52nd edition of IFFI will confer Hema Malini and Prasoon Joshi with Indian Film Personality of the Year Award
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Lyricist and Censor Board Chief Prasoon Joshi on Friday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to the people of the nation of fighting Coronavirus through light. Taking to Twitter, he said, "We have to stand united as light and fight the darkness of Coronavirus." He further shared and dedicated a poem which he wrote on fighting the darkness.
Viewing to explore possibilities of collaboration in the Motion Arts and Sciences, a Special Interactive Session with the President of Academy at the national capital highlighted the initiative to double the diversity of membership in the sector. “India truly represents the opportunities, challenges and the unifying power of diversity”, John Bailey said.
Mainly aiming to tackle Films piracy and Copyright infringement, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for introducing the Cinematograph Amendment Bill, 2019 to amend to the Cinematograph Act, 1952.
Indian cinema watchers are full of excitement for the war dramas this year it seems! The trend started with the strategic modern era war “Uri: The Surgical Strike”, is being continued by the war from historic era “Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi”.
Vishvaraj Singh, member of erstwhile royal of Udaipur who was approached by the by Central Board of Film Certification in-charge Prasoon Joshi to attend the screening of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's period drama ‘Padmavati’ has clarified that he would respond positively to the request of CBFC officials only after the appropriate response to his queries on content.
The CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) has decided to refine the movie certification by calling out for the first board meeting of the newly formed Censor Board. The meeting was held on Monday and attended by Gautami Tadimalla, Jeevitha Rajashekar, Mihir Bhuta, Naresh Chandra Lal, Neil Scott Nongkynrih, Ramesh Patnage, TS Nagabharna, Vani Tripathi Tikoo, Vidya Balan, Vivek Agnihotri and Waman Kendre. Also present was CEO Anurag Shrivastava.