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Singer Atif Aslam’s Enthralling Performance Brings The 2nd Edition Of Singapore South Asian International Film Festival (Sg.Saiff) To A Close

Singer Atif Aslam’s enthralling performance brings the 2nd edition of Singapore South Asian International Film Festival (Sg.Saiff) to a close

The crowd of 1500 people was completely spellbound by the electrifying performance of Atif Aslam on the closing night held at glittering gala night at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore on the night of 14th Oct, 2018.

The winners include Atanu Ghosh’s Mayurakshi which won “Best Feature Film Award”, Miransha Naik won “Best Director award for his debut feature, Juze, Syed Zaigham Imam won the award for “Emerging Filmmaker Of The Year”, Binodini won “Best Short Film”.

Singapore South Asian International Film Festival (Sg.Saiff) held was a 10 day extravaganza of sublime cinema which represented a diverse mix of feature films, short films & documentaries from India, Bangladesh, SriLanka, Pakistan, Nepal &Afghanistan. The festival was packed with multiple panel discussions, master classes, 1st ever edition of the South Asian Film Market (SAFM), red carpet opening & a grand closing ceremony had set the pulse of the Singapore cinephiles racing.

The winner filmmakers Atanu Ghosh director of Mayurkashi averred, “Rarely do you come across such eminent people comprising the jury board & I felt so honored & humbled to receive the awards. The ambience was electrifying & with such enthusiastic participation of filmmakers, I am sure this festival is fast shaping up as a very important platform for independent films from South Asia.”

Talking about this year’s edition Abhayanand Singh, Chairperson of SGSAIFF averred, “We are truly humbled by the overwhelming response to the 2nd edition of Sg.SAIFF. We had a sold-out opening & closing night but what was more heartening is the fact that cinephiles in Singapore came & watched a lot of films screening at our festival.”

He adds, “The filmmakers enjoyed themselves during the interaction with the audiences on multiple occasions & the festival has truly emerged as a strong platform for South Asian cinema in the region. The launch of South Asian Film Market (SAFM) was also a huge success with 11 filmmakers pitching to an esteemed jury panel & high net worth individuals and we are very sure that some of them will receive the financial support that they were seeking.”

Here is the complete list of winners: 1. “Emerging Filmmaker Of The Year – Syed Zaigham Imam. 2. “Best Feature Film” – Mayurakshi – Atanu Ghosh. 3. “Best Director” – Juze – Miransha Naik. 4. “Best Short Film” – Binodini – Mallika Subramanian (director). 5. Children Of White – Dulanka Devendra (director). 6. “Best Actor Female” – Dying Candle – Srijana Subba. 7. “Best Actor male” – Summer Of Miracles – Chandra Kiran GK. 8. “Best Cinematographer” – Dying Candle – Dipankar Sikder & Rabin Acharya. 9. “Best Editor” – Midnight Delhi – Rakesh Rawatmau

The Special Screenings of, Siddiq Barak’s Osama & O P Srivastava‘s Life In Metaphors. The Feature Films in Competition section, Prasad Namjoshi’s Video Parlour, Rakesh Rawat’s Midnight Delhi, Miransha Naik’s Juze, IndrashishAcharya’s Pupa, Sumathy Sivamohan’s Sons And Father, Naresh Kumar KC’s Dying Candle, Ektara Collective’s Turup & Prashanth Vijay’s Summer of Miracles (Athisayangalude Venal).

The SGSAIFF 2018 hosted World Premieres of Prasad Namjoshi’s Video Parlour, Murari M Rakshit’s Reunion, Pravin Tarde’s Mulshi Pattern, Rakesh Rawat’s Midnight Delhi & Zaigham Imam’s Nakkash which was launched at Cannes 2018. The Feature Film Showcase section included – Aparna Sen’s Sonata, Rima Das’ Village Rockstars, Fakhrul Areefen Khan‘s Bangladeshi film Bhuvan Majhi, C V Nandeeshwar’s Akkamma’s Fate, Murari M Rakshit’s Reunion, Praveen Tarde’s Mulshi Pattern, Kireet Khurana’s T For Tajmahal, Sumit Mishra’s Agam¸Zaigham Imam’s Nakkash & Atanu Ghosh’s Mayurakshi.

The Short Films in the Competitive Section included, Mallika Subramanian’s Binodini, Muhammad Belal Imran’s Just A Cup Of Tea, Harish Mohan’s Kalki, the Devendra’s Children Of White, Umang Vyas’ Majaal Hai¸ Akash Mihani’s Mum, AthithyaKanagarajan’s Dreams,
Vikrant Dhote’s Ajay & Syahrul Musa’s Glimpse. The Short Film Showcase featured 3 titles, Kabeer Khurana’s Religion For Dummies, Aditya Kelgaonkar’s Sound Proof & Prabhjit Dhamija’s Me (Asmad).

The Documentary Film Showcase section included UmeshKulkarni’s Kumbh, Manhoor Zaidi’s Dust To Dust, Upneet Kaur-Nagpal’s Singh In The Lion City, Aparajita Ghosh’s Dance Of Joy, Anirban Mitra & Tirtha Dasgupta’s Ray Of Light & Prasanna Ramaswamy’s Writer Ashokmitran.

SGSAIFF 2018 also conducted 2 interesting workshops during the course of the festival. The 1st was an Acting Workshop For Adults & Children. The 2nd was a Filmmaking Workshop For Children that focuses on making films using smartphones.

This year the festival launched the 1st ever edition of South Asian Film Market (SAFM) where Pankaj Kapur’s Aadi (The Beginning), Kartik Aryan & Adil Hussain’s Barasinghey, Abhay Deol’s JL50, Sanjay Mishra & Pankaj Tripathi’s 18 Not Out, Chandan Roy Sanyal’s So Sicily, Shreyas Talpade’s Khwaish, Prabhjit Dhamija’s Samir, Leela Manimekalai’s Maadathy, Rahat Kazmi’s Country Of Blind, Somnath Sen’s Charulata & Harish Vyas’s Hum Bhi Akele Tum Bhi Akele were the 11 projects chosen from a selection of over 100 entries.

Five notorious house burglars arrested by VV Puram police Bangalore

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By : Pramesh S Jain

Inter-District,House Burglars Gang busted by,VV Puram Sub-Division Police,31 cases Detected stolen property Worth Rs.84 Lakhs recovered.

The South Division police of VV Puram Sub-Division’s C.K.Acchukattu,Girinagar, Hanumanthanagar,Police have arrested five notorious house burglars and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.84 Lakhs from them.Police also seized five two-wheelers and 20 grams of diamond bangles from their possession.

The accused has been identified as Imran Khan alias Chor Imran,of Valmikinagar in Mysuru Road,Khadir Ahmed (24), of Nayandahalli,Prakash alias Junglee (29), of Mathikere,Mahesh (25),of Nagasandra, and Dayanand alias Nanda (21), of Andrahalli Main Road.

Modus Operandi :

The gang used to target the homes that had newspapers lying outside of them and lights switched on during the daytime.The suspects broke into them at night.The gang’s arrest helped solve cases registered at Hanumanthanagar,JP Nagar, Sudduguntepalya, puttenahalli,Girinagar and CK Achukattu police stations.One of the suspects was involved in cases registered at the Lashkar police station in Mysuru.

Hanumanthanagar Police Inspector,prashanth and his crime staff has arrested two notorious infamous house burglary offenders identified as,Imran alias Chor imran and his associate identified as,Khadeer and with their arrest they have detected totally 8 cases registered against them in various police stations and recovered Rs.24 Lakh worth of 801 gram gold ornaments and 2.2 kg gram silver ornaments has been recovered from their possession.

Girinagar police inspector,Kottreshi and his crime staff has arrested notorious house burglar offender who targets lonely house by doing recee in his two wheeler he would visit the area and after scooting the area he used to search the house where the newspaper is not attended by the owner of the house or Rangoli is not drawn outside the house and after doing full recee in the morning in the night he used to commit offences and with the help of CCTV footage and with technical inputs the team has nabbed notorious house burglars identified as Prakash alias Junglee resident of Yeshwanthpur and with his arrest the team has detected 8 HBT cases registered against him in Girinagar police Station and recovered stolen property as 620 grams of gold ornaments and one Honda Dio a two wheeler which was used in commiting offences altogether worth of Rs.18 Lakhs has been recovered from his possession.

C.K.Achukattu Police Inspector,T.T.Krishna and his crime staff has arrested a habitual offender identified as Mahesh and associate identified as Dayanand alias Nanda who used to roam in their bike in the areas of girinagar,C.K.Achukattu and surrounding areas and they used to step near the locked house and used to check whether the newspaper is lying in the main door and they used to even see whether Rangoli is putted or not outside the house and to get confirm they used to do a double check in the night and in the late mid night or in the wee hours they used to gain entry from the backside of the house by breaking the door with iron rod and they used to ransack the house and escape with valuables and with the technical investigation skills the team has nabbed both the accused and recovered Rs.41.7 Lakhs worth of 1,200 gram gold ornaments,20 grams of diamond bangle,around 2kg of silver items,and 2 Pulsar bikes with two Apachee bikes used to commit offence and with their arrest the team has detected 15 cases registered against them in various police station across city.

DCP South,Dr.S.D.Sharanappa,told media persons,that under the supervision of ACP,VV Puram Sub-Division,Valli Basha with C.K.Achukattu Inspector,T.T.Krishna,Girinagar Inspector,Kottreshi,Hanumanthanagar Inspector Prashanth and their team have succeeded in arresting five notorious Inter-State dreaded criminals accused in house robbery crimes because of the arrest 31 house Robbery case in Bengaluru,Bengaluru outskirts and Mysuru have been detected and property worth of Rs.84 Lakhs has been recovered from their possession.In one case the miscreants has looted a house and escaped with a booty of Rs.41 lakhs as in this house our Beat police team has visited nearly 7 times and gave awareness them about how to take precautionary measures motion as security preventive measures we have requested them to install CCTV cameras,safety alarm,in their house,and keep watch on their house by informing their neighbours when they are away from the house there was no clue in this case as the gang used to wipe their finger prints with kercheiff and used to destroy all the evidence from the crime scene but with technical investigation skills our team got a vital clue and nabbed the notorious criminals he added.

Bengaluru City Police Commissioner,T Suneel Kumar,told media persons that,A team under the leadership of Seemanth Kumar Singh and Dr.S.D.Sharanappa,
the VV Puram Sub-Division Police of C.K. acchukattu,Hanumanthngar,and Girinagar police have arrested Five Notorious House Burglars.Who has an profession of commiting house burglaries,after arresting this five criminals they have recovered property worth Rs.84 Lakhs,which includes 2.6 kg of gold,4.2 kg of silver.These fellows in which one Imran alias Chor Imran this fellow who has 35 cases behind him after stealing this property he used to dispose the stolen property in the Ajmer.Imran Khan operated with a lot of aliases he and his wife would go to Ajmer there he would sell his loot when our police went there the businessmen there even protested against us but with the help of the Rajasthan police we have brought it back.He has 35 cases against him everytime we arrested him and sent him to jail he would procure bail and come out and continue his lifestyle only earning from house burglary.Prakash is a burglar he has 20 cases against him he used to lead a luxurious life he used to first steal and then make merry.Mahesh and Dayanand are also dreaded criminals who used to target lonely houses with the arrest of 5 dreaded criminals the cops have solved 31 House Burglary cases,and finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,T.Suneel Kumar,has appreciated,Addl CP,Seemanth Kumar Singh,DCP South,Dr.S.D.Sharanappa,ACP VV Puram Sub-Division,Valli Basha,PIs,as,T.T.Krishna,Prashanth.K,B.M. Kottreshi,PSIs,as,Anjeenappa.H.M, Kumarswamy,Kambaiah,K.N.Prasanna Kumar and K.L.Vinay and their crime staff as,Smt.Rajini,Mallikarjunaiah,Manjunath, Vishwanath,Mohan,Malappa Kumbhar,Kiran,Gavisiddaih,Krishna,Ramesh,Gurunath,Ningappa.A,Naveen Kumar, Pawan Kumar,Pradeep,Puttaswamy,D.V.Shadaksharswamy,Ramesh.B,Nanjundswamy,Yogesh,Manjunath.P,Ravi Kumar,and suresh with other crime staff has been appreciated for their exemplary work in catching five notorious dreaded criminals who has same Modus Operandi of commiting offences and one lakh reward will be given to the team who has done a commendable job in nabbing these criminals who were headache to the cops and residents to lead lavish lifestyle they used to commit offence and now they are cooling their heels in jail and further investigation is on he added.

Government should be alert to Urban Naxals: RSS chief

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Warning the country against Urban Naxalism, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said the government and the administration have to be alert to ensure that a vicious and hostile atmosphere that weakens and destroys social cohesion is curbed.

“The actual presence of Jihadi and terrorist elements in one way or other in such incidents is a common factor among all these. So the emerging conclusion is, this is a bigger canny conspiracy in collusion with forces from within and outside the country.

“It no more remains just a power politics by the opposition, but in this process, politically ambitious individuals and groups — either knowingly or unknowingly — and weaker sections crushed under deprivation and neglect get drawn as ammunition unknowingly or unwillingly,” he said in his annual Vijayadashami address at the RSS headquarters here.

Bhagwat said the government must also keep a constant vigil on such “incendiary” elements and forces so that they were not able to perpetrate nuisance.

“Slowly in the absence of any support from society, these incendiary elements will be completely defused. The administration has to make its intelligence gathering mechanism more comprehensive and alert. The schemes for the public good will have to reach the last man of the society through their prompt implementation. It will have to work with skill an diligence to ascertain law and order,” he said.

Bhagwat said that “forces with selfish motives” attempted to use those severely affected due to deprivation, injustice and negligence as “cannon fodder” for anti-national and criminal activities.

“The selfish power hungry politics with sheer disrespect for social harmony, legal and constitutional discipline and with an eye on votes in upcoming elections have been apparently clearly behind these machination.

“But this time an atmosphere of divergence, separatism, violence, acerbic hatred and going to the extent of fuelling anti-national sentiments is being created by exploiting these grievances,” he added.

Bhagwat said those leading and abetting violence during agitations were “votaries” of Urban Maoism.

He said “Urban Maoists” had contacts in social and other media, intellectual circles and other institutions associated with “such activities”.

“They execute this by defending such activities through intellectual and other methods, through delusory public campaigns related to agitations, while keeping a safe distance and maintaining their so-called eminent positions.

“They are experts in freely using deceit and poisonous provocative language to make their vicious campaign even more potent.”

Bhagwat said their activities done with the help of enemy nations was considered as “an additional skill”.

“This is a bigger canny conspiracy in collusion with forces from within and outside the country.”

Modi’s cronyism putting IAF pilots at risk: Rahul

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the Narendra Modi government’s focus on renegotiating UPA-era defence deals instead of finalising them, was causing life risks for the Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots, who are compelled to fly “ancient” aircraft.

“Since 2014, instead of closing the deals that had been negotiated by the Congress-led UPA government, the present government has focussed on renegotiating them just to benefit crony capitalists.

“And so, our pilots are forced to put their lives at risk each day — flying ancient Jaguars, that are kept in the air using parts scrounged from junk yards in France and other parts of the world,” said Gandhi on Facebook.

“Not only is this shameful, it reduces India’s prestige globally and puts the lives of our pilots at risk,” he said over the IAF’s drive to acquire airframes and spares from overseas grounded-fighters to upgrade the ageing Jaguar fleet.

Raking up the Rafale deal, Gandhi said: “The UPA’s Rafale deal for 126 aircraft would have transformed the Indian Air Force allowing us to scrap and replace ancient aircraft like the Jaguar.

“It involved the transfer of technology to HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) which would have helped make us become more self-reliant in the future.

“Instead, the deal was re-worked to Anil Ambani’s benefit and reduced to just 36 aircraft — all made in France! These aircraft will take years to arrive in India,” he added.

IANS

State owned oil firms cut Petrol, diesel prices

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Petrol and diesel prices Thursday were reduced for the first time in over two months because of a drop in the cost of production, according to state-owned oil firms. Petrol price was cut by 21 paise per litre and diesel by 11 paise, a price notification issued by state retailers said. This is the first price cut arising from a drop in international oil prices.

The rates were reduced by a minimum Rs 2.50 per litre across the country on October 5, when the government cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 1.50 a litre and asked oil PSUs to subsidise the fuels by another Re 1 a litre. The reduction in BJP-ruled states was more as they matched this cut by an equivalent reduction in local sales tax or VAT.

Petrol in Delhi now costs Rs 82.62 per litre as against Rs 82.83 a litre previously. A litre of diesel now costs Rs 75.58 as compared to Rs 75.69 previously. In Mumbai, petrol now costs Rs 88.08 per litre and diesel Rs 79.24.

The price cut follows international oil prices trading near the lowest level in a month on a bigger-than-expected gain in American stockpiles. West Texas Intermediate for November delivery traded 11 cents lower at USD 69.64 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent for December settlement was at USD 79.89 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. Brent had earlier this month hit a four-year high of USD 86.74 a barrel.

Prior to Thursday’s cut in rates, diesel price had risen by Rs 2.74 per litre since October 5 to more than wipe away the excise duty cut and oil firm subsidy. Petrol price had during this period risen by Rs 1.33 a litre. Before the October 5 price cut, petrol in Delhi had hit an all-time high of Rs 84 per litre and diesel was at record Rs 75.45. This came down to Rs 81.50 per litre for petrol and Rs 72.95 in case of diesel.

In Mumbai, petrol had hit a peak of Rs 91.34 hit on October 4 and diesel was sold at a record high of Rs 80.10. After the Centre cut excise duty by Rs 1.50 per litre and asked PSU oil firms to subsidise fuel by Re 1, Maharashtra and Gujarat governments were among the first to announce a matching Rs 2.50 cut.

They were later joined by Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Assam, Uttarakhand, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh and Bihar with similar moves. Jammu and Kashmir, which is under the governor’s rule, too reduced the tax on the two fuel. Maharashtra, however, reduced VAT only on petrol and not on diesel.

Even before the excise duty cut, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh had last month reduced VAT to cushion consumers for a spate of price increases. The reduction in excise duty on October 5, only the second in four years of BJP-led NDA rule, will dent Central government revenues by Rs 10,500 crore and was aimed at cooling retail prices that had shot up to an all-time high.

The BJP-government at the centre had raised excise duty on petrol by Rs 11.77 a litre and that on diesel by Rs 13.47 a litre in nine instalments between November 2014 and January 2016 to shore up finances as global oil prices fell, but then cut the tax just once in October last year by Rs 2 a litre.

Prior to October 5 cut, petrol price had risen by Rs 6.86 a litre and diesel by Rs 6.73 since mid-August.

PTI

HDK inaugurates dasara in Srirangapatna

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The historical, annual Srirangapatna Dasara to be held from tomorrow till Oct.18

CM H.D. Kumaraswamy inaugurated the three-day event by offering flowers to Goddess Chamundeshwari, seated in ‘ambari’ on elephant ‘Abhimanyu’ at Bannimantap at Kirangur Circle off Bengaluru-Mysuru highway.

CM H.D K was accompanied by Bandeppa Kashempur, S.R. Mahesh, D.C. Thammanna and C.S. Puttaraju.

Health officer ends life at home

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Woman BBMP health officer committed suicide at her residence on Monday.

The deceased, Dr Ashwini(32), was working as the BBMP health officer in Vijayanagar ward.

It has been learnt that, Ashwini got married a year ago and was unhappy in her married life was back to her maternal home. Her parents complained that her in-laws demanded dowry and harassed her.

The police visited the house and recovered a handwritten note in which she has written ‘Sorry’.

A case was registered under Section 174 of CrPc at the Nandini Layout police station.

PTI

Complaint booked against Man gives ‘triple talaq’ to wife via WhatsApp.

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A 26-year-old Muslim man in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra allegedly gave triple talaq to his wife through WhatsApp, and was booked following a complaint lodged by her, police said Thursday.

The man, Javed Saber Pathan, a resident of Khandala village in Vaijapur taluka in the district, was booked on Wednesday under section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 2018, a police officer said.

“Javed had married Shabana Nisar Shaikh alias Sabha in December 2016. Things were fine between them for about a year. However, after that they regularly started arguing over small issues,” police inspector Anant Kulkarni said.

“On September 9 (2018), Javed dropped Shabana at her maternal aunt’s house in Kannad tehsil (in the district), but did not return to take her back. Shabana’s parents visited his house to request him to patch up with her. But on September 23, Javed sent a triple talaq message on her WhatsApp,” he added.

Shabana lodged a complaint against him with Vaijapur police station on Wednesday, following which a case was registered, Kulkarni said.

Javed was yet to be arrested, the inspector said adding that an investigation has been launched into the case. On 28 December 2017, the Lok Sabha had passed The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017.

The bill made instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddah) in any form spoken, in writing or by electronic means such as email, SMS and WhatsApp illegal and void, with up to three years in jail for the husband.

The Union cabinet last month approved an ordinance making triple talaq a punishable offence.

PTI

Literature Round Up

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“The Diary On The Fifth Floor By Raisha Lalwani”

The Diary on the Fifth Floor is not just a story about a girl dealing with her issues. This book is about our society and how we are all going through similar experiences. The book is about the lack of emotions in our everyday interactions. It is about our inability to emote & express ourselves. We hear stories from friends & family, from our neighbors. They aren’t pleasant so we express our sympathy & then forget about them. Writing gave me an emotional outlet to express these deep-seated feelings of our everyday struggle, of our joys, of our loneliness & our longings

The Diary on the Fifth Floor is a fascinating tale of a 25 year old woman that takes hold of us from the moment she enters the hospital; more precisely, the 5th floor. Visibly terrified, she clutches at her cloth bound Diary, caught in the horns of a terrible dilemma, whether or not to hand over the diary to the doctor. She fears that she will be declared insane if her tangled web of thoughts, unspooling in dark mysterious stories is read by the dissecting eye of a doctor.
What does this diary contain?

As the novel progresses, we are drawn into characters & stories that are toe curling, strange & haunting in their raw intensity. What is the story of this woman? What secrets lie in the pages of her Diary?

What happens on the fifth floor?

The book revolves around one single question. It is not asked upfront but has been sent out in the void & resurfaces at the end of every chapter

Raisha Lalwani elabores on her novel, “Having lived in Bombay, Jaipur, Delhi & Dubai, life has been one long travel tale! I went to a bunch of schools in different cities & most of my experiences, friends & memories revolve around these cities. After having graduated from The University of Delhi, I decided to test the waters of International Business. When I started writing, it was without any distinct goal in mind. Some write for money, others as a hobby, I write for peace & quiet it brings me. Writing was how I could express myself & it has made me braver than I thought I could be.
It is funny how “nocturnal” was the 1st ever word that came to my mind when I thought about who I am. Whether it was studying for my Board exams back in the year 2004 or working on my book all these years later, I feel my mind is more active during the later hours of the evening. Like my husband says, I am a “homemaker” by day & a writer by night.”

Festival Round Up

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The 7th Edition Of Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) Announces Its Full Line-Up

The Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) which will be held from 1st Nov, 20p18 to 4th Nov, 2018 in the beautiful mountain town of McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama & the meeting point of a rich & cosmopolitan mix of people & cultures. The 7th edition of DIFF will build on the hallmarks that have given the festival its reputation as a cutting-edge event, an intimate & carefully curated festival in the Himalayas showcasing an eclectic mix of the best of independent features, documentaries, shorts & animation films from India & around the world.

Dar Gai’s Namdev Bhau: In Search of Silence will open & Ere Gowda’s Kannada debut feature Balekempa will close the 7th edition of Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) 2018. Both directors will be present.

Manoj Bajpayee, the lead actor of Bhonsle, and internationally renowned photographer Raghu Rai will be attending the festival along with his filmmaker daughter Avani Rai for her debut documentary, Raghu Rai: An Unfinished Portrait.
Indian feature film directors Ere Gowda, Anamika Haksar, Devashish Makhija, Ridham Janve & Priya Ramasubban will be present.
International filmmakers attending the festival include Tashi Gyeltshen (Bhutan), Dar Gai (Ukraine), Mathieu Roy (Canada), Hiroshi Sunairi (Japan) & Luc Schaedler (Switzerland).
Indian short filmmakers Siddharth Chauhan, Sudha Padmaja Francis, Mukul Haloi, Rishi Chandna, Tarun Jain, Raghbir Singh Toor, Natesh Hagde, Abhijeet Phartiyal, Divya Unny, Pia Shah & Ajitpal Singh will also be present.

The DIFF 2018 lineup includes Indian fiction & documentary features: Balekempa, Bhonsle, Ee.Ma.Yau, Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon, The Gold-Laden Sheep & the Sacred Mountain, Ma•ama, Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam’s The Sweet Requiem, Namdev Bhau: In Search of Silence & Raghu Rai: An Unfinished Portrait & international fiction & documentary features: 48 Years: Silent Dictator, A Long Way Home, Bamboo Dogs, Boom for Real, The Dispossessed, Father to Son, House of My Fathers, In the Intense Now, Little Forest, Namme, Of Fathers & Sons, The Red Phallus, Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda & Waru.
Short Films include: Amma Meri, Eye Test, Khurafat, Letter To Home, Namage Navu Godege Mannu, Pashi, Sakhisona, The Open Door, Tungrus & Two Brothers.
Children’s Films include: 2 features Chuskit, Cross My Heart & 4 shorts Abu Adnan’s Father, Beauty, Hadia (The Gift) & Rammat Gammat.

The Indian Programming highlights at the festival include Devashish Makhija’s Bhonsle, Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Ee.Ma.Yau, Ridham Janve’s Gaddi language feature film The Gold-Laden Sheep & Sacred Mountain, Dominic Sangma’s Garo language film Ma’ama & documentaries like Raghu Rai: An Unfinished Portrait by Avani Rai, Asia Premiere of Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam’s The Sweet Requiem which has its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2018 & Anamika Haksar’s Ghode ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon.
The International Programming highlights at the festival include the Indian Premieres of Hiroshi Sunairi’s 48 Years: Silent Dictator (Japan), TIFF 2017 Official Selection Waru (New Zealand), Tashi Gyeltshen’s The Red Phallus (Won FIPRESCI at Busan), Zaza Khalvashi’s Namme (official entry to Oscars from Georgia) & screenings of Yim Soon- Rye’s Little Forest (Korea), Hsiao Ya Chuan’s Father To Son (Taiwan) & documentaries Boom For Now (Sarah Driver, USA), In the Intense Now (João Moreira Salles, Brazil), A Long Way Home (Luc Scheadler, Switzerland) & Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (Stephen Nomura Schible, USA/Japan).

The popular DIFF Children’s Film Programme is once again curated by Children’s Media Specialist, Monica Wahi & the line-up includes 2 award-winning features, Chuskit (Priya Ramasubban, India) & Cross My Heart (Luc Picard, Canada) & 4 internationally acclaimed shorts, Rammat Gammat (Ajitpal Singh, India), Hadia the Gift (Sinem Sakaogl,Germany/Turkey), Father (AbuAdnan, Denmark), Beauty (Christina Willings,Canada)

DIFF has always recognized the importance of short films as a category in its own right & for the 5th year in a row, filmmaker Umesh Kulkarni has curated a selection of 10 shorts including Tungrus And Eye Test. Besides this, DIFF is partnering with Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films to present a package of short films.

This year, DIFF is thrilled to host the 1st ever Dharamshala PJLF Editing Workshop, an initiative supported by NFDC. The 2 selected projects are Where the Winds Blow by Director Karma Takapa & Editor Anadi Athaley, & 4Sum by Director Neeraj Gwal & Editor Rishiraj Bhattacharya. A third project, Chola, directed & edited by Sanal Sasidharan, was unanimously recommended by the selection committee & will receive editing consultation from the mentors. The projects will be mentored by internationally renowned editor Jacques Comets who co-headed the editing department at France’s leading film school, La Femis, along with editor & Artistic Director of the Kerala International Film Festival, Bina Paul & producer & script/editing mentor Olivia Stewart.

5 filmmakers from Himachal Pradesh, Rahat Mahajan, Aman Sharma, Mrinalini Singha, Vaasu Soni & Kesang Thakur will be mentored by renowned National Award-winning filmmaker Gurvinder Singh & award-winning documentary filmmaker Anupama Srinivasan in this year’s edition of DIFF Film Fellow initiative. The initiative, started in the year 2014, is supported by the HP Government’s Department of Language, Arts & Culture & this year focuses specially on filmmakers from Himachal Pradesh.

Riddham Janve’s Gaddi language debut feature, The Gold-Laden Sheep & Sacred Mountain & Shimla based filmmaker Siddharth Chauhan’s short film, Pashi, shot in Himachal Pradesh, are part of this year’s Spotlight on Himachal.

Talking about this year’s line-up at DIFF, Festival Director Ritu Sarin who along with Tenzing Sonam directed The Sweet Requiem which had its World Premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival averred, “It’s been 7 years since we embarked on this amazing journey & we’ve had so many good movies & happy memories.” She adds: “With each edition we’ve learnt new things & tried to improve DIFF as much as possible. As always, we have tried our best to put together a range of unusual & thought-provoking films, several of which are India premieres. Especially important to us is our community outreach programmes & initiatives to help young filmmakers. This year we’re thrilled to launch the 1st ever Dharamshala PJLF Editing Workshop in which 2 promising editor/director teams will benefit from mentorship from internationally renowned professionals. And we are very happy that our DIFF Film Fellows initiative this year is geared specifically to budding filmmakers from Himachal Pradesh.”

With an exciting line-up of films & events, DIFF 2018 promises to provide another unique, captivating cinematic experience against the backdrop of the dramatic Dhauladhar range.
The 7th edition of Dharamshala International Film Festival will be held in McLeod Ganj from 1st Nov, 2018 to 4th Nov, 2018. Filmmakers Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam, who are long-term residents of Dharamshala, initiated the festival in the year 2012, with the aim of bringing high-quality independent cinema to the mountains, encouraging local filmmaking talent & creating a meaningful platform to engage the area’s diverse communities.

DIFF is presented by White Crane Arts & Media, a trust founded by filmmakers Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam to promote contemporary cinema, art & independent media practices in the Himalayan regions of India.
The 1st ever edition of DIFF was held in the 2012. Since then, it has established itself as one of India’s leading independent film festivals. DIFF’s cutting-edge & eclectic programming, which includes many India premieres, and its policy of inviting as many directors as possible has made it one of the go-to events in any cinephile’s calendar. Last year, the films & side programmes at DIFF attracted a viewership of around 6000, of which at least 60% were from out of town from places as far away as Kerala, Bangalore, Hyderabad & Mumbai. Some of India’s best-known film critics & journalists from leading media houses were on hand to cover the event.

This year, for the 3rd time in a row, the festival will take place in the peaceful environs of Tibetan Children’s Village, a short distance from McLeod Ganj. Along with 2 existing auditoriums at the school, this year DIFF is excited to partner with Delhi-based Picture Time to set up a mobile digital theatre with state-of-the-art projection facilities at the festival venue.

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