Movie News:'Road Movie', first Indian film picked up at Cannes market
Ritika Kumar New Delhi, May 20 (PTI) With Bollywood heavyweights like, 'Kites', 'My Name is Khan' and 'Kambakkht Ishq' vying for attention at the Cannes market this year, Dev Benegal's 'Road Movie' stole the thunder as the leading global sales agent Fortissimo Films has picked up its distribution rights. The film's leading lady Tannishtha Chatterjee, who was recently at the French Film Festival to promote the film, is elated to be a part of what she calls, "travelling cinema" and the first Indian movie to be picked up by the international sale giant at the Cannes.
"The film is a kind of cinema which is bound to have a universal appeal. It is like a dream, a fantasy-like film whose content goes across the boundaries," Tannishtha told PTI over phone from Mumbai.
Tannishtha, who has tasted success internationally with her BAFTA nominated film 'Brick Lanes', plays the love interest of the film's protagonist, actor Abhay Deol in the 'Road Movie'. Produced by 'Lost in Translation' fame Ross Katz and Susan Landau, the film revolves around Deol's character, a truck driver who undertakes a life changing journey.
Deol meets different people, including a young boy, a tribal woman, a silly and a wise man in the process of his journey. "This journey which Abhay's character goes through is life transforming and it can be felt by anybody and everybody.
That is what makes it cross boundaries," Tannishtha said.
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Movie News: Prabhu Deva bowled over by Bhaichung's dancing skills
Mumbai, May 20 (IANS) Dancing sensation Prabhu Deva went ga-ga over football star Bhaichung Bhutia's performance when he appeared as a guest judge on Sony TV's reality TV show 'Jhalak Dikkhla Jaa'.
'I'm thrilled to see Bhaichung dance like this. He is too good,' Prabhu Deva exclaimed after seeing Bhutia's performance on the show.
The footballer apparently performs a dance act on top of two tables and a chair for the upcoming episode of the show.
'I was praying for him. After all he has to play football,' added the Tamil actor.
Prabhu Deva also danced to his famous number 'Urvashi urvashi' from the film 'Humse Hai Muqabala' and later shook a leg with contestant, model Gauhar Khan. He also said that his personal favourite out of all those present on the show was ace choreographer and judge Saroj Khan.
He requested her to share the dance floor and Saroj Khan duly obliged. This particular episode will air on Sony Entertainment Television Friday at 9 p.m.
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World News: Obama outlines Guantanamo plans
Announcing plans to close Guantanamo Bay, President Barack Obama has said some inmates could be sent to US "supermax" prisons while others could be prosecuted in US courts.
President Obama added that the authorities had identified 50 Guantanamo inmates who are going to be transferred to foreign countries.
The military prison in Cuba was set up by the Bush administration in 2002 to hold foreigners captured after US-led forces invaded Afghanistan.
There are currently 240 prisoners at Guantanamo, while the authorities have released to foreign governments about 530 other men and teenagers previously held there.
Closing Guantanamo was one of President Obama's first policy announcements after taking office in January.
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Movie News: British Spider-Man Actress In Paris Suicide
British Spider-Man Actress In Paris Suicide
British actress Lucy Gordon, who starred in Spider-Man 3, has committed suicide in her Paris flat, her agent has confirmed.
Police in the French capital said the body of the 28-year-old, who was tipped to become the new Jane Birkin, was found hanging from the ceiling of her mansion block apartment near the River Seine.
"It was a horrific scene," said one officer.
"The young woman had taken her own life in terrible circumstances. We are not seeking anyone else. It was a clear case of suicide."
The Oxford-born actress and model played the character Jennifer Dugan in the third instalment of Spider-Man.
She appeared in around a dozen other films, having made her big screen debut in 2001, including two that are in post-production.
In one of those, a French film charting the life of late singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, she played Swinging 60s actress and singer Jane Birkin.
Miss Gordon's fresh looks and passion for France had seen her compared to Birkin in real life.
The Gainsbourg biopic, Vie Heroique, is currently being previewed at the Cannes Film Festival.
A festival organiser said: "We are devastated by this news. All those attending the festival had been hugely impressed by Lucy's work.
"She was a star in the making."
Agents for Miss Gordon, who had recently moved to Paris from New York, confirmed she had "ended her own days".
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