia’s The Boyfriend will be the second feature from the team behind Miss Lovely, directed by Ashim Ahluwalia, which was screened at Cannes Film Festival in 2012. Ashim recently received the Hubert Bals Fund for script and project development for the same project.
Aamir Bashir’s Winter is his second feature film after Harud(Autumn), which premiered at Toronto Film Festival in 2010.
Char Log Kya Kahenge is the first feature script by Hitesh Bhatia,...
In its eighth edition, the first stage of the Lab will be held at the Sarajevo Film Festival (15 – 23 August 2014) and the second stage during Film Bazaar (20- 24 November 2014) in Goa.
The six scripts / screenwriters selected are:
The Boyfriend – Vidur Nauriyal and Ashim Ahluwalia Winter- Aamir Bashir Char Log Kya Kahenge – Hitesh Bhatia Flow – Vandana Kohli All about Her – Ruchi Joshi The Sunset Club – Karan Tejpal
Vidur Nauriyal and Ashim Ahluwalia’s The Boyfriend will be the second feature from the team behind Miss Lovely, directed by Ashim Ahluwalia, which was screened at Cannes Film Festival in 2012. Ashim recently received the Hubert Bals Fund for script and project development for the same project.
Aamir Bashir’s Winter is his second feature film after Harud(Autumn), which premiered at Toronto Film Festival in 2010.
Char Log Kya Kahenge is the first feature script by Hitesh Bhatia,...
- 7/7/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Anjum Rajabali
T he 3rd Indian Screenwriters’ Conference begins in Mumbai today, where 800 screenwriters are expected to deliberate on the creative and legal facets of screenwriting. Ahead of the conference, screenwriter Anjum Rajabali (Rajneeti, Pukar, The Legend of Bhagat Singh), the convener of the conference talks to DearCinema about some of the most pressing issues for writers:
How far have writers been successful in getting the Copyright Amendment Act implemented?
Right now, the new Copyright Board is being formed which will then confirm the rules that will make the amended Act operational. So really speaking, it is not in the writers’ hands. We have made our presentation to the Registrar at the meetings of stakeholders that were convened a few months ago. And we are ready with our flow-chart and plan of action, as soon as the Board calls us for that final meeting to confirm the protocols involved.
See,...
T he 3rd Indian Screenwriters’ Conference begins in Mumbai today, where 800 screenwriters are expected to deliberate on the creative and legal facets of screenwriting. Ahead of the conference, screenwriter Anjum Rajabali (Rajneeti, Pukar, The Legend of Bhagat Singh), the convener of the conference talks to DearCinema about some of the most pressing issues for writers:
How far have writers been successful in getting the Copyright Amendment Act implemented?
Right now, the new Copyright Board is being formed which will then confirm the rules that will make the amended Act operational. So really speaking, it is not in the writers’ hands. We have made our presentation to the Registrar at the meetings of stakeholders that were convened a few months ago. And we are ready with our flow-chart and plan of action, as soon as the Board calls us for that final meeting to confirm the protocols involved.
See,...
- 2/25/2013
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
The 3rd Indian Screenwriters’ Conference will be held from February 25 – 27, 2013 in St. Andrew’s Auditorium, Bandra, Mumbai. Organised by the Film Writers Association (Fwa), the agenda of the conference is divided in two parts: ‘creative issues’ and ‘professional and legal issues’ facing television and film writers.
Only Fwa members are eligible to attend the event. Non-members will need to register as members first. For more details write to: screenwritersconference@gmail.com
Here is a detailed schedule of the conference:
Day 1: Monday, February 25
10am – 10:20am: Introduction to the Conference by Convenor & Co-Convenor, Isc
10:20am – 10:30am: Welcome Address by President, Fwa
10:30am – 11:00am: Chief Guest Javed Akhtar’s address
11:00am – 11:30am: Special Guest Tom Schulman’s address
11:30am – 11:45am: Tea/Coffee break
11:45am – 12:30pm: Keynote Speech by Shiv Vishwanathan
12:30pm – 01:00pm: Audience Q&A with Keynote Speaker
01:...
Only Fwa members are eligible to attend the event. Non-members will need to register as members first. For more details write to: screenwritersconference@gmail.com
Here is a detailed schedule of the conference:
Day 1: Monday, February 25
10am – 10:20am: Introduction to the Conference by Convenor & Co-Convenor, Isc
10:20am – 10:30am: Welcome Address by President, Fwa
10:30am – 11:00am: Chief Guest Javed Akhtar’s address
11:00am – 11:30am: Special Guest Tom Schulman’s address
11:30am – 11:45am: Tea/Coffee break
11:45am – 12:30pm: Keynote Speech by Shiv Vishwanathan
12:30pm – 01:00pm: Audience Q&A with Keynote Speaker
01:...
- 2/19/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Both aspiring and established screenwriters have three events lined up to look forward to: The Indian Screenwriters’ Conference, Nfdc’s Screenwriters’ Lab and a masterclass on screenwriting at Ficci Frames. The conference happens from February 25 to 27, the application deadline for the lab is March 1; and the master class will run from March 12-14.
Indian Screenwriters’ Conference:
The fast approaching 3rd Indian Screenwriters’ Conference is a three- day journey into the current trends of film and television writing organised by the Film Writers’ Association (Fwa), Mumbai. The conference will be held at St. Andrews Auditorium, Bandra.
With an estimated attendance of 850 screenwriters and writer-directors, the ‘soul searching’ conference will see some very prominent people from the industry: Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar, Gulzar, Ashutosh Gowariker, Anurag Basu, Rakeysh Mehra, Govind Nihalani, Sriram Raghavan, Sudhir Mishra, Amit Khanna, Vipul Shah, Jabbar Patel, Vikramaditya Motwani, Bejoy Nambiar, Abbas Tyrewala, Amole Gupte, Habib Faisal, Navdeep Singh,...
Indian Screenwriters’ Conference:
The fast approaching 3rd Indian Screenwriters’ Conference is a three- day journey into the current trends of film and television writing organised by the Film Writers’ Association (Fwa), Mumbai. The conference will be held at St. Andrews Auditorium, Bandra.
With an estimated attendance of 850 screenwriters and writer-directors, the ‘soul searching’ conference will see some very prominent people from the industry: Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar, Gulzar, Ashutosh Gowariker, Anurag Basu, Rakeysh Mehra, Govind Nihalani, Sriram Raghavan, Sudhir Mishra, Amit Khanna, Vipul Shah, Jabbar Patel, Vikramaditya Motwani, Bejoy Nambiar, Abbas Tyrewala, Amole Gupte, Habib Faisal, Navdeep Singh,...
- 2/18/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
2012 was a reasonably good year for Bollywood overall, with trade pundits stating that in terms of innovation & commerce, the year set a benchmark. With the 2013 movie calendar looking additionally promising, it’s a safe bet that the year will have enough drama, action and (hopefully) moolah to keep everyone thoroughly entertained. But while 2012 was high on taking risks, leaving the old out and embracing the new, it left us desiring for more a little more in terms of alliances, trends and outlooks. Hence, though Christmas is a month past us, we are hoping that in the event Santa is working overtime, we have a small wishlist for the things we desire from Bollywood in 2013.
5. Srk-Salman Patch Up
They patched up. No they didn’t. They almost did. Well they eventually didn’t. One of the most popular combos of the 90s, Salman and Shah Rukh kept everyone guessing off a...
5. Srk-Salman Patch Up
They patched up. No they didn’t. They almost did. Well they eventually didn’t. One of the most popular combos of the 90s, Salman and Shah Rukh kept everyone guessing off a...
- 1/17/2013
- by Pooja Rao
- Bollyspice
The session was on ‘The Idea of Development’ and some of the best-known new-age filmmakers of India were present to talk about it. While Shimit Amin, Vikas Bahl, Dibakar Banerjee, and Anubhav Sinha joined Urmi Juvekar on stage, in the front-line of the audience were sitting two other top guns of new age cinema Sudhir Mishra and Vishal Bhardwaj. True to the spirit of the subject, the celebrated filmmakers seemed absorbed in philosophical ruminations and arguments about how do they develop their ideas into scripts and films. It was quite evident that they don’t have a fixed or Read More...
- 11/24/2012
- Bollywood Trade
DearCinema profiles the screenwriters who are participating in the Nfdc Screenwriters’ Lab from September 1-3 at the ongoing Venice Film Festival.
Screenwriters’ Lab, a 2-part workshop conducted by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) is designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community. The participants will be mentored by Marten Rabarts, Olivia Stewart, Urmi Juvekar and Bianca Taal.
Anupam Barvé answers five questions about his project “The Shadow Lines”:
Tell us more about your project.
‘The Shadow Lines’, a critically acclaimed novel by award-winning writer Amitav Ghosh is one of the most respected works in Indian-English literary fiction. To adapt the novel for the screen has been my dream for a long time. Last year, I acquired a formal option on the novel. This option entails that I will have the claim for cinematic adaptation of the book over the next few months.
Screenwriters’ Lab, a 2-part workshop conducted by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) is designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community. The participants will be mentored by Marten Rabarts, Olivia Stewart, Urmi Juvekar and Bianca Taal.
Anupam Barvé answers five questions about his project “The Shadow Lines”:
Tell us more about your project.
‘The Shadow Lines’, a critically acclaimed novel by award-winning writer Amitav Ghosh is one of the most respected works in Indian-English literary fiction. To adapt the novel for the screen has been my dream for a long time. Last year, I acquired a formal option on the novel. This option entails that I will have the claim for cinematic adaptation of the book over the next few months.
- 9/5/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
DearCinema profiles the screenwriters who are participating in the Nfdc Screenwriters’ Lab from September 1-3 at the ongoing Venice Film Festival.
Screenwriters’ Lab, a 2-part workshop conducted by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) is designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community. The participants will be mentored by Marten Rabarts, Olivia Stewart, Urmi Juvekar and Bianca Taal.
Siddharth Sinha answers five questions about his project “Behind the Camera”:
Tell us more about your project.
While making a film, three teenage friends come across the questions of love, jealousy and loneliness. The whole confusion takes a toll on them and the film takes a back seat but later the film only brings them back though not necessarily with all questions answered. “Behind the Camera” intends to portray the youth of urban India, their personal crisis and inter personal relationships with a newly...
Screenwriters’ Lab, a 2-part workshop conducted by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) is designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community. The participants will be mentored by Marten Rabarts, Olivia Stewart, Urmi Juvekar and Bianca Taal.
Siddharth Sinha answers five questions about his project “Behind the Camera”:
Tell us more about your project.
While making a film, three teenage friends come across the questions of love, jealousy and loneliness. The whole confusion takes a toll on them and the film takes a back seat but later the film only brings them back though not necessarily with all questions answered. “Behind the Camera” intends to portray the youth of urban India, their personal crisis and inter personal relationships with a newly...
- 9/4/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Ruchika Oberoi
DearCinema profiles the screenwriters who are participating in the Nfdc Screenwriters’ Lab from September 1-3 at the ongoing Venice Film Festival.
Screenwriters’ Lab, a 2-part workshop conducted by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) is designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community. The participants will be mentored by Marten Rabarts, Olivia Stewart, Urmi Juvekar and Bianca Taal.
Ruchika Oberoi answers five questions about her project “Island City”:
Tell us more about your project.
‘Island City’ is a collection of three tenuously connected stories dealing with themes of industrialization, urbanization and alienation in Mumbai. The first is a black-comic tale of an office drone who wins the office ‘Fun Committee’ award which forces him to go on an absurd fun spree. The second is the story of how the domineering head of a family suddenly goes into a coma and...
DearCinema profiles the screenwriters who are participating in the Nfdc Screenwriters’ Lab from September 1-3 at the ongoing Venice Film Festival.
Screenwriters’ Lab, a 2-part workshop conducted by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) is designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community. The participants will be mentored by Marten Rabarts, Olivia Stewart, Urmi Juvekar and Bianca Taal.
Ruchika Oberoi answers five questions about her project “Island City”:
Tell us more about your project.
‘Island City’ is a collection of three tenuously connected stories dealing with themes of industrialization, urbanization and alienation in Mumbai. The first is a black-comic tale of an office drone who wins the office ‘Fun Committee’ award which forces him to go on an absurd fun spree. The second is the story of how the domineering head of a family suddenly goes into a coma and...
- 9/3/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Kanu Behl
DearCinema profiles the screenwriters who are participating in the Nfdc Screenwriters’ Lab from September 1-3 at the ongoing Venice Film Festival.
Screenwriters’ Lab, a 2-part workshop conducted by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) is designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community. The participants will be mentored by Marten Rabarts, Olivia Stewart, Urmi Juvekar and Bianca Taal.
Kanu Behl answers five questions about his project “Titli”:
Tell us more about your project.
‘Titli’ tells the story of a boy itching to run away from home to escape an oppressive brother, forcing him into a life of crime. And how he himself starts turning into the person he hates most as he obsesses over fulfilling his dreams.
At what stage of development is it?
The film is in the final stage of script development.
Is a director/producer attached with the project?...
DearCinema profiles the screenwriters who are participating in the Nfdc Screenwriters’ Lab from September 1-3 at the ongoing Venice Film Festival.
Screenwriters’ Lab, a 2-part workshop conducted by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) is designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community. The participants will be mentored by Marten Rabarts, Olivia Stewart, Urmi Juvekar and Bianca Taal.
Kanu Behl answers five questions about his project “Titli”:
Tell us more about your project.
‘Titli’ tells the story of a boy itching to run away from home to escape an oppressive brother, forcing him into a life of crime. And how he himself starts turning into the person he hates most as he obsesses over fulfilling his dreams.
At what stage of development is it?
The film is in the final stage of script development.
Is a director/producer attached with the project?...
- 9/2/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Alankrita Shrivastava
DearCinema profiles the screenwriters who are participating in the Nfdc Screenwriters’ Lab from September 1-3 at the ongoing Venice Film Festival.
Screenwriters’ Lab, a 2-part workshop conducted by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) is designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community. The participants will be mentored by Marten Rabarts, Olivia Stewart, Urmi Juvekar and Bianca Taal.
Alankrita Shrivastava answers five questions about her project “Lipstick under My Burkha”:
Tell us more about your project.
My script is called “Lipstick under My Burkha.” I have done the story and screenplay of the film. It is about the secret lives of four Muslim women in a small town in India. I love the characters in the film. I can’t wait to make it!!!
At what stage of development is it?
The first draft of the script is ready. But...
DearCinema profiles the screenwriters who are participating in the Nfdc Screenwriters’ Lab from September 1-3 at the ongoing Venice Film Festival.
Screenwriters’ Lab, a 2-part workshop conducted by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) is designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community. The participants will be mentored by Marten Rabarts, Olivia Stewart, Urmi Juvekar and Bianca Taal.
Alankrita Shrivastava answers five questions about her project “Lipstick under My Burkha”:
Tell us more about your project.
My script is called “Lipstick under My Burkha.” I have done the story and screenplay of the film. It is about the secret lives of four Muslim women in a small town in India. I love the characters in the film. I can’t wait to make it!!!
At what stage of development is it?
The first draft of the script is ready. But...
- 9/1/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
The National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) announced the six participants selected for the Screenwriters’ Lab 2012:
Kanu Behl–Titli
Umesh Kulkarni–Antaraal
Ruchika Oberoi–Island City
Siddharth Sinha–Dog Shooting
Alankrita Shrivastava–Lipstick under My Burkha
Anupam Barve–The Shadow Lines
These screenwriters will travel to Venice International Film Festival starting August 29 for the first working session of the Lab with mentors Marten Rabarts, Olivia Stewart, Urmi Juvekar and Bianca Taal.
The 2nd session will be held at Film Bazaar, Goa during the International Film Festival of India (Iffi) in November where participants will apply their training and pitch their revised screenplays to participants at the film market.
Conducted by National Film Development Corporation Ltd (Nfdc) in association with Binger FilmLab, Netherlands and Venice International Film Festival; Screenwriters’ Lab is a 2-part workshop designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community. The lab...
Kanu Behl–Titli
Umesh Kulkarni–Antaraal
Ruchika Oberoi–Island City
Siddharth Sinha–Dog Shooting
Alankrita Shrivastava–Lipstick under My Burkha
Anupam Barve–The Shadow Lines
These screenwriters will travel to Venice International Film Festival starting August 29 for the first working session of the Lab with mentors Marten Rabarts, Olivia Stewart, Urmi Juvekar and Bianca Taal.
The 2nd session will be held at Film Bazaar, Goa during the International Film Festival of India (Iffi) in November where participants will apply their training and pitch their revised screenplays to participants at the film market.
Conducted by National Film Development Corporation Ltd (Nfdc) in association with Binger FilmLab, Netherlands and Venice International Film Festival; Screenwriters’ Lab is a 2-part workshop designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community. The lab...
- 8/16/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Portrayal of politics in Bollywood has always been sketchy. Barring a Rajneeti or a Gulal, movies have rarely jumped deep into the intricacies preferring instead the ‘Most politicians are corrupt except a few who are too honest for their own good’ depiction. Not Dibakar Banerjee though. Since his Khosla Ka Ghosla, Dibakar has always managed to give us characters which are believable – not black or white but a mix of both. In Shanghai, he once again gives us a no-holds-barred look at ‘Bharatnagar’ where there’s a price for every development, a price to be paid by the common man. Adapted from the political thriller ‘Z’, a novel by Vassilis Vassilikos, Shanghai is the story of a how a development project by the ruling political party manages to cause chaos directly and indirectly in the lives of the protagonists. Dibakar has a unique way of unfolding the story and I...
- 6/10/2012
- by Prateeksha Khot
- Bollyspice
Director: Dibakar Banerjee, Writers: Urmi Juvekar and Dibakar Banerjee, Actors: Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Kalki Koechlin
A masterly camera and impeccable performances by the ensemble cast can’t save the uneventful screenplay of Shanghai that is co-authored by the director Dibakar Banerjee. Unlike its source “Z” of Vasilis Vasilikos, Banerjee’s Shanghai is hardly a thriller and is political only to the extent that it deals with a few politicians.
The ambitious political saga, that is touted to be the story of a small town’s aspiration to be Shanghai riding on the Special Economic Zone (Sez) fervour, is bound to be compared to the masterly adaptation of the same text by Greek Filmmaker Costa Gavras. In comparison to Gavras, Dibakar Banerjee’s passable adaptation gives little insight into the peculiarities of the Indian system of justice and democracy. Dibakar engages very little with the politics of Special...
A masterly camera and impeccable performances by the ensemble cast can’t save the uneventful screenplay of Shanghai that is co-authored by the director Dibakar Banerjee. Unlike its source “Z” of Vasilis Vasilikos, Banerjee’s Shanghai is hardly a thriller and is political only to the extent that it deals with a few politicians.
The ambitious political saga, that is touted to be the story of a small town’s aspiration to be Shanghai riding on the Special Economic Zone (Sez) fervour, is bound to be compared to the masterly adaptation of the same text by Greek Filmmaker Costa Gavras. In comparison to Gavras, Dibakar Banerjee’s passable adaptation gives little insight into the peculiarities of the Indian system of justice and democracy. Dibakar engages very little with the politics of Special...
- 6/9/2012
- by Bikas Mishra
- DearCinema.com
Director Dibakar Banerjee says his earlier works make him cringe. The director, who is a two time National Award winner, is all set for the release of his forthcoming thriller Shanghai. When the director was recently quizzed if he ever needed acting classes just as his stars in the film, Dibakar said, “Yes, even directors need to take acting classes.”
The director further adds, “ I may have won awards but when I see my older films and realize the mistakes that I done it makes me cringe. I feel like a fraud. I wish I could rectify them.”
Shanghai is based on Greek author Vassilis Vassilikos novel Z , but Dibakar says that a lot of changes had to be made to suit the Indian palate. “Ever since I bragged about the film a lot has been changed. The first idea was mostly clichéd and my writer Urmi Juvekar has brought in a lot of changes.
The director further adds, “ I may have won awards but when I see my older films and realize the mistakes that I done it makes me cringe. I feel like a fraud. I wish I could rectify them.”
Shanghai is based on Greek author Vassilis Vassilikos novel Z , but Dibakar says that a lot of changes had to be made to suit the Indian palate. “Ever since I bragged about the film a lot has been changed. The first idea was mostly clichéd and my writer Urmi Juvekar has brought in a lot of changes.
- 4/15/2012
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Though Dibakar Banerjee's next film is called Shanghai it won't be shot in China. And though this political thriller has a wonderful role for the female protagonist it won't star Katrina, as expected. But Banerjee is sold on his old favourite Abhay Deol. What's more, the uncompromising director has even modified the main character in the script of his next film Shanghai accordingly. Dibakar now hopes that Abhay's next two films, which are out-and-out commercial ventures, would work. "This would automatically help my project to acquire an enhanced commercial clout. Although let me add we're making it on a tight budget of Rs. 12 crores with no frills. Shanghai is not an extravaganza. And it certainly won't be shot in China!" The film will be produced by PVR. Thanks to the success of Prakash Jha's Raajneeti, gritty political thrillers seem to have a life beyond the film festivals. Laughs Dibakar,...
- 9/9/2010
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
March 23, 2010: After the uproarious welcome given by critics to Love Sex Aur Dhoka its director Dibakar Banerjee is teaming up with his Oye Lucky Lucky Oye hero Abhay Deol all over again , this time for a political thriller.
Says Dibakar, “It is a political thriller set in a state where a new government has been formed It will again be in a new cinematic language . But it will be in the conventional format, not the digital format used in LSD. It’s written by me and Urmi Juvekar who was my creative producer on LSD. She’s one of the most politically savvy writers.
Says Dibakar, “It is a political thriller set in a state where a new government has been formed It will again be in a new cinematic language . But it will be in the conventional format, not the digital format used in LSD. It’s written by me and Urmi Juvekar who was my creative producer on LSD. She’s one of the most politically savvy writers.
- 3/23/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
After the uproarious welcome given by critics to Love Sex Aur Dhokha, its director Dibakar Banerjee is teaming up with his Oye Lucky Lucky Oye hero Abhay Deol all over again, this time for a political thriller. Says Dibakar, "It is a political thriller set in a state where a new government has been formed. It will again be in a new cinematic language. But it will be in the conventional format, not the digital format used in LSD. It's written by me and Urmi Juvekar who was my creative producer on LSD. She's one of the most politically savvy writers I know." The political thriller will be set in an imaginary state. Says Dibakar, "The state has just formed after clamoring for statehood for a long time and now poised to get big economic sanctions. Then a political assassination happens." Dibakar has decided to cast Abhay Deol in the political thriller.
- 3/23/2010
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
After the uproarious welcome given by critics to Love Sex Aur Dhokha, its director Dibakar Banerjee is teaming up with his Oye Lucky Lucky Oye hero Abhay Deol all over again, this time for a political thriller. Says Dibakar, "It is a political thriller set in a state where a new government has been formed. It will again be in a new cinematic language. But it will be in the conventional format, not the digital format used in LSD. It's written by me and Urmi Juvekar who was my creative producer on LSD. She's one of the most politically savvy writers I know." The political thriller will be set in an imaginary state. Says Dibakar, "The state has just formed after clamoring for statehood for a long time and now poised to get big economic sanctions. Then a political assassination happens." Dibakar has decided to cast Abhay Deol in the political thriller.
- 3/23/2010
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Dibakar Banerjee, the gutsy director of Ekta Kapoor.s just released flick .Love Sex aur Dhoka., is on a roll and wants to make his next political thriller with handsome, suave and Jara hatke actor Abhay Deol. The actor and director had earlier worked together in .Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye. and the movie was a rocking success at the box office. Dibakar.s new project will be based in an imaginary State wherein a political assassination takes place, and the state is thrown in a very scary situation. All this becomes more difficult as the above- stated State had attained its statehood recently and some powers were readying themselves to impose economic sanctions on the nascent state. The above story, which smacks of some political drama at the highest level, has been written by Urmi Juvekar in collaboration with Dibakar Banerjee. However, this time Dibakar intends to follow the trend...
- 3/23/2010
- Stardust Scoop of the Day
Dibakar Banerjee, the gutsy director of Ekta Kapoor.s just released flick .Love Sex aur Dhoka., is on a roll and wants to make his next political thriller with handsome, suave and Jara hatke actor Abhay Deol. The actor and director had earlier worked together in .Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye. and the movie was a rocking success at the box office. Dibakar.s new project will be based in an imaginary State wherein a political assassination takes place, and the state is thrown in a very scary situation. All this becomes more difficult as the above- stated State had attained its statehood recently and some powers were readying themselves to impose economic sanctions on the nascent state. The above story, which smacks of some political drama at the highest level, has been written by Urmi Juvekar in collaboration with Dibakar Banerjee. However, this time Dibakar intends to follow the trend...
- 3/23/2010
- Stardust Bollywood
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