HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | HAPPENINGS 'Iqbal' runs to packed houses at IFFI01st Dec 2005 10.41 IST By Agencies Cinelovers from India and abroad made a beeline for the screening of Subhash Ghai ‘s Iqbal at the 36th International Film Festival of India in Goa. Several people had to be turned away from Monday night's screening as the auditorium was jam-packed and even the aisles had been filled to capacity. 
'Iqbal', along with Malayalam film 'Perumazhakkalam' are the two Indian entries in the running for the Golden Peacock award in the competition section of the festival. Speaking to reporters, ‘Iqbal’ director Nagesh Kukunoor said he was keeping his fingers crossed over the film's chances of winning the prestigious award. "Being chosen as one of the two Indian entries in the competition for IFFI is an honour in itself," the filmmaker said, adding he was overwhelmed by the audience response at IFFI. Kukunoor's saga of a deaf-mute village boy's struggle to make it to the Indian cricket team recently achieved the rare double of box-office success and critical acclaim. Lead actor Shreyas Talpade said he was pleased by the response his films 'Iqbal' and Vishal Bhandhari's Hanuman got at the film festival. For thespian Girish Karnad , the film's critical and commercial success have come as a surprise. "While shooting for it, I knew it was a good film but did not expect it to get such acclaim," he said. Commenting on Rahul Dholakia's controversial film, which had evoked a strong reaction from certain spectators on Saturday, Karnad said such criticism was welcome and film festivals were the right fora to express it. "In fact, I had resigned as the chairperson of the Mumbai International Film Festival jury when certain films on the Gujarat riots were banned. You cannot control things by banning films," he said. Related Subhash Ghai Iqbal Nagesh Kukunoor Shreyas Talpade Girish Karnad |
AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Valentines Day, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas CardWeaver.com > Birthday, Holi MOVIES celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Freida Pinto | Anushka Sharma | Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Dev Patel | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Chitrangada Singh | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Mandira Bedi | Shahana Goswami | Konkona Sen Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Nandana Sen | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | Namitha | Kalki Koechlin | Mahi Gill | Shakeela | Lara Dutta | A R Rahman | Trisha | Shruti Haasan | Neetu Chandra | Shriya Saran | Padma Lakshmi | Emma Watson | Kelly Clarkson | Britney Spears | Anne Hathaway | Anjana Sukhani | Tila Tequila | Soha Ali Khan | Priyamani | Sonal Chauhan | Vaishali Desai | Jackky Bhagnani | Kristen Stewart | Robert Pattinson | Neil Nitin Mukesh | Shiney Ahuja | more... | 
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pics - Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza get romantic on Valentine’s Day
|
|
|