Exclusive Interview with IFFM Festival Director Mitu Bhowmick Lange
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'The Man-Oj Show' brought to you by WhatsUpAus. Host Manoj Sukhrani does an exclusive interview with Festival Director of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne & Founder/Director of Mind-Blowing films 'Mitu Bhomwick Lange. Mind Blowing Films a film production and distribution company that specialises in the distribution of Indian films in Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. It also provides local production support to Indian films shot in Australia and New Zealand. IFFM is one of the biggest and most successful Indian film festivals held outside of India. She also produced Spice Girls of India, which was screened at the London Feminist Film Festival. 1:05 - How is Mitu spending her time in COVID? 1:34 - How did she make it and her journey? 5:03- How she got married to the son of former Prime Minister of New Zealand (1980's) 6:40 - What and who motivated her to start mind-blowing films? 8:02 - Top 3 tips from Mitu to all young entrepreneurs 9:15 - Her process on how to deal with issues 11:05 -Darkest fears in her career so far 13:10 - On Women empowerment 14:30- Journey & learnings as being the Festival Director of IFFM 17:57 - On Sushant Singh Rajput & his trip to Melbourne 21:00 - How to understand people when you have made it 22:10 - Three things entrepreneurs shouldn't do 25:10 - Mindset change and the shift for her 26:30 - How does she face criticism 27:50 - Government grant for IFFM 31:00 - Short film productions in Melbourne 32:04 COVID's impact on cinema business