The
Trident is currently on the film festival
circuit and in cinematography magazines and seminars.
Check
back soon for upcoming screenings.
Anup
just appeared on The Style Network's "Hot Guys Who Cook"
The
Spanish Guitar Hour - showcases the extraordinary
talents of Ashish "Hash" Patel's impersonation of
Banderas and total improvisation between him and Anup as the
guitarrrrista Antonio. Go to TheSpanishGuitarHour.com for
more info.
27,000
Days - written and directed by Naveen
Singh starring Subash Kundanmal with Anup in a supporting
role as his son - was not only accepted and screened
twice at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival,
it won the coveted Special Jury Award for
Best Experimental Short Film. It also
won at the USA Film Festival, First Look Film Festival,
and Next Frame Film Festival. Check out the site for
complete info: 27000DaysFilm.com.
Weddinga short drama directed by Anup just wrapped August 12.
It stars Mark Berry (Blade:Trinity) and
Katia Bokor (The Shield). It is written and produced
by Donn Swaby (Passions,
G.I. Jane) and
also produced by Roopashree Jeevaji. Check back for updates.
The
feature L.A. Takedown, in which Anup is the lead
just got picked up for DVD distribution. Check back for release
dates.
2008
NEWS
2008.12.09
- Aparna Kothary of the Washington D.C.-based radio show "Naan
Sense" interviewed Anup about his filmmaking and acting
ventures. Listen to
the interview.
2008.12.02
- "CHASE" the hot new show on the Sci-Fi channel
featured Anup as one of the runners against their hunters.
View it online at SciFi.com/Chase.
2008.11.19
- The Trident screened at Sony Studios in all its glory in
4K.
2008.11.17
- Matt Harrison (dir. "Sex and the City") recommended
Anup for several of his students' film projects at UCLA.
2008.10.10
- The Trident screened at the 9th Annual San Diego
Asian Film Festival. The film had three screenings - all projected
from a 35mm print. This was a homecoming of sorts for Anup
as he used to work at this festival when American Chai
was the opening feature. Anup interviewed
Anurag and Aalok Mehta back then and longed to work with them.
These screenings made that wish a reality.
2008.07.31
- E! Channel's subsidiary The Style Network aired the episode
with Anup on their show "Hot Guys Who Cook."
2008.05.25
- L.A. HIT (fka LATD) screened three times this week
at the Wilshire Screening Room in Beverly Hills, CA. The cast
and crew were present for a Q&A session. Two of the three
screenings were standing room only.
2008.01.24
- Sunny Virmani of the radio show "All Things Entertainment"
conducted a live interview with Anup on FunAsiA.
2008.01.24
- "Hot
Guys Who Cook" (Episode 108), a show on the
Style
Network("The Biggest Loser",
"Extreme Makeover"), featured Anup showing
off his culinary skills as well as some other talents. Check
site details and to vote for his dish.
2007
NEWS
2007.11.17
- 27,000 Days' acceptance into the Rotterdam
International Film Festival is announced.
2007.11.10
- The Trident screened at the Indo-American
Arts Council Film Festival near Times Square at the
AMC Loews on 19th Street & Broadway in
New York, NY as well as in New Jersey on the 10th.
2007.11.08
- 27,000 Days screened at the Indo-American
Arts Council Film Festival.
2007.10.22
- Anup was the cinematograher and director for the second
music video for Gippy Grewal and speedrecords.
2007.10.15
- The
music video for Gippy Grewal and Yudhvir Manak "Gabroo"
which Anup shot was released and is doing very well on the
charts in India. Edited by J.Cee.
2007.10.13.
- Rapper Krumb
Snatcha shot a music video directed by Cory Reeder, produced
by Gregory B. & Amy Bloom and featuring Anup playing the
keyboards. Check back for updates.
2007.09.28
- 27,000 Days screened at the San Diego Film Festival
to a sell out show at the Pacific
Gaslamp 15 Theatre in the super-happenin' downtown.
2007.09.16
- Mathrubhumi, one of the leading newspapers in India,
had a featured
article in Malayalam on Anup along with Naveen Andrews
(Lost), Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes), Archie
Panjabi (Bend It Like Beckham) and more.
2007.09.13
- Anup just taped a show for the Style Network which included
his playing the guitar and showing off some culinary skills.
Check back for more info.
2007.09.12
- 27,000 Days screened at the LA Shorts Fest.
2007.09.06
- The Trident screened at the Los Angeles Shorts
Fest. Some members of the cast and crew were at the fest for
the Q&A session afterwards including Anup.
2007.08.13
- Another win for 27,000 Days: First Place Experimental
Award at the NextFrame Film Festival. That brings the total
wins up to 4.
2007.08.12
- Wedding,a short drama directed
by Anup just wrapped August 12. It stars Mark Berry (Blade:Trinity) and Katia Bokor (The Shield). It
is written and produced by Donn Swaby (Passions,
G.I. Jane) and also produced
by Roopashree Jeevaji. Check back for updates.
2007.07.29
- The Trident screened at the Action on Film Festival
in Long Beach. It was also nominated for Best Action
Sequence.
2007.06.23
- CineGear Expo screened The Trident
during its panel of cinematographers including David Stump.
2007.06.09
- 27,000 Days screened at Waterfront Film Festival
in Sagatuck, MI.
2007.06.03
- Adam Thomson (dir. A Girl and a Gun) directed
a video for the song Don't Hold Back by the up
and coming band The
Sleeping. Anup played a bad guy this time
around.
2007.05.22
- Punjabi (Bollywood) recording artists Gippy Grewal and Yudhvir
Manak label's Dinesh Productions hired Anup to shoot and direct
their music video in and around Hollywood.
2007.05.03
- Anup worked as a production coordinator on this exciting
film featuring Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi from
Karate Kid) which had a special screening sponsored
by New York Film Academy and "Dude, Seriously!"
clothing at Cinespace on Hollywood Blvd.
2007.04.16
- The short film The Trident screened a two-minute
clip at the National Association of Broadcasters in Las Vegas.
2007.03.13
- 27,000 Days - written and directed by Naveen Singh
starring Subash Kundanmal with Anup in a supporting role as
his son - was not only accepted and screened twice at the
South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, it won the coveted
Special Jury Award for Best Experimental
Short Film. Check out the articles from yahoo
movie news as well as Austin
360 on 27,000 Days.
2007.02.10
- The short film The Trident which Anup was training
for wrapped. It was shot on the brand new 4K Dolsa camera
with David
Stump as the DP. Anurag Mehta (American
Chai) is the writer/director with brother Aalok Mehta
facing off against Anup. The film also stars screen legend
David
Carradine (Kill Bill, Kung Fu).
Check back for updates.
2007.01.17
- Prolific writer/director Kapil Raj casted Anup as the lead
in the feature film L.A. Takedown - principle photography
set to begin in March 2007. Check back for updates.
2006
NEWS
2006.12.10
- Anup just landed a role in a martial art film and is training
with Master Zi at Shakti's
Elements in Santa Monica, CA.
2006.11.05
- INDEPENDENCE DAY starring Roopashree
Jeevaji screened at the festival. Anup edited this version
of the film for USC director Nabila Lester and producer/DP
Brad Crowe. The haunting music is by Chris
Murphy. This film screened at the recent 6th Annual Indo-American
Arts Council Film Festival in NYC along with Varun Khanna's
American Blend.
2006.11.02
- NECESSARY ILLUSIONS screened at the Indo-American
Arts Council Film Festival in NYC with Sundance Selection
Punching at the Sun. Director Fayeque Rahman and
lead actor Anup Sugunan were both present for a Q&A session
after the film.
One
the coolest festival posters - made up of all the films
that were screened. INTERMINAL is located just below
the left laurel.
One of the locations of the festival screening.
Cindy
Baer, Anup, and Janice hanging out at the fest. All
photos courtesy of Cindy Baer. Check out her excellent
film Purgatory
House.
Top:
Sandeep, Tony Gutierrez (Festival Director), Anup
Bottom: Jesse Johnson, Janice, Cindy Baer, MJaq. Filmmakers
staying up til the wee-hours of the morning night after
night.
2006.10.27
- Independent Film Festival of North Texas (IFFYNTX)
gave Anup, the former hometown boy, a Texas-sized homecoming
by screening nearly a dozen of his short films over Halloween
weekend in Wichita Falls, TX. 16 filmmakers came out to
the event and got some press
from it. Anup grew up in WF and went to school at McGaha,
Barwise, and Rider. He and Sandeep started a documentary
on Anup's life in WF.
2006.09.26
- Terrorist
TV is released on youtube.com, motion.tv, video.yahoo.com,
video.google.com, liveclip.com and more.
2006.09.10
- DADA JI (Starring Kumar Pallana from The Terminal, Royal
Tenenbaums, Bottle Rocket)- screened
in Program #68 Theater #9 Los
Angeles Film Festival at the ArcLight Cinemas on Sunset
& Vine in Hollywood, CA. Anup edited this film for Sabina
Shamdasani and Karma Theory Films.
2006.09.09
- KAL: YESTERDAY AND TODAY - 7:30pm
Saturday, September 9th, 2006 in Program #57 Theater#13
Los
Angeles Film Festival at the ArcLight Cinemas on Sunset
& Vine in Hollywood, CA. You can see Anup in this excellent
USC film directed by Freya Parekh.
2006.08.14
- Anup taped a game show which will air on NBC. Check back
for more detailed info.
2006.06.27
- Anup shot a political satire which he wrote, directed and
acted in with the help of Chad Zuber operating the camera
and composer Rob Girondo. It will be available on the net
soon. Check back for details.
2006.05.21
- DADA JIgained NOMINATION FOR BEST SHORT
FILM at the Danville International Children's Film Festival
in Danville, CA.
2006.05.19
- DADA JI screened as an Official Selection at the Damah Film
Festival at Culver Studios in Culver City, CA. Anup edited
this film along with writer/director Sabina Shamdasani.
2006.05.13
- Fayque M. Rahman's What the Shadows Hide screened
to a stunned audience in Orange County. Anup played the lead
in this disturbing film.
2006.04.30
- Anup again worked with commercial director Chris Hwang on
a spec -
view here.
2006.04.09
- LMU director Chris Solis shot a short with Anup as the lead
called Booth #12.
2006.04.08
- Anup worked on a spec commercial for Chris Hwang -
view here.
2006.03.20
- "NORTH MISSION ROAD" aired on
Court TV (website).
Anup worked as a principle in the episode with the two motel
owner disagreement which ended in a horrific tragedy.
2006.03.04
- It's A Mismatch had it's World
Premiere at the Cinequest International Film Festival. Anup
was a co-writer on this 35mm feature film.
2006.03.19
- Freya Parekh's film which worked on back in Feb screened
at USC and was the most polished and applauded film of the
bunch.
2006.02.17
- Director Darren Doane featured Anup in the in the music
video for the band The Number Twelve Looks Like You - Like
a Cat.
2006.02.03
- Anup started shooting on a USC film as the lead antagonist.
Anup stated, "It's very interesting playing the not-so-good
guy!"
2006.01.27
- PASSIONS (website)
with Anup as one of Ethan Winthrop (Eric Martsolf)'s groomsmen
in a Bollywood wedding aired on NBC.
2006.01.25
- Bar Moments: Episode 12: Hail 2 The
Underdog had a unique screening in the bar in which it
was shot.
2006.01.17
- Trade Offs is finally available on Netflix.
"It's been a long, but rewarding haul for this film -
my first", stated Anup who starred and produced it.
2006.01.15
- Sunday Morning Shootout on AMC (website)
with hosts Peter Guber and Peter Bart aired the Golden Globes
edition with Maria Bello (A History of Violence),
Paul Haggis (director Crash) and Matt Dillon in which
Anup worked as background. The next airing will be Feb 19,
2006 on AMC.
2006.01.13
- Sunday Morning Shootout on AMC (website)
with hosts Peter Guber and Peter Bart had a taping with Matt
Dillon, Maria Bello, Paul Haggis, Mario Van Peeples as well
as Jerry Bruckheimer via satellite for a few upcoming shows.
Anup worked as background just chillin' in a coffee shop and
listening to the knowledge passed on by these industry veterns.
"I don't really do background work anymore, but this
is one of my favorite shows, so it was great to hear all the
incredible information without anything edited out",
Anup stated.
2006.01.04
- Court TV's program North Mission
Roadwas shot with Anup in a principle role
for a re-enactment of a horrific murder between two motel
owners in Los Angeles. Check back or site
for airing date.
2005
NEWS
2005.12.22
- Starting
Over,the first reality show
to win 'Best Series' Daytime Emmy Award (produced by Bunim-Murry
- MTV's Real World), gave Anup an opportunity to
strut his dance moves in an upcoming episode. Check back for
a 2006 airing date.
2005.12
- DADA JI was an Official Selection at South
Asian International Film Festival New York City, New York.
2005.12.16
- Hootie and the Blowfish music-video director
Frank Sacramento shot a trailer for Midnight Shoppers
with Anup helping out in a supporting role.
2005.12.12.
- Anup worked on Passions as a featured
actor as one of Ethan's groomsmen in the "Bollywood"
dream sequence. This episode will air Jan 27, 2006.
2005.11
- Albert Brooks' Looking For Comedy In
The Muslim World
trailer is out in theaters. The film will be released
by Warner Bros Independent on January 20, 2006 in New York
and Los Angeles.
2005.11.03
- Anup performed as a director and cinematographer for the second
unit shoot of Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum in Mammoth Mountains.
The film stars Roopa Jeevaji and Kapil Srivastava, who is also
writer and director.
2005.10.14 - Fayque Rahman (dir. Necessary
Illusions) brought Anup aboard again for their second film
together which will begin shooting in mid-Oct called What The
Shadows Hide.
2005.09.26
- Anup flew to Glacier in Mt. Baker, a few hours outside Seattle,
WA for a seven day shoot for David Nordmark's Chapman Grad Thesis
film currently titled, 'The Cabin'. Anup had a lead role in it.
2005.09.23
- Bar Moments screened very successfully at the
San Diego Film Festival in
"Celluloid
San Diego I",
a program of shorts to a sell-out crowd. A third screening
was added for Sunday. At least a dozen members from the
cast and crew were present for a Q&A session afterwards
including Anup.
Photographer
Zackary Woodruff snapped a lot of pix
from the festival like the one on the left with Anup
and fellow Bar Moments thesp, Greta Valenti.
Rose & Liz from the set. FYI: No, this is not porn.
BAR
MOMENTS: EPISODE 12: HAIL 2 THE UNDERDOG
Synopsis:
In a world where one man, uh no, make that three, try to pick
up the hottest women in a club, only one attempts to do the impossible.
Anup has a supporting role in this short comedy.
2005.09.23
- Divided Nation, had a screening at the Universal Studio
Lot in Burbank. The story: Three people toil with the problems
faced in Kashmir and how it's affecting their lives here in the
U.S.
2005.08.14
- The Bullshits!, a film about a rock band was filmed
in various locations in Los Angeles with Anup playing a supporting
role as a bass player. "I finally got to play in a band in
a movie!" Anup stated.
2005.07.25
- The New York Film Academy student, Rushab Panchal directed Anup
in a dramatic short film, Divided Nation.
2005.06.22
- Anup landed a print ad in an international recruiting campaign
for a Forbes 500 tech company.
2005.06.10
- Anup had the lead opposite main lead, Preeti Vissi (Mitr,
My Friend) in Madhumita's comedic film Will You Marry
Me?
2005.06.09
- USC Graduate student Naveen Singh's 27,000 Days gave
Anup the opportunity to play opposite Subash Kundanmal in a powerful
thesis film.
2005.05
- Anup had six films screening in one week throughout SoCal.
2005.05.17
- Sabina Shamdasani's Dada Ji, starring the ever-effervescent
Kumar Pallana (The Terminal,
Bottle Rocket, Royal Tenenbaums)
was edited by Anup and had a screening with Kumar present. "His
enthusiasm for acting is inspiring," Anup stated.
2005.04
- Chapman film professor, Lynn Hamrick (director, Family Ties
TV show), supervised her students' directed studies program
in which selected scenes were shot in class. Anup had the opportunity
to work with Lynn in scenes from Carlito's Way, Do The Right
Thing, She's The One, and The Crying Game.
2005.04.06
- Anup just completed shooting the lead role in Adam Thomson's
film, A Girl And A Gun (view
trailer).
2005.04.05
- Anup just completed shooting the lead role in Alex Lavin's film,
Birth Control.
2005
- Necessary Illusions, (view
trailer) in which Anup has the lead role won the Visionary
Award at the Washington D.C. Independent Film Festival
and was also an Official Selection at the top-tier Lorcarno
International Film Festival.
2005.03.25
- Anup had a role in Ben Lioe's hilarious film, Futility.
2005.03.22
- Anup just completed shooting the lead role in USC film student,
David Valdez's Larry Pibbsbottom.
2005.03.15
- Anup worked on Chris Coulter's The Package, an action/drama
set behind enemy lines on a war-front.
2005.01.14
- The Untitled Albert Brooks Project gave Anup and opportunity
to work with Albert Brooks (Defending Your Life, Finding Nemo)
in a featured role driving. This movie also gave Anup SAG eligiblity.
2005.01.13
- Anup just completed shooting Adam Rudder's comedy film, Bar
Moments.
2004
NEWS
2004.12.15
- Anup completed shooting Nausheen Dadabhoy's short film, The
12th Man. Check back for screening info.
2004.11.01
- Kings: From Babylon To Bagdad aired on the History
Channel.
2004.10.17
- Slaves and Ensigns: The Far Side of the Border had
a screening at the 4th
Annual SMMASH
Film Festival on Sunday and Tuesday the 19th. Anup unfortunately
could not make it to the festival, but according to festival
director, John Swon, it was received very well.
2004.09.15
- Slaves and Ensigns: The Far Side of the Border is now
on regular
iFilm for everyone to view.
2004.09.11
- Slaves and Ensigns: The Far Side of the Border
had it's first festival screening at the 2nd Annual Imperial
Beach Film Festival in San Diego, CA. There some members
who were interviewed from the documentary were present for
the screening.
Anup
was also interviewed
by Nina McDonald during the festival and received a frontpage
spread in the local paper, Eagle & Times.
2004.08.13
- Slaves and Ensigns: The Far Side of the Border, became
available for viewing on IFILMPlus+. Read
more here. How IFILM chooses which ones go to the 'Plus' version:
"Of our new short films and video clips, we make the most
compelling content exclusive to IFILM Plus+ with RealOne SuperPass
subscribers for about a month. "
2004.08.06
- David Helping, original score composer for Trade Offs, releases
the beautiful soundtrack to this film through his label, Spotted
Peccary.
2004.08
- Necessary Illusions screened at the Locarno Film Festival.
2004.07.01
- Interminal
teaser-trailer now online.
2004.06.28
- Chapman University Graduate student David Nordmark casted Anup
as the lead in his powerful yet subtle short film about a man
coming to terms with mortality. Check back for screening updates.
2004.06.24
- Kings
of Babylon (aka The History of Iraq) was shot
in and around LA from the 15th through the 24th. Anup had several
featured roles in this documentary which is tentatively scheduled
to air on the History Channel November 1, 2004.
2004.06.01
- Interminal, the first short-script written by Anup
- who also served as producer, finished its 4-day production in
San Diego, CA. It was shot on 16mm with David C. Smith as the
DP. Ivan Gozali directed the venture and also came up with the
story idea. Interminal is in post-production and should
hit the festival circuit later this year. Check back soon for
the trailer.
2004.05.12
- Necessary Illusions (Dir. Fayque Rahman), the Chapman
University graduate shortfilm in which Anup is the lead was screened
for cast & crew. "I couldn't believe how well it turned
out. The audience was silent til the end of credits!" Anup
continues, "The whole team did an incredible job especially
the sound design by Kyle." In the same screening was Black
and White Wedding (Dir. Amanda Pasquilleni) in which Anup
was one of the ensemble leads.
2004.05.04
- The Times
Record News published an article on Anup. See the Press
page for all articles.
2004.04.25
- Trade Offs released in Denmark on DVD.
2004.04.20
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is
released on DVD.
2004.04.09
- Trade Offs is released on DVD at select video stores
in US, Canada and online.
2004.04.02
- Anup finished shooting the short film Necessary Illusions
for writer/director Fayeque Rahman. "This has been the most
challenging role for me. The script is somewhat controversial
and Fay had six producers pass on the project due to its nature,"
states Anup. The film is inspired by Noam Chomsky's book of the
same title. Anup plays Sharia, the lead character caught in what
initially appears to be a routine travel plan. Check back for
release/screening dates.
2004.04.02
- Trade Offs screened in San Jose, CA.
2004.03.09
- Mantram
published an article on the Indo-American genre of filmmaking
in which Anup is mentioned. Register for free and read the article
titled: The Desi Movie Factory - in the Entertainment
section in the March 2004 issue.
2004.02.29
- Master and Commander won two Academy Awards (out of
ten nominations!) for CINEMATOGRAPHY - Russell Boyd & SOUND
EDITING - Richard King.
2004.02.17
- Filmmaker
Interviews posted article with Award Winner, Sharat Raju.
2004.02.08
- Anup finished shooting on Chapman University graduate short
film Black & White Wedding. He was one of the leads
in an ensemble piece. "This was so much fun to work on -
we jammed to 80's songs all night between takes," states
Anup. The short is in post-production under the helm of Amanda
Pasquilleni and is hoping for a festival run. Check back for updates.
2004.01.27
- Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World was
nominated for 10 Oscars for the upcoming 76th
Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, February 29, 2004: Best Picture,
Best Direction, Art Direction, Cinematography, Film Editing, Costume
Design, Makeup, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects.
2004.01.01
- Filmmaker
Interviews announced its first annual The List Awards for
best pictures in the feature, short, and documentary categories.
2003
NEWS
2003.12.03
- New articles posted on Filmmaker
Interviews with Douglas Horn (part 2) and Rob Moniot &
Taz Goldstein.
2003.11.15
- Trade Offs had a Special Engagement Screening in Carlsbad
by Independent
Film Society at the Schulman Auditorium in Carlsbad, California.
The venue was near capacity even on this rainy night.
2003.11.14
- Trade Offs had its TEXAS PREMIERE Screening
at the 2nd Annual Dallas South Asian Film Festival (dsaff.org)
2003.11.14
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (official
site) opened nationwide. The movie set in the Napoleonic Wars
of 1800 stars Russell Crowe (Gladiator, A Beautiful
Mind) and directed by Peter Weir (The Truman Show,
Dead Poets Society) will open in theaters everywhere
in the US. Anup was in Mexico for five weeks working on the set
as a special ability extra in the final battle sequences. Read
more here.
2003.11.13
- Anup and Trade Offs co-star Deypika Singh were in the
feature article of the UCSD
Guardian newspaper.
2003.11.08
- Trade Offs NEW YORK PREMIERE Screening
at the 3rd Annual Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival (iaac.us)
held at the Anthology
Film Archives in lower east side. The Tuesday before the festival,
Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Mississippi Masala,
Kamasutra) invited all the filmmakers for a 'Welcome Chai'.
"It was a very nice gesture on her part considering that
she is super busy in post-prod on her new movie with Reese
Witherspoon," stated Anup. When Trade Offs
writer-director Vikram Yashpal, actress Rita Rani, and actor Anup
attended the evening event, they took with them the soundtrack
to Trade Offs and presented it to Ms. Nair as a gift.
She immediately put it on and started tapping her feet to it.
"I really like it," she exclaimed.
Filmmakers (l to r) Monica, Anup, Rita Rani, Vikram Yashpal,
Raj Vasudeva enjoy the IAAC opening night gala at the Lincoln
Center in NYC. More
pix from the event.
Fellow
San Diego artist, musician-turned-actress Anoushka Shankar,
daughter of sitar legend Ravi Shankar, was also there to support
her debut film, Dance Like a Man. Anup stated, "I
saw Anouska back in '95 in San Diego performing with her dad.
It's so cool to see her as a fellow filmmaker now."
Trade
Offs had another prime time slot: Saturday 9pm and had one
of the better turnouts at the festival. "I was really happy
with the attendance even though we weren't on our home turf,"
enthused Anup.
The
closing ceremony awards was presented by author-extraordinaire,
Salman Rushdie. Babar Ahmed, director of one
of the winning films, Genius,
offered, "Trade Offs is a better movie than mine
and it deserved to win." "I couldn't believe that he
said that considering that the ending of his movie is very reflective
of the title," Anup humbly stated.
2003.11.08
- ITV (International TV) aired interview from the opening ceremony
of IAAC film festival with Anup and co-star Rita Rani.
2003.11.01
- V Desi aired segment covering the IAAC film festival. The trailer
for Trade Offs as well as the interview with Anup was
shown.
2003.10.30
- Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival held a press conference
at the Indian Consulate in Manhattan. Vinod Khana
was a guest speaker. V-Desi TV, WNYC, BBC and more interviewed
Anup. See press page for articles.
The historic Cinema Paradiso Theater - a remodeled stadium
seating theater from a church.
2003.10.25
- Trade Offs EAST COAST PREMIERE Screening
at the 18th Annual Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
held at the historic Cinema Paradiso Theater. The Asian
Pacific Film Festival of Florida is a subfestival within.
The
screening was the best time slot any film could ever have
(Saturday evening at 7pm) as long as it's not in Florida
when the Florida Marlins are playing game 6 of the World
Series. Nevertheless, the turn out was very good, because
of the support of the festival director, Beryl Williams.
She showed the trailer during every movie before Trade
Offs.
The official poster of the FLIFF.
Yes, that bikini is
made out of filmstrips.
"This is the view I had while sitting on the porch at
the hotel. It was tough", sobs Anup. "I wish San
Diego had palm trees growing on the beach."
2003.10.19
- Special Engagement Screening of Trade Offs shown at
the University of San Diego in a unique presentation with dual
screens. About 75% of the audience were non-Indians and showed
true potential to become a crossover hit such as Bend It Like
Beckham and Monsoon Wedding. "This was the
most exciting and entertaining Q&A session we've had thus
far", quips Anup.
2003.10.05
- US PREMIERE of Trade Offs
screened to a sold-out audience at the 4th Annual San Diego Asian
Film Festival. Almost 50 people were turned away, but more importantly,
those in attendance really enjoyed the film. There was electricity
in the air and when it was over, a majority of the audience remained
for a question and answer period in which the feedback was overwhelmingly
positive. It was a great confidence booster as the film had not
really had any local exposure prior to this screening. An additional
screening date was added due to overwhelming demand.
Also
at the festival, Pyramid of Women,
an inspirational short documentary directed by Cheryl Kanekar,
screened to a receptive audience. Anup contributed to this
interesting project as a voice-over talent.
2003.09.22
- Back Up, Please (official
site) an HD short-film by writer/director Douglas Horn
was screened at the Woodstock Film Festival in Woodstock,
NY. This is Anup's first screen credit as he helped out Douglas
Horn behind the scenes in this dramatic short film.
2003.08.14
- Anup shoots a documentary during the Great Power Outage of '03
in the streets of Downtown Toronto. Check back for release update.
2003.08.10
- Actress Rita
Rani received a Filmi Images Award from the South Asian Film
Festival for her role in Trade Offs, of which Anup was
a producer.
2003.08.09
- 4th Annual South Asian Film Festival
Trade
Offs, the film in which Anup acted and produced had its World
Premiere Screening in Toronto's 4th Annual South
Asian Film Festival. Anup was in attendance along with fellow
actors Rahul
Malhotra and Rita
Rani.
Anup
and Rita were interviewed for Canada's nationwide broadcast Bollywood
Blvd on the Omni Channel by host and festival director,
Mohit Rajans. They were also interviewed for Asia Television Network
(ATN) as well as India Abroad newspaper and Anokhi
Vibe magazine. Check back for air and print dates. See other
press articles.
2003.08.02
- The first by-invitation-only Press, Cast, & Crew screening
by of Trade Offs was a success. Nearly 200 people were
in attendance followed by a entertaining Q&A session with
most of the cast and crew that lasted close to an hour.
2003.07
- The new website and trailer for Master and Commander: The
Far Side of the World
was launched. The release date has been changed to November 14,
2003. View the trailer at the official
site.
2003.05.23
- Anup worked as script supervisor on Douglas
Horn (Trailer: The Movie!)'s shortfilm/promotional
shoot. It stars actor/stuntman Dan Southworth (Power Rangers,
Shakira's Objection music video) was shot on the Panasonic
24p miniDV camera. The shoot involved martial arts and exciting
wire-work by Southworth's stunt team.
2003.04
- 20th Century Fox released Demo Disc #3 which features some behind
the scenes footage of Master and Commander: The Far Side of
the World and you can catch a glimpse of Anup in the rugby
match he played against Russell Crowe.
2003.04
- For five weeks, Anup attended San
Pasqual Academy for foster children as a guest artist and
assisted the students in filmmaking and screenwriting techniques.
2003.03
- Anup interviewed Academy Award Winning screenwriter (Best Adapted
Screenplay - Silence of the Lambs) Ted
Tally for Filmmaker
Interviews.
2003.02.14
- Montgomery High School students were happy to see Anup as a
guest lecturer when he spoke to nearly a hundred students about
filmmaking and music.
2003.02.01
- Documentary Filmmaker Cheryl Kanekar employed Anup as a voice-over
talent for her captivating doc "Pyramid of Women" which
will screen at the 4th Annual San
Diego Asian Film Festival.
2003.01.17
- Anup was asked to speak by moderator, Uma Da Cunha, on the Bollywood/Hollywood
Panel at the 14th Annual Palm
Springs International Film Festival in which other panel members
included, Rahul Bose (Mr. & Mrs. Iyer,
Everybody Says I’m Fine), Anwar Jamal
(The Little Republic), Lisa Tsering
(India West Journalist).
2003.01
- The first trailer for Master and Commander: The Far Side
of the World was released in theaters with a release date
of June 6, 2003.
2002
NEWS
2002.11.03
- For rest and relaxation after working on the set from 4am to
8pm Monday through Friday, Anup got a chance to play rugby with
Russell Crowe.
2002.10
- No cameras were allowed on set, however, Anup shot a documentary
of all the specialists while hanging out at the hotel (off-set)
after the shoot and on weekends. Check back for release date.
2002.10.06
- Anup headed to Rosarito, Mexico to work on Master and Commander:
The Far Side of the World (official
site) as a special ability extra, aka specialist.
2002.10.04
- Anup guest lectures again to communications majors at the University
of San Diego this time the topic of discussion was 'subjectivity
in judging films'.
2002.09.20
- Anup's filmmaking friend Neil Kendrick's film, LOOP screened
at the San Diego
Film Festival. Anup helped out on the film in sundry roles.
2002.09.01
- Official wrap date of Trade Offs and after party!
2002.08.28
- Anup headed down to Fox Studios Baja for a casting call for
the Russell Crowe film Master and Commander: The Far
Side of the World(official
site) and was accepted.
2002.07.27
- Anup helped out as production assistant on Douglas Horn's
second short-film, Back
Up, Please. "Douglas has this amazing eye for quality.
After seeing his first film, I begged him to let me work on his
next one and here I am!", comments Anup. This is Anup's first
screen credit.
2002.07.04
- The production of Trade Offs begun and is set to shoot
on weekends from July 4th til Sept 1.
2002.04
- Anup signed on as a producer as well as additional casting director
for Trade Offs.
2002.04
- Filmmaker Interviews
officially launched when Anup interviewed composer Don
Davis (Matrix, Jurassic Park 3) and
short-film director Douglas Horn.
2002.03
- Anup auditioned and got the part for Sunny in the San Diego
based feature-length film, Trade Offs. This is Anup's
debut role.
2001
NEWS
2001.11.13
- University of San Diego Communications Professor Leeva Chung,
Ph.D. invited Anup as a guest lecturer to her communications class.
Anup covered the topic from the 2001.09.25 panel discussion regarding
controversial programming.
2001.09.27
- The 2nd Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival kicks off for a
four-day event at Mann Theaters Hazard Center, San Diego, CA.
2001.09.27
- Anup was interviewed along with directors Abe Lim (Roads and
Bridges) and Eric Hwang (White Rice) on NPR (KPBS:
The Lounge).
2001.09.25
- Anup was moderator of a panel prominent filmmakers, critics
and film business professionals discussing the role of judging
in contemporary cinema. He then discussed the role of a programmer
during tense situations with controversial festival programming
immediately after 9/11.
2001.09.21
- Anup was the emcee for Shaadi@Barbaadi.com,
a hilarious play written, directed and starring Indian film legend,
Paresh Rawal. "I hardly understand a word of Hindi, but I
was laughing my head off because the laughter was so contagious",
quips Anup.
2001.08
- Anup co-directs the SDAFF trailer with Sam Chen and editor Charisse
B. Score by David Helpling. Animation by Sam Chen. View
trailer on David's site.
2001.03
- Anup was interviewed along with programming director, Arnold
Marquez on the San Diego radio show, My Gupshup along with director
Anurag Mehta (American
Chai), actor Aalok Mehta (American Chai), and director Tariq
Jalil (24/7, A Galaxy Far Far Away).
2001.01.19
- Anup screened 34 feature-length films in one week. "I felt
like I was back in college running from class to class. The first
one started at 9am and the last one ended around midnight. It
was such a rush!" quips Anup.
2001.01
- Anup joined the 2nd Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival as
a film scout/programmer.
