Month: December 2014

Sony Pal's Hamari Sister Didi actor Bhanu Uday, known for doing daily soaps have also done films before taking up the role of Dr. Karan. Well this time, Bhanu has become a part of a film that is critically acclaimed. With acclamation, comes some controversies as well. Blemished Light is the movie name and will soon be released in USA. When spoken to the actor reg...

The Indian Cinema section at this year’s International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) includes seven films, each of which is said to highlight social realities in the country and is novel in their presentation. 89, Ek Hazarchi Note, Blemished Light, Gour Hari Dastaan, Myth of Cleopatra, Pannaiyarum Padminium, and The Tale of Nayan Chapa are the films to be screened in the sec...

Day three of the 19th edition of the International Film Festival Kerala (IFFK) on Sunday witnessed a good participation of delegates and the screening of some interesting movies. The jostling by the crowd of delegates in front of some theatres resulted in skirmishes and the glass panes in front of New theatre were broken. In all the venues, the movie screening started at...

Excited by the encouraging attitude of the audience in IFFK, the director of Blemished Light , Raj Amit Kumar has decided to change the title of the film to Faces of Unfreedom . The film is based on Urdu poem Ye dagh dagh ujala by Faiz Ahamed Faiz that talks about the ‘unfreedom’ in society. The film deals with the central theme of racial and gender discrimination. It also h...

Debutant director Raj Amit Kumar today said a veteran Bollywood actor wanted changes to be made in the script to act in his movie 'Blemished Light.' "I first approached a veteran Bollywood actor with the script. He said he liked the script very much but asked me to cut out the portions regarding sexuality in the screenplay. But, I was not ready to make any compromises w...

There was a numbing stillness in the crowd as Raj Amit Kumar's debut film `Faces of Unfreedom' (Blemished Light), which had its Indian premiere at International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) on Saturday concluded. The applause came slowly as though the viewers had been severely jolted and they needed time to recover.The film, which grapples sexuality and Muslim fundamental...

The all important Meet the Press programme on the third day of IFFK was attended by renowned Iranian film director Hossein Shahabi, Bengali filmmaker Manoj Michigan, Raj Amit Kumar and Prakash Bare who represented Sanalkumar Sasidharan, the director Of the movie  'Oralppokkam'. Hossein Shahabi who spoke with the help of an interpreter said  that there are constraints for...