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Maati Maay bags international award

It is sure-shot boom time for the regional films (esp. Marathi). After Tingya being adjudged as the Best Film at the MAMI Film Festival, it is the turn of yet another Marathi film to shine at the international arena.

We are indeed talking about Chitra Palekar's Maati Maay, which has Nandita Das, Atul Kulkarni and Kshitij Gavande in the lead roles. This film has just recently won the 'Prix du jury Graine de Cinephage Award' in the feature films category, at the recently concluded 30th Creteil's International Women's Film Festival (Festival International de Films de Femmes de Creteil), which was held in Paris, France.

It seems like winning awards and recognitions is becoming a habit for this film, as this is the fourth international recognition received by the film. Maati Maay is a film, which is based on 'Baayen' a short story by the renowned author Mahasweta Devi.
 

Darsheel Safary signs a new film

Priyadarshan is all set direct the Taare Zameen Par star Darsheel Safary. And he has completely revamped the original Iranian film which he's supposed to remake. Says Priyan, "I'm not blindly adapting the Iranian film Children Of Heaven. I'm moving completely away from the original material to set the story in Assam with the insurgency as the backdrop." Curiously, there's an unofficial Hindi adaptation of Children Of Heaven titled Salaam Bachche. Priyan isn't aware of that. "I saw the.....
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