30 June, 2015

Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho – Hindi Movie Review

It happens only in India

Rating: **


A political satire loosely based on a real event in Rajasthan, in which a high court sentenced a boy to jail for allegedly raping a buffalo.
Debutant Director Vinod Kapri’s film is set somewhere in Haryana instead, and thats the reason that the film has a mix of Hindi and Haryanvi dialogues.
The film opens on a colorful beginning, in a rustic ‘mela’ (village fair) with surprises all around. A pundit claiming to bring a Goddess to life in the form of a young girl sitting on a chair in a static blessing posture. 

The villagers seem to be convinced. Other attractions include, apart from the stand giant wheels, merry-go-round, a sensuous item song “Naach Basanti” and the a beauty competition of buffaloes.

- Read the full review and see more pics at:http://www.filmytown.com/movies/miss-tanakpur-haazir-ho/

29 June, 2015

SONY DADC RELEASES WHIPLASH ON HOME VIDEO


Mumbai, June 2015: ‘Home Entertainment Services by Sony DADC’, the leading home entertainment content provider in India releases Oscar winning movie WHIPLASH on Blu-ray & DVD. This captivating drama film depicting the relationship between a promising young drummer and his instructor is written and directed by Damien Chazelle. The movie stars J.K. Simmons, Miles Teller along with Paul Reiser and Melissa Benoist. The film is based on Damien Chazelle’s experiences in the Princeton High School Studio Band.

The film features Andrew Neyman (Miles Teller) an ambitious young jazz drummer in pursuit of rising to the top of his elite music conservatory. Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), an instructor known for his terrifying teaching methods, discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into the top jazz ensemble, forever changing the young man’s life. But Andrew’s passion to achieve perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher pushes him to the brink of his ability and his sanity.

The Blu-ray & DVD include the following special features:
·         An Evening at the Toronto International Film Festival with Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons and Damien Chazelle 
·         Whiplash Original Short Film
·         Theatrical Trailer
·         Timekeepers (Only in Blu-ray)
 MRP
·          Blu-ray – Rs.1299 /-
·          DVD – Rs.599 /-
The film got critical acclaim and was a box office success as the film grossed $33.1 million against a production budget of $3.3 million. The film won many awards and accolades, it won 3 awards at the 87th Academy Awards.  J. K. Simmons received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the film also took home the award for Best Film Editing & Best Sound Mixing.

Own your copy of this captivating musical journey now!

Mahesh Ramanathan partners with Dr Resul Pookutty in film production venture

Mahesh quits Reliance Entertainment





Mahesh Ramanathan, the 5 time National Award winning producer, first employee and Chief Operating Officer of Reliance Entertainment has quit after an 8 year stint.



Mahesh, a management graduate from IIM-Ahmedabad will partner iconic Oscar Award winning sound designer, Padmashri awardee and National Award winner, Dr Resul Pookutty in starting up a film production & production services venture with a wide blueprint covering International, Hindi & Regional films.


Mahesh produced/co-produced films for Reliance Entertainment that won 5 National awards in the Best Film category including the prestigious Swarna Kamal from the President of India for Malayalam home production “Kutty Srank” (Best Film of 2009).


Mahesh was also instrumental in Reliance Entertainment producing the popular “Singham” franchise in Hindi. The first edition was a remake of Reliance Entertainment’s Tamil co-production “Singam” which Mahesh co-produced with Gnanavelraja.


Mahesh has co-produced, marketed & distributed all  box office smashes in  Relliance Entertainment’s history  like “3 Idiots”,”Bodyguard”,”Don-2”,”Singham Returns” and “Holiday” besides blockbusters “Atharintiki Daredi” and “Manam” in Telugu and “Boss” in Bengali . Speaking about the partnership Dr Resul Pookutty said “Mahesh is one of the most successful executives to emerge from the studio system. 


With an abiding passion for the movie business, his deep insights, reputation, film maker relationships and work ethic are anasset to our partnership. I look forward to an exciting and long lasting association. 


We will announce our plans shortly.”Mahesh Ramanathan added “It’s a singular honour to get to share my destiny with Dr  Resul Pookutty who is a lodestar of our film industry. With inspiration in abundance our partnership will aim to win the respect of audiences & the industry”



National Awards (Best Film) won by Mahesh Ramanathan as producer for Reliance Entertainment

“Kutty Srank” Malayalam Best Film 2009 Shaji Karun
“Paa” Hindi Best Hindi Film 2009 R.Balki
“Well Done Abba” Hindi Best Film on Social Issues 2009 
Shyam Benegal“Abohomaan” Bengali Best Bengali Film 2009 
“Sob Charitro Kalponik” Bengali Best Bengali Film 2008 Rituparno Ghosh