Subhash Ghai and Anurag Sinha get standing ovation at PIFF

January 15th, 2009

Subhash Ghai was overwhelmed when his film ‘ Black n White’ got a standing ovation after the screening at E-Square at the Pune International Film festiaval on the 10th Jan 09.

Many of the film delegates from all over the world expressed their full admiration for the bold and thoughtful subject on terrorism dealt by Subhash Ghai. ‘Its a universal subject of today and deserves to be seen by every nation ; said an Israeli director at the festival. The Chairman of International film festival, Suresh Kalmadi during the press conference on 11th Jan said..” This is the finest hindi film I have seen after a very long time which has so much to say to the young ones and Subhash Ghai deserves all the kudos …! Jabbar Patel, the director of film festival spoke very highly about the new actor Anuraag Sinha the lead actor of the film and said “We can see a huge star of tomorrow here after watching his outstanding performance in ‘Black n White’.”

It was a press conference on ‘CINEMA N TERRORISM “where Mr Ghai talked about that how cinema can mobilize the thinking of hard liners.”

Pune International Film Festival honour for Ghai’s Black And White

December 25th, 2008

Subhash Ghai’s offbeat film Black and White which deals with the sensitive issue of terrorism has been invited by the International Film Festival Pune. Confirming the news a much honored Subhashji said, “Yes, it’s true, Black and White is going to be screened at International Film Festival, Pune and that too with special mention to terrorism. I think for an experimental movie like Black and White, it’s a privilege and I am honored.”

The screening which will happen in the first week of January 2009 and will be attended by the lead actor of the movie, Anurag Sinha, who essayed the character of a suicide bomber and Subhash Ghai, who has directed the movie. The screening would also be followed by a press conference.