Piyush Chauhan

Piyush Chauhan is an apple farmer from Simla with an immense interest in films of all sorts, especially, Hindi. He has reviewed Hollywood films in the past for a semi-trade film magazine. And is a certified mountaineer. In his spare time, which isn’t much these days, he imagines climbing the impossible mountains. He dreams of, someday, touching the peak of Everest on his own as well as of introducing himself to popular Indian cinema as an actor-producer.
  • 12th Panchajanyam International Film Festival

    Maadathy, an Unfairy Tale will open the 12th edition of the Panchajanyam International Film Festival

    A grand film fiesta awaits film buffs of Chittur-Pallakad, Kerala. The 12th edition of the Panchajanyam International Film Festival would take place Jan 24-30 at the Kairali-Sree Theatres. The inaugural film is Leena Manimekalai’s Maadathy, an Unfairy Tale about “Maadathy, a poor girl from the Puthiraivannaar Dalit caste group...
  • 2nd Kasargod International Film Festival

    Once again, international film festival time in Kasargod

    Kasargod is all decked up and ready for the second edition of its international film festival, scheduled for December 29-31, at the Municipal Conference Hall in Pulikunnu. Organised by Kasargodinoridam (lit., A space for Kasargod), a non profit organization created with the motto ‘Towards a Better Kasargod’, the primary aim of...
  • International film festival upon the virgin hills of Uttarakhand

    International film festival upon the virgin hills of Uttarakhand

    In the land of wonders, here’s a wondrous film festival. Upon the virgin hills of Uttarakhand. What started out two years ago, modestly, as Kautik Student Film Festival is now Kautik International Film Festival. In 2018, the Festival went international and competitive. This year, the “student” tag was  dropped...
  • Kareena Kapoor Khan & Alia Bhatt

    Interviews — Kareena Kapoor Khan & Alia Bhatt

    Kareena Kapoor Khan and Alia Bhatt discuss their favourite roles, film icons and success with Karan Johar at the Jio MAMI Movie Mela with Star 2019. The Rapid-Fire session witnessed a surprising twist from close friend Varun Dhawan. The Jio MAMI Movie Mela with Star came to an exhilarating...
  • Ananya Panday, Janhvi Kapoor, Mrunal Thakur, Radhika Madan & Avinash Tiwary

    Interviews — Ananya Panday, Janhvi Kapoor, Mrunal Thakur, Radhika Madan & Avinash Tiwary

    Film critic Rajeev Masand and Festival Director, MAMI, Anupama Chopra catch up with bollywood’s next gen – Ananya Panday, Avinash Tiwary, Janhvi Kapoor, Mrunal Thakur, and Radhika Madan at the Jio MAMI Movie Mela with Star, 2019. They answer with aplomb questions about their first brush with fame, auditioning...
  • National Film Awards

    66th National Film Awards

    The 66th National Film Awards were announced in a press conference today by Shri Rahul Rawail, Chairperson, Feature Film Category;  Shri AS Kanal, Chairperson, Non-Feature Film Category and Shri Utpal Borpujari, Chairperson, Best Writing on Cinema.  The Chairpersons and other Jury Members earlier today submitted a report on 66th...
  • Kautik

    Kautik International Student Film Festival

    Less than a year since CEFM-the Hermitage, Kaumun University, initiated a filmmaking course, the faculty and first batch of fourteen students organised what was supposed to be a tiny (and first-of-its-kind) campus film festival. Atop the Himalayas. Within the city of lakes. Naintal. Uttarakand. It immediately attracted the attention...
  • Film Workshop

    Workshop

    The Workshop Scenario   Cinematic language of cinema and methodology of filmmaking, screenplay structure, directing acting, cinematography, sound designing, & editing Workshop director: Prof. Samar Nakhate (ex-Dean of FTII) Time: Feb 24 & 25, and Mar 03 & 04 Place: Ravindran Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi, Dadar (W), Mumbai Phone: 9768930853...
  • MIFF 2018

    MIFF 2018 to screen over 430 films

    The much awaited documentary film festival in India, the Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films or MIFF as it is known popularly, will see a grand inaugural on 28 January, 2018 at  NCPA Mumbai.   The week long festival will showcase nearly 430 documentary, short and animation films from over...