became the first Marathi film and the first Indian horror film to be in the official selection of the Brooklyn, Hudson and Madrid International Film Festivals. Produced by Jitendra Patil of Midas Touch Movies and directed by the award winning Vishal Furia Lapachhapi meaning Hide N Seek has reached Spanish shores with the Madrid

International Film Festival with five nominations for Best New Director (Vishal Furia), Best Actress (Pooja Sawant), Best Supporting Actress (Usha Naik), Best Editor (Dinesh Poojari) and Best original score (Ranjan Patnaik, Tony Basumatary and Utkarsh Dhotekar).The VFX and post production of the film was done at Jai Shree Krishna Studios, Goregaon East.

The film will hold a world premier at the Brooklyn Film Festival, a moment of great honour because this is the first time in the history of Marathi cinema over a hundred years that a classic horror is being made for an audience that largely consumes comedies and dramas and is targeted at the mainstream audience.

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Love has countless forms and expressions:Simply put; Project Dhai Akshar is one such expression!The idea behind it is simple: Lighting lives lovingly! A small but strong and secular Endeavour dedicated steadfastly, towards providing a learning environment for severely disadvantaged children in Mumbai, India. Target Group: children from underprivileged background.

This may include those living in the slums of Mumbai, homeless children, rehabilitated child labourers and children of unskilled labourers Our vision stems from the fundamental belief in ‘equal opportunities’ for children and conviction in the fact that love can transform lives. It is our firm commitment, to provide disadvantaged children with their basic rights – that of a free and happy childhood, the right to free will, the right to learn and the right to dream of a safe and secure future! We do so by extending a happy & stimulating learning space, with engaging & interactive multidisciplinary programmes that enrich these children and enable them to learn, to love, to play, to dream and to grow!

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Amitabh Bachchan was shooting at the famed club grounds Mohammedan Sporting Club in Kolkatta for TE3Nwhen there was a long break. The megastar not to miss an opportunity had some fun kicking around the ball.  The club was so happy to watch an enthusiast that they immediately made him a life membership.  This is a special moment indeed because it happened on the 125^th anniversary of the club.

It was a nostalgic moment for Bachchan too who spent his early days in Kolkatta and recognized the benches which have not been replaced since the 60s. Bachcan remembered his trips to the club, sometimes directly from the Kolkatta Railway Station as he did not want to miss the game.

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Based on a story byShamim Padamsee, published by Tulika, adapted and directed by Timira Gupta and music by Johns Soans and Janit Temkar, A Silly Story of Bondapalli is a play about food. Looking and cooking it, smelling and touching it, crunching and slurping it, chewing and licking it. 

And who does all of this, well a king who loves to eat and his three chefs who love to cook.

All is well in the happy kingdom until the day the princess is born. She turns out to be the fussiest eater in the world and just nothing that the chef spreads out for her meets her approval.

The three chefs spend their day chipping and chopping, boiling and baking, roasting and frying but nothing presented to the princess makes her happy.

Will the king be forced to hang the royal chefs who cannot please his princess or will they finally suceed in discovering the magic recipee that will make the princess happy?

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Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet will now have a different expression. Artist Sujaya Batra has chosen it as her subject to illustrate into an adult colouring book. Sujaya first read the book when she was 16 and was fascinated with the concept and has gone back to it at every turning point in her life. Says Sujaya “Everytime I needed answers to difficult situations, I went back to The Prophet and everytime Khalil Gibran balmed me with his soothing philosophy.”

So inspired by the book and a commercial artist by profession, she decided to combine the two passions. She says sketching is her way of meditating and has chosen to interpret select verses from the book into creative illustrations.

Aleph Book Company saw the potential of the drawings and their verses and turned it into a beautiful colouring book for adults elaborated with images of flowers, birds, animals.  Sujaya concludes that today’s young adults live in a stressed world and need to decompress and introspect. “This book is my tribute to The Prophet and the wisdom it offers.”

Sujaya Batra is a textile designer and commercial artist and a qualified T’ai Chi teacher. She sketches predominantly in black ink, pencil work and watercolours.

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Inspired by Mahashweta Devi’s story Why-Why Girl published by Tulika Books the poem of Safdar hashmi is adapted and directed by Shaili Sathyu and choreographed byHamsa Moily.

How often do children ask questions and actually get answers from adults? And how often do adults make an attempt to enter the magical world of questions raised by children?

The play tells the story of Moyna and many similar children, who always have so many questions to ask. Performed through dance and live music the writing gives insights into an innocent world.

Kyun-Kyun Ladki has been performed for schools, at theatre festivals and at theatres across Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Patna, Guwahati, Kolkata and Delhi, including TIFLI, International Theatre Festival for Young Audiences.

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Omang Kumar directed Sarabjeet Pakistan ki jail mein barson tak qaid rahe Hindustani kisan Sarabjeet Singh ki kahani hai.

Amritsar ke Bhikwindi gaon ka Sarabjeet Singh ek raat, apne khet se lautte hue, galti se Pakistan border paar karta hai aur giraftar ho jaata hai.

23 saal tak, Pakistan sarkar Sarabjeet ko Lahore mein bomb blast karwane wala Manjeet maanti hain.

Aur 23 saal Sarabjeet ki behan Dalbir Kaur apne bhai ki begunahi ki ladai ladti hai.

Film ka minus: film ki disjointed story telling aur slow paced editing jo tragedy ko aur bhi depressing bana deti hai.

Film ka plus: film ka detailed art design, camera work, costumes, music or performances…

Lawyer ke role mein Darshan Kumar aur Sarabjeet ki patni bani Richa Chadha lajawab hai! Dalbir Kaur, Aishwarya Rai ke career ka sab se brave aur musjkil performance hai aur Sarabjeet Singh, Randeep Hooda ka sabse behtar aur yadgaar performance!

Aise kirdaaron ko humara dil chalni kar dena chahiye tha jo nahi hota hai…

Shayad isliye, kyon ki ye film bhi Sarabjeet ki zindagi ki tarha kuch tooti-bikhri-nirash-aur-neerras hai!

Agar aap ko manoranjan ki talash hai toh Sarabjeet aap ke liye nahi hain.

Agar aap ko itihaas mein, samajik muddon mein, pariwar mein ruchi hain, toh Sarabjeet aap ke liye hai.

Sarabjeet ko sache performances, nek sandesh aur prayas ke liye Big EntertainmentRatings milte hain 3 stars.

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