Sneak Peek: Saif Ali Khan & Tigmanshu Dhulia on Anupama Chopra’s show The Front Row Ranjit Kapoor, whose last directorial effort was the much-loved and critically acclaimed Chintuji, It also gives a message of hope and a chance to peace between two neighbouring countries. It also explores the funny side of how the media gets desperate in highlighting unworthy issues. Jai Ho Democracy takes a comic look at how the powers-that-be continue to procrastinate and maintain status quo, unfazed by the gravity of the situations at hand. Written and directed by Ranjit Kapoor, who also wrote the cult film Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, the satirical comedy’s trailer was launched today amidst much fanfare. Jai Ho Democracy stars thespians from the National School of Drama and some of the best actors our country has ever had – Om Puri, Annu Kapoor, Seema Biswas, Adil Hussain and Satish Kaushik. You can call it India’s answer to ‘Expendables’ as the Indian film industry veterans come together for a relevant political comedy. Shashank Vyas, Arjun Bijlani, Vijayendra Kumeria and others recommend comedy films during a quarantine At a personal level, both Adityaji and I, A few of you may recount, Adityaji's love of the theatre and his donning the mantle of an actor in the two plays under the banner of Sangit Kala Kendra. "Theatre is the central theme, for this yeara¿s awards. The Sangit Kala Kendra's, 'Aditya Vikram Birla, Kalashikhar Puraskar' and the 'Kalakiran Puraskars', were instituted in 1996, as a befitting memorial to, Adityaji and through it, create a significant pathway, for a singular recognition, of exemplary talent, in this domain," said Rajashree Birla, President, Sangit Kala Kendra. "We rejoice, the spirit of our, founder president, Aditya Vikram Birla and his love for the performing arts. Two emerging stars, Neel Choudhary and Irawati Karnik, were awarded the Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskars. Mumbai, Nov 22 (Ians) Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has received the Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar at Sangit Kala Kendra Awards, which was recently held virtually. Naseeruddin Shah receives Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar The pair formed a fruitful partnership and worked together on a total of 16 films including “Nishant” (1975), “Manthan” (1976), “Bhumika” (1977), “Kondura” (1978), “Junoon” (1978), “ Kalyug” (1981), “Mandi” (1983) and Bhatia debuted as a composer for feature films with “Ankur” (1974) directed by Shyam Benegal, a pioneer of India’s New Wave cinema movement, an independent alternative to mainstream commercial cinema. During this time, he also composed scores for several documentaries. Upon his return to India, Bhatia enjoyed a successful career as a composer for advertising commercials through the 1960s. Born in Bombay, as the metropolis was known as then, in 1927, Bhatia studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and at the Conservatoire de Paris in the 1950s. He was 93 and is understood to have been in poor health for some time. Veteran composer Vanraj Bhatia, who provided the soundtrack to India’s new age cinema movement of the 1970s and 1980s, has died in Mumbai. Vanraj Bhatia, Composer to India’s New Age Cinema, Dies at 93 Many songs and soundtracks from this period have a lofi quality to them-due in part to the quality of audio recording equipment throughout the years of the movement, This mix traces some choice moments in Parallel Cinema’s sound. In this movement, which followed in the wake of Italian neorealism, life's diegetics became the soundtrack, real life movement over set up musical numbers. Coming out of West Bengal in the 1950s, parallel cinema appeared as an alternative to the glamour and dance socially conscious and experimental in style and mood, it maps the origins of art cinema in India, and for the first time, the rest of the world was looking at India as an innovator of film language ( Satyajit Ray’s 1955 train sequence Pather Panchali is one of the most celebrated in film history). Parallel cinema cuts loose from the musicality of Bollywood and the common perception of Indian cinema at large.
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