th Jio MAMI MUMBAI FILM 18 FESTIVAL with Star 20 - 27 OCTOBER 2016 Download MyJio App or give a free mobile call on 1800 200 200 2 MASTERCLASSES JIA ZHANGKE CARY FUKUNAGA INSPIRE.INSPIRE. TRANSFORM.TRANSFORM. CELEBRATING A CLASSIC: TEESRI MANZIL ENRICH.ENRICH. Conversations at the Jio MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival with Star FASHION & FILMS KARAN JOHAR PRABAL GURUNG CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN DEEPIKA PADUKONE GOVERNOR OF MAHARASHTRA CH VIDYASAGAR RAO I am pleased to know that the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) is organising the Jio MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival with Star from 20th October to 27th October 2016. Mumbai is the epicenter of Indian cinema. This festival exists in acknowledgment of the city’s long and rich engagement with the medium. For the past seventeen years, the festival has been the harbinger of intellectual and social exchange between THOSEWHOMAKEÞLMS THOSEWHOHELPPROPAGATETHEMANDÞNALLY THOSEWHOLOVETHEM4HEFESTIVALISAN ANNUALEVENTOFEXTREMECULTURALSIGNIÞCANCE SINCEITHELPSDIRECTINTERNATIONALFOCUSONTO-UMBAIANDITS continued success highlights the prominence of the city as a global capital of culture. I congratulate the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image for its continued effort and renewed vision and wish the Jio MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival with Star massive success. CHIEF MINISTER, MAHARASHTRA DEVENDRA FADNAVIS 4HECITYOF-UMBAIISGLOBALLYRECOGNIZEDASAÞNANCIALANDCULTURALHUB$RIVENBYTHEINDOMITABLESPIRITOF its citizens, the city has always promoted inclusion and progress while preserving an extremely diverse and VIBRANTCULTURALFABRIC4HECENTEROF(INDIAND-ARATHIÞLMINDUSTRIES -UMBAIISTHEUNDISPUTEDÞLMCAPITAL of the country. The Hindi Film Industry which resides here is the largest in the world, and therefore, it is only appropriate that a festival that celebrates cinema in all its forms is organized here. Cinema can be extremely inspirational, especially if within it resides a strong social component. I am certain the rich programme palette being laid out in front of audiences over the course of the festival will include various such titles from across THEWORLDqÞLMSTHATEXEMPLIFYTHEVERYBESTPOSSIBILITIESOFTHEMEDIUM-Ø-)HASBEENATTHEFRONTLINEIN accumulating and then presenting the best cinema from around the world for almost two decades now. With its rich legacy and the collective acumen of its organizational team, the festival has managed to establish itself as one of the iconic events in the city’s annual calendar. This year’s edition, I am certain, will live up to this reputation. I once again congratulate MAMI for bringing world cinema to Mumbai, and India, through this festival. All my wishes for the grand success of the 18th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. CO-CHAIRPERSON, JIO MAMI NITA M. AMBANI It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you to Jio this has been made possible through the support of MAMI – the 18th Mumbai Film Festival. Since the many patrons and well-wishers. advent of cinema in India, Mumbai has been the cradle of the Indian cinema industry, attracting talent from Cinema, with its power to entertain and engage, has all over the country and abroad. The rich diversity of been the art form that has represented the human Mumbai has made it the cultural capital of India, where journey in the 20th century. In the 21st, it is being MULTIPLEARTFORMS ÞREDBYTHEIMAGINATIVEPOWEROF further enriched and embellished by the emergence of cinema, have found expression. Today Mumbai is a digital technology. New opportunities and techniques true global city, acknowledged the world over for both FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION ARE REDEÞNING THE CRAFT OF commercial and art cinema. ÞLMMAKING EXTENDINGITSREACHTOAUDIENCESALLOVER the world to usher in a digital way of life. Since its inception, the Mumbai Film Festival has grown into a much awaited annual event for all cine-lovers. The The 18th edition of Jio MAMI will showcase the best Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) has built of world and Indian cinema produced in the past year. upon its rich legacy and developed into a rendezvous ) AM CONÞDENT THAT LIKE EVERY YEAR THE CINÁASTES OF for not only watching the best contemporary work in Mumbai will immensely enjoy this festival and this CELLULOIDBUTALSOFORTHEMEETINGOFMINDS WHEREÞLM process of exposure and exchange will further enrich gurus and enthusiasts vibe on the same platform. All THEÞLMFRATERNITYANDAUDIENCESIN)NDIA CEO, STAR INDIA UDAY SHANKAR At Star India, we have always believed in the potential of celebrating cinematic excellence by showcasing the OF STORIES TO STIMULATE IMAGINATION AND INßUENCE most exemplary stories from across the globe. It also societal change that move the nation forward. Our provides a great platform to discover the inimitable vision is to inspire a billion imaginations by creating storytelling ability of our young, creative talent. STORIESTHATDEÞNEOURNATION/URASSOCIATIONWITHTHE Mumbai Film Festival is a result of this belief. In our third year of association with the festival, our endeavor is to make world-class cinema an accessible Over the years, cinema has played an important and organic experience to the people of Mumbai - a role in shaping the cultural consciousness of our city with deep roots in cinema and its history. We look society. The silver screen has served as a canvas forward to a very successful eighteenth edition of the to paint the aspirations as well as the anxieties of a Mumbai Film Festival! changing India. In this context, it plays a crucial role ANUPAMA CHOPRA, KIRAN RAO, SMRITI KIRAN FOREWORD 4HE $EATH OF &ILM4HAT GRIM PRONOUNCEMENT SURFACED Sir Ian McKellen and Aamir Khan. It was followed with again this year. In June, (UFÞNGTON0OST’s pop culture writer )NDIA PREMIERES OF ÞLMS SUCH AS "RAHMAN .AMAN and Matthew Jacobs proclaimed: ‘‘Not To Be Melodramatic, )NDIAINA$AY. The Mumbai Academy of Moving Image "UT -OVIES ØS 7E +NOW 4HEM ØRE $EADm )N ØUGUST ISCOMMITTEDTOBRINGINGTHECITYGREATÞLMCONTENTAND writer Brian Raftery asked in Wired: ‘Could this be the year conversations not just in October but through the year. that movies stopped mattering?’ In September, Ty Burr The festival has also scaled up. This year, we will screen wrote in 4HE"OSTON'LOBE: Someday we may look back OVERÞLMSFROMCOUNTRIES/URCHILDRENmSSECTION on 2016 as the year the movies died. Half Ticket will be open to the public on designated days. Our Comic-Con style movie carnival – the Mela – Meanwhile in Mumbai, a leading studio announced a is now two days instead of one. A new initiative – The pause in production. The grapevine buzzed about other Filmmakers’ Bootcamp – has been created to nurture and BIGPRODUCTIONHOUSESSHUTTINGDOWNTHEIRÞLMBUSINESSØ encourage emerging talent. We’ve also created the Word slew of articles lamenting the wasteful, star-centric, script- to Screen Market, in which publishers will pitch their best DEÞCIENT(INDIÞLMINDUSTRYAPPEARED/NEWASTITLEDØN MANUSCRIPTSTOCONTENTCREATORSFROMÞLM TELEVISIONAND )NSIDERmS6IEWl7HYIS"OLLYWOOD'OING"USTm%X$ISNEY digital platforms. head Ronnie Screwvala weighed in. He wrote that the studio model, in its present avatar in India, is extinct. There’s growth and excitement and an unbridled optimism. Above all, there is faith - in the student volunteers who will Is cinema in a crisis? The existence of the 18th Jio MAMI greet you at theaters and the delegates who will throng Mumbai Film Festival with Star provides a resounding cinema halls over the next seven days and the directors, answer – No. This festival is fueled by a passion for producers and actors who will bring their work to an CINEMA)THASSURVIVEDANDTHRIVEDBECAUSEÞLMLOVERSIN audience. The 18th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Mumbai insist on it. This year, the festival became a year- Star is a collective expression of hope. around presence with the launch of the MAMI Film Club. The club started in June with a conversation between ,ONGLIVEÚLM UMBAI OVIES AMI Thank you GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA for supporting the JIO MAMI 18TH MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL WITH STAR THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE REOPENS VENUE: OPENING CEREMONY, JIO MAMI 18th MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL WITH STAR INSIDE 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 PAGES EXCELLENCE OXFAM BEST FILM ROYAL STAG BARREL SELECT IN CINEMA 24 ON GENDER EQUALITY 56 LARGE SHORT FILM CONTEST 92 AWARDS BOARD OF MASTERCARD BEST BOOK AWARD 78 TRIBUTES 96 TRUSTEES 14 FEMALE FILMMAKER 37 PEOPLE WORLD OPENING FILM 32 DIMENSIONS 80 SPOTLIGHT 104 CINEMA 126 G FILMS INDIA INTERNATIONAL AFTER DARK 114 GOLD 38 COMPETITION 58 EXCELLENCE OPENING FILM INDIA GOLD INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS TRIBUTES SPOTLIGHT AFTER DARK WORLD CINEMA IN CINEMA COMPETITION MUMBAI INDIA STORY DISCOVERING RENDEZVOUS COUNTRY MARATHI HALF TICKET HALF TICKET THE NEW RESTORED INDIA FOCUS TALKIES COLLECTIONS MEDIUM CLASSICS 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 HALF TICKET INDIA STORY 154 RENDEZVOUS 184 MARATHI TALKIES 218 COLLECTIONS 246 DISCOVERING COUNTRY HALF TICKET 226 THE NEW RESTORED INDIA 172 FOCUS: TURKEY 202 MEDIUM 256 CLASSICS 274 ALL FILMS FEATURE ENGLISH SUBTITLES BOARD OF TRUSTEES KIRAN RAO +IRAN2AOISAÚLMDIRECTORANDPRODUCERBASEDIN-UMBAI 3HE HAS WORKED ON ÚLMS LIKE Lagaan (2001), Monsoon Wedding (2001), Swades (2004), Taare Zameen Par (2007) and Peepli Live (2010) in different capacities. Her directorial debut feature was Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries) which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010 and had a worldwide theatrical release in 2011. She is also a PRODUCERWITH!AMIR+HAN0RODUCTIONSONFEATUREÚLMS AND the television show Satyamev Jayate. NITA M. AMBANI Nita Ambani