DIFF 2012 – The MAM coverage Part 2

The Dubai Film Festival coverage continues, this time focussing on India, with reviews of Valley of Saints, Miss Lovely, Shutter, Gattu, Shobdo and Shahid.

 This year, as always, the Dubai Film Festival had a fair share of offerings from the subcontinent.

A special program titled ‘Celebration of Indian Cinema’ brought together some interesting films from various parts of the country which included Hansal Mehta’s gripping biopic Shahid, Kaushik Ganguly’s Shobdo, Joy Mathew’s debut feature Shutter and Tryodoshi (Quarter 1)– Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s magical big screen interpretation of some of Rabindranath Tagore’s select poems.Continue reading “DIFF 2012 – The MAM coverage Part 2”

The Top 10 Trailers of 2012: The Promos That Showed Most Promise

As our Marketing professor used to say, “Advertisement is all about creating awareness and curiosity”. And in the world of cinema, the first level of excitement that the film garners among its audience is through its trailer. No wonder, most producers and directors these days are extremely cautious about how they make their official trailer look. Some even release a teaser first and follow it up with the trailer a few weeks later. The most current trend among these is the idea of digital poster.Continue reading “The Top 10 Trailers of 2012: The Promos That Showed Most Promise”

FIRST LOOK-RED LIGHTS

ROBERT DE NIRO IN RED LIGHTS
The teaser trailer of one of the most anticipated movie of 2012 is out. Red Lights has the legend Robert De Niro, here he plays a role of psychic , by the name of Simon Silver.Continue reading “FIRST LOOK-RED LIGHTS”