For fellow Malayalam film lovers and theater enthusiasts, the Malayalam film Aattam is going to be such a treat! In a theater group named Arangu, where there are 12 male actors and only one female actor, there is a debacle that occurs after a successful play night. There was a success party where one of the male actors misbehaved with the female actor. The question is, who did it? Seriously, this film is like a wake-up call for our male-dominated society. It’s a bold reminder that despite the #NotAllMen chants, let’s face it—it’s often men behind these kinds of incidents, isn’t it? It’s like a modern twist on 12 Angry Men, but with a powerful message about how women are perceived and the struggles they face, all wrapped up in one gripping storyline. So buckle up to unravel this mystery! Aattam isn’t just another movie...
- 3/19/2024
- by Sutanuka Banerjee
- Film Fugitives
After participating at various film festivals, Anand Ekarshi’s debut feature film, Aattam, is now available for streaming on Prime Video. It centers on a critical moment in the lives of 12 artists who have dedicated a significant portion of their careers to performing plays for a theatre troupe purely out of passion. Their harmonious camaraderie and existential pursuits face an unprecedented challenge when the sole female member of the team becomes a victim of sexual assault. As the plot unfolds, it delicately peels away the layers of each character, unveiling complexity imbued with both self-interest and compulsion. The characters’ actions and their decisions give rise to twists and turns in the tale, erupting from their insecurities and primal quest for survival. The chamber drama is tautly constructed, delving deep into the social, moral, and personal dimensions that define contemporary Indian society. The filmmaker throws us into a labyrinth of conflicting...
- 3/16/2024
- by Dipankar Sarkar
- Talking Films
Panaji, Nov 20 (Ians) The 54th edition of International Film Festival of India (Iffi) kicked off on Monday at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Taleigao-Goa. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Minister for State of Information and Broadcasting L Murugan and others were present on the occassion.
‘Special recognition for contribution to Indian cinema’ award was bestowed to Bollywood actor Madhuri Dixit.
Anurag Singh Thakur said that our movies are more than just entertainment. “They are a significant part of how we live,” he said.
He said that this year Iffi received a record number of 2,926 entries from 105 countries, which is three times more than the international submissions than last year. “This shows the success Iffi has received,” he said.
He said that the ‘International section’ of the 54th Iffi will have 198 films, 18 more than the 53rd Iffi.
“It will have 13 World Premiers,...
‘Special recognition for contribution to Indian cinema’ award was bestowed to Bollywood actor Madhuri Dixit.
Anurag Singh Thakur said that our movies are more than just entertainment. “They are a significant part of how we live,” he said.
He said that this year Iffi received a record number of 2,926 entries from 105 countries, which is three times more than the international submissions than last year. “This shows the success Iffi has received,” he said.
He said that the ‘International section’ of the 54th Iffi will have 198 films, 18 more than the 53rd Iffi.
“It will have 13 World Premiers,...
- 11/20/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Panaji, Nov 20 (Ians) The 54th edition of International Film Festival of India (Iffi) kicked off on Monday at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Taleigao-Goa. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Minister for State of Information and Broadcasting L Murugan and others were present on the occassion.
‘Special recognition for contribution to Indian cinema’ award was bestowed to Bollywood actor Madhuri Dixit.
Anurag Singh Thakur said that our movies are more than just entertainment. “They are a significant part of how we live,” he said.
He said that this year Iffi received a record number of 2,926 entries from 105 countries, which is three times more than the international submissions than last year. “This shows the success Iffi has received,” he said.
He said that the ‘International section’ of the 54th Iffi will have 198 films, 18 more than the 53rd Iffi.
“It will have 13 World Premiers,...
‘Special recognition for contribution to Indian cinema’ award was bestowed to Bollywood actor Madhuri Dixit.
Anurag Singh Thakur said that our movies are more than just entertainment. “They are a significant part of how we live,” he said.
He said that this year Iffi received a record number of 2,926 entries from 105 countries, which is three times more than the international submissions than last year. “This shows the success Iffi has received,” he said.
He said that the ‘International section’ of the 54th Iffi will have 198 films, 18 more than the 53rd Iffi.
“It will have 13 World Premiers,...
- 11/20/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Stuart Gatt’s “Catching Dust,” which premiered at Tribeca earlier this year, will open the 54th International Film Festival of India (Iffi), Goa.
Robert Kolodny’s “The Featherweight,” which bowed at Venice, will close the festival. Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “About Dry Grasses,” for which Merve Dizdar won best actress at Cannes, will be the mid-festival gala.
The fiction feature strand of the Indian panorama showcase will open with Anand Ekarshi’s “Aattam” and the documentary strand with Longjam Meena’s “Andro Dream.” The panorama will screen 25 fiction features, including five mainstream films, plus 20 documentaries.
Michael Douglas will deliver the key festival masterclass. The international competition jury will be led by eminent filmmaker Shekhar Kapur (“Elizabeth”) and also includes producers Catherine Dussart (“Silence in the Dust”) and Helen Leake (“Carnifex”), former Cannes market chief Jerome Paillard and Pedro Almodovar’s long-standing cinematographer José Luis Alcaine, P.K. Atre’s “Shyamchi Aai...
Robert Kolodny’s “The Featherweight,” which bowed at Venice, will close the festival. Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “About Dry Grasses,” for which Merve Dizdar won best actress at Cannes, will be the mid-festival gala.
The fiction feature strand of the Indian panorama showcase will open with Anand Ekarshi’s “Aattam” and the documentary strand with Longjam Meena’s “Andro Dream.” The panorama will screen 25 fiction features, including five mainstream films, plus 20 documentaries.
Michael Douglas will deliver the key festival masterclass. The international competition jury will be led by eminent filmmaker Shekhar Kapur (“Elizabeth”) and also includes producers Catherine Dussart (“Silence in the Dust”) and Helen Leake (“Carnifex”), former Cannes market chief Jerome Paillard and Pedro Almodovar’s long-standing cinematographer José Luis Alcaine, P.K. Atre’s “Shyamchi Aai...
- 11/7/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
New Delhi, Nov 2 (Ians) It cannot get better for debutant filmmaker Anand Ekarshi. Even as his film ‘Aattam’ (‘The Play’) will have its Asia premiere at the Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival after receiving the top honour at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, and is all set to open the Indian Panorama segment of International Film Festival of India in Goa this month, he is glad the audiences and critics are appreciating the exploration of the human psyche.
“I just did not want the film to be preachy. It is paramount that art precipitates a dialogue and does not give ‘answers’. It was important for me to take a very subtle route, a very human approach,” he tells Ians.
‘Aattam’ revolves around a theatre group with a lone woman member who faces sexual abuse and how the group reacts and the changes in the reaction as the movie progresses.
“I just did not want the film to be preachy. It is paramount that art precipitates a dialogue and does not give ‘answers’. It was important for me to take a very subtle route, a very human approach,” he tells Ians.
‘Aattam’ revolves around a theatre group with a lone woman member who faces sexual abuse and how the group reacts and the changes in the reaction as the movie progresses.
- 11/2/2023
- by Agency News Desk
New Delhi, Nov 2 (Ians) It cannot get better for debutant filmmaker Anand Ekarshi. Even as his film ‘Aattam’ (‘The Play’) will have its Asia premiere at the Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival after receiving the top honour at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, and is all set to open the Indian Panorama segment of International Film Festival of India in Goa this month, he is glad the audiences and critics are appreciating the exploration of the human psyche.
“I just did not want the film to be preachy. It is paramount that art precipitates a dialogue and does not give ‘answers’. It was important for me to take a very subtle route, a very human approach,” he tells Ians.
‘Aattam’ revolves around a theatre group with a lone woman member who faces sexual abuse and how the group reacts and the changes in the reaction as the movie progresses.
“I just did not want the film to be preachy. It is paramount that art precipitates a dialogue and does not give ‘answers’. It was important for me to take a very subtle route, a very human approach,” he tells Ians.
‘Aattam’ revolves around a theatre group with a lone woman member who faces sexual abuse and how the group reacts and the changes in the reaction as the movie progresses.
- 11/2/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
The upcoming edition of the International Film Festival of India (Iffi), will screen 25 feature films and 20 non-feature films in its flagship component of Indian Panorama. The feature films include some of popular films from Hindi and other cinemas of India like ‘Kantara’, ‘Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai’, ‘The Kerala Story’, India’s submission for the Oscars – ‘2018 – Everyone Is A Hero’ and ‘Viduthalai Part 1’, along with others
The selected films will be showcased at the 54th edition Iffi, which is set to be held from November 20-28, 2023 in Goa.
The aim of the Indian Panorama, organised by the National Film Development Corporation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, is to select the feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic and aesthetic excellence in accordance with the conditions and procedures in the said regulations of Indian Panorama.
The selection of the Indian Panorama is made by eminent personalities from the...
The selected films will be showcased at the 54th edition Iffi, which is set to be held from November 20-28, 2023 in Goa.
The aim of the Indian Panorama, organised by the National Film Development Corporation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, is to select the feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic and aesthetic excellence in accordance with the conditions and procedures in the said regulations of Indian Panorama.
The selection of the Indian Panorama is made by eminent personalities from the...
- 10/23/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
The upcoming edition of the International Film Festival of India (Iffi), will screen 25 feature films and 20 non-feature films in its flagship component of Indian Panorama. The feature films include some of popular films from Hindi and other cinemas of India like ‘Kantara’, ‘Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai’, ‘The Kerala Story’, India’s submission for the Oscars – ‘2018 – Everyone Is A Hero’ and ‘Viduthalai Part 1’, along with others
The selected films will be showcased at the 54th edition Iffi, which is set to be held from November 20-28, 2023 in Goa.
The aim of the Indian Panorama, organised by the National Film Development Corporation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, is to select the feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic and aesthetic excellence in accordance with the conditions and procedures in the said regulations of Indian Panorama.
The selection of the Indian Panorama is made by eminent personalities from the...
The selected films will be showcased at the 54th edition Iffi, which is set to be held from November 20-28, 2023 in Goa.
The aim of the Indian Panorama, organised by the National Film Development Corporation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, is to select the feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic and aesthetic excellence in accordance with the conditions and procedures in the said regulations of Indian Panorama.
The selection of the Indian Panorama is made by eminent personalities from the...
- 10/23/2023
- by Agency News Desk
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