Posts Tagged ‘Dada Saheb Phalke’

  • Mrinal Sen: Mini retrospective at Cannes is not possible
    A mini retrospective of the famous film maker Mr Mrinal Sen, winner of prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award, at Cannes is not possible because most of his representative films are in bad conditions. Padam Bushan Mrinal Sen says “The festival authorities had zeroed in on my Calcutta trilogy films on the situation in the 70s – namely Interview, Calcutta 71 and...
    by Rk at March 17th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
  • Tapan Sinha : Ek Director Ki Maut
    Dada Saheb Phalke recipient, director Tapan Sinha died today. He made some wonderful films in his long career. It may happen that few people who claim to be having passion for cinema or mad about cinema did not know about him and his films on their own and once in a while whenever his name was printed in newspapers or spoken by electronic media because an award was bestowed...
    by Rk at January 15th, 2009 at 04:01 am
  • The Shells of Pride
    iView Author: Vishesh Mankal (New Delhi, India) Email: Vishesh_Mankal [at] hotmail [dot] com The Shells of Pride Even though cinema is a very young art form compared to its predecessors it has already been subject to many controversies and theories. Over the years, films have been divided into many camps but the most enduring battle has been fought between the “Artistic”...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at September 10th, 2008 at 05:09 am