Lifetime Achievement award for Ramesh Sippy at IFFJ 2018

Ramesh Sippy to be bestowed with Lifetime Achievement Award at IFFJ

Dhanbad is the place for the first International Film Festival of Jharkhand scheduled to be held in 2018. Veteran filmmaker Padam Shri Ramesh Sippy will be felicitated with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution towards Indian Cinema at this film festival of Jharkhand. While currently Ramesh Sippy is busy with his Film making institute, RSACE, he is best known for some rare piece of cinema like Sholay, Shaan, Seeta aur Geeta to name a few movies directed by him. It wasn’t only in films, he has also had a successful track on television with the popular TV drama series ‘Buniyaad’ which is till date acclaimed as one of his directional masterpieces.

Various categories like Feature Films, Documentaries, Short Fictions and Animation from the world over will be invited and will be open for participation. Entries will be accepted through Film freeway, Vimeo and Withoutabox or through courier. This is the first ever IFFJ planned on such a professional scale aimed to bring films to the commoners. Jharkhand has given very prominent film makers like Shivam Nair who will be playing a pivotal part in the advisory panel for IFFJ. More...http://www.filmytown.com/lifetime-achievement-award-ramesh-sippy-iffj-2018/

Vidya Balan to talk on women breaking new ground in Bollywood!

Vidya Balan to give a special talk on women breaking new ground in Bollywood!

Vidya Balan is anything but conventional, shattering glass ceilings and breaking stereotypes – She was the first female star from Bollywood to proudly shoulder a woman-centric film and rewrote history with the blockbuster The Dirty Picture.


Having headlined several game changing films for women stars in movies including Ishqya and the Kahaani franchise , the actress who has dared to be different and stuck to her roots, has always been a favorite while studying how the Contemporary Female Star in Bollywood has shaped aspirations for the New Indian Woman... Read more at: http://www.filmytown.com/vidya-balan-give-special-talk-women-breaking-new-ground-bollywood/

FLYP@MTV Café opens its doors for Mumbaikars to GORGE-GULP-GROOVE

FLYP@MTV hosts a smashing launch party featuring a performance by hot young singer Jubin Nautiyal

Glitz and glamour rule at the launch part as Sonal Chauhan, Rannvijay Singha, Cyrus Sahukar join in the revelry

Mumbai, 26 October 2017: Funbars Hospitality Pvt. Ltd in association with Viacom18 Consumer Products, the consumer products arm of Viacom18 have given the music and food lovers of Mumbai a new destination to Gorge – Gulp – Groove with the launch of iconic line of MTV themed cafes – FLYP@MTV Café today at Kamala Mills in Mumbai. Glitzy guests, party animals and food lovers gathered together for the grand opening held today. Turning the night into a blockbuster party was the versatile singer Jubin Nautiyal who set the tone for the launch with his performance. Entertaining the guest with his tongue-in-cheek humour was the host for the evening Cyrus Sahukar who kept the ball rolling.

Present at the event were musicians Shilpa Rao, Jubin Nautiyal celebrated artists from the world of entertainment industry such as Sonal Chauhan, VJ Andy, Parul Gulati, Meiyang Chang and Manu Punjabi and popular MTV faces such as Rannvijay Singh, Barkha Singh and Krissann Barretto who partied to their hearts content as the café opened its doors to welcome Mumbaikars to Gorge – Gulp – Groove! More...http://www.filmytown.com/flypmtv-cafe-opens-doors-mumbaikars-gorge-gulp-groove/