Akaler Sandhane (In Search of Famine) is a movie by the famous director Mrinal Sen where the theme is about a film crew going to a village to shoot famine. Smita Patil appeared as ‘herself’ in the said film.
22 November 1995 remains an important date in world cinema – a day that changed the world of cinema forever: Pixar Animation Studios released the first-ever fully computer-animated feature film, Toy Story. The main plot of Toy Story revolves around Sheriff Woody, a toy cowboy, and Buzz Lightyear, a toy spaceman. The two are initially enemies but…
Chinese actor Jackie Chan, who has also appeared in successful Hollywood films such as Who Am I? (1998) and The Karate Kid (2010), is widely popular. He is particularly known for performing his own stunts. It is also said that there is hardly any part in his body that hasn’t been treated for injuries. His action and pursuit…
Akira Kurosawa (1910–1998), the man who ruled Japanese cinema for five decades, was born to a samurai family, in Tokyo. Young Kurosawa was introduced to cinema by his father, who took his eight children to the movies to familiarize them with Western culture. In his school days, he was attracted to art and painting, after being…
About 1,000 movies are produced in India every year, most of which are produced in Mumbai (called Bollywood), as compared to Hollywood which makes around 600 films annually. Movies of other regional languages are produced mostly in their respective states. Movies made in the languages Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, etc. among others have gained recognition both within and outside their domains.
Everybody’s image of Marlon Brando seems to be Don Corleone in The Godfather (1972). But not only was Marlon a Hollywood legend, he was also one of the best-looking stars of the 1950s. Vivian Leigh as the insecure older sister and Marlon’s close friend Karl Malden play an ample supporting cast in the movie A Streetcar…
