Saif Ali Khan dreams of making film on music
January 25,2008 |
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Actor Saif Ali Khan, who occasionally strums guitars at rock concerts, wants to do his bit for Indian music by making a film about it.
Khan, who recently started a film production house, said he wants to experiment with a film about Indian singers and music - a genre largely ignored by Bollywood.
Hollywood has several films like "Ray" and "Walk the Line" that are based on the lives of real-life musicians. But the Indian film industry usually shies away from the topic, even though song-and-dance sequences are staple fare in Bollywood films.
"Our singers are very respected, so is our music," the 37-year-old actor said. "There are films that have been made …but how commercially successful those films were is questionable."
"It is a fascinating genre…we have not experimented much with it," Khan said. "I wish to make such a film."
The actor, who recently performed with the Parikrama rock band, said he started playing the guitar while still at school.
"Some of us even formed a band but we were really bad." Goa getting hot as film fest host
July 24,2008 |
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Around 21 films from Asia, Africa and America will be screened during the festival. "The theme of the festival is based on human right violation and all the films will be based on this theme," Gayatri Konkar, partner, Moving Images, told reporters in Panaji on Wednesday.
Total 135 films were submitted of which select 21 were chosen for the festival, she added. The festival was held for the first time in Argentina in 2002 and thereafter shifted places. Last year, it was held in Goa and we are repeating it again with the participation of Entertainment Society of Goa, Konkar said.
The aim of this festival is to bring human rights awareness amongst the commonest of the people, she added. Photo Expo 2008 Bangalore
July 24,2008 |
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05-Sep-2008 |
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07-Sep-2008 |
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Palace Grounds |
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Bangalore |
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Event Profile
Photo Expo 2008 will provide an excellent platform to the technology suppliers as well as seekers. The event will be very important for those involved in photography, videography & digital imaging. It will give an excellent opportunity to the companies to share knowledge, create vendor relationships and work with chief photo companies to develop their market value. It will be the right place for deloveloping business relationships, deals, product launches, brand building and many more.
Visitor Profile
The targeted visitors at Photo Expo 2008, Bangalore are: Photographers, Film Processors, Professionals Related to Videography & Digital Imaging, Executives of Outdoor Media Marketing Companies, Indoor & Outdoor Advertisement Manufacturers, Advertising Companies, PR Firms, Academicians, Consultants, Machine & Material Manufacturers & Importers, Students, Consumers, Retail Material Suppliers, & General Public.
Exhibitor Profile
The targeted exhibitors at Photo Expo 2008 Bangalore are those related to: Audio-Light and Display Systems, Manufacturers of the Equipment and Materials for Design & Graphic Arts fields, Photography, Videography, Decorative Illumination, Digital & Screen Printing Technologies, Illuminated Equipments, Fitting Equipment and Materials, Printing Applying, Guidance and Info Systems, Design and Display Systems, Outdoor Media Marketing, and many more.
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Villart Expositions, Hyderabad, India Exhibition of paintings at Indiaart Gallery
July 24,2008 |
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24 July, 2008 Thursday |
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31 July, 2008 Thursday |
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Indiaart Gallery
Patrakarnagar Road
Off Senapati Bapat Road
Pune , Maharashtra
Zipcode : 411 016 |
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020-025662854 |
10.00 am- 6.00pm
List of participating artists:
1> Murlidhar Pawar – Graduated from Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. Has won many awards and participated in several group shows. He works in Oil and acrylic on canvas. He works on rural life in rajasthan and other part of the country. He likes figurative and rural life style paintings. In this exhibition paintings on display will be figurative paintings on rajasthani people and the rural scapes of rajasthan.
2> R. B. Patil – Born in 1950, Has done G. D. Art, Does figurative and rural scapes of paddy fields. About his work in his own words – ’ What inspires me the most is the paradox of natures mystery in the openness of Indias countryside. The true spirit of India in her rural interior and its beauty in her simplicity. This is reflected in the west in the vast and the beautiful Golden fields harvestd to their bounty by the hands of the simple village folks. The Golden rays of the sun transform these fields into a vast sea gold. This Shimmering golden vasteness is dotted with the colors of the Indian rural womans attairs. This beauty simplicity and vastness are what I try to recreate in the form of art. In this exhibition, paintings on display will be on paddy fields and landscapes.
3> Shirish Deshmukh – Done ATD & G.D. Art from Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya. Landscapes and Figurative paintings are his favourite subjects. His paintings were selected at Royal Art Academy , London. He has won several awards and has participated in several group and solo shows. In this exhibition works on display will be figurative paintings on women from rural Hisareas.
Other Participating artists are –
4> Shubhada Bhosale
5> Ramesh Bhosale
6> Sharad Waykool
7> Ram Kharatmal
8> Raosaheb Gurao
9> Mohan Jadhav
In exhibition features 25 paintings depicting varied subjects such as Figurative works on rural life, Landscapes on Rural life and surrounding and their daily life.
The paintings are in Oil, Ink, Mixed media, Acrylic on canvas Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery
July 24,2008 |
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Bajaj Bhavan, 226 Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021, |
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25 July 2008 To 27 July 2008
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Artist Kana Lomror is conducting a 3 days workshop of ENAMELLING ON METAL from 25th to 27th July 2008 during the Monsoon Show in Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, Bajaj Bhawan, 226 Nariman Point, Mumbai. If you or any of your friends interested to join it please contact for registration to Mr Sandip Prabhakar, Manager- Bajaj Art Gallery at 9820019264 or visit personally to the gallery during the office hours.
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Epicentre & India Habitat Centre
July 24,2008 |
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Epicentre Apparel House, Sector 44 Gurgaon, Gurgaon-122 002
25 July 2008 To 4 August 2008
Art Panache presents- "Odyssey" a group show of contemporary art.. Participating artists are: Amit Dutta, Anunnaya Chaubey, Biplab Biswas, Biplab Sarkar, Dilip Chandolia, Deepa Vedpathak, Dhiraj Choudhury, Gopal Namjoshi, Indu Tripathi, Jiaur Rahman, Jagadish Dey, Lalit Maity, Laxman Aelay, Madanlal, Manoj Kachengal, Manoj Mitra Minakshi J. Banerjee, Nagesh Goud, Niren Sengupta, Puja Behri, Reena Y, Ramkrishnan, Roopchand, S. Harshavardhan, Sachin Jaltare, Sarika Agarwal and Sukanta Das. Venue: India Habitat Centre Open Palm Court Gallery Lodhi Road New Delhi 1 to 4 th August, 2008 11 am to 7 pm daily. Chief Guest: Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi Guest Of Honour: Mr. Keshav Malik Prof. Niren Sengupta For more details please contact- 9313345050
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