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Imtiaz Ali, the man who gifted us Jab We Met and Socha Na Tha, is in Calcutta to shoot a small schedule of his next film that is Saif Ali Khan’s first home production and stars Saif alongside Deepika Padukone. I caught up with the man and having done the Q&A for The Telegraph, we got chatting about other things. Anurag Kashyap, his friend, came up soon enough and I asked him what I always wanted to ask him how two such close friends make such different cinema. Here is Imtiaz’s side of the story…

POV: Anurag and I have this distinct ability of looking at the same thing in very different ways. So if this bottle is kept on the table and we both look at it, very different things will come to our mind. Each point of view will lead to a story and he will be very surprised …

Mumbai Cutting

A city that tells thousands of stories each day, a city that weaves the magic for a million people everyday and a city that creates as much as it destroys each day – it was logical that something would pay tribute to its various layers and shades in typical Bollywood fashion but with a hint of betrayal – replace the glitz and the pseudonyms with gleams of passion and realism.

Sitting in Arch lights for the closing gala, I had but one apprehension – will the collective genius of al those makers fail the intelligent and glamor seeking audience in the congregation – c’on, the pick of junta there was either uber rich or over eager in their own endeavors…

Promod Bhai…23: Anurag Kashyap

What a find! The kid playing the protagonist is a true find. If Darsheel floored you with his dreamy …

Indian Film Festival of Los Angles(IFFLA) is a festival that probably comes closest to PFC’s own aspirations as platform to showcase movies par excellence without money, power and politics and only talent and creativity being the buzz words.

Like 2007, PFC promises to give an indepth and close coverage of the entire event with very very exclusive updates, interviews and more than anything else, an unique insight into what goes into making movies and its festivals the greatest shows on the planet.

Not failing the movie faithfuls like ever, Christina Marouda and the entire IFFLA team has put together an event that will be nothing like ever witnessed combining soemof the best movies from mainstream Indian Cinema to the discreetly creative independent cinema of Indian origin. Be it the unique platform to capture shorts where PFC’s very own Srinivas is running for honors for the second year in succession or be in …