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The much-awaited controversial film Deepa Mehta's Water will finally be screened in India at the MAMI. The film was a huge success in Canada. The movie took five years to be completed. Director Deepa Mehta is now more satisfied and happy that she casted John Abraham and Lisa Ray for the film. Deepa has also signed John for her next movie 'Komagata Maru' which is based on a historical incident in 1914 that pitted India against the Canadian bureaucracy. Opposite John is Seema Biswas.
Water in Top-5 list for OSCARS
After 'Lagaan', another film made by a director of Indian origin and narrating an Indian tale has been short listed for the OSCARS. Edging past 'Rang De Basanti' in the first cut of nominations and now in the Top-5 list of 'Best Foreign Language Film', Deepa Mehta's 'Water', an entry from Canada, has reached the last leg of the Oscars. The films pitted against 'Water' are Days of Glory (Algeria), After The Wedding (Denmark), The Lives of Others (Germany) and Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico). Ironically, in India the film is still awaiting for release. There is a good probability that it would be hitting the screens here on February 23rd. In the category of 'Best Motion Picture', the films that have been nominated are Babel, Little Miss Sunshine, The Departed, Letters from Iwo Jima and The Queen. The directors in the shortlist are Martin Scorsese ' The Departed, Clint Eastwood ' Letters From Iwo Jima, Stephen Frears ' The Queen, Alejandro I±¡rritu ' Babel and Paul Greengrass - United 93.
Waterborne distributed online
Google is the best-known search engine for one and all. This company is all set to release and distribute a film online. The film is Ben Reiki's Waterborne. It is a film about terrorist attacks on the water supply of Los Angeles. It is a futuristic thriller and the first of its kinds to be released and distributed online. What is also nice about the film is that Shabana Azmi- the ace Indian actress is playing a pivotal role in the film. She is very excited about the film. This she feels will start a movement that will give voice to independent filmmakers. It is getting practically impossible for small time filmmakers to get theatrical releases. If this system works then, one can't imagine the highs to which independent filmmakers would go. Guerilla filmmaking will have a new space for themselves and many young talents will get a voice of their own.
Oh gosh - Now Water too lines up for February 23rd
Suddenly last Friday of February is turning out to be the topmost choice of film makers to release their products. If 6 films were not enough for the day, there is more for company as Ravi Chopra too has decided to release Oscar nominated and now short listed 'Water' in India on 23rd February. Reports indicate that he would be starting the promotion of the film soon in India and if the film eventually gets an Oscar, it would only be a 'sone-pe-sugaaga' for this Lisa Ray-John Abraham-Seema Biswas film. The other films in the fray on February 23rd are 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd.', 'Nishabd', 'Just Married', 'Provoked', '1:40 Ki Last Local' and 'Chooriyan'. Amonst these 6 films, it is only for HTPL that the makers have officially announced the release day.
A song under the water
The forthcoming high octane action flick 'Blue' has been creating news for sometime now with information regarding the magnitude of certain action sequences and the difficulty the crew and cast endured to shoot. Here it goes again. The movie when released will present a song which has been shot fully under the sea. This is for the first time such an attempt is being made in B-Town. The unique song will be visualized on Akshay Kumar, Zayed Khan, Katrina Kaif and Lara Dutta. The movie is being produced by Ashtavinayak Cinevision and is considered as one of the most expensive film to be made in Bollywood. The other stars in the movie are Sanjay Dutt and Suniel Shetty.
RGV: Troubled waters
What had started as an an argument seems to have costed dealry for Ram Gopal Varma. With high hopes T-series had signed 14 films with RGV out of which only four films have been released. The ones that have hit the theatres are 'Darwaza Bandh Rakho', 'Nishabd', 'RGV Ka Aag' and 'Shiva'. Soon trouble started brewing for this director from the T-Series end. This time the music moghul has filed a case against the director. According to reports that are flowing in, T-Series has filed a First Information Report against the director in the Sector 20 area of Noida Police Station limits in New Delhi. The director has been slapped with charges which include fraud, conspiracy, cheating, and criminal breach of trust under the Indiam Penal Code sections. With his next film 'Sarkar Raj' housing big stars just round the corner, we wonder what the fate of this director as well as his film will be.