{"id":91874,"date":"2023-11-28T10:01:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T04:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=91874"},"modified":"2023-11-28T10:01:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T04:31:55","slug":"tremendous-honour-to-receive-satyajit-ray-lifetime-achievement-award-global-legend-michael-douglas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=91874","title":{"rendered":"Tremendous honour to receive Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award: Global Legend Michael Douglas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-center\">\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h3><span id=\"ltrSubtitle\"><br \/>\nUnder PM Modi and I &amp; B Minister Anurag Thakur Indian film industry becoming bigger with growing investment: Michael Douglas<\/p>\n<p>Movies share same language and brings us closer together: Douglas<\/p>\n<p>India dear to our heart and welcomed us with open arms: Actress Catherine Zeta Jones<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goa Khabar:<\/strong>India is investing more money into production of movies in the last few years under Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Information &amp; Broadcasting Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, said the legendary Hollywood actor and film producer Michael Douglas in an interaction with media at IFFI 54, Goa today. Michael Douglas will be bestowed with the prestigious Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the closing ceremony of 54<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0IFFI tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>The iconic actor further said that this is the best time for Indian cinema industry, and the representation of more than 78 foreign countries in IFFI 54 is the reflection of its strength. \u201cIndian films are renowned all around the world and are travelling more and more to various corners of the world. Streaming platforms are playing an important part in this growth\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/27-4-15HLJ.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the role of movies in uniting the world, Douglas said that movies share same language and brings us closer together. \u201cThe audience from all around the world can understand what is going on in movies. Movies create this international connection. This is the magic, beauty and joy of this industry and that\u2019s why I love this business very much,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing his joy on being awarded the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award, the two time Academy award winner said that it is a tremendous honour to receive this prestigious award. In a recollection of his college days, he candidly shared that he had studied the works of Satyajit Ray like\u00a0<em>Pather Panchali<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Charulata\u00a0<\/em>in his film course and getting an award named after him is special. \u201cRay\u2019s pictures were so interesting and they portrayed reality. The greatness of Ray is that he was not only a director, but also a writer, film editor, musician, all at the same time,\u201d he reminisced.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/27-4-2VUF3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Praising Indian film<em>\u00a0RRR\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0success in Oscars, Michael Douglas said that it is a spectacular achievement for India and it will boost confidence and encourage industry to craft many more such big films.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1729100911941914870&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fpib.gov.in%2FPressReleasePage.aspx%3FPRID%3D1980209&amp;sessionId=916aecf98c1dee2cae9b4d7bde0b97bc85caa9c2&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=01917f4d1d4cb%3A1696883169554&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1729100911941914870\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about his father\u00a0<strong>Kirk Douglas, acclaimed American actor and filmmaker<\/strong>, the five time Golden Globe Award winner said that stepping out of his father\u2019s shadow took a very long time. \u00a0\u201cDuring earlier part of my career, I was playing softer kind of roles. People used to compare me with my father. Winning Academy award nomination for the movie\u00a0<em>Wall Street<\/em>\u00a0was a tremendous moment. It was a validation received from my peers\u201d, he candidly shared.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/27-4-3QF18.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reinforcing his liking for content than budget, Michael Douglas clarified that while selecting a film, material is the most important thing for him.\u201d I will prefer something that emotionally moves me. I would rather play a small part in a good movie than a big part in a bad movie\u201d, he said.\u00a0 On his plans of venturing in Indian film, Douglas remarked that Producer Shailendra Singh is working on an outline of the script in which he is interested.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Douglas\u2019s wife and the multi-award winning actress Catherine Zeta Jones who also joined the media interaction said that India is very dear to her heart and family. Sharing a personal connection with India, Catherine shared a story of an Indian doctor saving her life when she was 18 months old.<\/p>\n<p>The BAFTA Award winning actress also revealed her love for Indian films and expressed her interest to be part of Bollywood films. Talking about Indian movies, \u201c<em>The Lunchbox\u00a0<\/em>is one of my favourite Indian movie. I watched it twice back to back. The film really touched me\u201d. \u00a0She also shared her liking for the Bollywood movie\u00a0<em>Om Shanti Om\u00a0<\/em>which she has watched many time with her family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>The National Award winning producer and founder of Percept Ltd., Shailendra Singh was also present on the occasion. He remarked that \u201clife is incomplete without cinema,\u201d reflecting on his long journey of 25 years in the film business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the Press conference, visit:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"54th IFFI : Press Conference by Michael Douglas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UUZcFm8pbAo\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under PM Modi and I &amp; B Minister Anurag Thakur Indian film industry becoming bigger with growing investment: Michael Douglas Movies share same language and brings us closer together: Douglas India dear to our heart and welcomed us with open arms: Actress Catherine Zeta Jones &nbsp; &nbsp; Goa Khabar:India is investing more money into production [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":91875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,6],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-91874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-155","category-6","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91876,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91874\/revisions\/91876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}