Friday, October 15, 2010

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Shimla Filmmaker on Goa International Film Fest Jury

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 08:59 AM PDT

Award winning documentary filmmaker, Vivek Mohan has been selected onto the national jury for short-listing documentary films out of an entry of over 100 films that would be screened at the 41st International Film Festival of India at Goa.

"It's a great honour as well as a responsibility to be on the jury for selecting the films for the Goa film festival," said Mohan, who shuttles his time between home at Shimla and workplace in Mumbai.


The Goa IFFI is scheduled to be held from 22nd November to 2nd December, in which about 19 documentary films as part of Indian Panorama are proposed to be screened. Indian Panorama usually is the focus of the foreign visitors which invites the participation of national films all regions and languages for the year made by panels of eminent filmmakers associated with the cinema is based on thematic and aesthetic excellence of the films without any attempt to regional representation.

The films are provided with the English sub titles before being screened and also sent to foreign film festivals and bilateral cultural exchanges. In between, Mohan award winning film 'Malana' is to be screened at the upcoming Dusherra Festival in Kullu valley.

Courtesy: himachal

Dil Chahta Hai saved Goa tourism post 9/11 gloom

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 08:51 AM PDT

Bollywood blockbuster ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ bailed out Goa tourism after the 9/11 terror attacks in New York, a tourism official said Friday. The Chairman of the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Ralph de Souza said at the International Travel Mart (ITM) Goa that the joint promotion of Goa with ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ helped the tourism industry reap in profits, particularly at a time when prospects of the industry were bleak following the terror attacks.

The official spokesperson for the tourism and travel industry in the state was speaking during a panel discussion on private public partnership in tourism. ’We invested Rs.3 crore in the ‘Dil Chahta Hai‘ campaign by promoting the film’s first release on a popular television channel. It was a tremendous hit. We roped in early nearly Rs.30 crore profit,’ he said.

Largely shot in Goa, the Aamir Khan starer is seen as a cult film, which tracks down the story of three friends.

Courtesy: sify

It’s Hollywood for Rahul now

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 07:18 AM PDT

Delhi-based designer Rahul Singh is all set to make his debut on the big screen soon. And it is quite big, as Rahul will play an important role in a Hollywood movie “Open My Heart Wide”.

Rahul has just completed shooting for the movie and is now back in Delhi. He tells us, “The movie is about human trafficking. I am playing the role of an Indian don who is settled in Goa and runs a big mafia gang and a brothel. This movie is about a young spoilt American who comes to India and how his life changes for ever.” He adds, “Interestingly, I have also done the styling for the movie.”

So, how was the whole experience? “It was like a dream come true. Frankly, acting was never a planned career, it just happened all of a sudden. My main passion is designing clothes and it will always remain close to my heart. I shall never give that up,” he says. So when is the movie slated for release? “The shooting of the movie is already over and now, most probably, the movie will release by February next year. I’m sure the audience will love it as it is a very young and realistic movie. After “Slumdog Millionaire”, I’m sure this movie will be a big hit and the Indian as well as the international audience will love watching it.”

Courtesy:TOI

State Governments should not claim Central Scheme as their own and misguide people: Goa MP

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 02:47 AM PDT

State Governments should implement Central Schemes with honesty, without tempering with them and also without calling the schemes as their own said Mr Shantaram Naik M.P. at Sacorda on Friday.Mr Naik who was speaking as the Chief Guest at a function organized by Public Information Bureau, Goa as part of Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign,  to propagate government schemes said that there is a tendency with some State Governments to rename Central Schemes and implement them as their own,  so that,  credit should not go to the Congress led UPA government. Mr Naik said PIB's role,  in making the people aware,  as to from where each of the rupee spent for their welfare comes,  is all the more.

Shantaram Naik: Goa MP

Shri Shantaram Naik M.P. inaugurating Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign at Sacordem. Also seen in the photograph are Dy. Director, Media and Communication Shri Dilip Deshpande, Sarpanch Smt. Yogita Naik and Smt. Vijaya Naik of PIB.

Mr Naik said that Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is a revolutionary scheme , and that, it is the duty of the social organization to point out to the law enforcing agencies about the illegal siphoning of the funds and the corruption involved. Mr Naik said that availability of the text of schemes along with the forms on all government websites is a must for easy access of the people to the schemes but unfortunately ,it is not happening.

Mr Naik said that there is a need for a legislation to government the implementation of Government Schemes both at Central and State levels which would provide for various mandatory stages of  process and fixing up of responsibilities.Mr Naik said it is unfortunate that implementation of schemes worth crores of rupees , with the exception of  MGREGC which is regulated by law, are managed by issuing circulars and that projects are implemented by following  PWD manuals which have no head or tail.

Mr Naik said that very soon Parliament is going to pass a law on whistle blowers which will be quite useful to minimize corruption in the implementation of government schemes, wherever it takes place. At the outset, Shri Dilip Deshpande, Dy.Director, Media and Communication Officer ,explained the object of the campaign. Sarpanch of Sacorde Panchayat Gayatri Naik welcomed the guests. Smt Vijaya Naik of PIB proposed a vote of thanks.

Goa Science Centre will organize an exhibition on nanotechnology

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 08:04 PM PDT

Goa Science Centre, Miramar, will organize an exhibition on nanotechnology from October 16 to November 14. Vivek B Kamat, director of technical education and principal of Goa Engineering College, will inaugurate the exhibition at 11am on October 16. Free osteoporosis detection camp: Abbott India Private Ltd, in association with Trimurti general hospital. will organize a free osteoporosis detection camp on October 16 at Trimurti general hospital, Gogol, Margao, between 9am and 1pm. For more information and registration contact Anirudha S Deshmukh (Tel: 09503912241).

‘An evening of classics’ at KA: A 30-member chamber orchestra will perform at Kala Academy (KA), Panaji, on October 15, at 7.30pm, at KA’s Dinanath Mangueshkar Kala Mandir. ‘An evening of classics’ is being organized by Kala Academy in collaboration with the Bangalore School of Music. Majorda consumer forum meet: The monthly meeting of the Majorda-Utorda-Calata residents and consumer forum will be held on October 17, at 10.30am, at St Anthony’s High School, Majorda. Issues to be discussed include road safety and traffic management, increasing crime rate, Konkan Railway subway etc.

Exhibition cum sale of photographs: Sunaparanta - Goa Centre for the Arts, in association with ‘Photography Onthemove’, will organize ‘Glimpses of Ladakh’, an exhibition-cum-sale of photographs, from October 18 to 24 between 11am and 7pm at Sunaparanta, Panaji.

Courtesy: TOI
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