Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
National award winning director Umesh Kulkarni will conduct the fourth edition of ‘Shoot a short’, a workshop on short filmmaking in Pune from December 26-29.
The workshop will be primarily aimed at guiding film enthusiasts to make short films. Translating an idea into a screenplay and working with a cast and crew are some of the core areas the workshop will deal with.
Umesh Kulkarni won his first national award for his diploma film titled Girni (The Grinding Machine) that he made as a student of the Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii). Even after making three critically acclaimed and successful feature films like Valu (The Wild Bull), Vihir (The Well) and Deool (Temple), Umesh continues to make short films.
He has served on the jury of festivals like Clermont Ferrand and International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala. Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival...
National award winning director Umesh Kulkarni will conduct the fourth edition of ‘Shoot a short’, a workshop on short filmmaking in Pune from December 26-29.
The workshop will be primarily aimed at guiding film enthusiasts to make short films. Translating an idea into a screenplay and working with a cast and crew are some of the core areas the workshop will deal with.
Umesh Kulkarni won his first national award for his diploma film titled Girni (The Grinding Machine) that he made as a student of the Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii). Even after making three critically acclaimed and successful feature films like Valu (The Wild Bull), Vihir (The Well) and Deool (Temple), Umesh continues to make short films.
He has served on the jury of festivals like Clermont Ferrand and International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala. Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival...
- 12/3/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) has announced the nine scripts selected for the second edition of the National Script Lab to be held from October 2014 – March 2015.
Actor Konkona Sensharma and editor Ranjeet Bahadur are among the nine writers whose scripts have been selected.
The first screenwriting workshop will be held from October 12 – 17, 2014 at the Courtyard Marriott, Chakan, Pune, followed by two more workshops and one-to-one consultation sessions over the next six months.
Marten Rabarts (Senior Consultant, Training and Development, Nfdc), Olivia Stewart (Producer of The House of Mirth, Brassed Off, and script consultant on The Lunchbox), and Rajat Kapoor, writer-director of Ankhon Dekhi will mentor these scriptwriters.
Also as part of the National Script Lab program, the screenwriters will also attend Nfdc Film Bazaar 2014 (Nov 20–24) to network and introduce their upcoming projects to both the Indian and international film industry delegates attending the market.
This year the Script Lab...
Actor Konkona Sensharma and editor Ranjeet Bahadur are among the nine writers whose scripts have been selected.
The first screenwriting workshop will be held from October 12 – 17, 2014 at the Courtyard Marriott, Chakan, Pune, followed by two more workshops and one-to-one consultation sessions over the next six months.
Marten Rabarts (Senior Consultant, Training and Development, Nfdc), Olivia Stewart (Producer of The House of Mirth, Brassed Off, and script consultant on The Lunchbox), and Rajat Kapoor, writer-director of Ankhon Dekhi will mentor these scriptwriters.
Also as part of the National Script Lab program, the screenwriters will also attend Nfdc Film Bazaar 2014 (Nov 20–24) to network and introduce their upcoming projects to both the Indian and international film industry delegates attending the market.
This year the Script Lab...
- 10/3/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
H ighway is one of the twenty-three films selected for the co- production market of Film Bazaar 2013. We spoke to the director Umesh Kulkarni:
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
Highway is a story of a journey- a journey of several characters from different walks of life from one metro city to another. Like every real journey, it changes something within. People start coming out of their shells to experience freedom. It is an attempt to look at ourselves in today’s time. It’s not a straightforward narrative and we are trying to question our own way of looking at things. The different colourful characters one will see in the film will try to find unknown paths, which they have not travelled. One will hear different dialects of Marathi language with a little bit of Hindi, English, Gujarati, Sindhi, Telugu, Punjabi and Tamil.
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
Highway is a story of a journey- a journey of several characters from different walks of life from one metro city to another. Like every real journey, it changes something within. People start coming out of their shells to experience freedom. It is an attempt to look at ourselves in today’s time. It’s not a straightforward narrative and we are trying to question our own way of looking at things. The different colourful characters one will see in the film will try to find unknown paths, which they have not travelled. One will hear different dialects of Marathi language with a little bit of Hindi, English, Gujarati, Sindhi, Telugu, Punjabi and Tamil.
- 11/16/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
Jahnu Barua’s Baandhon will open the Feature Film section of Indian Panorama 2012 at the International Film Festival of India. Celluloid Man will open the Non-Feature Film section.
The 43rd edition of the festival will be held from 20th – 30th November, 2012 in Goa.
The jury for the Feature Film section was headed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta and comprised Pradip Biswas, Suresh Krissna Katte Ramachandra, Kireedam Unni, Munin Barua, Pawan Manavi, Ajay Sharma, Venita Coelho and Sibi Malayil. The jury selected 18 films from the 144 eligible entries.
The jury for the Non-Feature Film section is chaired by M.R. Rajan picked up 18 films from the 147 eligible entries. Other jury members are Bachaspatimayum Sunzu, Mohammad Ali Baig, Jasmine K Roy and Rajesh S Jala.
The films selected under Feature Film section are:
Baandhon by Jahnu Barua
Shabdo by Kaushik Ganguly
Chitrangada by Rituparno Ghosh
Elar Char Adhyay by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Deswa by Nitin Chandra...
The 43rd edition of the festival will be held from 20th – 30th November, 2012 in Goa.
The jury for the Feature Film section was headed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta and comprised Pradip Biswas, Suresh Krissna Katte Ramachandra, Kireedam Unni, Munin Barua, Pawan Manavi, Ajay Sharma, Venita Coelho and Sibi Malayil. The jury selected 18 films from the 144 eligible entries.
The jury for the Non-Feature Film section is chaired by M.R. Rajan picked up 18 films from the 147 eligible entries. Other jury members are Bachaspatimayum Sunzu, Mohammad Ali Baig, Jasmine K Roy and Rajesh S Jala.
The films selected under Feature Film section are:
Baandhon by Jahnu Barua
Shabdo by Kaushik Ganguly
Chitrangada by Rituparno Ghosh
Elar Char Adhyay by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Deswa by Nitin Chandra...
- 10/26/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Jahnu Barua’s Baandhon will open the Feature Film section of Indian Panorama 2012 at the International Film Festival of India (Iffi). Documentary Celluloid Man will open the Non-Feature Film section.
The 43rd edition of the festival will be held from 20th – 30th November, 2012 in Goa.
The jury for the Feature Film section was headed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta and comprised Pradip Biswas, Suresh Krissna Katte Ramachandra, Kireedam Unni, Munin Barua, Pawan Manavi, Ajay Sharma, Venita Coelho and Sibi Malayil. The jury selected 18 films from the 144 eligible entries.
The jury for the Non-Feature Film section, chaired by M.R. Rajan, picked up 18 films from the 147 eligible entries. Other jury members were Bachaspatimayum Sunzu, Mohammad Ali Baig, Jasmine K Roy and Rajesh S Jala.
Feature Films:
Baandhon by Jahnu Barua
Shabdo by Kaushik Ganguly
Chitrangada by Rituparno Ghosh
Elar Char Adhyay by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Deswa by Nitin Chandra
Byari by Suveeran
Lessons In Forgetting...
The 43rd edition of the festival will be held from 20th – 30th November, 2012 in Goa.
The jury for the Feature Film section was headed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta and comprised Pradip Biswas, Suresh Krissna Katte Ramachandra, Kireedam Unni, Munin Barua, Pawan Manavi, Ajay Sharma, Venita Coelho and Sibi Malayil. The jury selected 18 films from the 144 eligible entries.
The jury for the Non-Feature Film section, chaired by M.R. Rajan, picked up 18 films from the 147 eligible entries. Other jury members were Bachaspatimayum Sunzu, Mohammad Ali Baig, Jasmine K Roy and Rajesh S Jala.
Feature Films:
Baandhon by Jahnu Barua
Shabdo by Kaushik Ganguly
Chitrangada by Rituparno Ghosh
Elar Char Adhyay by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Deswa by Nitin Chandra
Byari by Suveeran
Lessons In Forgetting...
- 10/26/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The world premiere of Bedabrata Pain’s drama Chittagong featuring Manoj Bajpayee will open the 10th Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. The film is set against the backdrop of 1930’s British-occupied Chittagong on the brink of a youth led revolution, and tells the story of 14-year-old Jhunka who comes of age as he is faced with the ultimate questions of sacrifice, love, and the quest for true freedom.
The award-winning film Patang by Prashant Bhargava will be the closing film of the festival. The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles announced its 2012 lineup comprising 33 features, documentaries, and short films.
The eight feature films to be screened at the festival include Salim Ahmed’s Abu, Son of Adam, Rajan Khosa’s Gattu, Karan Gour’s Kshay and Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni’s Deool.
Documentaries include the world premiere of Ruchika Muchhala and Faiza Khan’s look into Indian society with The Great Indian Marriage Bazaar...
The award-winning film Patang by Prashant Bhargava will be the closing film of the festival. The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles announced its 2012 lineup comprising 33 features, documentaries, and short films.
The eight feature films to be screened at the festival include Salim Ahmed’s Abu, Son of Adam, Rajan Khosa’s Gattu, Karan Gour’s Kshay and Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni’s Deool.
Documentaries include the world premiere of Ruchika Muchhala and Faiza Khan’s look into Indian society with The Great Indian Marriage Bazaar...
- 3/16/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Mumbai, March 12: While the whole world is celebrating Vidya Balan's National Award for the best actress for her role in "The Dirty Picture", the response to Marathi artist Girish Kulkarni winning the prestigious award for the best actor for "Deool" has drawn a blank.
"Yeh Girish kaun hai, Atul Kulkarni ka bhai," a prominent Bollywood director wonders despite the fact that his first Marathi film was produced by Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's Ab Corp Ltd.
When told the anecdote, Girish laughed it off saying: "I'm not surprised that I am not well known. 'Ek to main Pune main rehta hoon'. My friend and creative partner.
"Yeh Girish kaun hai, Atul Kulkarni ka bhai," a prominent Bollywood director wonders despite the fact that his first Marathi film was produced by Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's Ab Corp Ltd.
When told the anecdote, Girish laughed it off saying: "I'm not surprised that I am not well known. 'Ek to main Pune main rehta hoon'. My friend and creative partner.
- 3/12/2012
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
Deool, Byari, Aaranyakandam, and the other winners of the 2011 National Film Awards have been announced. The 59th Annual National Film Awards, administered by the India’s Directorate of Film Festivals, is “the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administrated by the Indian government’s Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973. Every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India gives away the awards.
This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where the award-winning films are screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. Due to the...
This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where the award-winning films are screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. Due to the...
- 3/8/2012
- by R.W.
- Film-Book
Today the winners of the 59th National Film Awards, the most respected and prestigious film prize in the Indian film industry which everyone looks forward to, were announced. The National Awards honor work from all the film industries in India and this year’s winners are from the Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Manipuri, Tamil, Punjabi Film industries.
Bollyspice takes a look at the Hindi cinema winners.
I Am wins Best Hindi Film
The Hindi Film I Am won the award for Best Film and Best Lyrics for the song ‘Agar Zindagi’, which is written by Amitabh Bhattacharya.
Onir thanked everyone on Twitter for their support. He was really overwhelmed by the fact that I Am bagged two National awards. “Thank you all so much. Still overwhelmed that I Am won the Best Hindi Feature film and Best lyrics National award. It’s been a long and difficult journey. Thanks...
Bollyspice takes a look at the Hindi cinema winners.
I Am wins Best Hindi Film
The Hindi Film I Am won the award for Best Film and Best Lyrics for the song ‘Agar Zindagi’, which is written by Amitabh Bhattacharya.
Onir thanked everyone on Twitter for their support. He was really overwhelmed by the fact that I Am bagged two National awards. “Thank you all so much. Still overwhelmed that I Am won the Best Hindi Feature film and Best lyrics National award. It’s been a long and difficult journey. Thanks...
- 3/8/2012
- by Charla Manohar
- Bollyspice
After bagging all the popular 'Best Actress' awards for her performance as Silk in The Dirty Picture, Vidya Balan has now bagged the prestigious National Award for Best Actress for the same film. This is yet another feather in her cap after a hugely successful last few years in Bollywood. The Dirty Picture team has more reason to rejoice as Niharika Khan won the National Award for Best Costume for her work in the film. Onir and Sanjay Suri's sensitively made film I Am won the Best Hindi Film award while Girish Kulkarni has won the Best Actor award for his work in Marathi film Deool. Deool also shared the Best Film award along with Byari. Srk's ambitious venture Ra.One won the National Award for Best VFX while Salman Khan's home production Chillar Party won the award for Best Children's Film and Best Screenplay (Nitish Tiwari and...
- 3/7/2012
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
New Delhi, March 7: Regional actors and filmmakers swept the top honours, including best feature film, best direction and best actor titles, at the 59th National Film Awards announced here Wednesday. But Bollywood didn't fail to mark its presence, as Vidya Balan was named the best actress for her bold role in "The Dirty Picture".
The best feature film award was shared by Marathi film "Deool" and Kannada movie "Byari", while the winner of the best direction award was Gurvinder Singh for his Punjabi film "Anhe Ghorey Da Daan" -- the film also won the best cinematography title.
Marathi actor Girish Kulkarni was adjudged the best actor for his.
The best feature film award was shared by Marathi film "Deool" and Kannada movie "Byari", while the winner of the best direction award was Gurvinder Singh for his Punjabi film "Anhe Ghorey Da Daan" -- the film also won the best cinematography title.
Marathi actor Girish Kulkarni was adjudged the best actor for his.
- 3/7/2012
- by Amith Ostwal
- RealBollywood.com
New Delhi, Mar 7: Jury members of the National Film Awards on Wednesday announced the winners of the 59th National Film Awards, with Vidya Balan bagging top honours for best actress for the film ' The Dirty Picture'.
The top honour in the Feature Film category, this time, was shared between two films, Deool (Marathi) directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni and Byari (Byari language) directed by Suveeram.
'Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai' (Tamil) won the award for the Best Wholesome Entertainment Film while 'Chillar Party' (Hindi) won Best Children Film.
The Best Director award went to Gurvinder Singh for Punjabi.
The top honour in the Feature Film category, this time, was shared between two films, Deool (Marathi) directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni and Byari (Byari language) directed by Suveeram.
'Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai' (Tamil) won the award for the Best Wholesome Entertainment Film while 'Chillar Party' (Hindi) won Best Children Film.
The Best Director award went to Gurvinder Singh for Punjabi.
- 3/7/2012
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
Bollywood star Vidya Balan won the National award for the best actress for her performance of a Southern sex siren in "The Dirty Picture" at the 59th national awards, announced today.
The best feature film award was shared by "Byari" and Marathi film "Deool", which also won its actor Girish Kulkarni the best actor award. Onir directed 'I Am', a compilation of four stories ...
The best feature film award was shared by "Byari" and Marathi film "Deool", which also won its actor Girish Kulkarni the best actor award. Onir directed 'I Am', a compilation of four stories ...
- 3/7/2012
- Bollywood Chaska
New Delhi, March 7: Marathi film "Deeol", about the dilemma of educated youth in villages, and Kannada movie "Byari", about Muslim girls trials and tribulations of in the Beary community, shared the best feature film award at the 59th National Awards announced here Wednesday.
"Byari" is the first film in the Beary language, spoken in coastal Kannada. It is about how girls in the small Muslim Beary community are mistreated in the name of marriage and divorce.
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni has directed "Deool", while "Byari" is by director Suveran.
Ians...
"Byari" is the first film in the Beary language, spoken in coastal Kannada. It is about how girls in the small Muslim Beary community are mistreated in the name of marriage and divorce.
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni has directed "Deool", while "Byari" is by director Suveran.
Ians...
- 3/7/2012
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
Best Feature Film: Deool and Byari
Best Director: Gurvinder Singh for Anhe Ghorey Da Daan
Best Hindi Film: I Am
Best Bengali Film: Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbo Na
Best Marathi Film: Shaala
Best Actress: Vidya Balan, The Dirty Picture
Best Actor: Girish Kulkarni for Deool (Marathi)
Best Screenplay: Vikas Bahl, Nitesh Tiwari, Vijay Maurya, Rajesh Bajaj for Chillar Party
Best Choreography: Bosco-Caeser for Senorita from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Special Effects: Ra.One
Best Make Up: Vijram Gaekwad for The Dirty Picture and Bal Gandharva
Best Costume Designer: Niharika Khan for The Dirty Picture and Neeta Lulla for Bal Gandharva
Best Children’s Film: Chillar Party
Best Child Artistes: Partho Gupte for Stanley Ka Dabba, and for Chillar Party: Irfan Khan, Sanath Menon, Rohan Grover, Naman Jain, Aarav Khanna, Vishesh Tiwari, Chinmai Chandranshuh, Vedant Desai and Divji Handa
Best Supporting Actor: Appu Kutty for Azhagar Samiyin Kuthirai (Tamil...
Best Director: Gurvinder Singh for Anhe Ghorey Da Daan
Best Hindi Film: I Am
Best Bengali Film: Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbo Na
Best Marathi Film: Shaala
Best Actress: Vidya Balan, The Dirty Picture
Best Actor: Girish Kulkarni for Deool (Marathi)
Best Screenplay: Vikas Bahl, Nitesh Tiwari, Vijay Maurya, Rajesh Bajaj for Chillar Party
Best Choreography: Bosco-Caeser for Senorita from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Special Effects: Ra.One
Best Make Up: Vijram Gaekwad for The Dirty Picture and Bal Gandharva
Best Costume Designer: Niharika Khan for The Dirty Picture and Neeta Lulla for Bal Gandharva
Best Children’s Film: Chillar Party
Best Child Artistes: Partho Gupte for Stanley Ka Dabba, and for Chillar Party: Irfan Khan, Sanath Menon, Rohan Grover, Naman Jain, Aarav Khanna, Vishesh Tiwari, Chinmai Chandranshuh, Vedant Desai and Divji Handa
Best Supporting Actor: Appu Kutty for Azhagar Samiyin Kuthirai (Tamil...
- 3/7/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 41st edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam was a programme full of audience-friendly features, significant guest-directors, new festival locations, unexpected discoveries and even experimental productions, giving insight on what happens globally on the film market.
In such a formidable maze of screenings and events, first thing for every attendant would be to restrain the options and so I did: getting “specialized” for a few days in French, Canadian, Indian, Romanian, Hungarian and Portuguese productions, adding to it, just a few of those highlighted events that make any festival a festive occasion and some features of the Tiger Competition. So at the end of my stay I could sum up 26 movies, a few meetings and an interview with the most influential guest of the 41st Iffr, Takashi Miike.
I was glad to see that the public is taken seriously in Rotterdam offering them intriguing and valuable movies to watch. I...
In such a formidable maze of screenings and events, first thing for every attendant would be to restrain the options and so I did: getting “specialized” for a few days in French, Canadian, Indian, Romanian, Hungarian and Portuguese productions, adding to it, just a few of those highlighted events that make any festival a festive occasion and some features of the Tiger Competition. So at the end of my stay I could sum up 26 movies, a few meetings and an interview with the most influential guest of the 41st Iffr, Takashi Miike.
I was glad to see that the public is taken seriously in Rotterdam offering them intriguing and valuable movies to watch. I...
- 2/14/2012
- by Boglarka Nagy
- DearCinema.com
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni's Deool is a political satire that literally slays the sacred cows of Indian politics and devotion. Kulkarni's focuses his keen eye on rural Maharashtra and the speed with which corruption can move through a well-meaning community when wealth and power are involved. Strong performances from Nana Patekar and Dilip Prabhawalkar in the lead roles are a major part of Deool's success. Patekar is one of the many Indian character actors just waiting for an international production to boost his profile, I eagerly await the casting directors in the west to discover this gem. One day in rural Maharashtra, a regular guy is out searching for his lost cow. When he finds her, he is so exhausted from the quest, that he takes...
- 11/9/2011
- Screen Anarchy
I don’t want to get caught into the notions about myself. I want to continue to experiment and make films the way I want to make them: Umesh Kulkarni
The magnificent Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque served as the perfect backdrop for the grand screening of Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni’s third feature film “Deool” (The Temple). The sea breeze from the Persian Gulf greeted an enthusiastic crowd at the Swiss Open Air theatre of Fairmont Bab Al Bahr hotel. The 5th Abu Dhabi International Film Festival hosted the international premiere of the film, close on the heels of its world premiere at the Mumbai Film Festival. DearCinema Editor Bikas Mishra chatted with Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni before the screening of the film.
Where did the journey for Deool begin?
When the shooting for my first feature film Valu got over in a Maharashtra village, we wanted to express our gratitude to...
The magnificent Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque served as the perfect backdrop for the grand screening of Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni’s third feature film “Deool” (The Temple). The sea breeze from the Persian Gulf greeted an enthusiastic crowd at the Swiss Open Air theatre of Fairmont Bab Al Bahr hotel. The 5th Abu Dhabi International Film Festival hosted the international premiere of the film, close on the heels of its world premiere at the Mumbai Film Festival. DearCinema Editor Bikas Mishra chatted with Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni before the screening of the film.
Where did the journey for Deool begin?
When the shooting for my first feature film Valu got over in a Maharashtra village, we wanted to express our gratitude to...
- 10/21/2011
- by Bikas Mishra
- DearCinema.com
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