IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE..20!

Maggie Cheung & Tony Leung in an iconic scene of 

Hong Kong's film 'In the mood for love' (2000).

Twenty years ago Hong Kong's romantic film 'In the mood for love' (2000) was premiered at 'Cannes Film Festival'. On this occasion remembered I interviewed its beautiful star Maggie Cheung in our 'International Film - Festival of India' (IFFI) before that!

In this..I am with Hong Kong's famous pretty actress..

Maggie Cheung in our 'IFFI', 1997 at Trivandrum!

Few years back, its renowned - Chinese filmmaker Wong Kar-wai was felicitated in our 'IFFI', at.. Goa! He himself wrote story of this film (original 'Flowery Years'). It's about rising romantic feelings between two neighbors, man & woman whose spouses have an affair together! Hong Kong - cinema's famous actor-singer Tony Leung and star actress.. Maggie Cheung did these roles with intense sensitivity!

Producer & director Wong Kar-wai is known for his nonliner narratives in which includes.. filming in bold saturated colours and atmosperic music! According to that Art Director Lim Chung Man & Cinematographers Christopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping Bin worked accurately for this film. With them production Designer and Editor William Chang contributed perfectly. And Music directors Michael Galasso & Shigeru Umebayashi made romantic tunes for it!

Tony Leungon & Maggie Cheung in romantic

scene of film 'In the mood for love' (2000).

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'In the mood for love' film got - huge international recognition. Also won 'Hong Kong Film - Awards' for director & artists 

and 'Cannes Film Festival's for technical & actor!

Tribute to this, one of the greatest contemporary films of Asia!!

 

- Manoj Kulkarni