Rishi Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor to star together

As soon as the Kapoor kid Ranbir Kapoor stepped into the industry, there were many producers who were keen on signing the father-son jodi Rishi and Ranbir Kapoor together on the screen, but due to some hesitations it was papa Rishi who held back and never gave the nod.

Finally, Vashu Bhagnani has managed to convince Rishi and so, we now have Ranbir Kapoor all set to star with father Rishi Kapoor in his next film. Though the details of the project have yet to be finalized, the movie is set to roll out early next year and will hit the screens by late 2009.

So, after Deols and the Bachchans, the next would be Kapoors rocking the screens with the father-son chemistry.

10th MAMI International Film Festival

This Thursday night, the 13th of March, saw the 10th MAMI International Film Festival’s awards ceremony. The Spanish Director Carlos Saura was felicitated with the Global Lifetime Achievement Award. Chief Guest of the event Dev Anand, veteran Actor-Director, presented the Lifetime Achievement award to Dharmendra.

The other awardees at the Festival were Rishi Kapoor for Significant Contribution to Cinema over 25 years, Gulzar for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Film Music as Lyricist and the Kodak Award for Technical Excellence to Hitendra Ghosh.

In order to nurture talent and provide a platform to new generation of filmmakers on its 10th edition, Jaya Bachchan, one of the trustees of MAMI, introduced a new initiative called ‘Dimensions Mumbai’.

On the Closing Gala Night, which was honoured by the esteemed presence of film directors from Mexico, France and European countries along with Shyam Benegal, Chairman of the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI) and other Trustees of MAMI, the Japanese film The Mourning Forest was screened, a film that won the Grand Prix at the 60th edition of Cannes Film Festival in 2007.