Adult film actress Sunny Leone, a.k.a Karenjit Kaur Vohra, has more than 100 million fans, over 20 million followers on social media, and is India’s most Googled celebrity. But the new documentary “Mostly Sunny” chronicles Leone’s journey from a Canadian-born, American bred adult film actress into one of Bollywood’s biggest stars. The film exposes the conflict between traditional cultural values held by immigrant parents and the lifestyle choices made by their children within the influence of Western society. Determined to succeed as a mainstream actress, Sunny is unapologetic as she challenges the modern notions of independence, celebrity and feminism while forcing India to confront its paradoxical relationship with sex. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
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The film is directed by internationally known photographer Dilip Mehta. He previously directed the 2008 documentary “The Forgotten Woman,...
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The film is directed by internationally known photographer Dilip Mehta. He previously directed the 2008 documentary “The Forgotten Woman,...
- 1/6/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
A new festival of South Asian film comes to Australia late next month with the launch of Parramasala in Parramatta in Nsw.
The six day independent film festival, which begins on October 31, aims to highlight that there is more to Asian film than Bollywood.
Highlights include Indian film That Girl in Yellow Boots, and The Forgotten Woman, which won the Best Documentary prize at the 2008 Hollywood Film Festival.
Other events include a Satyajit Ray Retrospective and free lunchtime documentaries.
The festival is based at the Lennox Theatre in Parramatta.
Curator, Ravi Kambhoj said: “We want to showcase the extraordinary cinematic offerings that come from South Asia and the South Asian diaspora, and also build understanding about these cultures – both to the general public and the film industry, he added.”...
The six day independent film festival, which begins on October 31, aims to highlight that there is more to Asian film than Bollywood.
Highlights include Indian film That Girl in Yellow Boots, and The Forgotten Woman, which won the Best Documentary prize at the 2008 Hollywood Film Festival.
Other events include a Satyajit Ray Retrospective and free lunchtime documentaries.
The festival is based at the Lennox Theatre in Parramatta.
Curator, Ravi Kambhoj said: “We want to showcase the extraordinary cinematic offerings that come from South Asia and the South Asian diaspora, and also build understanding about these cultures – both to the general public and the film industry, he added.”...
- 9/30/2011
- by Tim Burrowes
- Encore Magazine
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 28th annual "Contemporay Documentaries" series will screen two films, “The Final Inch” and “The Forgotten Woman”, on Indian themes on April 7th.
Following American survivors and Indian vaccinators, “The Final Inch” tracks the massive mission to eradicate polio. The stories of those working in the poorest corners of our planet challenge our most basic assumptions about disease, poverty and health as a human right. Directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky and produced by Brodsky and Tom Grant, “The Final Inch” earned an Academy Award® nomination for Documentary Short Subject.
Directed by Dilip Mehta and produced by David Hamilton and Noemi Weis, “The Forgotten Woman” aims to bring about an understanding of the destitution and marginalization of many of the millions of widows in India today, who are forced by age-old traditions to live out their remaining years isolated and shunned from society at large.
Following American survivors and Indian vaccinators, “The Final Inch” tracks the massive mission to eradicate polio. The stories of those working in the poorest corners of our planet challenge our most basic assumptions about disease, poverty and health as a human right. Directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky and produced by Brodsky and Tom Grant, “The Final Inch” earned an Academy Award® nomination for Documentary Short Subject.
Directed by Dilip Mehta and produced by David Hamilton and Noemi Weis, “The Forgotten Woman” aims to bring about an understanding of the destitution and marginalization of many of the millions of widows in India today, who are forced by age-old traditions to live out their remaining years isolated and shunned from society at large.
- 3/31/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The posh Toronto International Film Festival which opens on September 10 has a unique lineup of Indian films this year.The two Bollywood entries are Ashutosh Gowariker's What's Your Raashee and first time director Anurag Singh's Dil Bole Hadippa. Both share a common trait. They're both female-centric products from a film industry notorious for male domination.And now Dilip Mehta's (brother to Deepa Mehta) film Cooking With Stella has just been selected for the Toronto International Film Festival and that too in the prestigious Gala section that opens the festival where Jon Amiel's Creation a bio-pic on Charles Darwin is being premiered.Dilip who has earlier made a much-acclaimed documentary on Indian widows is singularly kicked by the honour. "The Toronto International Film Festival is, after Cannes, undoubtedly the most significant festival worldwide. To have one's film participate in it is glory enough but to have...
- 8/19/2009
- Filmicafe
The posh Toronto International Film Festival which opens on September 10 has a unique lineup of Indian films this year. The two Bollywood entries are Ashutosh Gowariker's What's Your Raashee and first time director Anurag Singh's Dil Bole Hadippa. Both share a common trait. They're both female-centric products from a film industry notorious for male domination. And now Dilip Mehta's (brother to Deepa Mehta) film Cooking With Stella has just been selected for the Toronto International Film Festival and that too in the prestigious Gala section that opens the festival where Jon Amiel's Creation a bio-pic on Charles Darwin is being premiered. Dilip who has earlier made a much-acclaimed documentary on Indian widows is singularly kicked by the honour. "The Toronto International Film Festival is, after Cannes, undoubtedly the most significant festival worldwide. To have one's film participate in it is glory enough but to have a...
- 8/18/2009
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
The posh Toronto International Film Festival which opens on September 10 has a unique lineup of Indian films this year. The two Bollywood entries are Ashutosh Gowariker's What's Your Raashee and first time director Anurag Singh's Dil Bole Hadippa. Both share a common trait. They're both female-centric products from a film industry notorious for male domination. And now Dilip Mehta's (brother to Deepa Mehta) film Cooking With Stella has just been selected for the Toronto International Film Festival and that too in the prestigious Gala section that opens the festival where Jon Amiel's Creation a bio-pic on Charles Darwin is being premiered. Dilip who has earlier made a much-acclaimed documentary on Indian widows is singularly kicked by the honour. "The Toronto International Film Festival is, after Cannes, undoubtedly the most significant festival worldwide. To have one's film participate in it is glory enough but to have a...
- 8/18/2009
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Mumbai, Inspired by Deepa Mehta's Oscar-nominated film "Water", her brother Dilip Mehta has done a documentary on the lives of widows from across India and says unlike his sibling he didn't face any problem in making it. Entitled "The Forgotten Woman", the documentary moves from the dying derelict widows of Varanasi to the young widows of the soldiers who died in the 1999 Kargil war. " 'Water' certainly galvanised me to make this feature length documentary. The inspiration came entirely from the widows themselves," Dilip, whose documentary was screened at the Dubai International Film Festival in December last year, told Ians. In 2000, when Deepa planned to shoot the plight of abandoned widows in Vrindavan and Varanasi, radical political activists ...
- 5/1/2009
- Bollywoodworld.com
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