Tag: The Lunchbox
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Guneet Monga Boards India’s Oscar Entry ‘Jallikattu’ As Executive Producer (Exclusive)
“The Lunchbox” producer Guneet Monga has boarded “Jallikattu,” India’s entry in the Academy Awards’ international feature category, as executive producer, in time to shepherd its 2021 Oscars campaign.Monga was an executive producer on “Period. End of Sentence,” which won best documentary short subject at the 2019 Oscars. She also drove the campaign for “Visaaranai” (Investigation)…
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Sundance: ‘Photograph,’ From ‘Our Souls at Night’ Director Ritesh Batra, Sells Widely
Sales agent The Match Factory has sealed a raft of deals in major territories for romantic drama “Photograph,” the new film from “Our Souls at Night” and “The Lunchbox” director Ritesh Batra, ahead of the movie’s world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.Set in Mumbai, “Photograph” centers on a struggling street photographer who, under pressure…
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Cristian Mungiu to be TorinoFilmLab guest director (exclusive)
Palme d’Or-winning director will work alongside The Lunchbox’s Ritesh Batra.Romanian director Cristian Mungiu (Bacalaureat, the Palme d’Or-winning 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days) will be one of this year’s guest directors at the FeatureLab of the TorinoFilmLab.Mungiu will work alongside Indian filmmaker and Tfl alumni Ritesh Batra (Our Souls At Night, The Lunchbox) to…
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Irrfan Khan’s ‘Hindi Medium’ Sets China Release
“Hindi Medium,” starring India’s Irrfan Khan (“The Lunchbox”) and Pakistan’s Saba Qamar (“Manto”) will release in China on April 4, over the Qing Ming holiday weekend.The film was directed by Saket Chaudhary. It was produced by Maddock Films and T-Series on a budget of $3.5 million and grossed $16 million worldwide when it released in…
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Indian actor Irrfan Khan suffering from ‘rare disease’
Life Of Pi star reveals news on Twitter.Indian actor Irrfan Khan has revealed on Twitter that he is suffering from a “rare disease”.Khan, who won a Viewers’ Choice Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in The Lunchbox, said: “The last fifteen days, my life has been a suspense story. Little had I…
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Berlinale: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’s’ Elisabeth Moss to Star as Rosemary Kennedy (Exclusive)
Award-Winning actress Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) is set to star for director Ritesh Batra (“The Lunchbox,” “The Sense of an Ending,” “Our Souls at Night”) in his upcoming feature, “A Letter From Rosemary Kennedy.”The little-known but haunting story of the eldest sister of President John F. Kennedy, who spent a lifetime hide from public…