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Movie (Best release)of the Week/31 st Jan2014/Johnson Thomas       12 years a Slave(English) Rating: *  *  *  * Steve McQueen (Hunger) directs from a script he co-wrote with John Ridley, based in part on Solomon Northup's memoir(true Story) about his life as a free man in the 1800’s , subsequent kidnap and enslaving and finally ending in his rescue by a Canadian abolitionist. This is a somber, hurtful  almost poetic film that delivers the horrors of bondage with true grit!

Picks and piques/Snippet Film Reviews 31stJan2014/Johnson Thomas One By Two(Hindi): Rating:*  *   going for quirky and  interesting but ending up extremely tedious, disastrously unfunny and disengaging! 12 years a Slave(English) Rating: *  *  *  * Steve McQueen (Hunger) directs from a script he co-wrote with John Ridley, based in part on Solomon Northup's memoir(true Story) about his life as a free man in the 1800’s , subsequent kidnap and enslaving and finally ending in his rescue by a Canadian abolitionist. This is a somber, hurtful  almost poetic film that delivers the horrors of bondage with true grit! I, Frankenstein(English) Rating:   *  * ½ Stuart Beattie brings Kevin Grevioux's acclaimed graphic novel to the screen in this gothic horror fantasy adventure that is sorely lacking in humor!

Shooting in Mathura will go down as one of the scariest and costliest affairs for the makers of Jigariya. It so happened, that while shooting the cast and crew had a rather weird problem. Monkeys used to attack the film’s sets every day. Producer Vinod Bachchan spent a whopping 25 thousand rupees per day for 25 days to hire 25 langoors to protect the sets. “ Yes, this happened during our shoot in Mathura. We were not aware of the aggressive nature of the monkeys there. More than surprised, we were scared as they use to come in big groups and attack the sets and damage the equipment. Once they even took our heroine’s dupatta. They took my mobile and then we had to lure them in with food to get these things back. It was terrible dealing with them,” says Vinod. But thanks to a unit member’s idea to hire langoors, the problem was finally taken care off. “ The monkeys use to attack the sets almost everyday. We were tired and scared too. We were even scared of eating food on th...

What To Watch At The Mumbai International Film Festival Monday, 27 January 2014 11:04   The last time you asked that artsy girl out on a multiplex date to Wolf of Wall Street, she rolled her eyes and refused. Reel her back in with a date to the The Mumbai International Film Festival, starring documentaries, cool features, indie films and the kind of obscure she'd love.  Registrations for the biennial festival from February 3rd to the 9th at NCPA, Nariman Point, are now open.  We asked Trupti Kanade ( who has worked on films like Anand Patwardhan’s Jai Bhim Comrade and Miriam Chandy Menacherry ‘s The Rat Race before  joining the media & arts collective Maraa) what to keep an eye out for. Here’s what you need to know: International Category: The Act of Killing directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn  has been the most acclaimed documentary film of 2013. It has been nominated for the 2014 Academy Awa...

Actress Sapna Singh says she's a victim of casting couch, alleges molestation by producer Mumbai-based model and actress Sapna Singh today alleged that she was molested by a producer  at Versova near Andheri whom she had met at an audition about two weeks ago. Speaking to  Newz66.com, she said the producer tried to pull her towards him and touched her bust, but she slapped him and fled.   Speaking to  Newz66.com  Sapna said, "I was called for an audition which I attended, but the audition was a farce. After speaking to me for a few minutes the producer asked me point blank if I was willing to compromise.  He said he would give me a big break and launch me in a big way. He tried his level best to convince me, by dropping names and talking about certain known directors who had started their careers with him as Ads (assistant directors) or assistants. He also mentioned the names of some known models and upcoming actresses who he asserted had sle...

Splash unveils second leg of ‘Love Splash, Love Fashion’   With Salman Khan as the brand ambassador, Splash has unveiled the Spring ’14 campaign featuring the heart-throb in the season’s key trends. Revealing fresh imagery with Salman at the forefront and building onto the ‘Love Splash, Love Fashion’, the new campaign reinforces the brand’s love affair with fashion. The Campaign is exclusive to the Middle East.

Rising dollar makes Indian engineering exports competitive ;  IESS 2014 to net over  Rs 3,000 crore worth orders .   With strong dollar making imports from India cost effective for global buyers, business orders worth over Rs 3,200 crore are set to be bagged by exporters at the India Engineering Sourcing Show (IESS) which opened in Mumbai today with a significant participation of manufacturing firms from the United States, Germany and several other countries from Asia and Africa.  Speaking after inaugurating the 3 rd  edition of IESS, the Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry Mr. E M S Natchiappan said there is great potential for Indian firms to push up exports. He said  the government of India has earmarked an annual outlay of Rs 300 crore for promoting Brand India through different schemes like the Market Access Initiatives.  The Minister also said that to promote the strength of the Indian Engineering industry, the IESS will b...