Tag Archives: I am Kalam

Jalpari Music Released

by Box Office India (August 10, 2012)

Midival Punditz, Piyush Mishra and Shubha Mudgal have all lent their voices to the soundtrack of Nila Madhab Panda's film Jalpari - The Desert Mermaid. Jalpari is the second directorial venture of Panda, who had earlier made the critically acclaimed I Am Kalam in 2010. Jalpari revolves around the journey of 10-year-old ...

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Green Screen Lab 2012

by Box Office India (August 3, 2012)

German director Arend Agthe, Indian new-age filmmaker Onir and screenwriter Sanjay Chouhan of I am Kalam and Paan Singh Tomar fame will mentor 18 screenplays for children’s cinema at the Green Screen Lab 2012 being organised in Bhubaneswar, Odisha during August 10-20. The Lab, organised by Eleeanora Images Pvt Ltd ...

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Open Sesame

by Sagorika Dasgupta, Soumita Sengupta, Shabdita Shrivastav (July 21, 2012)

Move over blockbusters… Out-of-the-box marketing strategies are tapping thebusiness potential of a wide range of Hindi films in the overseas market The foreign markets have becomea potentially juicy source of revenuefor the Hindi film industry. But there’s a change in focusas well, as a variety of films is drawing ...

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Cast System

by Sagorika Dasgupta, Soumita Sengupta and Shabdita Shrivastav (May 12, 2012)

In a star-biased industry, character artists have always been relegated to anonymity.Can these unsung heroes turn alternative cinema into a launch pad for fame and glory? Remember the guy who played a cab driver in Jab We Met? Remember how he simply dismissed Kareena Kapoor’s desperation to reach the railway ...

3rd Annual Indian Film Festival of Houston

by Sagorika Dasgupta (September 7, 2011)

September 20–24, 2011 What’s It All About: The Indian Film Festival of Houston (IFFH) is a non-profit organisation devoted to creating greater appreciation of Indian cinema and culture by showcasing quality films that honour entertainment industry performers and filmmakers while promoting the diverse perspectives of the Indian diaspora. ...

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I am Kalam

by Box Office India (August 5, 2011)

Not every film is a creative achievement. But a filmmaker can work with a tried-and-tested theme and still make the audience sit up and think – and then reach out and touch your heart. I Am Kalam is one of them. It’s the simplicity with which the story is narrated ...