Filmit India Film Festival for school students

The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) holds a short films contest, the Filmit India Film Festival, for school students every year, in which children have to make films on India’s culture and heritage.

INTACH has now begun training sessions in schools for the 2014 film festival, in collaboration with an expert from the United Kingdom.

A small workshop was held at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Byculla, Mumbai on August 27 were students were taught basics of shooting, planning, scripting and production.

According to the latest Bollywood News for the first tie there is an inclusion of a local municipal school – the West Byculla Marathi Secondary School. Another educational institution added this year is the Arya Vidya Mandir, Juhu. Video cameras will be gifted to the new schools and further training shall be provided to teachers and students in production and editing.

Filmit, a project of the INTACH and the Helen Hamlyn Trust (UK), encourages students of the sixth and seventh grades to shoot short films based on the environment, culture and heritage, with a touch of humor where and when appropriate. These films are uploaded on the Filmit website where participating schools from the UK can view them. Each Indian school has a partner school in the UK. The best short films are awarded each year.

Hrithik Roshan Is Keen On Dancing With Madhuri Dixit

According to Latest Bollywood Gossip the reports, the superstar is very keen on dancing with Madhuri and he is in search of the script where he can do so. The Bollywood Gossip in fact suggests that Hrithik Roshan is discussing the idea with Karan Johar to bring Madhuri onboard for their upcoming film ‘Shuddhi’.

“Madhuri’s schedule is packed, but she has great respect for Hrithik and Karan. They have bounced ideas off each other but nothing concrete has emerged so far,” informs an industry insider.

Also there are many months left before ‘Shuddhi’ goes on floors and Madhuri may step into the much anticipated project for the special song with Hrithik.

“This conversation started off on the sets of a dance reality TV show that Madhuri and Karan are currently judging,” the insider added.

‘Shuddhi’ is going to be directed by ‘Agneepath’ fame Karan Malhotra. It has Kareena Kapoor playing the female lead.

Will Kareena Kapoor’s name change help her career?

Kareena Kapoor Khan. That’s how her name appears in the credits of Satyagraha. She got married to Saif Ali Khan last year. Talaash released soon after. But her name flashed as Kareena Kapoor in the opening credits. However, in her second release after her shaadi, she has added Khan to her name.

Actors are known to be paranoid about changing names especially when their career is going great. It’s common for them to experiment with different spellings for the luck factor. Shraddha A Salla, a Tarot card reader and numerologist, analyses Bollywood Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan’s new name. She says this change will work very well for the actor personally as well as professionally.

“Kareena is strongly ruled by Jupiter — the planet of growth and abundance, Jupiter supports creativity and entertainment, and makes one rise to his/her peak in this profession. Not only is Kareena’s birth and destiny number ruled by Jupiter, but also her name vibration. By adding Khan to her name, she is including the family name into her subconscious mind, which will work positively for her as she will always have their support and respect. With Saif, she has created an energy of total acceptance and bonding by taking his name.”

She adds, “New opportunities in films and other fields related to media will open up. Starting of a new venture like a production house is very likely. Health wise, this energy might make her a bit emotional and lazy, but her nature of always bouncing back will solve the issue. She will become calm, mature and more receptive to people around her.”

Is Ranbir Kapoor going to marry Katrina Kaif?

While Ranbir and Kat have always played it safe when it comes their relationships status, their sizzling chemistry was enough to tell us what was brewing between the two

Going by the garma garam khabar, it seems Ranbir Kapoor is ready to take the plunge finally! We don’t know when the Kapoor lad will actually tie the knot but we hear he is planning to pop up the big the question to her alleged longtime girlfriend and Bollywood Actress Katrina Kaif. Apparently, Ranboo is even planning to come out in public about his relationship. While rumours were doing the rounds that Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh weren’t happy with their son’s choice, the duo seems to have come around eventually. It is believed that only after Ranbir got a green signal from his parents that he has decided to propose Kat on his birthday.

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag to be screened at Ladakh International Film Festival 2013

The biopic starring Farhan Akhtar and Sonam Kapoor will open the festival along with The Frontier Gandhi: Badshah Khan, a Torch for Peace

Bollywood film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and documentary The Frontier Gandhi: Badshah Khan, a Torch for Peace will be screened as a part of the green carpet premiere at the second edition of Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF) 2013 to be held at Leh in Jammu and Kashmir next month.

“We are pleased to have renowned filmmakers like Teri McLuhan (‘The Frontier Gandhi’) and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag) at the Green Carpet of LIFF this year,” Melwyn Williams Chirayath, Founder, LIFF, said in a statement.

While Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is a biopic on ace sprinter Milkha Singh, The Frontier Gandhi… tells the story of noted freedom fighter Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan aka Badshah Khan.

The fest will be held from September 13-15. Its other highlights will include a retrospective of veteran writer-filmmaker Gulzar, curated by the multi-talented Vishal Bhardwaj.

LIFF 2013 will also pay special tributes to legendary film personalities Yash Chopra, Pran and Rituparno Ghosh, who are no more.

A panel discussion by women film personalities on the theme – Role of Women in Cinema – On and Off Screen, Road Ahead – will also be conducted. Some participants for the panel discussion will include names like Teri McLuhan, Aparna Sen, Meghna Gulzar, Rekha Bhardwaj, Hannah Fisher and Deepti Naval.

Carrying forward the focus on women is also a flagship campaign on women called Campaign Red.