Cannes
India worries about Greek drama last act
India is approaching the G20 Summit of heads of government in this French Riviera town with trepidation, if not full-blown anxiety, against the backdrop of a rapidly deteriorating Europe and its possi
PM to meet Cameron & Sarkozy today
Indian officials, in their briefings in New Delhi, put India’s participation in context prior to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s departure for the G20 Summit at Cannes.
Euro zone contemplates future without Greece
European leaders were preparing on Thursday for the possibility of Greece leaving the euro zone to preserve the 12-year-old single currency.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Ang
India can help in Eurozone crisis: Montek
India has not received any request from the G20 or from individual countries for help in resolving the Eurozone crisis but is ready to do whatever needs to be done, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman
No clear favourite for Cannes’ Palme d’Or
The Cannes film festival wraps on Sunday with no clear favourite to win the Palme d’Or, after weathering a furore over Danish contender Lars von Trier’s off-colour remarks about Hitler.
Cannes expels director over his Hitler remarks
The Cannes film festival expelled Danish director Lars von Trier on Thursday for jokingly calling himself a Nazi and Hitler sympathiser, leaving the world’s biggest cinema showcase in a state of shock
Filmmaker Lars von Trier ‘sympathises’ with Hitler
Danish director Lars von Trier apologised on Wednesday after he said at the Cannes film festival that he sympathised “a little bit” with Adolf Hitler, shocking his star Kirsten Dunst.
Cannes pays tribute to Bollywood
Bollywood, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, a film that celebrates the dazzling world of Hindi cinema, will be screened at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The 81-minute film, to be screened out of competition, has been produced by Shekhar Kapur and UTV motion picture and directed by Delhi 6 helmer Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and documentary filmmaker Jeff Zimbalist.
19 films in Palme d’Or race
Three past winners of the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival — Ken Loach, Mike Leigh and Abbas Kiarostami — are in the running for the same award again as 19 films compete at the world’s premier cinema showcase.
3D: India behind the scenes
India’s Reliance MediaWorks, part of the Reliance ADA group, is training a small army of artists to meet the rise in demand for 3D films following the huge success of James Cameron’s Avatar and other
