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Kaleem Aftab

Kaleem Aftab

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Kaleem is the author of an authorised biography of Spike Lee titled Spike Lee: That’s My Story and I’m Sticking To It. He selects films for the East End Film Festival and gives programming advice to festivals around the globe. He has been working as a freelance journalist specialising in Arab, European and American indie cinema since 1999.
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Black Stone. Courtesy Locarno Film Festival
Poignant Focus on Syria section at Locarno

The Focus on Syria section at the ongoing Locarno Film Festival screened documentaries by filmmakers who risked exile in their bid to lay stress upon the truth and tragedy of the hapless situation.

August 15, 2013
Gulshan Grover in Super Se Oope. Courtesy Gulshan Grover IPTC information:
Bollywood's ultimate villain, Gulshan Grover

Gulshan Grover garnered the nickname Bad Man as he always played the villain in movies. We chat with the versatile Bollywood actor.

August 06, 2013
Chennai Express, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, is coming out for Eid. Courtesy UTV Motion PIctures
Competition for a big holiday release can only get more intense, as Chennai Express shows

Chennai Express is the greatly anticipated Eid release from Bollywood, and it is expected to break some major records.

August 03, 2013
Deepika Padukone and Shah Rukh Khan in Chennai Express. Courtesy UTV Motion PIctures
SRK and Deepika: there's still chemistry, second time round

Deepika's first film was opposite SRK in Om Shanti Om and now they are back together for Chennai Express.

August 03, 2013
Amara Karan and Reece Ritchie in All in Good Time. Courtesy Left Bank Pictures
Film review: All in Good Time

All in Good Time feels contrived, lacks nuance and the comedy is poppadom-flat.

July 31, 2013
Irrfan Khan in a scene from The Lunchbox. Courtesy Sikhya Entertainment
In conversation with Irrfan Khan at the London Indian Film Festival

In conversation with D-Day star Irrfan Khan.

July 24, 2013
Vijay Varma in a scene from Monsoon Shootout, which opened the London Indian Film Festival. Kikhya Entertainment
London Indian Film Festival opener Monsoon Shootout has British ties

Kaleem Aftab writes from the London Indian Film Festival about Monsoon Shootout, which opened the festival.

July 24, 2013
Sam Worthington, left, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Texas Killing Fields. Courtesy Anchor Bay
Texas Killing Fields

In Texas Killing Fields, the director doesn't bother with back-story and instead dumps the audience into middle of a murder investigation, expecting us to piece the jigsaw puzzle storyline together as the action moves along.

July 24, 2013
From left, Huma Qureshi, Irrfan Khan and Arjun Rampal in Nikhil Advani's D-Day. Courtesy Yash Raj Films
D-Day

The film D-Day runs out of steam halfway through.

July 24, 2013
Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez in Dark Tide. Courtesy Magnet Media
Dark Tide: An uninteresting tale

No amount of breathtaking cinematography filming sharks on the coast of Cape Town can save Dark Tide from its poor plot and dire dialogue.

June 26, 2013
A scene from the animated film Epic. Courtesy Twentieth Century Fox
Epic is a decent if uninspired eco-focused animation

Made by the team behind Ice Age and Rio, Epic has all the elements of an old-fashioned classic.

May 29, 2013
The French model and designer Ines de la Fressange on the red carpet for the screening of Young and Beautiful. Olivier Anrigo / AFP
Partying with the stars at Cannes

What's it like to walk the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival? Kaleem Aftab tells us about the experience.

May 26, 2013
Hany Abu-Assad, the director of Omar. Damian Dovarganes / AP Photo
Hany Abu Assad's Omar: entertainment with a twist at Cannes

We sit down for a chat with Hany Abu Assad, whose new film premeried at Cannes.

May 25, 2013
Brazilian forward Pele dribbles past a defender during a friendly soccer match between Malmoe and Brazil, 08 May 1960 in Malmoe. Pele scored two goals as Brazil won 7-1. AFP PHOTO
Life of Pelé to be immortalised on film

Brian Grazer is producing a film on the football star Pele.

May 25, 2013
The Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof. AFP Photo / Rafa Rivas
At Cannes Mohammad Rasoulof 's Anonymous piles up puzzles

Other films by Iranian directors at the Cannes Film Festival.

May 21, 2013
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