By Mansi M. Toronto Mumbai cinema veteran Shekhar Kapur who has directed films like Masoom, Bandit Queen, Elizabeth and Four Feathers amongst others was at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to present Awara, a film from the 50s. It...
By Renu Mehta Toronto Toronto audiences gave a standing ovation to Zoya Akhtar’s film Superboys of Malegaon presented at a Gala at Roy Thomson Hall to a full hall. Directed by Reema Kagti, the film is based on the true...
By Mansi M. Toronto International Film Festival Emilia Pérez directed by Jacques Audiard was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. The popularity of the film resulted in several additional screenings at the festival and won the first...
By Mansi M. Toronto The Freedom of Fierro directed by Santiago Esteinou was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival held in Toronto in September. Fierro’s story first came to light in 2014 in a documentary called The Freedom of...
By Mansi M. Toronto International Film Festival Reema Kagti has a singular voice as an artist, screenwriter, and filmmaker. Her directorial debut, Honeymoon Travels Private Limited (2006), was an immediate critical and commercial success. Following that, she wrote and directed...
By Renu Mehta Toronto Zoya's directorial journey began with Luck By Chance (2009), followed by Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), and the internationally acclaimed Gully Boy (2019), which have since acquired cult status, and won numerous...
By Renu Mehta Toronto In her breakout first fiction film, Sandhya Suri presents the story of Santosh (Shahana Goswami), a rookie woman cop’s life-changing initiation to the police force in rural India. Her husband, a policeman, has died while on...
By Renu Mehta Toronto Mike Flanagan’s film The Life of Chuck walked away with the People’s Choice Award presented at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The first runner up is Emilia Perez directed by Jacques Audiard and the second...
By Mansi M Toronto Ali Samadi Ahadi’s film Seven Days at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is based on a true story, a narrative of struggle, human rights, suffering, and freedom. Lead actor Vishka Asayesh – courtesy TIFF “I’ve...
By Mansi M. Toronto The World premiere screening of 4K restoration AWARA at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) commemorates the 100th anniversary of director Raj Kapoor’s birth in 1924. The film saw its birth in 1951 and Raj Kapoor...
