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JA for APSA & Mill Valley Film Festival

Jodhaa Akbar will be shown at the Mill Valley film festival in Bay Area and has also been selected as an Indian Entry for the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), the highest accolade for movies in the region. The award ceremony will take place at the popular tourist destination of Gold Coast in Queensland this November.

Below are the two reports :

JA will be shown at the Mill Valley film festival in Bay Area.

Reminiscent of Hollywood's most golden era, Jodhaa Akbar has been receiving rave audience responses. In 16th-century Hindustan, the great Moslem emperor Akbar (heartthrob Hrithik Roshan) marries Rajput Hindu princess Jodhaa (the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) in a match of political alliances. While Jodhaa names her conditions, Akbar sets out to win her heart—thus beginning a great romance, and Akbar's journey toward becoming a more enlightened ruler. Gorgeous design, fantastic choreography (think Busby Berkeley with a cast of thousands and an elephant for added cachet), grand-scale battles and exquisite (real) jewelry wrapped around a message of peace, love and religious tolerance. It's an epic for our times. Director of the crossover hit Lagaan, Ashutosh Gowariker's latest is worthy of a place in the pantheon of great epic cinema for this ultimate big-screen experience—which shouldn't be missed on the largest screen north of the Golden Gate.

11 Indian entries for Asia Pacific Screen Awards

SYDNEY: "Taare Zameen Par" and "Jodhaa Akbar" are among 11 Indian films entered for the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), the highest accolade for movies in the region. The award ceremony will take place at the popular tourist destination of Gold Coast in Queensland this November.

The awards have attracted entries from over 180 films from 43 countries, showcasing the talent and cinematic diversity of a region covering one-third of the earth's surface and 60 percent of its population.

Besides Aamir Khan's critically acclaimed directorial debut "Taare Zameen Par" and Ashutosh Gowariker's blockbuster "Jodhaa Akbar", the other Indian entries include "Colours of Passion" by Ketan Mehta, Nandita Das's directorial debut "Firaaq", "Return of Hanuman" by Anurag Kashyap, "Goddesses" by Leena Manimekalai, "Mahek" by K Kanade and "The Prisoner" by Pryas Gupta.

"Asia Pacific Screen Awards is an idea whose time has come, both politically and culturally. It is only fair that Asian cinema, which comprises nearly three-fourths of the world cinema, is properly recognised and represented," actress and activist Shabana Azmi, who was the president of the inaugural 2007 Awards, had told IANS.

The finalists for nine out of the 12 APSA award categories will be announced Oct 1, with the Awards ceremony to be held Nov 11.

This year, awards will be presented for Best Feature Film, Best Animated Film, Best Documentary, Best Children's Film, Achievement in Directing, Best Screenplay, Achievement in Cinematography, Performance by an Actress, Performance by an Actor.

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