Take a Journey with ‘Road, Movie’… Opening in India!

Courtesy of The Ajnabee

By E. Nina Rothe

On March 5th, those lucky enough to live in my favorite land on earth will be privy to the countrywide release of the highly anticipated Dev Benegal film ‘Road, Movie’. The movie has been beloved by all who have seen it do the rounds of film festivals and has had quite a few awards bestowed upon it by juries around the world. For North America, we will have to wait until April/May for the release. My hunch tells me it will be at Tribeca Film Festival here in NYC, right before its theatrical distribution by Fortissimo Films…

Director Dev Benegal wrote recently, in his FB update: “Road, Movie in Cinemas across India: Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Baroda, Surat, Rajkot, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Mani Majra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Indore, Nagpur, Kolkatta, Guwahati, Bangalore, Mysore, Hyderabad, Goa. To begin with…” so you have no excuses not to catch it if near to any of those extensive locales.

Back in September, I wrote a short piece about it right here on The Ajnabee which also included the trailer and a synopsis of the story. So click on the link above for all the info you may wish to know and if you need extra incentives to go watch this film I have been chomping at the bit to see. I leave you to stare at the hunky photo of Abhay Deol casually sporting his cool pink t-shirt, leaning against the turquoise/yellow truck with the Rajastani sky in the background.

Image courtesy of Studio 18

Check out this fly video from the film!

‘Dev.D’ Delights at 66th Venice Film Festival

by E. Nina Rothe

If it wasn’t fantastic enough that our beloved Anurag Kashyap was chosen to be on the jury at La Biennale 66th Venice Film Festival – it is an honor bestowed only upon the best of the best! – then the proverbial icing on the cake was his film ‘Dev.D’ getting screened out of competition there.

The stars came out to sparkle, with nearly the full film cast in attendance. Kalki Koelchin looked as radiant and pretty, as only she can, in the color of the moment, a sage satin gown. Mahi Gill dazzled in a white and gold sari, while Kashyap and Dev star himself Abhay Deol both wore what looked like matching and dashing tuxedoes.

But the evening could not possibly be the complete success it ended up to be without the presence of that fabulous Greek chorus of Delhi, the dancing brothers trio of The Twilight Players. If the song ‘Pardesi’ is deeply etched in my sense memory it is certainly to their amazing grace, elegance and generosity of spirit.

So, I leave you with some latest news on fantastic filmmaker Kashyap himself. He and Danny Boyle have decided to collaborate on the project ‘Bombay Velvet’ which is going to be directed by AK and produced by DB. The film is also rumored to star Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan and is a project close to AK’s heart. With those four names, I foresee a big success and lines to see the movie that will last through the first 100 days straight! OK, official Ajnabee prediction, you can quote me on it!

So, let me leave you with some special thanks going out to the dashing Sinbad Phgura who was so kind to provide the exclusive shot above, which in turn inspired this post. As always, he is an endless source of inspiration! Thanks!! To find out more about Sinbad Phgura and the Twilight Players, read my interview with him on Chic Today. Rock On!!

Images courtesy ©2009 Sinbad Phgura