Filmmaking legend K Vishwanath passes away

Hyderabad/UNI: Well-known film director, screenwriter and actor, Kasinadhuni Viswanath, popularly known as ‘K Viswanath’ passed away at his residence due to age-related ailments here on Thursday night.

Veteran filmmaker Tarun Majumdar passes away at 91, an era in Bengali cinema ends

Ringing the curtains down on an era of Bengali cinema, National award-winning filmmaker Tarun Majumdar, whose films used to bridge the gap between mainstream entertainers and serious content for nearly half a century, passed away on Monday in a city hospital. He was 91.

India didn't love what I wanted to do, Sri Lanka has been amazing: Deepa Mehta

Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta, whose film Fire had stirred a controversy in the late 1990s for depicting lesbianism, was the guest at Ek Mulakat Visesh organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement. Her latest film is Funny Boy, set in Sri Lanka during the violent Tamil-Sinhalese conflict telling the story of a  young boy and his sexual awakening. India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings excerpts of her conversation with Ehsaas Woman of Delhi  Archana Dalmia 

I am more greedy than ambitious: Priyadarshan

For a man who began writing his first script at 19 and directed his first film when he was 22, filmmaker Priyadarshan never ceases to surprise with his durability. He also takes ‘brief breaks’ into what he terms as ‘socially conscious’ cinema. The prolific director in conversation with Shoma A. Chatterji on his yet to be released films like Sila Samayangalil which is about AIDS and the stigma surrounding it.