~~ Launch of Screenwriters Lab 2013 ~~
Out of 500 applicants, eight Indian screenwriters and their feature films have been selected for the second annual Mumbai Mantra-Sundance Institute screenwriters lab. This year's screenwriting fellows, selected from submissions from around the world, are: Sarthak Dasgupta 'The Music Teacher', Pratim D Gupta 'Ink', Nitin Kakkar 'Black Freedom', Abhijit Mazumdar 'Delirium', Terrie Samundra 'Betamax', Renuka Shahane 'Tribhanga', Kavanjit Singh 'Television' and Neha Sinha 'Forgiven'. The screenwriters will be mentored by a distinguished group of established screenwriters and directors serving as creative advisors that include famous names like Bill Wheeler, the writer of Mira Nair's upcoming film 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', 'Maria Full of Grace' director Joshua Marston, 'The Warrior' director Asif Kapadia. The other big names are: Habib Faisal of 'Do Dooni ...