A film made in 1928 by Himanshu Rai, a pioneer of Indian cinema, has been restored by the BFI for screening during the UK-India Year of Culture. Shiraz, a 1928 silent film produced by one of the ...

Someone has said that the Taj Mahal is a tear on the cheek of time. Full of emotion and timeless too is the film Shiraz, based on a legend about its building and directed by Franz Osten and produced ...

Shiraz, a three-way production between Himanshu Rai productions, German production house Emelka and the British Film Institute, was a pioneer in many ways. It was among the first Indian films to be ...

I’ll never forget the first time I saw “Shiraz,” and if you take a chance and take in this gorgeous silent extravaganza, a landmark of Indian cinema, you will surely feel the same. Playing Jan. 22 for ...

KOLKATA: While Taj Mahal may have been dropped from the Uttar Pradesh tourism booklet, the British Film Institute’s National Archive has restored the 1928-epic silent classic titled ‘Shiraz’ that ...

But the highlight of the film is not majorly the plot but the presence of six-time Grammy nominated Anoushka Shankar, who has rendered live score for the film. At a point of time when Taj Mahal is at ...

The first edition was organized last December at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, where film professionals, including actors, directors, cinematographers, and others involved in filmmaking ...