VOL. LVIV September-October2015 No. 9-10 HIGHLIGHTS Court is India’s official entry for Oscars Angry Indian Goddesses wins award at Toronto Court, Konkona win major awards Swara Bhaskar bags best actress award Shah Rukh Khan honoured with a doctorate 8th CMS Vatavaran Film Festival held 12th Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Film Festival held Ravindra Jain, Aadesh Srivastava, Manorama and E Nageswara Rao are no more NATIONAL DOCUMENTATION CENTRE ON MASS COMMUNICATION NEW MEDIA WING (FORMERLY RESEARCH, REFERENCE AND TRAINING DIVISION ) MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING Room No.437-442, Phase IV, Soochana Bhavan, CGO Complex, New Delhi-3 Compiled, Edited & Issued by National Documentation Centre on Mass Communication NEW MEDIA WING (Formerly Research, Reference & Training Division) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Chief Editor L. R. Vishwanath Editor Alka Mathur CONTENTS FILM AWARDS International 1-3 Private 5-6 FESTIVALS Busan 3 Danish 7 Jeevika 6-7 London 2 Silk Road 2 Toronto 1 Vatavaran 4-5 Venice 3 Washington DC South Asian 2 OBITUARIES 8-12 PUBLICATIONS 8 AWARDS/FESTIVALS Court is India’s official entry for the Oscars Debutant director Chaitanya Tamhane’s Marathi film Court that has bagged number of International awards along with national awards in the best feature film category has now been selected as India’s official entry to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 2016 Academy Awards or the Oscars. The film was selected by a jury headed by Amol Palekar. Hindustan Times (24 September 2015) Hindu (24 September 2015) Deccan Herald (24 September 2015) Indian Express (24 September 2015) Asian Age (24 September 2015) Times of India (24 September 2015) Angry Indian Goddesses wins award at Toronto Pan Nalin’s Angry Indian Goddesses was declared the first runner up for the Grolsch People’s Choice Awards at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film examines the lives of contemporary Indian Women in urban areas and also looks at a society that judges every aspect of women and their lives. The film has Sandhya Mridul, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Sarah- Jane Dias, Anushka Manchanda, Amrit Maghera, Rajshri Deshpande and Pavleen Gujral in the lead roles. Indian Express (24 September 2015) Statesman (24 September 2015) Asian Age (24 September 2015) Dainik Jagran (24 September 2015) 1 Bulletin on Film, September-October 2015 Court, Konkona win major awards Bengali film Kadambari has bagged two major awards at the Washington DC South Asian Film Festival. The best film honour and the best actress trophy for Konkona Sen Sharma went to Kadambari. Directed by Suman Ghosh, the film is based on the life of poet Rabindranath Tagore and his sister-in-law Kadambari Devi. The best director award went to Chaitanya Tamhane for his film Court. Hindu (29 September 2015) Dainik Jagran (29 September 2015) Swara Bhaskar bags best actress award Swara Bhaskar has bagged the best actress award for her performance of a young mother in Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s Neel Battey Sannata. Swara won the award at the Silk Road International Film Festival held in Fujian province in China. National Duniya (29 September 2015) Indian film bags short film award Indian short film An Old Dog’s Diary directed by Shai Heredia and Shumona Goel has won the best short film award at the 2015 London Film Festival. The 11-minutes long film assembles in puzzle-piece evocations a portrait of Indian avant- garde painter Francis Newton Souza, revealing the cultural conditions for his work and its eventual institutionalization. Asian Age (19 October 2015) Queen goes to Paris Hindi film Queen which won the national award for the best film and the best actress categories got premiered in Paris. The film’s lead actress Kangana Ranaut attended the premiere Hindu (12 September 2015) 2 Bulletin on Film, September-October 2015 Pyaasa in Venice The restored version of Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa was screened at the ‘Venice Classics’ competition of the 72nd Venice Film Festival. It competed with 19 other classics for the coveted prize. ‘Venice Classics’ is a significant section at the festival which premieres restored classics and awards the best. Indian Express (10 September 2015) Zubaan opens Busan Film Festival The 20th Busan International Film Festival opened this year with debutant Indian director Mozez Singh’s Zubaan- a coming of age drama about a young Sikh who finds his way in life through music. The film had its world premiere at the festival. Asian Age (2 October 2015) Times of India (6 October 2015) Ray’s Apur Trilogy in top Five A new list of the best Asian films of all time was published in Busan. Japanese film maker Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon and Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy were among the 5 of 100 greatest Asian films of all time presented by the Busan International Film Festival While Rashomon was 2nd in the list. The Apu Trilogy consisting Pather Panchali, Aparajito and Apur Sansar was 4th. Asian Age (5 October 2015) Shah Rukh Khan honoured with a doctorate Actor Shah Rukh Khan was honoured with the doctorate degree (Honoris Causa) at a function at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. The Princess Royal, Princess Anne conferred 3 Bulletin on Film, September-October 2015 the degree on him. Shah Rukh Khan who has appeared in more than 80 films was presented with the degree in recognition of his outstanding record of philanthropy, altruism and humanitarianism and his global reach as an actor. Telegraph (16 October 2015) Asian Age (17 October 2015) 8th CMS Vatavaran Film Festival held The 8th CMS Vatavaran Film Festival was held from October 9-13, 2015 at the NDMC Convention Centre, New Delhi. More than 100 films were screened in 8 categories including Bollywood films, Panorama of films from Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, Voices from the Waters and Conservation International. Spanning across five days the festival lineup was an interesting mix of screenings, forums workshops, peace march, green haat, tribal food festival and cultural performances. Students, film makers, teachers, film enthusiasts and journalists took keen interest in the festival. Invited guests, expert from organizations and representatives of the government were part of forums on crucial water issues. Eminent speakers such as Ravi Singh (WWF), Jasveen Jairath, M.S. Vani, Rajendra Singh, Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal spoke on issues related to river rejuvenation, reviving local water bodies, water and culture etc. Two workshops were also organized at the festival. Awards were presented on the concluding day. In the Indian section the best of festival award went to My Name is Salt by Farida Pacha Climate Change and Sustainable Technologies Jury Special Mention award was given to Losing Ground by Rishu Nigam. In the Livelihood category (less than 20 minutes) Missing by Krishendu Bose bagged the award. In (more than 20 minutes) Candles in the Wind by Kavita Bahl and Nandan Saxena bagged the award. In the Wildlife Conservation Category, Senani Hegde’s Walking with Wolves won the award. Jury’s Special Mention (less than 20 minutes) award went to Flight to Freedom: The Amur Falcon Shorty by Rita Banerji. Jury’s Special Mention (less than 20 minutes) award went to Living with Elephants by S.U. Saravana Kumar. 4 Bulletin on Film, September-October 2015 Jury Special Mention (more than 20 minutes) went to India’s Wandering Lions by Parveen Singh and Martin Dohru. Another Jury Special Mention (more than 20 minutes) award went to Forgotten Tigers by Krishendu Bose. In the Water for life category the award went to The Battle Begins by Surendra Manan. I Cannot Give You My Forest by Nandan Saxena and Kavita Bahl won the award in the Environment Conservation category. Turtle Diaries-The Olive Ridley Turlte by Rita Banerji won the award in the Film for Children Category. Pratibimb by Debanjan Nandy won the Public Service Announcement award. Pakke Na Chhadnu Nai by Harsimaan Kaur and Sidharth Govindan won the Newcomer award. The Special Jury award was given to The Hunt by Biju Toppo. Walking with Wolves by Senani Hedge and My Name is Salt by Farida Pacha were the joint winners of the best cinematography award. In the International section, the best of the festival award was conferred on Ultima Chiamata by Enrico Cerasuolo.In the Climate Change and Sustainable Technologies the award went Racing to Zero, In Pursuit of Zero Waste by Christopher Beaver. Im Reich Des Schneelleoparden by Axel Gomille won the award in the Wildlife Conservation category. Seven Waters by Eberhard Spreng won the award in the Water for Life category and the Environment Conservation award went to Divide in Concorde by Kris Kaczor. Hindustan Times (10 October 2015) Internet Shashi Kapoor honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award Noted actor, film maker and theatre personality Shashi Kapoor was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the 6th Jagran Film Festival in Mumbai. He had earlier been conferred the coveted Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Dainik Jagran (5 October 2015) Rashtriya Sahara (30 September 2015) 5 Bulletin on Film, September-October 2015 A.R. Rahman gets Haridaynath Mangeshkar Award Academy-Award winning music composer-singer A.R. Rahman was honoured with the Hridayanath Mangeshkar award on October 26, 2015. Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Amitabh Bachchan and Sulochana have been the previous recipients of the award. Dainik Bhaskar (6 October 2015) Times of India (9 October 2015) 12th Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Film Festival The Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Film Festival was held on the Siri Fort Auditorium New Delhi on October 30-31 and November 1, 2015, Organised by Centre for Civil Society, the documentary festival is part of the Larger Livelihood Freedom Campaign ‘Jeevika’ which helps develop public policy to clear the path for free enterprise.