Deepa Mehta came quietly to Delhi, shot her film Anatomy Of Violence on the gruesome gang rape in a moving bus in 2012 on the streets and went back to Toronto. The film is being premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this week. Deepa's take on the gruesome crime that shook our nation's conscience attempts to look at the crime from the other side. The film examines the antecedents of the rapists, their family life and their upbringing which engendered such brutality. Significantly the heinous crime is not shown on screen at all. The whole idea behind this tormenting take on the crime against humanity is to explore the psychology that results in such barbaric deeds. Anatomy Of Violence has been made almost entirely with theatre actors from Delhi in the cast. The only known face in the film is that of Seema Biswas who has been seen to brilliant...
- 9/16/2016
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
<img class="aligncenter wp-image-655581 " src="http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Anatomy-Of-Violence.jpg" alt="Anatomy Of Violence" width="502" height="761" /> Deepa Mehta came quietly to Delhi, shot her film <i>Anatomy Of Violence</i> on the gruesome gang rape in a moving bus in 2012 on the streets and went back to Toronto. The film is being premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this week. Deepa's take on the gruesome crime that shook our nation's conscience attempts to look at the crime from the other side. The film examines the antecedents of the rapists, their family life and their upbringing which engendered such brutality. Significantly the heinous crime is not shown on screen at all. The whole idea behind this tormenting take on the crime against humanity is to explore the psychology that results in such barbaric deeds. <i>Anatomy Of Violence</i> has been made almost entirely with theatre actors from Delhi in the cast. The only known face in the film is that of Seema Biswas who has been seen to brilliant...
- 9/16/2016
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
<img class="aligncenter wp-image-655581 " src="http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Anatomy-Of-Violence.jpg" alt="Anatomy Of Violence" width="502" height="761" /> Deepa Mehta came quietly to Delhi, shot her film <i>Anatomy Of Violence</i> on the gruesome gang rape in a moving bus in 2012 on the streets and went back to Toronto. The film is being premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this week. Deepa's take on the gruesome crime that shook our nation's conscience attempts to look at the crime from the other side. The film examines the antecedents of the rapists, their family life and their upbringing which engendered such brutality. Significantly the heinous crime is not shown on screen at all. The whole idea behind this tormenting take on the crime against humanity is to explore the psychology that results in such barbaric deeds. <i>Anatomy Of Violence</i> has been made almost entirely with theatre actors from Delhi in the cast. The only known face in the film is that of Seema Biswas who has been seen to brilliant...
- 9/16/2016
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
A lot is being said about the upcoming Saif Ali Khan - Katrina Kaif starrer political action thriller Phantom. In fact ever since the launch of its first look posters a couple of days back, social networks have been buzzing about the film. Now we hear that Kabir Khan's next will also feature late star Dev Anand's niece Sohaila Kapur who is also Shekhar Kapur's sister. Confirming the same, Sohaila stated that she will be seen playing the role of a Pakistani window whose teenage son has been kidnaped by terrorists and is being trained to become one. However despite the limited scope of her character, we also hear that it will most definitely not be a blink and miss role, instead Sohaila's role is a rather integral part of the climax. Interestingly the journalist turned actress Sohaila who was seen in Govind Nihalani's 1991 National Award...
- 7/25/2015
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
New Delhi, Feb 3: Actress Shriya Saran, who features in Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children", says she had a "brilliant" experience working with the Canada-based Indian filmmaker, who played a perfect guide to her.
"Working with Deepa was a life changing experience. She is brilliant to work with. She is very driven and I felt very safe in her hands," Shriya, who earlier worked in Mehta-scripted "Cooking With Stella", told Ians.
"She is very understanding and very sensitive. She's always there to guide you. Something very special about her is that every morning she comes and gives you a very warm hug," added the actress who is.
"Working with Deepa was a life changing experience. She is brilliant to work with. She is very driven and I felt very safe in her hands," Shriya, who earlier worked in Mehta-scripted "Cooking With Stella", told Ians.
"She is very understanding and very sensitive. She's always there to guide you. Something very special about her is that every morning she comes and gives you a very warm hug," added the actress who is.
- 2/3/2013
- by Smith Cox
- RealBollywood.com
Sampradaya Dance Creations, renowned for its innovative dance productions under the artistic direction of Lata Pada, has created Taj, an exciting new dance-theatre production chronicling the great human drama behind the magnificent architectural wonder, the Taj Mahal. Taj runs June 10-12 at Harbourfront Centre's Fleck Dance Theatre as part of, and commissioned by, Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity.Written by Governor General's Award-winning playwright John Murrell and directed by Dora-winning opera director Tom Diamond, Taj explores the saga behind the Taj Mahal through dramatic scenes starring international Bollywood film, television and theatre star Kabir Bedi (Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story, Octopussy, Sandokan, The Bold and the Beautiful) and acclaimed Canadian actress Lisa Ray (Bollywood/Hollywood, Water, Cooking With Stella), and through exquisite kathak dance choreographed by South Asian kathak legend Padmabhusan Kumudini Lakhia, performed by an ensemble of dancers from Toronto, the U.K. and India: Tushar Bhatt,...
- 5/16/2011
- Filmicafe
Meek's Cutoff (PG)
(Kelly Reichardt, 2010, Us) Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Shirley Henderson, Paul Dano, Will Patton. 102 mins
Take away the epic music, the widescreen vistas, the male chauvinism, the gunfights, and just about every other Hollywood western convention, and you get this sparse, haunting evocation of American pioneering – which is probably far closer to how the west was really won. This group of settlers breaks away from the Oregon trail only to wander through an uncharted desert limbo in a trance of thirst, tension and uncertainty. Putting women's roles and the hardships of frontier survival very much to the fore, the result is a western unlike any other.
Your Highness (15)
(David Gordon Green, 2011, Us) Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman. 102 mins
A medieval stoner-com, dude! Which sounds like a great idea if you're baked, but not if you remember how Year One, that caveman stoner-com, turned out.
Scream 4 (15)
(Wes Craven,...
(Kelly Reichardt, 2010, Us) Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Shirley Henderson, Paul Dano, Will Patton. 102 mins
Take away the epic music, the widescreen vistas, the male chauvinism, the gunfights, and just about every other Hollywood western convention, and you get this sparse, haunting evocation of American pioneering – which is probably far closer to how the west was really won. This group of settlers breaks away from the Oregon trail only to wander through an uncharted desert limbo in a trance of thirst, tension and uncertainty. Putting women's roles and the hardships of frontier survival very much to the fore, the result is a western unlike any other.
Your Highness (15)
(David Gordon Green, 2011, Us) Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman. 102 mins
A medieval stoner-com, dude! Which sounds like a great idea if you're baked, but not if you remember how Year One, that caveman stoner-com, turned out.
Scream 4 (15)
(Wes Craven,...
- 4/15/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Onir’s I Am will open the 13th edition of the London Asian Film festival which will take place from March 18-27, 2011.
The other films that will be screened in the festival are Dilip Mehta’s Cooking With Stella, Murali Subramani’s Natural Selection, Sona Jain’s For Real, Rakesh Mehta’s Khudakhushi, Avantika Hari’s Land Gold Women, Anusha Rizvi’s Peepli Live, Laurens Corneliz Postma’s The Interview, S M Raju’s Varnam, Rajeev Patil’s Jogwa, Sundaran’s Thittukudi, Andrew Piddington’s Killing of John Lennon, Sander Francken’s BardSongs, Jeet Matharru’s Women from the East, Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi, Nayan Padrai’s When Harry tries to Marry and Sudipto Chattopadhyay’s Pankh.
Ajay Naidu’s Ashes will be the closing film of the festival.
The short films which will compete in the festival are : Wild Things by Sandeep Sharma, The Invigilator by Manesh Nesaratnam,...
The other films that will be screened in the festival are Dilip Mehta’s Cooking With Stella, Murali Subramani’s Natural Selection, Sona Jain’s For Real, Rakesh Mehta’s Khudakhushi, Avantika Hari’s Land Gold Women, Anusha Rizvi’s Peepli Live, Laurens Corneliz Postma’s The Interview, S M Raju’s Varnam, Rajeev Patil’s Jogwa, Sundaran’s Thittukudi, Andrew Piddington’s Killing of John Lennon, Sander Francken’s BardSongs, Jeet Matharru’s Women from the East, Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi, Nayan Padrai’s When Harry tries to Marry and Sudipto Chattopadhyay’s Pankh.
Ajay Naidu’s Ashes will be the closing film of the festival.
The short films which will compete in the festival are : Wild Things by Sandeep Sharma, The Invigilator by Manesh Nesaratnam,...
- 3/2/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
October 18, 2010: Screened to packed houses at the Toronto and Los Angeles Film Festivals, Cooking With Stella has been receiving rave reviews from audiences and critics alike and the film has now been selected to be the closing night screening at the 10th Annual Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival in New York this November.
This lighthearted, satirical, social comedy starring the versatile Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, Don McKellar, and Shriya Saran, is about an unsuspecting couple who inherit a household of Indian servants when they are posted to New Delhi by the Canadian Diplomatic Service. The captain of this ship, Stella (Biswas) – the head cook, is a wily and charming lady and an inspired cook, who.
This lighthearted, satirical, social comedy starring the versatile Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, Don McKellar, and Shriya Saran, is about an unsuspecting couple who inherit a household of Indian servants when they are posted to New Delhi by the Canadian Diplomatic Service. The captain of this ship, Stella (Biswas) – the head cook, is a wily and charming lady and an inspired cook, who.
- 10/18/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
In 1996, Seema Biswas recalls being offered a role in a televised adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s 1981 bestseller, Midnight’s Children. “The dates had been locked, hotels booked and then, at the last minute, the Channel 4 project fell through, after permission to shoot in Sri Lanka was denied,” she informs.Over a decade later, Deepa Mehta with whom Biswas has done Water and Cooking With Stella earlier, approached her for a screen adaptation of the Booker of Bookers Prize winning novel. “And incredibly, it was the same role I’d been offered earlier by BBC,” says the ecstatic actress, ...
- 7/13/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
When Seema Biswas was shooting for Cooking With Stella, she was often tempted to cook something in the designer kitchen. “There was a king-size fridge loaded with vegetables, prawns and fish, the best in cookware and sync sound that made it impossible for me to do anything that wasn’t in the shot,” she recalls. “Even the veggies were peeled by my staff before I stepped onto the set.” The itch however got worse, and one day, when the shoot wrapped up early and the lauki (bottlegourd) was too tempting to resist, Biwas picked up the knife and started ...
- 7/7/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
I learnt that Lisa (Ray) had cancer when a reporter called to ask for my reactions to her blog announcement. I was so shocked I couldn’t even message her directly. I smsed Deepa (director Deepa Mehta) instead and she confirmed the news,” Seema Biswas reminisces. The actress shares screen space with Ray in Mehta’s Cooking With Stella. She met her at the Toronto Film Festival for the first time since her illness. “I was in my hotel room, with the make-up artist and hair stylist when Lisa walked in to start with her own preparations. For two minutes, we ...
- 6/24/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Laxmikant Shetgaonkar’s The Man Beyond The Bridge (Paltadacho Munis) won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the 8th Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. Dilip Mehta’s Cooking With Stella receiving an Honorable Mention in the category.
Nishta Jain’s At My Doorstep was named winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary and Deepa Bhatia’s Nero’S Guests received Honorable Mention. Ritesh Batra’s Gareeb Nawaz’S Taxi won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film with Anjoo Khosla’s Wahid’S Mobile Bookstore receiving an Honorable Mention.
Audience Choice Awards went to Paresh Mokashi’s Harishchandrachi Factory for Narrative, Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s The Sun Behind The Clouds: Tibet’S Struggle For Freedom for Documentary and Terrie Samundra’s Kunjo for the Short Film category.
Nishta Jain’s At My Doorstep was named winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary and Deepa Bhatia’s Nero’S Guests received Honorable Mention. Ritesh Batra’s Gareeb Nawaz’S Taxi won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film with Anjoo Khosla’s Wahid’S Mobile Bookstore receiving an Honorable Mention.
Audience Choice Awards went to Paresh Mokashi’s Harishchandrachi Factory for Narrative, Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s The Sun Behind The Clouds: Tibet’S Struggle For Freedom for Documentary and Terrie Samundra’s Kunjo for the Short Film category.
- 4/27/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Director Dilip Mehta is "gratified" with the overwhelming response to his film Cooking With Stella at the ongoing Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. He says the audiences "fully understood the many layers in his film". "The gala opening of the festival with our film at Los Angeles was a smashing success," Mehta told Ians from Los Angeles. Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles started Tuesday and will close on Sunday. "It was a sell-out screening and the party that followed at the Cabana Club was unbelievably riveting. The entire venue was packed to full capacity with great India cuisine and the bartenders ...
- 4/24/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
"The Gala opening of the festival with our film at Los Angeles was a smashing success." So says Dilip Mehta, the director of Cooking With Stella. Speaking from La, Mehta says, "It was a sell-out screening and the party that followed at the Cabana Club was unbelievably riveting. The entire venue was packed to full capacity with great India cuisine and the bartenders kept every glass brimmed." The response to the film at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles was overwhelming. Says Mehta, "The huge theatre was packed. The audience was enormously supportive and so fully understood the many layers of our film. Even in the darkness I could make out the smiles and hear the laughter!" After the screening there was chaos. "We were mobbed by strangers following the screening. This is always gratifying because they give honest opinions since they don't have an axe to grind with you.
- 4/23/2010
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
"The Gala opening of the festival with our film at Los Angeles was a smashing success." So says Dilip Mehta, the director of Cooking With Stella. Speaking from La, Mehta says, "It was a sell-out screening and the party that followed at the Cabana Club was unbelievably riveting. The entire venue was packed to full capacity with great India cuisine and the bartenders kept every glass brimmed." The response to the film at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles was overwhelming. Says Mehta, "The huge theatre was packed. The audience was enormously supportive and so fully understood the many layers of our film. Even in the darkness I could make out the smiles and hear the laughter!" After the screening there was chaos. "We were mobbed by strangers following the screening. This is always gratifying because they give honest opinions since they don't have an axe to grind with you.
- 4/23/2010
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Mumbai, April 23 – Director Dilip Mehta is ‘gratified’ with the overwhelming response to his film ‘Cooking With Stella’ at the ongoing Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. He says the audiences ‘fully understood the many layers in his film’.
‘The gala opening of the festival with our film at Los Angeles was a smashing success,’ Mehta told Ians from Los Angeles.
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles started Tuesday and.
‘The gala opening of the festival with our film at Los Angeles was a smashing success,’ Mehta told Ians from Los Angeles.
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles started Tuesday and.
- 4/23/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
April 23, 2010: “The Gala opening of the festival with our film at Los Angeles was a smashing success.” So says Dilip Mehta, the director of Cooking With Stella.
Speaking from La, Mehta says, “It was a sellout screening and the party that followed at the Cabana Club was unbelievably riveting. The entire venue was packed to full capacity with great Indian cuisine and the bartenders kept every glass brimmed.”
The response to the film at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles was overwhelming.
Says Mehta, “The huge theatre was packed. The audience was enormously supportive and so fully understood the many layers of our film. Even in the darkness I could make out the smiles and and hear.
Speaking from La, Mehta says, “It was a sellout screening and the party that followed at the Cabana Club was unbelievably riveting. The entire venue was packed to full capacity with great Indian cuisine and the bartenders kept every glass brimmed.”
The response to the film at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles was overwhelming.
Says Mehta, “The huge theatre was packed. The audience was enormously supportive and so fully understood the many layers of our film. Even in the darkness I could make out the smiles and and hear.
- 4/23/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Cooking with Stella
The lives of house-workers in middle and upper class families in India can easily form a substantial episode in the class formation and struggle in modern capitalism. There are various ways to rationalize having ‘help’ in the house but fewer ways to realize how they see the world they inhabit, let alone they work in. This perspective does not include the long shots of their living quarters from cars, buses or trains and even less the luxurious views offered in documentaries that patronize them. Such struggle may just be captured in documentaries and in efforts that are launched by Ngo’s here and elsewhere. Theirs is a world that demands full class consciousness. Dilip Mehta’s directorial debut, Cooking with Stella, which opened the Los Angeles Film Festival, stands on that thin borderline of invoking their perspective and provoking enough moralization that may occur in a film theater.
The lives of house-workers in middle and upper class families in India can easily form a substantial episode in the class formation and struggle in modern capitalism. There are various ways to rationalize having ‘help’ in the house but fewer ways to realize how they see the world they inhabit, let alone they work in. This perspective does not include the long shots of their living quarters from cars, buses or trains and even less the luxurious views offered in documentaries that patronize them. Such struggle may just be captured in documentaries and in efforts that are launched by Ngo’s here and elsewhere. Theirs is a world that demands full class consciousness. Dilip Mehta’s directorial debut, Cooking with Stella, which opened the Los Angeles Film Festival, stands on that thin borderline of invoking their perspective and provoking enough moralization that may occur in a film theater.
- 4/21/2010
- by Shekhar Deshpande
- DearCinema.com
April 21, 2010: Dilip Mehta’s film Cooking With Stella featuring Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, Sriya Saran and Canadian star Don McKellar has taken its culinary theme many steps ahead. The film’s team will now be putting together a book of 103 Indian recipes, one each for every member of the crew.
Director Dilip Mehta says, “It is true. But we are not doing just any ordinary cook book with Indian recipes. Our book would have 103 recipes. That’s the number of cast and crew who worked on the film, each individual’s favorite Indian dish! Don MeKellar and I have already cooked live on Canada.
Director Dilip Mehta says, “It is true. But we are not doing just any ordinary cook book with Indian recipes. Our book would have 103 recipes. That’s the number of cast and crew who worked on the film, each individual’s favorite Indian dish! Don MeKellar and I have already cooked live on Canada.
- 4/21/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
April 19, 2010: The team of Dilip Mehta’s film, Cooking With Stella, is putting together a book of 103 Indian recipes, one each for every member of the crew. The film, which starred Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, Sriya Saran and Canadian star Don McKellar, had a culinary theme, as its title suggests.
Director Dilip Mehta confirmed it and stated that the book will feature each cast and crew member’s favorite Indian dish. He has already cooked live on a popular Canada show, Canada Am, where they prepared a recipe from the film.
Dilip asserts that the film isn’t just.
Director Dilip Mehta confirmed it and stated that the book will feature each cast and crew member’s favorite Indian dish. He has already cooked live on a popular Canada show, Canada Am, where they prepared a recipe from the film.
Dilip asserts that the film isn’t just.
- 4/19/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
If one possible future for how we'll watch films involves everyone sitting at home in front of giant televisions, another has to take into account places like the Enzian Theater in Maitland, Fl, base of the Florida Film Festival. The Enzian's a comfy multi-tiered cinema and event space with couches and table seating, a full menu, waitstaff and a bar outside under mossy old oaks, ideal for post-credits chats over cocktails.
It's a place that, like my beloved Alamo Drafthouse in Austin or the Ragtag Cinema in Columbia, Mo (both home to their own annual festivals), is both a film venue and a hangout joint, and sitting down to a screening there is the kind of thing that can have you hoping, by god, maybe there is life in communal moviegoing yet. In tune with the Enzian's dinner-and-a-flick style, the Florida Film Festival, which wraps up on Sunday, has a distinct foodie vibe,...
It's a place that, like my beloved Alamo Drafthouse in Austin or the Ragtag Cinema in Columbia, Mo (both home to their own annual festivals), is both a film venue and a hangout joint, and sitting down to a screening there is the kind of thing that can have you hoping, by god, maybe there is life in communal moviegoing yet. In tune with the Enzian's dinner-and-a-flick style, the Florida Film Festival, which wraps up on Sunday, has a distinct foodie vibe,...
- 4/18/2010
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
Dilip Mehta.s film Cooking With Stella, featuring Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, Sriya Saran and Canadian star Don McKellar, has taken its culinary theme to the next level. The film.s team is putting together a book of 103 Indian recipes, one each for every member of the crew.Says director Dilip Mehta, .It.s true. Our book, with 103 recipes, will have every individual cast and crew members. favourite Indian dish. Don McKellar and I have already cooked live on Canada Am, a hugely popular show broadcast across Canada. We prepared a recipe from the film..That said, Dilip warns that his film is not just about cooking. .Cooking has been used as a metaphor for the shenanigans that go on in the protagonist Stella.s (Seema Biswas) kitchen. It is almost the subtext of the film. The film, in many ways, is a social satire and by entering the kitchen,...
- 4/18/2010
- Filmicafe
The director’s cut of Shah Rukh Khan starrer My Name Is Khan (Mnik) will be screened at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) April 20-25. Dilip Mehta's Cooking With Stella will open the fest. Directed by Karan Johar, Mnik will be released in the Us by Fox Searchlight Pictures May 7. In the film, Shah Rukh has teamed up with Kajol. "Cooking With Stella" that stars Lisa Ray, will have its La premiere at the event. Both the actress and the director will attend the event. "The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles is expanding exponentially as both ...
- 4/17/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Los Angeles, April 16 – The director’s cut of Shah Rukh Khan starrer ‘My Name Is Khan’ (Mnik) will be screened at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) April 20-25. Dilip Mehta’s ‘Cooking With Stella’ will open the fest.
Directed by Karan Johar, Mnik will be released in the Us by Fox Searchlight Pictures May 7. In the film, Shah Rukh has teamed up with Kajol.
‘Cooking With Stella’ that stars Lisa Ray, will have its La premiere at.
Directed by Karan Johar, Mnik will be released in the Us by Fox Searchlight Pictures May 7. In the film, Shah Rukh has teamed up with Kajol.
‘Cooking With Stella’ that stars Lisa Ray, will have its La premiere at.
- 4/16/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, rapidly growing in prestige, has announced a stunning line-up for the Arclight Hollywood venue, where it runs from 20-25 April. Thirty-three films from five countries will showcase the best in Bollywood and the diaspora to an increasingly broad audience. “As filmmakers of Indian descent forge new relationships in Hollywood, we invite moviegoers and industry professionals to experience our unique and wide ranging program which includes thought-provoking dramas, engaging documentaries, along with a touch of light hearted fare and a taste of Bollywood,” describes executive director Christina Marouda.
Starting the festival will be the delightful Cooking With Stella, directed by Dilip Mehta and with an all-star cast in Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray and Shriya Saran. Bollywood is strongly represented with two of its biggest most-recent hits, Three Idiots and Kaminey; and also a remastered version of Ashes to Ashes (Raakh) with a young Aamir Khan in a revenge movie.
Starting the festival will be the delightful Cooking With Stella, directed by Dilip Mehta and with an all-star cast in Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray and Shriya Saran. Bollywood is strongly represented with two of its biggest most-recent hits, Three Idiots and Kaminey; and also a remastered version of Ashes to Ashes (Raakh) with a young Aamir Khan in a revenge movie.
- 4/5/2010
- Bollyspice
Two of the most critically acclaimed Bollywood films of 2009—'3 Idiots' and 'Kaminey'—will be featured at the 8th annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) in April.
The festival, which showcases Indian-related films from around the world, runs from April 20 to April 25 at ArcLight Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. This year, the festival will screen 33 films from 5 countries, including 4 world premieres and 7 U.S. premieres.
"This is a true celebration of the art and business of Indian film and culture as well as an opportunity to connect with the game changers and emerging filmmakers of Indian-themed content," said Christina Marouda, Iffla's executive director.
'3 Idiots,' a coming-of-age comedy directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and starring Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R. Madhavan, and Sharman Joshi, is the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time, collecting more than $80 million worldwide, including a decent take from the U.S.
The festival, which showcases Indian-related films from around the world, runs from April 20 to April 25 at ArcLight Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. This year, the festival will screen 33 films from 5 countries, including 4 world premieres and 7 U.S. premieres.
"This is a true celebration of the art and business of Indian film and culture as well as an opportunity to connect with the game changers and emerging filmmakers of Indian-themed content," said Christina Marouda, Iffla's executive director.
'3 Idiots,' a coming-of-age comedy directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and starring Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R. Madhavan, and Sharman Joshi, is the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time, collecting more than $80 million worldwide, including a decent take from the U.S.
- 4/3/2010
- The Bollywood Ticket
Indie Roundup is your weekly guide to what's new and upcoming in the independent film world. Pictured above: Cooking With Stella, The Extra Man, Collapse.
Fest Scene. The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles will open with Cooking With Stella on Tuesday, April 20. The diplomatic comedy features Seema Biswas as a scheming personal chef; Lisa Ray and Don McKellar also star. Now in its eighth year, the festival has developed a good reputation as a showcase for the wide range of pictures emerging from India. The Waiting City, with star Radha Mitchell in attendance, will close the fest on April 25. Check the web site for trailers and more information.
A day later, Independent Film Festival Boston gets underway. The Extra Man, starring John C. Reilly, Katie Holmes, Kevin Kline, and Paul Dano, will be the opening night presentation. The film was recently acquired by Magnolia Pictures, as noted by our own Peter Hall.
Fest Scene. The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles will open with Cooking With Stella on Tuesday, April 20. The diplomatic comedy features Seema Biswas as a scheming personal chef; Lisa Ray and Don McKellar also star. Now in its eighth year, the festival has developed a good reputation as a showcase for the wide range of pictures emerging from India. The Waiting City, with star Radha Mitchell in attendance, will close the fest on April 25. Check the web site for trailers and more information.
A day later, Independent Film Festival Boston gets underway. The Extra Man, starring John C. Reilly, Katie Holmes, Kevin Kline, and Paul Dano, will be the opening night presentation. The film was recently acquired by Magnolia Pictures, as noted by our own Peter Hall.
- 4/1/2010
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) has announced the 2010 line-up of films for its 8th annual festival, which runs April 20-April 25 at ArcLight Hollywood. The six-day festival will showcase 33 films from 5 countries, including 4 world premieres and 7 Us premieres.
“This is a true celebration of the art and business of Indian film and culture as well as an opportunity to connect with the game changers and emerging filmmakers of Indian themed content,’ said Christina Marouda, Iffla’s Executive Director. “As filmmakers of Indian descent forge new relationships in Hollywood, we invite moviegoers and industry professionals to experience our unique and wide ranging program which includes thought-provoking dramas, engaging documentaries, along with a touch of light hearted fare and a taste of Bollywood.”
Kicking off the festival is the Los Angeles premiere and directorial debut of Dilip Mehta‘s Cooking With Stella, starring Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, and Don McKellar.
“This is a true celebration of the art and business of Indian film and culture as well as an opportunity to connect with the game changers and emerging filmmakers of Indian themed content,’ said Christina Marouda, Iffla’s Executive Director. “As filmmakers of Indian descent forge new relationships in Hollywood, we invite moviegoers and industry professionals to experience our unique and wide ranging program which includes thought-provoking dramas, engaging documentaries, along with a touch of light hearted fare and a taste of Bollywood.”
Kicking off the festival is the Los Angeles premiere and directorial debut of Dilip Mehta‘s Cooking With Stella, starring Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, and Don McKellar.
- 4/1/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Dilip Mehta’s "Cooking with Stella," starring Lisa Ray and Seema Biswas, will serve as opening night film of the 8th annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, which runs from April 20-25 at the Arclight Cinemas Hollywood.
The Screen Actors Guild will host Iffla's opening night with support from the Canadian Consulate of Los Angeles and Telefilm Canada.
Ray, Dilip Mehta and cowriter/exec producer Deepa Mehta will be in attendance at the event, which will benefit the Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research.
The Screen Actors Guild will host Iffla's opening night with support from the Canadian Consulate of Los Angeles and Telefilm Canada.
Ray, Dilip Mehta and cowriter/exec producer Deepa Mehta will be in attendance at the event, which will benefit the Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research.
- 3/29/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a run at the latest Toronto International Film Festival, the comedy Cooking with Stella will have a theatrical release in Canada on March 19, 2010. The following is a presentation of the film's synopsis and trailer.
Synopsis:
Stella Elizabeth Matthews (Seema Biswas) has been a cook in the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi for 30 years. She is brilliant as a cook, and brilliant at creatively padding her salary – with a few pilfered items, some minor overcharging, and a special phone-‐order duty free business. A newly posted Canadian diplomat (Lisa Ray) and her husband Michael (Don McKellar) arrive with their baby (Alexiane Perreault). After an initial jolt when Stella learns that Michael will be staying home as “diplomatic housewife” while Maya goes off to work, everything goes swimmingly for Stella.Michael was a chef in Ottawa and he is longing to learn authentic Indian cooking. Stella agrees to be his...
Synopsis:
Stella Elizabeth Matthews (Seema Biswas) has been a cook in the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi for 30 years. She is brilliant as a cook, and brilliant at creatively padding her salary – with a few pilfered items, some minor overcharging, and a special phone-‐order duty free business. A newly posted Canadian diplomat (Lisa Ray) and her husband Michael (Don McKellar) arrive with their baby (Alexiane Perreault). After an initial jolt when Stella learns that Michael will be staying home as “diplomatic housewife” while Maya goes off to work, everything goes swimmingly for Stella.Michael was a chef in Ottawa and he is longing to learn authentic Indian cooking. Stella agrees to be his...
- 3/12/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Nevada (Us), Feb 22 – Twelve Indian or India related films will form part of ‘28th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival’ (Sfiaaff) to be held from March 11 to 21.
It will include: Today’s Special (David Kaplan), Love Aaj Kal (Imtiaz Ali), Cooking With Stella (Dilip Mehta), Diana (Aleem Khan), Scene 32 (Shambhavi Kaul), Talentime (Yasmin Ahmad), and Flying (Kirthi Nath). In addition, following Indian or India related shorts will participate: Narmeen (Dipti Gogna), Clap Clap (Tanuj Chopra),.
It will include: Today’s Special (David Kaplan), Love Aaj Kal (Imtiaz Ali), Cooking With Stella (Dilip Mehta), Diana (Aleem Khan), Scene 32 (Shambhavi Kaul), Talentime (Yasmin Ahmad), and Flying (Kirthi Nath). In addition, following Indian or India related shorts will participate: Narmeen (Dipti Gogna), Clap Clap (Tanuj Chopra),.
- 2/22/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta has announced that she will be delaying the movie Komagatu Mori with Akshay Kumar until 2013 and will instead start work on her adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children first. "We've just finished the screenplay for Midnight's Children and we're going to do the casting in the next couple of weeks," she explained. She has in fact already signed up a number of stars for the movie including Nandita Das and Shabana Azmi, together for the first time since Fire, and Seema Biswas.
Currently enjoying herself at the Pravasi Film Festival aimed at Nri movies, Deepa has been heavily promoting her brother Dilip's film Cooking With Stella, which stars Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray and Shriya Saran. "The film has been a gala affair," she said, "It has been in competition at festivals in Monte Carlo, Marbella, Toronto and Sao Paolo. As much as I would love...
Currently enjoying herself at the Pravasi Film Festival aimed at Nri movies, Deepa has been heavily promoting her brother Dilip's film Cooking With Stella, which stars Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray and Shriya Saran. "The film has been a gala affair," she said, "It has been in competition at festivals in Monte Carlo, Marbella, Toronto and Sao Paolo. As much as I would love...
- 1/7/2010
- Bollyspice
On September 18, when Dilip Mehta's Cooking With Stella had its public screening at the Toronto Film Festival, the show was on the spur of the moment, dedicated to Lisa Ray who plays one of the central characters. Says the film's director, "We decided to dedicate that particular screening to the strength and fortitude of Lisa Ray. The response was terrific." This is the first time in the history of film festivals that a show has been dedicated to one of the living actors whose part of a film. Says Dilip, "The second public screening of Cws took place and once again the theatre was brimming. It had sold out a week ago." There's no denying the fact that Lisa's presence in the film has created an added interest in it. Says Dilip, "The movie was thoroughly enjoyed and laughter permeated the entire film. It seems everyone got the premise of the film.
- 9/23/2009
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
On September 18, when Dilip Mehta's Cooking With Stella had its public screening at the Toronto Film Festival, the show was on the spur of the moment, dedicated to Lisa Ray who plays one of the central characters. Says the film's director, "We decided to dedicate that particular screening to the strength and fortitude of Lisa Ray. The response was terrific." This is the first time in the history of film festivals that a show has been dedicated to one of the living actors whose part of a film. Says Dilip, "The second public screening of Cws took place and once again the theatre was brimming. It had sold out a week ago." There's no denying the fact that Lisa's presence in the film has created an added interest in it. Says Dilip, "The movie was thoroughly enjoyed and laughter permeated the entire film. It seems everyone got the premise of the film.
- 9/23/2009
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
On September 18 when Dilip Mehta’s Cooking With Stella (Cws) had its public screening at the Toronto Film Festival, the show was on the spur of the moment, dedicated to Lisa Ray who plays one of the central characters.
Says the film’s director, “We decided to dedicate that particular screening to the strength and fortitude of Lisa Ray. The response was terrific.”
This is the first time in the history of film festivals that a show has been dedicated to one of the living actors from a film.
Says Dilip, “The second public screening of Cws took place and once again the theater.
Says the film’s director, “We decided to dedicate that particular screening to the strength and fortitude of Lisa Ray. The response was terrific.”
This is the first time in the history of film festivals that a show has been dedicated to one of the living actors from a film.
Says Dilip, “The second public screening of Cws took place and once again the theater.
- 9/23/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Boring limousines at celebrity events are out. At least for now. Lisa Ray and the rest of the cast of Dilip Mehta's Cooking With Stella rode up in a hand-driven rickshaws for the Gala premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday night. Heads turned and jaws fall open at the august gathering. But Lisa couldn't care less. That was a bit of Indiana thrown into the Oriental cuisine. Delighted euphoric but exhausted after the event Lisa said, "Yes, we rolled up in rickshaws and the crowd was hugely supportive. I wore my 'Myeloma' bracelet, which matched my gown. My gown was designed by Nada, a Toronto designer, and India-inspired." Lisa rode up in the two-seater rickshaw with her co-star Don McKellar while the rest of the cast along with the director, his sister Deepa Mehta and producer David Hamilton were in other rickshaws. The entourage was arresting. The...
- 9/22/2009
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Boring limousines at celebrity events are out. At least for now. Lisa Ray and the rest of the cast of Dilip Mehta's Cooking With Stella rode up in a hand-driven rickshaws for the Gala premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday night. Heads turned and jaws fall open at the august gathering. But Lisa couldn't care less. That was a bit of Indiana thrown into the Oriental cuisine. Delighted euphoric but exhausted after the event Lisa said, "Yes, we rolled up in rickshaws and the crowd was hugely supportive. I wore my 'Myeloma' bracelet, which matched my gown. My gown was designed by Nada, a Toronto designer, and India-inspired." Lisa rode up in the two-seater rickshaw with her co-star Don McKellar while the rest of the cast along with the director, his sister Deepa Mehta and producer David Hamilton were in other rickshaws. The entourage was arresting. The...
- 9/22/2009
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Dilip Mehta has backed Lisa Ray to fight back after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Mehta, who cast the 37-year-old Canadian actress in his directorial debut Cooking With Stella, insisted that Ray's strong character would help her overcome the illness. He told Ians: "It came as a jolt to all her friends and fans. Lisa has a huge fan following in Canada. There's a pall of (more)...
- 9/14/2009
- by By Sanjay Odedra
- Digital Spy
Dilip Mehta is in Toronto preparing for the Gala premiere of his directorial debut Cooking With Stella at the Toronto Film Festival. Among others the film stars Lisa Ray as a diplomat’s wife. Lisa has been a favorite of Dilip’s sister Deepa Mehta. And now she’s endeared herself to Dilip Mehta as well.
Dilip is shocked but very hopeful of Lisa’s recovery. “It came as a jolt to all her friends and fans. Lisa has a huge fan following in Canada. There’s a pall of gloom here. But I know she’ll fight it out. It’s a rare cancer. But it’s combatable. And Lisa will do it. She has spirit..
Dilip is shocked but very hopeful of Lisa’s recovery. “It came as a jolt to all her friends and fans. Lisa has a huge fan following in Canada. There’s a pall of gloom here. But I know she’ll fight it out. It’s a rare cancer. But it’s combatable. And Lisa will do it. She has spirit..
- 9/11/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
The Canadian-Irish co-production A Shine of Rainbows, directed by Vic Sarin will open this year's Vancouver International Film Festival (Viff), running October 1 to October 16. The film focuses on a childless couple who transform the life of a young boy, starring actors Aidan Quinn and Connie Nielsen. Other Canadians films screening @ Viff include Reginald Harkema's Leslie, My Name is Evil, Sean Garrity's Zooey and Adam, Danishka Esterhazy's Black Field, Dilip Mehta's Cooking With Stella and Xavier Dolan's I Killed My Mother. Viff's Asian gala will showcase Yakusho Koji's Toad's Oil. In total Viff 2009 will screen 377 films from 70 countries, closing with Lorne Scherfig's An Education... Click on the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek the official trailer from An Education...
- 9/10/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
Here, all the people she has known, and worked with, express their shock and horror at learning about her fight with cancer.John Abraham, who did one of his best films (Deepa Mehta's Water) with Lisa Ray, is shocked to hear of her grave illness.He woke up on Wednesday morning in London to the shocking news and is distressed. "Is this really true? My God!" he falls silent as he recalls the wonderful times he had, shooting with Lisa in Sri Lanka during Water. "She's an amazing person. Well-read and very hard working. Water was a turning point for both of us. Before Water, we were both considered more physically watchable people than actors."Both John and Lisa spent collective time together getting the postures and language of the Gandhian era right. "I don't know how much I was able to transform myself.
- 9/9/2009
- Filmicafe
Oscar buzz and party chatter were not the only things served up at the Hazelton Hotel.s Tiff event last week. Official sponsor Skyy Vodka unveiled its annual trifecta of celebrity-inspired cocktails, each with an unsurprising dose of.what else?.Skyy Vodka (although our preliminary research indicates that any kind of vodka can be used). The full list, after the jump.In keeping with tradition, the three beverages were named after Canadian talent (last year, Don McKellar, Scott Speedman and Atom Egoyan were boozified). Here are this year.s winners:. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Page Pucker</span>, named after Ellen Page in Whip It: a simple pink grapefruit juice and vodka combo, topped with a raspberry.. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Ray of Light</span>, inspired by Lisa Ray of Cooking With Stella: vodka, mango juice and X-Rated Fusion Liqueur.. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The C.Oh.conut Dream</span>, in honour of Sandra Oh from Defendor: coconut water,...
- 9/1/2009
- 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...
- 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
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