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2009-06-26:
Malayalam director Adoor Gopalakrishnan's film Oru Pennum Randaanum will be screened at the Filmfest in Munich.

2009-06-20:
The New York Asian Film Festival will screen the Indian movie Quick Gun Murugan. In 2008 director Shashank Ghosh turned the story about the vegetarian cowboy Murugan, which he had invented for a series of short films for MTV India, into a feature film. The role of Murugan is played by Rajendra Prasad.

2009-06-19:
The film editor Aarif Shaikh releases his debut as a director today. Let's Dance is the story of a dance teacher working with street kids. Two other Hindi releases today are Mukta Art's Paying Guests and the thriller Raftaar.

2009-06-17:
The thriller Where are you Sophia? by Indian independent writer and director Nagendra Karri was select ed for the Cannes festival in May this year. Now the suspense story set in the 1980s will be screened at Tribeca Films in New York. Nagendra Karri is yet another promising US based NRI.

2009-05-08:
Famous director and cinematographer Manmohan Singh today releases his movie Munde U.K. De, another Punjabi movie about NRIs. In the last few years Punjabi films have risen to world wide success thanks to hits like Mera Pind, Yaariyan, Dil Apna Punjabi and others. Munde U.K. De tells the story of two Punjabi boys, who visit the Punjab for the first time and fall in love.

2009-01-20:
The Indian controversy on the multiple Golden Globe winner Slumdog Millionaire does not seem to have disturbed the preparations for the movie's Indian release on Friday. By many journalists the cause of Bachchan's harsh words is merely reduced to the fact that the role of the quiz master in Slumdog Millionaire is played by Anil Kapoor. Bachchan restored much of his fame hosting the quiz show KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI, before he passed his role on to Shah Rukh Khan. Slumdog Millionaire will be released in English and Hindi. The Hindi version will be titled Slumdog Crorepati.

2009-01-17:
With his harsh critique of the movie Slumdog Millionaire and its success Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan has provoked a number of statements in defence of the movie. In his blog veteran Indian director Shekhar Kapur has come to the conclusion that it cannot be doubted, that Slumdog Millionaire is an Indian film. Says Kapur: "Lets get this right. Slumdog is an Indian film. So what if it the funds came from outside India. The funds for Bandit Queen came from the same source and it is considered an Indian film. The funds for Chandni Chowk to China came from Warner brothers, but it is considered an Indian film."