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HYDERABAD FILM CLUB

NEWS LETTER

OCTOBER 2010

Editor : Bh.S.S. Prakash Reddy

Vol.XXlV Issue : 8 Rs. 2

Dr. D. Rama Naidu lighting the lamp to mark the inauguration of Short & DocumentaryFilm Festival of Hyderabad - 2010 on September 24th at Ravindra Bharati, Hyderabad.

Sri C. Partha Sarathi, IASCommissioner,Information &

Public Relations andManaging Director

APSFTvTDC Limitedspeaking during the

awards functionof SDFFH - 2010

on 28th September atRavindra Bharati

OCTOBER 2010

at Sri Sarathi Studios Preview Theatre, Ameerpet

12-10-2010 6.30 p.m. : THE BETRAYALTuesday (France/2005/Color/80 mins.)

in collaboration withAlliance Francaise of Hyderabad

26-10-2010 6.30 p.m. : THE GIRL ON THE TRAINTuesday (France/2009/Color/105 mins.)

in collaboration withAlliance Francaise of Hyderabad

A TRIBUE TO Sri K.B. TILAKFilm Producer & Director

20-10-2010 6.00 p.m. : MUDDU BIDDAWednesday (Telugu/1956/B&W/ 150 mins.)

21-10-2010 6.00 p.m. : CHITTI THAMMUDUThursday (Telugu/1962/B&W/ 117 mins.)

22-10-2010 6.00 p.m. : UYYALA JAMPALAFriday (Telugu/1965/B&W/ 180 mins.)

23-10-2010 6.00 p.m. : EEDU JODUSaturday (Telugu/1967/B&W/ 155 mins.)

24-10-2010 6.00 p.m. : BHOOMI KOSAMSunday (Telugu/1974/Color/ 170 mins.)

ALL ARE WELCOME

PROGRAMME

THE BETRAYAL(La Trahison)

(France/2005/Color/80 mins.)

Director : Philippe FauconCast : Vincent Martinez, Cyril Troley, Ahmed

Berrhama, Walid Bouzham

Lieutenant Roque, a Frenchman, is in commandof an isolated post of thirty soldiers in the south-eastern region of Algeria. The post’s mission is toassure the security and control of a neighboring villageand its surroundings, and the displaced, unemployedmen and women, teenagers, and children living there.All the men have been drafted; among them are fouryoung Frenchmen of North African origin, as they werereferred to back then. Roque sometimes manages togain villagers’ trust, even if many are no doubt partisansof the FLN (National Liberation Front) and Algerianindependence.

Based on theautobiographical novel byClaude Sales, “La Trahison”gives a remarkable account ofthe interminable “guerregrise,” the “grey war” betweenblack and white, which isneither war nor peace. Asuffocating atmosphere, ruledby suspicion and mistruth.

THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN(Fille Du Rer)

(France/2009/Color/105mins.)

Director : Andre Techine

Cast : Emilie Dequenne, CatherineDeneuve, Michel Blanc, RonitElkabetz, Nicolas Duvauchelle,

Skater girl Jeanne(Dequenne) lives in a Parissuburb with her helpfulmum Louise (Deneuve).When meets anotherskater, Franck(Duvauchelle), theirromance developsquickly. And she decidesto move in with him ratherthan take an offered job asa secretary for a legal firmheaded by Samuel(Blanc), a renowned specialist in cases involvinganti-Semitic violence who has a past connectionwith Jeanne’s parents. But when things go wrongshe does something that has severe consequences.

OCTOBER 2010

K B Tilak passed awayA man who was known as a firebrand and even

spoken out against the underworld dons is no more.Kollipara Balagangadhar Tilak, who produced anddirected 15 films passed away in Hyderabad at theKIMS Hospital after a brief period of illness, at the ageof 84 years. He is survived by a son who he is said tohave adopted. His wife though, left for heavenly abodea year or so ago. A filmmaker of eminence and oneknown for his leftist ideology, Tilak did not believe inmincing words and also took on the underworld and itsefforts to control the Telugu film industry by getting afoothold first in the form of financing film production. That apart, he is best remembered for the way hecarried on a struggle and eventually even sought legal help in getting industry workers their promisedshare of five per cent of profits for working in the epic ‘Gandhi’ made by Richard Attenborough.

Closer home, Tilak introduced popular singer S. Janaki through the song ‘Nee Asha Adiyasa’ in thefilm ‘MLA’ in 1957. Not just that, he also gave popular actress and now Member of Parliament, Jayapradaa break in the dog-eat-dog world of films, when she was barely 15 years, with ‘Bhoomikosam’.

A nephew of the legendary L V Prasad, he was concern for the downtrodden and the oppressedand fought for them throughout his life and not just through his films that carried this message. He wasagainst social evils, customs and taboos. He was born in Dendaluru in West Godavari district in 1926and even at the young age of 13, joined the freedom movement. He was also arrested and jailed in theyear 1942 during the Quit India movement.

Tilak produced and directed 15 movies, including 10 in Telugu, two each in Hindi and Tamil and onein Marathi too. His Telugu films include ‘Muddu Bidda’, ‘Atta Oka Inti Kodale’, ‘Eedu Jodu’, ‘UyyalaJampala’, ‘Chitti Tammudu’ and ‘Pantaalu Pattimpulu’, all in black and white and three including ‘BhoomiKosam’, ‘Kolleti Kaapuram’ and ‘Dharmavaddi’ in colour.

[Courtesy: IndiaGlitz Thursday, September 23, 2010]

Sri K.B. Tilak served as a Presidentof Andhra Pradesh State Chapter ofFederation of Film Societies of India(Southern Region) for several years.Hyderabad Film Club never forgets hisvaluable suggestions to improve the clubactivities. He won the B.N. Reddy awardin 2008Hyderabad Film Club honouredhim on 23rd April 2010 during Korean FilmFestival on achieving B.N. Reddy awardof Andhra Pradesh State Government forthe year 2008.

Hyderabad Film Club & Federationof Film Societies of India, Southern Region deeply mourn the death of K.B. Tilak.

As a Tribute to K.B. Tilak, HFC screening of his 5 films in this month.

OCTOBER 2010

SHORT AND DOCUMENTARY FILM

FESTIVAL OF HYDERABAD-2010

Hyderabad Film Club with the support of Andhra Pradesh State Film Tele-

vision & Theatre Development Corporation has successfully conducted the

Short and Documentary Film Festival of Hyderabad-2010 from September

24th to 28th 2010 in Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad. 280 entries received for

the festival in all categories. 47 films selected for competition section and

48 films selected for general screening purpose by Selection Committee.

The iangural function was held on 24th September.

Release of Festival Book

Ms. Grace Swe Zin Htaik,Jury Chair Person

presenting her report

The Jury consists of Ms. GraceSwe Zin Htaik, Myanmar, Actress,Documentary film-maker, Film In-dustry Executive, (Chair Person), Ms.Leena Manimekalai, Chennai, Filmmaker & Journalist (Member) & Mr.Premendra Mazumdar, Kolkata,Film Critic and Festival Consultantdeclared the awards for the follow-ing films.

OCTOBER 2010

AWARDS LISTSl. No. Award Category Won by Award sponsored by

01. BEST FILM OF THE FESTIVAL ADVAITHAM (Telugu) Farmax India Ltd.,

Rs. 50,000 + Memento (Directed by Pradeep Madgula)

02. First Best Film (SF category) PISTULYA (Marathi) Dr. D. Rama Naidu

Rs. 30,000 + Memento (Directed by Magraj Manjule)

03. Second Best Film (SF category) O JOGINI ATHMA KATHA (Telugu) Sri. B. SUKUMAR

Rs. 20,000 + Memento (Directed by N. Ramadas and Film-maker

G. Vijaya Krishna)

04. Best Director (SF category) Vinoo Choliparambil Sri. M. SRINIVASA RAO

Rs. 15,000 + Memento (Film: VITHAL, Marathi) Managing Director

M/s. Akshaya Infra Consultants

05. First Best Film (DF category) IN SEARCH OF MY HOME Sri Anjibabu

Rs. 30,000 + Memento (Directed by Sushmit Ghosh, M/s. Athithi Software Solutions

Rintu Thomas)

06. Second Best Film (DF category) UNSEEN BEAUTY UNHIDDEN TRUTH Sri. Komara Venkatesh

Rs. 20,000 + Memento (English) (Directed by Gautam Saikia) President

Chitrapuri Colony

07. Best Director (DF category) Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas Sri. Allani Sridhar

Rs. 15,000 + Memento IN SEARCH OF MY HOME Film-maker

(English, Hindi )

08. BEST ANIMATION FILM HUGO Vs. LINO (English) Sri Damodar Prasad

Rs. 10,000 + Memento (Directed by Debasis Senapati) M/s. Ranjit Movies

09. BEST CAMPUS FILM KUSUM – THE FLOWER BUD Sri Sridhar Prlapalli

Rs. 10,000 + Memento (English, Bengali) Australia

(Directed by Shumona Banerjee)

JURY AWARDS

10. Best Director (Short Film) THANIKELLA BHARANI Telugu Film Directors Association

Rs. 10,000 + Memento (Film: THE KEY – Telugu)

11. Best Director (Documentary) M.A. VASU Telugu Film Directors Association

Rs. 10,000 + Memento (Film: TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTE

STAR……….. multilingual)

12. Best Director (Animation) FEEL THE PUNCH (English) Sri B. Parasuram Singh

Rs. 10,000 + Memento (Directed by Kasi Medidi) Film-maker

13. FILM CRITICS AWARD I VOTE FOR ……… (English) Sri M. R. KONDAL REDDY

Rs. 10,000 + Memento (Directed by K.B.Shanker) Vice Chairman

Rajadhani Co-op. Bank Ltd

14. VIEWERS AWARD SANKALP (Telugu), Directed by Sri M.R. KONDAL REDDY

Rs. 10,000 + Memento V.D. Supriya. Campus film. Vice Chairman

Rajadhani Co-op. Bank

SF – Short Film DF – Documentary Film

OCTOBER 2010

Dr. D. Rama Naidu presenting the SDFFH memonto to Sri M. Srinivas Reddy Chairman & MD of Farmax India Ltd.

Dr. Smt. Jayasudha & Sri C. Partha Sarathi, IAS are also seen

Celebrities from Telugu Film Industry participated in the interaction session on25th,26th & 27th September, 2010

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Sri Teja, Film - maker speaking on the occasion

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Sri R.P. Patnaik, Music Director & Artist speaking on the occasion

OCTOBER 2010

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