PANDOLIN WEEKLY DIGEST

A round up of last week’s happenings from the world of cinema. In case you missed any of it, here’s a quick glance at the stories.

PREETI AND VINAY: GAME CHANGERS OF ONLINE FILMS WITH HAMARAMOVIE

Preety Ali and Vinay Mishra of HumaraMovie talk to Pandolin about the journey so far and the way forward.

AIRLIFT AND NEERJA TO BE SCREENED AT 7TH JAGRAN FILM FEST

“Airlift”, “Neerja” and Marathi blockbuster “Sairat” are among the films to be screened at the 7th edition of Jagran Film Festival.

STREET MUSIC IS NOT RESPECTED LIKE OTHER FORMS OF MUSIC: RAVI JADHAV

Banjo director Ravi Jadhav talks about the film which is a metaphor for all the art forms that need a stage.

WE DIDN’T WANT WADE TO BE AN OVERBLOWN SCIENTIFIC FICTION: UPAMANYU BHATTACHARYA

Upamanyu Bhattacharya’s animated film Wade talks about ecological chaos and the effects that it will lead to.

THE STORIES IN PARCHED FIND RESONANCE UNIVERSALLY AND ETERNALLY: LEENA YADAV

Director Leena Yadav talks about the origin of her latest film Parched and the thought behind making it.

IFFLA  ANNOUNCES DATES, NEW VENUE AND CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR 15TH EDITION

Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) is excited to announce that submissions for the 2017 festival are officially open.

JIO MAMI FILM CLUB WITH STAR PREMIERED GOOGLE’S INDIA IN A DAY

Jio MAMI Film Club with Star, premiered Google’s ‘India in a Day’ , directed by critically acclaimed director, Richie Mehta.

A NORMAL DAY DOESN’T EXIST IN THIS COUNTRY – RICHIE MEHTA

Director Richie Mehta talks about his interesting venture, India in a Day, which is India’s first crowdsourced film.

ALL OF US HAVE  A  PAMMI  AUNTY IN OUR HOUSE – SSUMIER S PASRICHA

Internet sensation Ssumier S Pasricha talks to Pandolin about his journey and the making of the effervescent Pammi aunty

TAMIL FILM ‘VISARANAI’ IS INDIA’S OFFICIAL ENTRY TO OSCARS

Directed by Vetrimaran and produced by actor-filmmaker Dhanush, Visaranai is a National Award-winning film.

GANDHIGIRI | TRAILER

Presenting the trailer of Gandhigiri starring Om Puri and Sanjay Mishra.

AE DIL HAI MUSHKIL | TRAILER

The trailer of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, one of the most anticipated movies of the year, written and directed by Karan Johar.

TARAAT IS THE MOST ROOTED CHARACTER THAT I HAVE PLAYED: RITEISH DESHMUKH

From sporting long hair to playing the banjo, Riteish Deshmukh gives us a glimpse into his character Taraat from the movie Banjo.

NIKHIL ADVANI VENTURES INTO TV WITH P.O.W.

Director Nikhil Advani is all set to make a smashing television debut with his show P.O.W – Bandi Yuddh Ke that will air on Star Plus

MARATHI FILM ‘DAARAVTHA’ IS INDIA’S ENTRY FOR IRIS PRIZE

Marathi short film Daaravtha directed by Nishant Roy Bombarde will compete for The Iris Prize – the world’s largest LGBT short film prize.