Rukh
Starring Adarsh Gourav, Manoj Bajpayee, Smita Tambe, Kumud Mishra
Direced bt Atanu Mukherjee
It is very difficult, if not altogether impossible, to get to the core of the suffering so resolutely trapped in the hearts of the characters in Rukh. No one, least of all the 18-year old protagonist, is willing to reveal more of their emotions than they feel like. You won’t find Dhruv shedding too many tears over his father’s sudden death.
There is too much to be done, too many unanswered questions to be addressed, before the day is over. Don’t hang around if Dhruv’s undramatic trust with grief leave you impatient. Unlike Masaan (from the same producers as Rukh) Rukh doesn’t wallow in its griefstricken predicament.
Ironically, for a film steeped in and impressed by its own ability to stay secure in its silences, Rukh is remarkably active at its core.
Starring Adarsh Gourav, Manoj Bajpayee, Smita Tambe, Kumud Mishra
Direced bt Atanu Mukherjee
It is very difficult, if not altogether impossible, to get to the core of the suffering so resolutely trapped in the hearts of the characters in Rukh. No one, least of all the 18-year old protagonist, is willing to reveal more of their emotions than they feel like. You won’t find Dhruv shedding too many tears over his father’s sudden death.
There is too much to be done, too many unanswered questions to be addressed, before the day is over. Don’t hang around if Dhruv’s undramatic trust with grief leave you impatient. Unlike Masaan (from the same producers as Rukh) Rukh doesn’t wallow in its griefstricken predicament.
Ironically, for a film steeped in and impressed by its own ability to stay secure in its silences, Rukh is remarkably active at its core.
- 10/30/2017
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Directed by Atanu Mukherjee and starring Adarsh Gourav, Manoj Bajpayee and Kumud Mishra, the film is intermittently engaging yet never seems essential...
- 10/27/2017
- Film Companion
Rukh the directorial debut of Atanu Mukherjee was part of the inaugural Drishyam-Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab 2015 and a part of Film Bazaar Recommends 2016....
- 9/1/2017
- GlamSham
Exclusive: Up to 10 features to be produced through new fund.
Mumbai-based Drishyam Films is launching a $20m fund to produce eight-10 independent Indian films over the next two years.
“Our aim is to take Indian cinema to the next level, in terms of script development, production values and international reach,” said Drishyam founder Manish Mundra, whose credits include Masaan, which screened in Un Certain Regard in 2015, and Amit Masurkar’s Newton, which premiered at this year’s Berlin.
Mundra, who recently brought on Natasha Chopra, as head of content development, expects to announce the first projects under the fund in early 2018. The money will also be used to develop Drishyam’s VFX studio in Mumbai, with the aiming of improving the quality of visual effects in local films.
Separate from the fund, Mundra has two new features going into production over the summer – Mohamed Gani’s Cycle, about the importance of the humble bicycle in small-town India, and...
Mumbai-based Drishyam Films is launching a $20m fund to produce eight-10 independent Indian films over the next two years.
“Our aim is to take Indian cinema to the next level, in terms of script development, production values and international reach,” said Drishyam founder Manish Mundra, whose credits include Masaan, which screened in Un Certain Regard in 2015, and Amit Masurkar’s Newton, which premiered at this year’s Berlin.
Mundra, who recently brought on Natasha Chopra, as head of content development, expects to announce the first projects under the fund in early 2018. The money will also be used to develop Drishyam’s VFX studio in Mumbai, with the aiming of improving the quality of visual effects in local films.
Separate from the fund, Mundra has two new features going into production over the summer – Mohamed Gani’s Cycle, about the importance of the humble bicycle in small-town India, and...
- 5/23/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Film Bazaar: Experts also praise Film Bazaar Co-Production Market’s new video pitching style.
Buyers and festival programmers were buzzing about a number of titles at Film Bazaar 2016, including Kabir Mehta’s Buddhagram, an inventive documentary with risqué scenes from the life of a flamboyant cricketer.
Another hot title, also in Film Bazaar Recommends, is Atanu Mukherjee’s Unknown Faces (Rukh), a Hindi-language drama about an 18-year-old boy dealing with a family tragedy.
Three documentaries making waves with international visitors are Vrinda Samartha’s English-language Limitless about female marathon runners; Rupak Das’ A Dream Document about young Mumbaikars who dream of stardom; and serial killer story The Karma Killings by Ram Devineni and Tushar Parekh.
Festival programmers were also keen on My Son Is Gay [pictured], a Tamil fiction feature by Lokesh R; and Marathi-language socially relevant horror film Hide N Seek (Lapachhapi) by Vishal Furia.
The industry was also buzzing about two Malayalam films: Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s fantasy...
Buyers and festival programmers were buzzing about a number of titles at Film Bazaar 2016, including Kabir Mehta’s Buddhagram, an inventive documentary with risqué scenes from the life of a flamboyant cricketer.
Another hot title, also in Film Bazaar Recommends, is Atanu Mukherjee’s Unknown Faces (Rukh), a Hindi-language drama about an 18-year-old boy dealing with a family tragedy.
Three documentaries making waves with international visitors are Vrinda Samartha’s English-language Limitless about female marathon runners; Rupak Das’ A Dream Document about young Mumbaikars who dream of stardom; and serial killer story The Karma Killings by Ram Devineni and Tushar Parekh.
Festival programmers were also keen on My Son Is Gay [pictured], a Tamil fiction feature by Lokesh R; and Marathi-language socially relevant horror film Hide N Seek (Lapachhapi) by Vishal Furia.
The industry was also buzzing about two Malayalam films: Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s fantasy...
- 11/24/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Indian producer-distributor Drishyam Films is in pre-production on its first Arabic-language project, Triangle, to be directed by Iranian filmmaker Shahram Alidi.
The project revolves around a Palestinian woman and the challenges she must overcome to ensure her poetry is published. Production is scheduled to start in February 2016, in Palestine and Turkey, where the protagonist travels. The script will also be partly Turkish language.
“The film depicts her physical and emotional journey as she attempts to achieve her dream,” said Drishyam Films founder Manish Mundra [pictured]. “At Drishyam we are focused on story-driven projects with a strong emotional connection to audiences.”
Alidi’s award-winning debut feature, Whisper With The Wind (2009), about an elderly radio-operator attempting to connect families in war-torn Kurdistan in the 1980s, premiered in Critics Week at Cannes.
Mundra is attending Diff with Anu Menon’s Waiting, which he co-produced with Mumbai-based Ishka Films. He is also producing Atanu Mukherjee’s Unknown Faces, which started...
The project revolves around a Palestinian woman and the challenges she must overcome to ensure her poetry is published. Production is scheduled to start in February 2016, in Palestine and Turkey, where the protagonist travels. The script will also be partly Turkish language.
“The film depicts her physical and emotional journey as she attempts to achieve her dream,” said Drishyam Films founder Manish Mundra [pictured]. “At Drishyam we are focused on story-driven projects with a strong emotional connection to audiences.”
Alidi’s award-winning debut feature, Whisper With The Wind (2009), about an elderly radio-operator attempting to connect families in war-torn Kurdistan in the 1980s, premiered in Critics Week at Cannes.
Mundra is attending Diff with Anu Menon’s Waiting, which he co-produced with Mumbai-based Ishka Films. He is also producing Atanu Mukherjee’s Unknown Faces, which started...
- 12/11/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Manoj Bajpayee [pictured] and Smita Tambe will star in Atanu Mukherjee’s Unknown Faces, produced by Drishyam Films, which is scheduled to start shooting on December 11.
The film tells the story of a young man returning home from boarding school to discover that his father has disappeared after a bankruptcy scandal. He sets out to find his father while his mother attempts to protect him from the truth.
Mukherjee previously worked as an editor on films such as Monsoon Shootout and developed his new project through this year’s Drishyam-Sundance Screenwriters Lab.
Bajpayee’s credits including Gangs Of Wasseypur and Aligarh.
The film tells the story of a young man returning home from boarding school to discover that his father has disappeared after a bankruptcy scandal. He sets out to find his father while his mother attempts to protect him from the truth.
Mukherjee previously worked as an editor on films such as Monsoon Shootout and developed his new project through this year’s Drishyam-Sundance Screenwriters Lab.
Bajpayee’s credits including Gangs Of Wasseypur and Aligarh.
- 11/24/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Sundance Institute and Drishyam have unveiled the artists and creative advisors for the inaugural Drishyam | Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab set to run in Goa, India, from April 12-16.
The Lab supports emerging film-makers in India over a five-day workshop that allows screenwriters to work on their scripts via one-on-one story sessions with creative advisors.
The projects and fellows selected for the 2015 Drishyam | Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab are: Geetu Mohandas, Mulakoya; Raj Rishi More, Pirates; Atanu Mukherjee, Unknown Faces; Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam, The Sweet Requiem; Sandhya Suri, Santosh; Anay Tarnekar, Untitled Tiger Project; and Dnyanesh Zoting, The Monster.
The creative advisors are: Srdan Golubovic (Circles), Erik Jendresen (Band Of Brothers), Rose Troche (The Safety Of Objects, The L Word), Habib Faisel (Do Dooni Char), Sriram Raghavan (Badlapur, Ek Haseena Thi), Shridhar Raghavan (Yennai Arindaal) and Kasi Lemmons (Eve’s Bayou, Talk To Me).
Lab leader Srinivasan Narayanan, former director of the Mumbai Film Festival, said: “Our aim...
The Lab supports emerging film-makers in India over a five-day workshop that allows screenwriters to work on their scripts via one-on-one story sessions with creative advisors.
The projects and fellows selected for the 2015 Drishyam | Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab are: Geetu Mohandas, Mulakoya; Raj Rishi More, Pirates; Atanu Mukherjee, Unknown Faces; Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam, The Sweet Requiem; Sandhya Suri, Santosh; Anay Tarnekar, Untitled Tiger Project; and Dnyanesh Zoting, The Monster.
The creative advisors are: Srdan Golubovic (Circles), Erik Jendresen (Band Of Brothers), Rose Troche (The Safety Of Objects, The L Word), Habib Faisel (Do Dooni Char), Sriram Raghavan (Badlapur, Ek Haseena Thi), Shridhar Raghavan (Yennai Arindaal) and Kasi Lemmons (Eve’s Bayou, Talk To Me).
Lab leader Srinivasan Narayanan, former director of the Mumbai Film Festival, said: “Our aim...
- 4/8/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Jigarthanda at Saiff 2014
X, by eleven directors, will kickstart HBO’s South Asian International Film Festival (Saiff) on Tuesday. The festival will be held from November 18-23 in Manhattan.
Shrihari Sathe’s Ek Hazarachi Note, Karthik Subbaraj’s Jigarthanda, Kanu Behl’s Titli, Avinash Arun’s Killa and Afia Serena Nathaniel’s Dukhtar are the feature films to be screened at the festival.
The short films at the festival include Gaurav Bakshi’s Enough, Rajesh Jala’s 23 Winters, Gitanjali Rao’s True Love Story (animation), Atanu Mukherjee’s The Gatekeeper and Sreemoyee Bhattacharya’s Veil.
Raj and Dk’s Happy Ending, starring Saif Ali Khan, Ileana D’Cruz, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey and Govinda, will be screened as the Centerpiece Film of the festival.
The festival will close with the screening of Nabeel Qureshi’s Na Maloom Afraad.
X, by eleven directors, will kickstart HBO’s South Asian International Film Festival (Saiff) on Tuesday. The festival will be held from November 18-23 in Manhattan.
Shrihari Sathe’s Ek Hazarachi Note, Karthik Subbaraj’s Jigarthanda, Kanu Behl’s Titli, Avinash Arun’s Killa and Afia Serena Nathaniel’s Dukhtar are the feature films to be screened at the festival.
The short films at the festival include Gaurav Bakshi’s Enough, Rajesh Jala’s 23 Winters, Gitanjali Rao’s True Love Story (animation), Atanu Mukherjee’s The Gatekeeper and Sreemoyee Bhattacharya’s Veil.
Raj and Dk’s Happy Ending, starring Saif Ali Khan, Ileana D’Cruz, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey and Govinda, will be screened as the Centerpiece Film of the festival.
The festival will close with the screening of Nabeel Qureshi’s Na Maloom Afraad.
- 11/18/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Mina Djukic’s film wins best film, director and actress in National Class; Free Entry by Hungary’s Yvonne Kerekgyarto gets Cineuropa Award in Fresh Danube Film section.
The seventh Cinema City international film festival, which took place June 21-28 in Novi Sad, Serbia, wrapped with Mina Djukic’s Sundance title The Disobedient winning the Ibis Statuettes for best film, best directing and best female role for Hana Selimovic in the National Class, dedicated to Serbian films.
The best male role award went to Muhamed Dupovac for Slobodan Skerlic’s So Hot Was The Cannon.
The jury consisting of Wide Management’s Managing Director Loic Magneron, official delegate for Cannes Critics’ Week and Programme Consultant for the Hong Kong International Film Festival Raymond Phathanavirangoon, and Peter Stumbur, a programmer for Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, also gave out two special mentions: to Milan Todorovic’s horror title Nymph, and Dragan Nikolic’s documentary The Undertaker.
The Fipresci...
The seventh Cinema City international film festival, which took place June 21-28 in Novi Sad, Serbia, wrapped with Mina Djukic’s Sundance title The Disobedient winning the Ibis Statuettes for best film, best directing and best female role for Hana Selimovic in the National Class, dedicated to Serbian films.
The best male role award went to Muhamed Dupovac for Slobodan Skerlic’s So Hot Was The Cannon.
The jury consisting of Wide Management’s Managing Director Loic Magneron, official delegate for Cannes Critics’ Week and Programme Consultant for the Hong Kong International Film Festival Raymond Phathanavirangoon, and Peter Stumbur, a programmer for Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, also gave out two special mentions: to Milan Todorovic’s horror title Nymph, and Dragan Nikolic’s documentary The Undertaker.
The Fipresci...
- 6/30/2014
- ScreenDaily
Stray Dogs, a nineteen-minute short film by Atanu Mukherjee, won the Ibis statuette for the best film at 7th Cinema City International Film Festival in Serbia.
The film won in the “Up to 10,000 Bucks” competition programme, meant for low-budget films, that screened 32 films of all genres this year. The Cinema City International Film Festival was held in Novi Sad in Serbia from June 21-28, 2014.
“Stray Dogs uses a minimalistic and well-aimed dramatic structure to speak of system-imposed relation between the privileged and the oppressed, the mercurial nature of such relations, and discovery of a Man outside the dynamics of hierarchy,” the Jury stated.
Set in Pune, Stray Dogs tells the story of Tony, an employee in the Flex Manufacturing industry whose freedom is always dominated by hierarchy. Being suppressed by his boss, he can’t keep his commitments and priorities in his personal life. Gradually he starts performing the role...
The film won in the “Up to 10,000 Bucks” competition programme, meant for low-budget films, that screened 32 films of all genres this year. The Cinema City International Film Festival was held in Novi Sad in Serbia from June 21-28, 2014.
“Stray Dogs uses a minimalistic and well-aimed dramatic structure to speak of system-imposed relation between the privileged and the oppressed, the mercurial nature of such relations, and discovery of a Man outside the dynamics of hierarchy,” the Jury stated.
Set in Pune, Stray Dogs tells the story of Tony, an employee in the Flex Manufacturing industry whose freedom is always dominated by hierarchy. Being suppressed by his boss, he can’t keep his commitments and priorities in his personal life. Gradually he starts performing the role...
- 6/30/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 7th International Documentary & Short Film Festival of Kerala (Idsffk), to be held from July 18-22 at Thiruvananthapuram, has unveiled its selection. The 99 films that will be screened in competition section have been shortlisted from 916 entries received.
Competition lineup:
Long Documentaries:
Candles In The Wind, Kavita Bahl / Nandan Saxena Goonga Pehelwan, Vivek Chaudhary / Prateek Gupta At The Crossroads: Nondon Bagchi Life And Living, Rajdeep Paul / Sharmistha Maiti Rangbhoomi, Kamal Swaroop The Last Adieu, Shabnam Sukhdev Chronicles Of A Temple Painter, Shravan Katikaneni The Red Data Book An Appendix, Sreemith N Deepu This Land Belongs To The Army, Maga. Thamizh Prabhagaran
Short Documentaries:
In The Wake Of The Hill, Isha Pungaliya Lali, Subhadipta Biswas Wall Stories, Shashwati Talukdar Padmini My Love, Sriram Mohan I Am A Muslim, Vikram Kumar Kandimalla Songs Of A Free Bird, Samiran Datta Towards The Silver Lining, Bhabanita Muli Silent Sounds, Arun Radhakrishnan In Search Of Black God,...
Competition lineup:
Long Documentaries:
Candles In The Wind, Kavita Bahl / Nandan Saxena Goonga Pehelwan, Vivek Chaudhary / Prateek Gupta At The Crossroads: Nondon Bagchi Life And Living, Rajdeep Paul / Sharmistha Maiti Rangbhoomi, Kamal Swaroop The Last Adieu, Shabnam Sukhdev Chronicles Of A Temple Painter, Shravan Katikaneni The Red Data Book An Appendix, Sreemith N Deepu This Land Belongs To The Army, Maga. Thamizh Prabhagaran
Short Documentaries:
In The Wake Of The Hill, Isha Pungaliya Lali, Subhadipta Biswas Wall Stories, Shashwati Talukdar Padmini My Love, Sriram Mohan I Am A Muslim, Vikram Kumar Kandimalla Songs Of A Free Bird, Samiran Datta Towards The Silver Lining, Bhabanita Muli Silent Sounds, Arun Radhakrishnan In Search Of Black God,...
- 6/13/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely is set for release in India through start-up theatrical distributor Easel Films and Eagle Movies in January 2014.
The film will be the first release for Easel, launched by distribution executive Abhishek Gautam and filmmakers Bikramjit Gupta, Atanu Mukherjee and Pooja Gupte. Easel and Eagle are also teaming with distribution veteran Sunny Khanna to release the film.
“We hope to release across 200-300 screens,” said Gautam. “As a team we want to focus on distributing independent cinema in India.” The company will also release Sangee Thongdok’s Crossing Bridges, made in the north-east Indian dialect of Sherdukpen, which premiered at Mumbai Film Festival.
Meanwhile, former IFC Films executive Ryan Werner and distribution agency Required Viewing are working on the Us release of Miss Lovely, which is scheduled for March 2014. Cinetic Media’s FilmBuff is handling digital distribution for North America.
Miss Lovely premiered at Cannes in Un Certain Regard in 2012 and won best...
The film will be the first release for Easel, launched by distribution executive Abhishek Gautam and filmmakers Bikramjit Gupta, Atanu Mukherjee and Pooja Gupte. Easel and Eagle are also teaming with distribution veteran Sunny Khanna to release the film.
“We hope to release across 200-300 screens,” said Gautam. “As a team we want to focus on distributing independent cinema in India.” The company will also release Sangee Thongdok’s Crossing Bridges, made in the north-east Indian dialect of Sherdukpen, which premiered at Mumbai Film Festival.
Meanwhile, former IFC Films executive Ryan Werner and distribution agency Required Viewing are working on the Us release of Miss Lovely, which is scheduled for March 2014. Cinetic Media’s FilmBuff is handling digital distribution for North America.
Miss Lovely premiered at Cannes in Un Certain Regard in 2012 and won best...
- 11/24/2013
- by uditaj@gmail.com (Udita Jhunjhunwala)
- ScreenDaily
The first National Students’ Film Festival and awards concluded yesterday in Pune. Here is the complete list of winners:-
1 Best Art &Production Design
Amour V
Rishi Kumar, Devika Gharge & Taseer Shaikh, Nid Ahendabad
2 Best Editing(Non- Fiction)
Panchaboot
Charitra Guptraj, Srfti Kolkata
3 Best Editing( Fiction)
Between the Rains
Rashmima Datta, Srfti Kolkata
4 Best Sound design & Audiography (Non- Fiction)
Panchaboot
Iman Chakraborty, Srfti Kolkata
5 Best Sound design & Audiography ( Fiction)
Doyam
Atanu Mukherjee, Srfti Kolkata
6 Best Cinematography (Non- Fiction)
The Donkey Fair
Amit Kumar, Ftii Pune
7 Best Cinematography (Fiction)
Skylab is Falling
Karthik Muthukumar, Lv Prasad Film & Television Academy Chennai
8 Best Script (Non- Fiction)
Bharatmata Ki Jai
Amol Ranjan, Anurag Mazumdar, Arpita Chakravarty, Avadoot Khanolkar, Shewta Radhakrishnan, Tisc Mumbai
9 Best Script (Fiction)
Pola
Kinshuk Surjan, Shristi School of Technology & Art design, Bangalore
10 Best Script (Fiction)
Daak Nouka
Rohitaswa Mukherjee, Srfti Kolkata
11 Special Mention (Non- Fiction)
Autum of Life
Prantik Vivek Deshmukh, St.
1 Best Art &Production Design
Amour V
Rishi Kumar, Devika Gharge & Taseer Shaikh, Nid Ahendabad
2 Best Editing(Non- Fiction)
Panchaboot
Charitra Guptraj, Srfti Kolkata
3 Best Editing( Fiction)
Between the Rains
Rashmima Datta, Srfti Kolkata
4 Best Sound design & Audiography (Non- Fiction)
Panchaboot
Iman Chakraborty, Srfti Kolkata
5 Best Sound design & Audiography ( Fiction)
Doyam
Atanu Mukherjee, Srfti Kolkata
6 Best Cinematography (Non- Fiction)
The Donkey Fair
Amit Kumar, Ftii Pune
7 Best Cinematography (Fiction)
Skylab is Falling
Karthik Muthukumar, Lv Prasad Film & Television Academy Chennai
8 Best Script (Non- Fiction)
Bharatmata Ki Jai
Amol Ranjan, Anurag Mazumdar, Arpita Chakravarty, Avadoot Khanolkar, Shewta Radhakrishnan, Tisc Mumbai
9 Best Script (Fiction)
Pola
Kinshuk Surjan, Shristi School of Technology & Art design, Bangalore
10 Best Script (Fiction)
Daak Nouka
Rohitaswa Mukherjee, Srfti Kolkata
11 Special Mention (Non- Fiction)
Autum of Life
Prantik Vivek Deshmukh, St.
- 4/25/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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