Shivendra Singh Dungarpur

Sharmila Tagore on meeting Wes Anderson at the 78th Cannes Film Festival screening of her 1970 film Aranyer Din Ratri; essaying some of Satyajit Ray’s strong women characters on screen; working with two Bengali stars Soumitra Chatterjee & Uttam Kumar; & balancing Bengali cinema with Bollywood.

What to watch at MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024: ‘This year, MAMI is just MAMI, not Jio MAMI’, MAMI goes independent

MAMI 2024, from October 19-24 in Mumbai, is bookended by this year's Cannes Film Festival winners and peppered with more than 110 films many of which are prestigious global film festival winners from 45-plus countries, in 50-plus languages.

MAMI Mumbai Film Festival Director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur discusses films, festival and its future; says, 'This is a transition year where we are finding our feet'

In conversation with Moneycontrol.com, Dungarpur emphasises MAMI's commitment to empowering young filmmakers and maintaining the festival's core spirit of celebrating diverse and regional Indian cinema.

Mumbai has a date with Oscar awardee Giuseppe Tornatore at a festival of Italian classics

Mumbai's Regal Cinema will witness a three-day Italian film festival, from September 27-29, where the 'Cinema Paradiso' director will be present to give an award, followed by a retrospective of his classic films, and cult movies of other Italian legends, including Federico Fellini, Vittorio de Sica, Sergio Leone and Luchino Visconti.

Cannes Classics: Why Shyam Benegal’s 'Manthan', India’s first crowdfunded film, produced by 5 lakh farmers, was also an Emergency movie

Nearly 50 years since its release, parallel cinema pioneer Shyam Benegal's Manthan, restored by Film Heritage Foundation, premiered at 77th Cannes Film Festival and will release in theatres across Indian cities on June 1; bookings begin on Monday.

Cannes Film Festival 2022: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur on restoring Aravindan Govindan's 'Thamp'

Film-maker and archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur on the challenging process of restoring the 1978 Malayalam film, the only Indian title in the Cannes Classic section this year.