Thursday, May 08, 2014

Bioscope – II [Indian English]



Some beautiful English movies made by Indian directors. Even “Monsoon Wedding” considered a Hollywood movie but check out the star cast. Aprna Sen was standout director among the lot with two of her best movies.


Monsoon Wedding (2001)

Directed                         :      Mira Nair
Produced                        :      Caroline Baron, Mira Nair
Written                           :      Sabrina Dhawan
Cast                               :      Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah
                                             Vasundhara Das, Vijay Raaz, Tillotama Shome
Music                              :      Mychael Danna
Cinematography              :      Declan Quinn
Editing                            :      Allyson C. Johnson


Awards:

Venice Film Festival
Won
Golden Lion
British Independent Film Award
Won
Best Foreign Language Film
Canberra International Film Festival
Won
Audience Award (Mira Nair)
Independent Spirit Awards
Won
Producers Award (Caroline Baron)
Venice Film Festival
Won
Golden Lion (Mira Nair)
Venice Film Festival
Won
Laterna Magica Prize (Mira Nair)
BAFTA Award
Nominated
Best Foreign Language Film




Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)


Directed                         :      Aparna Sen
Produced                        :      N. Venkatesan, Rupali Mehta
Written                           :      Aparna Sen
Cast                               :      Rahul Bose, Konkona Sen Sharma
Music                              :      Zakir Hussain
Cinematography              :      Goutam Ghose
Editing                            :      Raviranjan Maitra




Awards

Cinemanila International Film Festival
Won
Best Screenplay Aparna Sen
Hawaii International Film Festival
Won
Golden Maile Award - Aparna Sen
Las Palmas Film Festival
Won
Golden Lady Harimaguada - Aparna Sen
Locarno International Film Festival
Won
Netpac Award -  Aparna Sen
National Film Awards
Won
Best Direction -  Aparna Sen
Nargees Dutt Award
Best Actress - Konkona Sen Sharma
Best Screenplay - Aparna Sen




36 Chowringhee Lane (1981)


Directed                         :      Aparna Sen
Produced                        :      Shashi Kapoor
Written                           :      Aparna Sen
Starring                          :      Jennifer Kendal, Debashree Roy,
                                             Dhritiman Chatterjee, Geoffrey Kendal
Music                              :      Vanraj Bhatia
Cinematography              :      Ashok Mehta
Editing                            :      Bhanudas Divakar

Awards

Cinemanila International Film Festival
Won
Golden Eagle - Best Feature Film
National Film Awards
Won
Best Director - Aparna Sen
National Film Awards
Won
Best Cinematography - Ashok Mehta
National Film Awards
Won
Best Feature Film in English
BAFTA Awards
Nominated
Best Actress - Jennifer Kendal
Evening Standard British Film Awards
Won
Best Actress - Jennifer Kendal




Parzania (2007)

Directed                         :      Rahul Dholakia
Produced                        :      Rahul Dholakia, Kamal Patel
Written                           :      David N. Donihue, Rahul Dholakia
Cast                               :      Naseeruddin Shah, Sarika, Corin Nemec
                                             Raj Zutshi, Parzan Dastur
Music                              :      Zakir Hussain, Taufiq Qureshi
Cinematography              :      Robert D. Eras
Editing                            :      Aarif Sheikh

Awards

National Film Awards
Won
Best Actress - Sarika
National Film Awards
Won
Best Direction - Rahul Dholakia
Screen Awards
Won
Ramnath Goenka Memorial Award




Amu (2005)

Directed                         :      Shonali Bose
Produced                        :      Shonali Bose, Bedabrata Pain
Written                           :      Shonali Bose
Cast                               :      Konkona Sen Sharma, Brinda Karat, Ankur Khanna
Music                              :      Nandlal Nayak
Cinematography              :      Lourdes Ambrose
Editing                            :      Bob Brooks


Awards

National Film Award
Won
Best Feature Film in English
FIPRESCI Critics Award
won

Gollapudi Srinivas Award
Won
Best Debut Director
Star Screen Award
Won
Best English Film




Hyderabad Blues (1998)

Directed                         :      Nagesh Kukunoor
Produced                        :      Nagesh Kukunoor
Written                           :      Nagesh Kukunoor
Cast                               :      Nagesh Kukunoor, Rajshri Nair, Elahe Hiptoola
                                             Anoop Ratnaker Rao
Editing                            :      K.RAMESH

Awards


Peachtree International Film Festival
Won
Audiences Award for best film
Rhode Island Film Festival
Won
 Audience Award for best film


Some other that missed the list are Being Cyrus, 15 Park Avenue, The Perfect Murder and Morning Raga.


!!!That the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish. -  W. H. Auden!!!

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