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Vyjayanthimala and Rajendra Kumar in Sangam 1964.

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Geeta Bali in Jaal 1952

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Neville Tuli and Pritish Nandy at Pritish Nandy's Masterclass at Osianama Animal-Human-Nature Continuum Festival at Liberty by Legend News Via Flickr: As part of the ongoing international festival, Animal-Human-Nature Continuum, Osianama at Liberty hosted a unique Masterclass with Pritish Nandy. Neville Tuli, Chairman - The Osian's Group was in conversation with Pritish Nandy as he shared his experiences, ideas and experiments on several subjects private and professional. “I do not believe in classroom lectures,” said Pritish Nandy whose tremendous journey began as a tea seller. Today a renowned poet, a journalist, a filmmaker and a social activist who rescues and takes care of animals, Pritish Nandy expressed at the Osianama Animal-Human-Nature Continuum Festival, "I hate the idea of homelessness. I know every homeless person from Worli to Nariman Point where I worked. I know their names, what their problems are and I help them whenever I can." Added Neville Tuli, "The blessings of the invisible warriors - the dogs, the cats and other animals always count. Let's support such pure initiatives and adopt more strays."

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Osian’s Cinefan Fest at Liberty Cinema

Film festivals bring gravity to cinema and make it more than just song, dance and entertainment,” said Anurag Kashyap at the 13th Osian’s Cinefan festival at Osianama at Liberty cinema panel discussion on the various facets of the Film Festival with leaders such as Aruna Vasudev, Swarna Mallawarachchi, Bina Paul, Anurag Kashyap, N. Vidyashankar, Uma da Cunha, Latika Padgaonkar, Indu Shrikent and Neville Tuli among others. Celebrities of the likes of Shyam Benegal, Lalita Lajmi, Aarti Chhabria, Deepak Dobriyal, SMM Ausaja, Abhinav Tiwari, Arif Lamba were present at the festival. Speaking to Neville Tuli, the driving force behind Osian’s, Anurag talked about how a current member of his team has quit Silicon Valley to be here, how Vasan Bala and Neeraj Ghyawan quit their white collared jobs to join him, and how he could not afford to pay them more than Rs 10000. “When Neeraj made Masaan and it released and won an award, Neeraj’s father actually got him a script he had secretly written and asked him opinion on it. That shows what festivals can do.” This surely made sense, for it is his passion to bring world cinema to the common man that has driven Neville Tuli to have the 365-day free world cinema at Osianama at Liberty, and the 13th Edition of Osian's-Cinefan (Part 1) and African Cinema. Says Neville Tuli, “India has had a relatively weak and apathetic attitude towards world cinema, especially African, absorbed in its own escapism, and so naturally the development of a sensitive and quality-conscious cinematic culture becomes very difficult despite a deep love for cinema. They are radically very different concepts. Passion for cinema is necessary but not sufficient for cinematic culture to develop. Nurturing this sensitivity must become an imperative of all members of the film fraternity if we are to truly grow into a global cinematic force.” The festival saw Aruna Vasudev being honoured with the 1st Osianama Lifetime Achievement Award for Nurturing Cinematic Culture as well, besides the screening of Wadjda, the first feature film made by a female film director from Saudi Arabia. Mar 5 sees 20 Fingers by Maina Akbari at 12, Moolaade by Ousmane Sembene at 2, Two Women by Tabmineb Milani at 4.30. Panel discussion on Role of Cinema in Helping Women Overcome Abuse, Violence and Injustice at 6.30pm followed by Track 143 by Narges Abyar at 9pm. Mar 6 will see Under The Skin of The City at 12, followed by Hush! Girls Don’t Scream by Puran Derakhsbandeb, Surname Diet Given Name Nam by Trinh T. Minh-ha at 4pm, Panel Discussion on The Hypocrises and Double Standards of the Depictions of the Female Sexuality in Cinema – What is the Way Forward? At 7pm followed by Life Above All at 9pm. And of course, the much-awaited Jai Gangajal premiere will take place on March 7 at Osianama at Liberty. Check this one out. Entry free for all.