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	<title>Alternative Film Guide &#187; Bollywood</title>
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		<title>Indian Film Academy Awards 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Young</dc:creator>
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2009 International Indian Film Academy Awards
2009 IIFA winners: Macau on June 13, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Starring Bollywood icons Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai, Ashutosh Gowariker&#8217;s Jodhaa Akbar tells the story of a Muslim emperor who marries  a Hindu princess in 16th-century India.  Jodhaa Akbar was the big winner at the 2009 IIFA Awards, bagging 11 trophies including best picture, best director, best actor, and best music (A. R. Rahman).
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POPULAR AWARDS
Best Picture 
  A Wednesday
  Dostana
  Ghajini
*  Jodhaa Akbar
  Race
Rock On !!
Best Director 
  A.R. Murugadoss &#8211; Ghajini
  Madhur Bhandarkar &#8211; Fashion
  Abhishek Kapoor &#8211; Rock On !!
*  Ashutosh Gowariker &#8211; Jodhaa Akbar
Neeraj Pandey &#8211; A Wednesday

Best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOSTANA, THROUGH THE EYES OF PAINTER: Censorship</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/dostana-through-the-eyes-of-painter-censorship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Agence France-Presse reports that  the radical nationalist Hindu groups Sanatan Sanstha and Hindu Jananagruti have succeeded in getting the   International Film Festival of India, held in the old Portuguese territory of Goa, to withdraw Maqbool Fida Husain&#8217;s 1967 documentary short Through the Eyes of Painter.  
Husain, 93, who has been called India&#8217;s Picasso,  became enmeshed in the mid-1990s in an ugly uproar over his paintings of nude Hindu goddesses, for which he was sued and received death threats from Hindu fanatics. He currently divides his time between London and Dubai.
The 39th Goa Film Festival &#8212; all the poorer for having caved in to censorship forces &#8212; comes to a close on December 2.
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&#34;A single bench [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FIRE d: Deepa Mehta</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fire-deepa-mehta-azmi-nandita-das/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fire (1996)
Direction and screenplay: Deepa Mehta. Cast: Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Jaaved Jaaferi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Ranjit Chowdhry, Kushal Rekhi, Alice Poon
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By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica:
I watched the 1996 Canadian film Fire by Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta after having long heard of its taboo nature based mainly on its depiction of lesbianism. And while not a silly film &#8212; such as the softcore When Night Is Falling or the horrid Hollywood &#8216;Hook&#8217;em&#8217; Brokeback Mountain &#8212; Fire is nowhere near a great film, either.
As for the lesbianism, there is very little skin and the &#8216;love story&#8217; is rather demure. On the other hand, there is far too much radical Feminist (capital F) ideology that lowers the intellectual argument of Mehta&#8217;s film &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gays in Bollywood Films</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/gays-in-bollywood-films/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;Disassociating queer from sleazy&#34; &#8212; though the &#34;aberrant&#34; label remains &#8212; in the Times of India:
&#34;Real people with an aberrant sexual orientation have also led to Bollywood tentatively moving away from its song-and-dance routine for fresh cinema. Deepa Mehta&#8217;s Fire, released in 1998, ventured into forbidden terrain by exploring the sensual relationship of a young bride with her sister-in-law. Mahesh Dattani, whose Mango Souffli [sic] ([photo,] 2002) breaks away from hackneyed romantic imagery with an erotic under-water gay kissing scene, believes that a number of Bollywood films caricature homosexuals. As a result, shopping for actors to perform a gay role becomes difficult. Onir, director of My Brother Nikhil, also decries the stigma against homosexuals: &#8216;A homophobic community must be fed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BEFORE THE RAINS: Q&amp;A with Santosh Sivan</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/santosh-sivan-before-the-rains-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 22:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by the &#34;Red Roofs&#34; segment from Dan Verete&#8217;s 2002 three-part Israeli drama Yellow Asphalt, which revolves around the lives of Bedouins in the Judean desert, the visually lush Before the Rains, which opens today in New York and Los Angeles, follows the self-destructive path of a British farmer intent on creating a &#34;spice&#34; road through the jungle in India&#8217;s Kerala region. 
Capably played by Linus Roache &#8212; best known in the US for his Law &#38; Order  role &#8212; the late 1930s English spice baron seems to have it all: a beautiful wife (Jennifer Ehle), a cute son (Leopold Benedict), a loyal servant (Rahul Bose), a sexy mistress (Nandita Das), and investors willing to bet on the success [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Drama with an Indian Setting</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/dharm-eklavya-legal-arbitration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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When not making movies, Indian film personalities seem to spend a lot of their time fighting one another in court. 
Following the long soap opera revolving around allegations of bias and corruption at the National Film Awards, the Mumbai High Court has found the Film Federation of India&#8217;s (FFI) pick to represent the Indian film industry at the Oscars was &#34;prima facie biased.&#34;
This latest courtroom drama began when filmmaker Bhavna Talwar (left) and WSG Pictures, whose Dharm (above, top photo) was passed over as India&#8217;s Oscar entry in favor of Vidhu Vinod Chopra&#8217;s Eklavya: The Royal Guard (above, lower photo), filed a petition alleging favoritism.
In their petition, Talwar and WSG claim that selection committee director Sudhir Mishra and members Jagdish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Film Awards &#8211; 2007 Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/national-film-awards-2007-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buddhadeb Dasgupta&#8217;s Bengali-language Kaalpurush &#8211; Memories in the Mist, the story of a mild-mannered office clerk (Rahul Bose) whose faltering career is counterbalanced by his wife&#8217;s sudden celebrity, received best feature film honors at the 53rd National Film Awards, covering Indian films produced in 2005.
The 53rd edition of the National Film Awards became mired in controversy last year after film critic Shyamli Banerjee filed a petition in the Delhi High Court stating that the awards were rigged by government officials. Banerjee also stated that Black should be ineligible for any National Film Award, as it is an adaptation of The Miracle Worker &#8212; according to the rules, adaptations are automatically disqualified.
Another petition, this one filed by documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>53rd Indian National Film Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/indian-national-film-awards-2007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[53rd Indian National Film Awards
The 53rd Indian National Film Award winners were announced on Aug. 7, 2007.
The 53rd Indian National Film Awards covers Indian films produced in 2005.
National Film Awards 2007 winners &#8211; Article
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BEST FEATURE FILM: KAALPURUSH &#8211; MEMORIES IN THE MIST (BENGALI)
  BEST FIRST FILM: PARINEETA (HINDI) by Pradeep Sarkar
 BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT: RANG DE BASANTI (HINDI)
 BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION: DAIVANAMATHIL (MALAYALAM)
 BEST FILM ON FAMILY WELFARE: DHAVAMAI DHAVAMIRANTE (TAMIL)
 BEST FILM ON OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES: IQBAL (HINDI)
BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/ PRESERVATION: THUTTURI (KANNADA)
 BEST CHILDREN&#8217;S FILM: BLUE UMBRELLA (HINDI)
BEST DIRECTION: RAHUL DHOLAKIA (PARZANIA &#8211; ENGLISH)
 BEST ACTOR: AMITABH BACHCHAN, BLACK
BEST ACTRESS: SARIKA, PARZANIA 
 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: NASEERUDDIN SHAH, IQBAL
BEST [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karnataka State Film Awards &#8211; 2006-2007</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kamataka-state-film-awards-2006-2007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karnataka State Film Awards &#8211; 2006-2007
The winners of the 2006-2007 Karnataka State Film Awards &#8212; the awards committee was headed by filmmaker Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar &#8212; were announced on July 20, 2007.
There were 37 films in competition. Karnataka is a state in southern India. Kannada is its most important language.

Best Film: Mungaru Male / Monsoon Showers
Runners-up: Duniya, Cyanide
Best Directors: Yogaraj Bhat (Mungaru Male / Monsoon Showers)
Runners-up: Soori (Duniya), A.M.R. Ramesh (Cyanide)
Best Social Film: Kaada Beladingalu, by B. S. Lingadevar
Best Film in a Regional Language: Badi
Best Actor: Vijay (Duniya)
Best Actress: Tara (Cyanide)
Best Supporting Actor: Rangayana Raghu (Duniya)
Best Supporting Actress: Nitu (Koti Chennaiah) 
 Best Screenplay: Soori (Duniya)
Best Dialogue: Yogaraj Bhat (Mungaru Male / Monsoon Showers)
Best Story: Jananki (Kaada Beladingalu)
Best Cinematographer: Krishna S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IIFA Awards &#8211; 2007 Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/iifa-awards-2007-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ As expected, the big winner at the 8th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards held Saturday night at the Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield, United Kingdom, was Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra&#8217;s political musical Rang De Basanti / Paint It Yellow, the tale of several alienated university students &#8212; among them Aamir Khan  &#8212; who develop a sense of sociopolitical awareness after getting involved with a filmmaker (played by Alice Patten, daughter of Chris Patten, the UK&#8217;s
last governor of Hong Kong) attempting to make a movie about Indian nationalists who rose up against British rule.
In addition to being named best film, Rang De Basanti won three other awards out of 15 nominations in the Popular Categories (voted by film fans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IIFA Awards &#8211; 2007 Nominations</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/iifa-awards-2007-nominations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Next Saturday, June 9, the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) will announce the winners of the 8th IIFA Awards in the Popular Categories. The ceremony will be part of the International Indian Film Academy Weekend, which will take place between June 7-10 in Yorkshire. In addition to the IIFA awards ceremony, the IIFA Weekend will offer a global business forum, a celebrity charity cricket match, and an Indian film festival. (Each year, the IIFA festival is held in a different city of a country with a large Indian population. Last year, Dubai hosted the event; the previous year&#8217;s party was held in Amsterdam.)
This year, Rang De Basanti / Paint It Yellow received the most nominations, 15 in all, including best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Film Academy Awards 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/indian-film-academy-awards-2007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2007 International Indian Film Academy Awards
2007 IIFA nominations in the Popular Categories: April 30, 2007
2007 IIFA winners: Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield/Yorkshire on June 9, 2007
IIFA 2007 Winners
IIFA 2007 Nominations
Note: Winners of the Popular Categories are chosen by the public, who vote on the nominees selected by the International Indian Film Academy. Technical Categories have no nominations; the winners are chosen by the International Indian Film Academy.
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Popular Category Nominees
 Best Picture
Dhoom 2 / D:2 &#8211; Back in Action
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna / Never Say Goodbye
Krrish / There&#8217;s No One Like You
Lage Raho Munnabhai
* Rang De Basanti / Paint It Yellow
Vivah
Direction
Karan Johar &#8211; Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna / Never Say Goodbye
Rakesh Roshan &#8211; Krrish / [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2006: Deepa Mehta&#8217;s WATER Submitted</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/censorship/deepa-mehtas-water-is-canadas-entry-for-the-oscars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Deepa Mehta&#8217;s Water, starring Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, and John Abraham, has been chosen as Canada&#8217;s entry for the 2006 Best Foreign-Language Film Academy Award. 
Set in the Indian holy city of Varanasi, the Hindi-language Water is now eligible as a Canadian entry for the foreign-language Oscar because of recent regulation changes enacted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences earlier this year. Prior to the changes, countries could only submit films containing a large chunk of dialogue in one of their official languages. Now, any language is acceptable as long as most of the dialogue is not in English.
Water, about the plight of a group of widows forced into poverty in Varanasi, was nominated for nine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karnataka State Film Awards 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karnataka State Film Awards &#8211; 2005-2006
The winners of the 2005-2006 Karnataka State Film Awards were announced on Sept. 19, 2006.
Karnataka is a state in southern India. Kannada is its most important language.
 Indian filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli&#8217;s Nayi Neralu, adapted from a novel by local writer S. L. Bairappa, has won the top award at the Kannada film awards this past Tuesday, Sept. 19. Kannada is a Dravidian language spoken in Southwestern India, mostly in the state of Karnataka. (The region around its capital, Bangalore, is known as the Silicon Valley of India.)
Nayi Neralu tells the story of a widow who marries a man she believes to be the punarjanma &#8212; sanskrit for reincarnation &#8212; of her late husband. 
The nine-person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OSIAN-CINEFAN Awards 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2006 OSIAN-CINEFAN Festival of Asian Cinema Awards
2006 OSIAN-CINEFAN Festival of Asian Cinema Awards: Delhi on July 23, 2006
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Jeffrey Jeturian’s Kubrador / The Bet Collector is the story of a woman who makes a living collecting bets for an illegal game until her life takes a dramatic turn following the death of a neighbor. Kubrador also won the International Federation of Film Critics’ Best Film Award, and a Best Asian Actress nod for Gina Pareno.
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 ASIAN COMPETITION AWARDS
Best Film:
KUBRADOR / THE BET COLLECTOR by Jeffrey Jeturian (The Philippines)
Special Jury Prize:
TWO GIRLS by Kutlug Ataman (Turkey)
 Special Mentions:
ONTARJATRA / HOMELAND by Tareque and Catherine Masud (Bangladesh) and GU LIAN HUA / LOVE&#8217;S LONE FLOWER by Tsao Jui-Yuan (Taiwan)
 Best Actress:
GINA PARENO in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Film Academy Awards &#8211; 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2006 00:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[7th International Indian Film Academy Awards &#8211; IIFA Awards 2006
The 7th International Indian Film Academy Award winners were announced at the Airport Expo in Dubai on June 16, 2006. 
Note: Winners of the Popular Categories are chosen by the public, who vote on the nominees selected by the International Indian Film Academy. Technical Categories have no nominations; the winners are chosen by the International Indian Film Academy.
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Best Film
* Black 
Parineeta 
Bunty Aur Babli 
Iqbal
No Entry 
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Best Director
Madhur Bhandarkar (Page 3)
Nagesh Kuknoor (Iqbal)
Pradeep Sarkar (Parineeta)
Prakash Jha (Aparahan)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Black)
Best Actor
* Amitabh Bachchan (Black)
Amitabh Bachchan (Sarkar)
Saif Ali Khan (Parineeta)
Saif Ali Khan (Salaam Namaste)
Shah Rukh Khan (Paheli)
Best Actress
* Rani Mukherji (Black)
Rani Mukherji (Bunty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kerala Film Critics Awards 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 00:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2006 Kerala Film Critics Association Awards
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Santosh Sivan&#8217;s Ananthabhadram was the big winner at the Kerala Film Critics Association 2005 Awards. Ananthabhadram, a supernatural thriller about a black magic sorcerer in search of a diamond with magical powers, won Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Manoj K. Jayan, who tied with Dileep in Chandupottu), and Best Actress (Kavya Madhavan, also for Sheelabathi) honors. The Kerala critics, headquartered in the southern Indian state of Kerala, recognize films in the local Malayalam language.
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Best Film: Ananthabhadram
Best Director: Santosh Sivan, Ananthabhadram
 Best Actor (tie): Manoj K. Jayan, Ananthabhadram and Dileep, Chandupottu
Runner up: Lal, Thommanum Makualam and Bunglavil Oudha 
Best Actress: Kavya Madhavan, Ananthabhadram and Sheelabathi
Runner up: Shobha Mohan, Chandupottu
 Best Screenplay: Aryadan Shaukat, Daivanamathil
Best Cinematography: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jean Renoir&#8217;s THE RIVER Screening</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 03:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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        Copyright &#169; A.M.P.A.S. 
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be presenting a restored print of Jean Renoir&#8217;s 1951 drama The River. Though largely forgotten today, The River remains one of Renoir&#8217;s best films. The performances may leave much to be desired and the plot may seem a tad too slight, yet, The River exudes an atmosphere of spirituality such as  has rarely been captured on film. Highly recommended.
Press Release:
Beverly Hills, CA &#8212; A recently restored print of Jean Renoir&#8217;s The River (1951) will be screened by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday, April 19, at 8 p.m., in the Academy&#8217;s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AMU d: Shonali Bose</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2005 20:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amu (2005)
Direction and screenplay: Shonali Bose. Cast: Konkona Sen Sharma, Yashpal Sharma, Brinda Karat
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THE OFFICIAL LIE
The tale of an Indian-American young woman who, while visiting her adoptive family in Delhi, discovers the shocking &#8212; and politically charged &#8212; truth behind her adoption, Shonali Bose&#8217;s Amu (India / U.S.) is the sort of well-intentioned motion picture one wants to like. Sadly, that is not quite the same thing as actually liking it. 
Yet, despite its flaws in storytelling, direction, and acting &#8212; one crucial problem is leading lady Konkona Sen Sharma&#8217;s inability to convey her young heroine&#8217;s profound growing pains &#8212; Amu is definitely worth a look because of its politics. Generally, political films fail to make their point clear, diluting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Film Academy Awards 2005</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2005 02:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2005 International Indian Film Academy Awards
2005 International Indian Film Academy Award winners: Amsterdam on June 11, 2005
Note: Winners of the Popular Categories are chosen by the public, who vote on the nominees selected by the International Indian Film Academy. Technical Categories have no nominations; the winners are chosen by the International Indian Film Academy.
Indian Film Academy Awards &#8211; 2005 Nominations
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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POPULAR CATEGORIES
Best Film
Dhoom
Hum Tum / You and Me
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi  
Swades
* Veer-Zaara 
Best Director
Ashutosh Gowarikar &#8212; Swades
David Dhawan &#8211; Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
Farah Khan &#8212; Main Hoon Na
Kunal Kohli &#8212; Hum Tum / You and Me
* Yash Chopra &#8212; Veer-Zaara 
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nana Patekar &#8212; Ab Tak Chhappan
Saif Ali Khan &#8212; Hum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ismail Merchant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2005 06:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Mumbai-born producer and sometime director Ismail Merchant died today in London. He was 68.
Merchant and his partner, American director James Ivory, were responsible for several classy productions made in the last four decades, including Heat and Dust (1981), starring Julie Christie as a woman traveling through India; the drama Quartet (1981), with Maggie Smith, Alan Bates, and Isabelle Adjani; and the solid dramatic comedy Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990), with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. 
Additionally, Merchant produced a trio of Academy Award-nominated pictures:  A Room with a View (1986) with Helena Bonham-Carter; Howard&#8217;s End (1992), which won Emma Thompson a Best Actress Oscar; and The Remains of the Day (1993) starring Thompson and Anthony Hopkins. German-born, English-raised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Film Academy Awards &#8211; 2005 Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 05:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) has announced the nominees for the 2005 IIFA awards.
 The five best film nominees are: Dhoom, Sanjay Gadhvi&#8217;s tale of music &#38; motorbikes; Kunal Kohli&#8217;s romantic dramedy  Hum Tum; David Dhawan&#8217;s Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (MSK), the tale of a man (Salman Khan) in dire need of anger management counseling; Ashutosh Gowariker&#8217;s Swades (top), in which an Indian space scientist (Shahrukh Khan) rediscovers his roots during a visit to his hometown; and Yash Chopra&#8217;s Veer-Zaara
(above), a tale of doomed love involving an Indian man (once again Shahrukh Khan) and a Pakistani woman (Preity Zinta).
The voting process, a sort of Academy Awards and People&#8217;s Choice Awards mélange, is conducted in two stages. On a particular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meera&#8217;s Kissing Scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Meera, Ashmit Patel in Nazar

OutlookIndia.com reports that Pakistan&#8217;s Ministry of Culture has imposed a &#34;heavy fine&#34; on Pakistani actress Meera. 
The reason for the Ministry of Culture&#8217;s stern ruling? Meera kisses her Indian co-star Ashmit Patel in Mahesh Bhatt&#8217;s  supernatural Bollywood thriller Nazar; the kissing scene was deemed against &#34;Islamic ethics and moral values.&#34;
 The government, which is apparently afraid that Pakistanis will emulate Meera&#8217;s vile deed and start kissing one another, is considering a ban on Pakistani actors from acting in Indian films. 
As per a BBC report, Meera has asked for government protection &#34;from extremists here who have threatened my life.&#34; Some film critics, however, have asserted that the actress&#8217; statement is a publicity gimmick. 
Widespread bootlegged [...]]]></description>
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