Gautaman Bhaskaran
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 Copyright 2004

 

      
      First biography of Adoor launched 
 Tamil & Malayalam editions out in September,
                     October 2011
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      Raju Nagarajan in The Japan Times
    Arnab Bhattacharya in The Telegraph 
          T.P. Sreenivasan in his blog
       S Nanda Kumar in Deccan Herald 
        Mark Cousins in Sight & Sound
       C.S. Venkiteswaran in The Hindu  
           Nahla Nainar in Gulf Times 
     Derek Malcolm in Hindustan Times
        Rathi Jafer in The Seoul Times
 Sudipta Datta in The Financial Express 
      Indu Shrikent in Khaleej Times
           K. Hariharan in Outlook
    N. S. Madhavan in Indian Express   
              John Cheeran Blog 
                 Deccan Herald 
              The Times of India 
                    BookWise 
                    The Week            
            The Gulf Times Excerpt 1
            The Gulf Times Excerpt 2 
            The Seoul Times Excerpt  
            HT Extracts from the book 
                 Galatta.com says...
                   Exploring change  
             Rat-Trap in Sight & Sound

 

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         Venice International Film Festival

                      August 31-September 10

                               Scandal, shame and glory

                              Cocktail of hits and misses

                                      Wuthering Heights

                       Venice's surprise, China's shock

                  Fassbender's Shame makes us proud

               Soderbergh plots a virus of nervousness

                   David Cronenberg's Method charms

                       Polanski's Carnage sheer delight

                       Venice cavorts with controversy

                           Indian cinema happy at home

                       The Ides of March sets Fest rolling

                                    Stormy saga by the sea

                             Festival kicks off tomorrow

                                   The news on the Rialto

                         Damsels in Distress to close fest

                                   Indian film at Venice  

                               Impressive jury lined up  

                George Clooney's film to open fest

 

                  

                                         Fest a huge mess

                                          Back to the tent

                                Meadow wins Golden Elephant

                            Compelling cinema from Middle East

                                            Adult content

                                  An Arab-Jewish tale of love

                                              A big mess

                                         Gattu heralds Fest

                                       Fest seems promising

       Lineup looks impressive

      

                         

                                              Tempests  

                                   Bikas Mishra's Chauranga

                                     Husain's film screened    

                                        Distinctive change

                                      All bright and shining

                                          Konkani cinema

                             Where Israel and Iran shake hands

                               Bollywood delays IFFI openings                       

                                  Shahukh Khan to open Fest 

                                                  

         Abu Dhabi Film Festival  2011

                Cinema on the desert 

                          Trishna

               India wins top honours

                   Trishna screened

                An anguishing voyage

                     Flowers of Evil

               A look at the other India

                   Trishna to compete

               Winterbottom's Trishna

              French drama opens Fest 

            Charulata as Tagore tribute

                 The stars of Abu Dhabi

                   A classic revisited 

        Canada's Oscar entry is opening film 

                     Awards for shorts

     

  Doha Tribeca Film Festival 2011

Reviews

 Wrap-up 

Awards

   Besson on Suu Kyi

Springtime

The Lady

Arab Spring

Black Gold disappoints

Miramax offer to Qatar

Fest set to grow bigger

Fest truly international 

Lacombe to partner with Doha

Doha to fund Mira Nair's film

 Fest to close with Aung San Suu Kyi biopic

Competition

 France's Black Gold 

   Black Gold to open Fest  

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                 Cannes Film Festival 2012

                     Nanni Moretti to chair jury    

          

                            

                

                                                                       

                                         

                           RA One

What is new :

Barbaric bullfight in India

 The Artist screams

Stars on earth

Salmam Rushdie

Super Men

Vettai (Hunt)

Nanban (Friend)

George Clooney

Mumbai Diaries

Jarawas humiliated

Smita Patil

Madhuri Dixit at Madam Tussauds

Airlines safety

A Separation

Children's cinema

Honour killing

Marco Mueller exits

Woes of a Prime Minister

Silk Smitha

Film festivals and India

The gag culture

Chennai Film Fest opening

The Dirty Picture

Kolkata Hospital fire

Darkest hour

Dev Anand

FDI

Incredible India

Tintin film smashes record

A twisted view

Kanimozhi's bail

China's most expensive film

Sahib Bibi Aur Gangster

Skyfal unveiled

Seven billionth dilemma

RA. One on winning track

Preserving Indian cinema

A skewed view of India

Dilemma over the noose

Woebegone villages

Indian literature and Nobel Prize

Bond meets Gandhi

Shruti Jauhari

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