Pran Kishan Sikand
Pran Kishan Sikand dreamt of becoming a professional photographer. Little did he know that a measly, humble ‘paan’ (betel leaf) would change his life and set him on his destined path. It was 1939 or thereabouts. Pran was at a ‘paan’ shop at Lahore, enjoying a munch with his friends when a stranger approached him and asked whether he wanted to act in films. Pran was amused and asked his name. Stranger introduced himself as Muhammad Walli, a renowned film maker in the flourishing film district of Lahore. He said he was making a Punjabi film and Pran looked a perfect fit for the role of a villain in the film. Pran just brushed him off. Walli kept insisting that he pay a visit to the studio, and pushed a piece of paper with his address into Pran’s hands. The film was Yamla Jat (1940), a runaway hit that year.
Pran Kishan Sikand dreamt of becoming a professional photographer. Little did he know that a measly, humble ‘paan’ (betel leaf) would change his life and set him on his destined path. It was 1939 or thereabouts. Pran was at a ‘paan’ shop at Lahore, enjoying a munch with his friends when a stranger approached him and asked whether he wanted to act in films. Pran was amused and asked his name. Stranger introduced himself as Muhammad Walli, a renowned film maker in the flourishing film district of Lahore. He said he was making a Punjabi film and Pran looked a perfect fit for the role of a villain in the film. Pran just brushed him off. Walli kept insisting that he pay a visit to the studio, and pushed a piece of paper with his address into Pran’s hands. The film was Yamla Jat (1940), a runaway hit that year.
- 7/26/2012
- by Amborish Roychoudhury
- DearCinema.com
Filmbooth is organising a festival of short films and documentaries to celebrate World Environment Day on Sunday,June 5. The festival will take place from 6:45 pm-9 pm at Habitat World, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
Shores Of Silence (Eng/2000/24mins) by Mike Pandey will be the opening film of the festival. The other films that will be screened at the festival are First Period by Aditi Banerjee, Index by Bhardwaj Sundar, Do You? by Sanyog Mohite, Superhero by Nitin Das, Strangler Fig by David Attenborough, 300 Years of Fossil Fuel by Richard Hiegnberg, This Mug for Hire by Robinder Uppal, Indian Mrityulok Series by Aditya Pundir, The Wild Meat Trail by Rita Banerji and Shilpi Sharma, Miracle Water Village by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh and The Mountain by Terjes Sorgjerd.
Apart from the screening of films, there will be 10-minute talks focusing on environment, sustainability and awareness on climate change.
Shores Of Silence (Eng/2000/24mins) by Mike Pandey will be the opening film of the festival. The other films that will be screened at the festival are First Period by Aditi Banerjee, Index by Bhardwaj Sundar, Do You? by Sanyog Mohite, Superhero by Nitin Das, Strangler Fig by David Attenborough, 300 Years of Fossil Fuel by Richard Hiegnberg, This Mug for Hire by Robinder Uppal, Indian Mrityulok Series by Aditya Pundir, The Wild Meat Trail by Rita Banerji and Shilpi Sharma, Miracle Water Village by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh and The Mountain by Terjes Sorgjerd.
Apart from the screening of films, there will be 10-minute talks focusing on environment, sustainability and awareness on climate change.
- 6/2/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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