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Director Onir’s I AM, which released in India earlier this year, is a movie about four inter-connected stories – I Am Omar, I Am Megha, I Am Abhimanyu and I Am Afia. Each of the four stories cover topics not generally seen in Indian films and shed light on stories that need to be told. The lead roles were portrayed by some of the best in the industry including Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose, Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Arjun Mathur and Nandita Sen ...

After collecting accolades at most popular film festivals globally, director Onir and producer-actor Sanjay Suri are now heading to Europe with their latest project. Called “I AM”, the movie is about four inter-connected stories – “I Am Omar”, “I Am Megha”, “I Am Abhimanyu” and “I Am Afia” with Sanjay Suri, Anurag Kashyap, Rahul Bose, Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala and Nandita Sen, among others, playing prominent roles in the flick. The movie released earlier this year in the country, but ...

The Anticlock Films team of Onir Dhar and Sanjay Suri have not only delivered a contemporary Indian film which concentrates on the lives of four people, who in their own right are pushing the boundaries of convention, but have leveraged funding for the film by introducing co-ownership in the form of crowd-sourcing via the Internet Starring: Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Nandita Das, Purab Kohli, Sanjay Suri, Radhika Apte, Rahul Bose, Arjun Mathur, Abhimanyu Singh Taking four stories, each of which ...

It’s another feather in the cap for Director Onir whose internationally acclaimed film I AM has made it to yet another international film festival. This time the film travels to Durban where it has been officially selected for the Durban International Film Festival. After this the film will also be showcased in Amsterdam at the World Cinema Festival. The film actors of course are very happy with the achievements of the film. Sanjay Suri tweeted about the latest achievement on ...

Other than the obvious hits and misses, there are always films that surprise you. This kind emerges from nowhere, has little going for it yet it turns out to be the dark horse. The first half of 2011 had numerous surprises in store for us and they surpassed our expectations by either doing great business or garnering critical acclaim. Or both. In this last part of our series on the box office so far, here are sleeper hits that gradually ...

Living in the rapidly developing cities of India can often cause us to ask ourselves this question. The film I Am released now on Junglee Home DVD doesn’t promise to answer this question for you, but it is a fusion of stories about people in this very situation. It’s about finding lost identities and upholding your dignity in this ever changing urban lifestyle. Directed by Onir, starring Juhi Chawla, Nandita Das, Rahul Bose, Sanjay Suri and Manisha Koirala, I Am ...

MOVIE DETAILS Cast: Sanjay Suri, Radhika Apte, Shernaz Patel, Anurag Kashyap, Rahul Bose, Arjun Mathur, Abhimanyu Shekhar Singh, Nandita Das, Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Purab Kohli Director: Onir Producer: Onir, Sanjay Suri Music: Amit Trivedi, Rajiv Bhalla, Vivek Philip Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya, Amitabh Varma, Rajiv Bhalla THE FILM What strikes most about I Am is that despite being made entirely on the basis of donation and funds through makers’ friends and absolute strangers, there are no corners cut when it ...

As an independent filmmaker, how do you make the movie you want to make, when you don’t have funds? Onir decided to go to the people Name: Onir (Anirban Dhar) Profession: Film director Movies: My Brother Nikhil, Bas Ek Pal, Sorry Bhai. His latest film, I AM, explores such themes as homosexuality, child sexual abuse, displacement of Hindus in Kashmir and the dilemmas of in-vitro fertilisation. For me I AM has been a very interesting experience. We made this film ...

Director Onir’s “I Am” has been selected for the feature film line-up at the Kandy International Film Festival starting Wednesday in Sri Lanka. “Congratulations to all of US #I AM selected at the KANDY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SRI LANKA @Purab_Kohli @mathurarjun(sic),” Onir posted on his micro-blogging site twitter. The director delved into multiple topics and wove four different stories about the plight of Kashmiri pandits, gay issues, paedophelia and single motherhood in his people-funded movie. A host of stars like ...

Reaffirming the popular notion that art imitates life, Onir is planning to make his next film on corruption. The director had started it as one of the four tracks in I Am, but later decided to turn it into a full-fledged feature. “I realised that corruption is a much bigger issue and so, it could not be encapsulated into one short story,” he reasons., adding that the plot was inspired by someone he knows well. “The topic has generated a ...

Director Onir is fulfilling his life long dream of visiting Nepal. Onir is on a travelling spree these days and is in Kathmandu enjoying the beautiful weather and his favourite momos nowadays. Having left for Nepal on Saturday, the first thing Onir did was eat lots of momos. He tells us, “Eating momos is like being in heaven. I can survive on an all day momo diet.” Onir, who’s film “I Am” was also released in Nepal also spent a ...

he film deals with issues often brushed under the carpet, but these issues need to be discussed,” said Manisha Koirala addressing the audiences at the screening of I AM, a film by Onir screened at the Rastriya Nach Ghar, Jamal on Sunday. The film that released last month stars Nandita Das, Purab Kholi, Manisha Koirala, Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Suri and Rahul Bose, and narrates four different stories. I AM AFIA is the story of a single woman who is on ...