Ronnie Screwvala walks the red carpet at Dubai Filmfest
19 December 2006 | Movies | No Comments
Indian filmmaker Ronnie Screwvala walked the red carpet this weekend at the Dubai International film festival along with Hollywood actor Richard Gere and Internationally-renowned filmmaker Oliver Stone.
Ronnie Screwvala, who, as the CEO of the film production house UTV, has produced pathbreaking films like India's Oscar nominee 'Rang De Basanti' and the highly acclaimed 'Khosla Ka Ghosla', shared the stage with Richard Gere and Oliver Stone at a forum called "Operation Cultural Bridge-A World of Discovery" at the Madinet Theatre in Dubai on Friday night, held as part of the Dubai International film festival, sources in the UTV said. …
The Ronnie Screvwala-led UTV has made a mark for itself in the recent years as the company has promoted and produced some of India's finest films that represent a range of genres as well as styles and directed by India's best creative talent. The success and acclaim for 'Rang De Basanti' and, subsequently, 'Khosla Ka Ghosla' has reiterated UTV's position in defining New Age Hindi cinema.
According to the authorities at the Dubai international film festival, the selection of Ronnie Screwvala to the panel was because as founder and CEO of UTV, his has been a strong contribution in making the company an undisputed leader in the Asia-wide media industry. 114 films, including acclaimed ventures like 'The Lives of Others', 'Volver', 'Hollywood land', 'Happy Feet' , 'The Last King of Scotland' and 'Babel', were screened at the festival, which came to an end last night. Besides Ronnie Screwvala, the DIFF also saw presence of several celebrities from Indian film industry. Actors John Abraham and Arshad Warsi walked the red carpet with director Kabir Khan at the world premiere of 'Kabul Express' in Dubai, whose arrival at the DIFF comes close on the heels of its participation at the Toronto and Pusan film festivals. ….read more
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