After the success at the recently concluded Cannes Film Festival and worldwide right distribution deal with a famous Hollywood company, Rahat Kazmi’s Mantostaan is officially selected to be screened at the prestigious Festival of Globe, Silicon Valley (FOGsv) 2016, San Francisco. The festival will run from 5 to 14 August 2016.
Fog Movie Fest San Francisco is a premier show that features the best of world cinema with a gateway to Silicon Valley that fosters creative and technical talent. It is a 10-day jubilant celebration in Silicon Valley with movies, cultural events, awards night, mela and a grand parade. The star-studded event is attended by popular Bollywood, Hollywood, Latino World, Europe, China and Far East celebrities including top filmmakers, independent movie makers and investors from around the world.
“I am thrilled with the official selection of Mantostaan at the esteemed Fog Movie Fest 2016. It is a triumph and honour for the entire team.
Fog Movie Fest San Francisco is a premier show that features the best of world cinema with a gateway to Silicon Valley that fosters creative and technical talent. It is a 10-day jubilant celebration in Silicon Valley with movies, cultural events, awards night, mela and a grand parade. The star-studded event is attended by popular Bollywood, Hollywood, Latino World, Europe, China and Far East celebrities including top filmmakers, independent movie makers and investors from around the world.
“I am thrilled with the official selection of Mantostaan at the esteemed Fog Movie Fest 2016. It is a triumph and honour for the entire team.
- 6/9/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Award winning Indian filmmaker and director of acclaimed film Identity Card Rahat Kazmi makes a comeback with Mantostaan, another hard-hitting storyline based on the India-Pakistan partition. The film will be screened on May 14th and 16th in the Le Marche du Film category at the Cannes International Film Festival this year.
The film Mantostaan is a dark satire based on four burning and the most controversial short stories of Legendary Urdu writer Saadat Hassan Manto. ‘Thanda Ghosht’, ‘Khol Do’, ‘Assignment’ and ‘Aakhri Salute’ are among his most controversial shorts. Shot in Punjab and Jammu, the stories are set in 1947 India Pakistan partition time throwing a spotlight on most inhuman side of human beings.
Sonal Sehgal is excited to play the character of Kulwant Kaur from ‘Thanda Ghost’. “Mantostaan is entirely a different experience, a very powerful film indeed. The character I play is strong and has shades of grey.” Raghubir Yadav,...
The film Mantostaan is a dark satire based on four burning and the most controversial short stories of Legendary Urdu writer Saadat Hassan Manto. ‘Thanda Ghosht’, ‘Khol Do’, ‘Assignment’ and ‘Aakhri Salute’ are among his most controversial shorts. Shot in Punjab and Jammu, the stories are set in 1947 India Pakistan partition time throwing a spotlight on most inhuman side of human beings.
Sonal Sehgal is excited to play the character of Kulwant Kaur from ‘Thanda Ghost’. “Mantostaan is entirely a different experience, a very powerful film indeed. The character I play is strong and has shades of grey.” Raghubir Yadav,...
- 5/4/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
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With some recent notable films, including Ayan Mukerji's Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Imtiaz Ali's Highway, Rahat Kazmi's Identity Card and Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider being shot in Kashmir, the stage seems set for re-opening of movie theatres in Kashmir. And to facilitate this move towards the resurrection of movie culture like-minded filmmakers from Kashmir and concerned about the latency of cinema culture in Kashmir have organized a 5-day film festival in Kashmir. Says Rahat Kazmi, "This festival is an initiative and effort to revive cinema in Kashmir, as we all know cinemas are closed there for 25 years or more and State has been through a bad period. Now thankfully the condition is much better. The people of the Valley are cinema and art lovers. We are making efforts to bring some excellent cinema from as many countries as we could and we would try hard to invite media...
- 9/9/2014
- BollywoodHungama
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When debutant director Rajat Kazmi submitted his hard-hitting treatise on the unrest in the Kashmir Valley for censoring, he expected plenty of trouble over the volatile subject and candid dialogues about the State of siege. Instead he was told that the film would have to be viewed by a Muslim individual to ensure the religious references were current.
Kazmi who is a Kashmiri Muslim found the precondition strange. "I knew what I was talking about in Identity Card. The issue of Kashmiri militancy and how brutally it affects local Kashmiri civilians is very close to my heart. So when after the censor panel viewed my film I was told it would have to be viewed by a Muslim, I was confused."
Finally though, Kazmi whose gripping film releases this week heaved a sigh of relief, as only two cuts were ordered and the film was passed with a 'UA' certification.
Kazmi who is a Kashmiri Muslim found the precondition strange. "I knew what I was talking about in Identity Card. The issue of Kashmiri militancy and how brutally it affects local Kashmiri civilians is very close to my heart. So when after the censor panel viewed my film I was told it would have to be viewed by a Muslim, I was confused."
Finally though, Kazmi whose gripping film releases this week heaved a sigh of relief, as only two cuts were ordered and the film was passed with a 'UA' certification.
- 8/29/2014
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Identity Card – Ek Lifeline, a hard-hitting storyline on Kashmir in India, is set to thrill its audience with worldwide release on 29th August 2014.
Billed as a story of the common man in Kashmir, Identity Card -Ek Lifeline is a Rahat Kazmi directorial film that ensue the story of a Delhi-based journalist Naazia Siddiqui (played by multi-talented actor and singer Tia Bajpai of 1920 Evil Returns fame) who arrives in Kashmir looking to make a documentary and revive her flagging career gets trapped into the turmoil of Kashmir. The film highlights the issue that has plagued both India and Pakistan since partition by capturing the ideological differences of people in the valley and the importance of an ‘Identity Card’ in a warlike situation of Kashmir.
“After worldwide acclamation in international festivals, screening invites from Holland, Toronto, Karachi and other parts of the world, we are delighted to announce the release of Identity Card...
Billed as a story of the common man in Kashmir, Identity Card -Ek Lifeline is a Rahat Kazmi directorial film that ensue the story of a Delhi-based journalist Naazia Siddiqui (played by multi-talented actor and singer Tia Bajpai of 1920 Evil Returns fame) who arrives in Kashmir looking to make a documentary and revive her flagging career gets trapped into the turmoil of Kashmir. The film highlights the issue that has plagued both India and Pakistan since partition by capturing the ideological differences of people in the valley and the importance of an ‘Identity Card’ in a warlike situation of Kashmir.
“After worldwide acclamation in international festivals, screening invites from Holland, Toronto, Karachi and other parts of the world, we are delighted to announce the release of Identity Card...
- 8/16/2014
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Actor Prashantt Guptha (formerly known as Prashaant Kumar) was last seen as the anti-hero in Jayantilal Gada and Shailesh Singh’s Hindi adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, Issaq. Though the film didn’t fare as well as the other Hit adaptation that followed, Ram-Leela, quite a few in the industry took note of this newcomer’s performance. Much to the amusement of many a viewers was the fact that this young actor, who was born and raised in New York and otherwise maintains the ‘chocolate-boy next door’ kind of look, could mould himself flawlessly into a hardcore grey-shaded Banarasi cop. Post Issaq, he bagged two films in a principal role, Identity Card and 6-5=2.
In Rahat Kazmi’s Identity Card, Prashantt plays a Kashmiri cop along with Saurabh Shukla, Vipin Sharma, Raghubir Yadav and Brijendra Kala. The film is a Dark-Comedy and highlights the importance of an identity card in Kashmir...
In Rahat Kazmi’s Identity Card, Prashantt plays a Kashmiri cop along with Saurabh Shukla, Vipin Sharma, Raghubir Yadav and Brijendra Kala. The film is a Dark-Comedy and highlights the importance of an identity card in Kashmir...
- 6/23/2014
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Out Of The Furnace | Lone Survivor | Journal De France | The Armstrong Lie | I, Frankenstein | That Awkward Moment | Identity Card
Out Of The Furnace (15)
(Scott Cooper, 2013, Us) Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker. 117 mins
Brotherly solidarity, blue-collar violence, pain and grit in a decaying Rust Belt town: this could be a feature-length Bruce Springsteen song. At heart, the story doesn't stretch much further: decent steelworker Bale steps up after his Iraq-vet brother (Affleck) strays too far into outlaw territory, Winter's Bone-style (Harrelson is a great scary baddie). But it's skilfully told and the acting is persuasively raw. Between the cliches, Cooper finds space to give us a tough, textured study of American masculinity in crisis.
Lone Survivor (15)
(Peter Berg, 2013, Us) Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch. 121 mins
A Navy SEALs v Afghani Taliban thriller that, depending on your position, is either a pure, visceral...
Out Of The Furnace (15)
(Scott Cooper, 2013, Us) Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker. 117 mins
Brotherly solidarity, blue-collar violence, pain and grit in a decaying Rust Belt town: this could be a feature-length Bruce Springsteen song. At heart, the story doesn't stretch much further: decent steelworker Bale steps up after his Iraq-vet brother (Affleck) strays too far into outlaw territory, Winter's Bone-style (Harrelson is a great scary baddie). But it's skilfully told and the acting is persuasively raw. Between the cliches, Cooper finds space to give us a tough, textured study of American masculinity in crisis.
Lone Survivor (15)
(Peter Berg, 2013, Us) Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch. 121 mins
A Navy SEALs v Afghani Taliban thriller that, depending on your position, is either a pure, visceral...
- 2/1/2014
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Bollywood actress Tia Bajpai, who was last seen in Vikram Bhatt's 1920: Evil Returns, has her date diary pretty much full for next six months. As she is currently busy with a trilingual project and upcoming film Identity Card shoot. In her trilingual venture, Tia will be paired with Telugu star Tarun, Kannad star Srinagar Kitti, while in Hindi version Mimoh Chakraborty will be her co-star. Mimoh and Tia earlier paired together in the successful film Haunted 3D. All the three film...
- 1/29/2013
- GlamSham
Tia Bajpai is a happy young woman. Two of her three releases (1920 Evil Returns, Haunted) have been successes and now she is busy with a film called Identity Card which is a dark comedy. This also means that it would be for the first time in her short, yet eventful career that she would be seen in a light hearted role instead of playing someone tormented, as has been the case in each of her films so far, including Read More...
- 12/11/2012
- Bollywood Trade
Tia Bajpai is a happy young woman. Two of her three releases (1920 Evil Returns, Haunted) have been successes and now she is busy with a film called Identity Card which is a dark comedy. This also means that it would be for the first time in her short, yet eventful career that she would be seen in a light hearted role instead of playing someone tormented, as has been the case in each of her films so far, including Lanka."Identity Card is based on an issue in Kashmir...
- 12/11/2012
- GlamSham
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