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DAR Motion Pictures to have Yash Raj Films distribute “D-Day” overseas
MUMBAI: DAR Motion Pictures has announced that their upcoming film “D-Day” would be distributed internationally by Yash Raj Films.
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DAR Motion Pictures has long-term creative and business partnerships with Anurag Kashyap Films and phantom. Having previously made India‘s first stereoscopic film Haunted 3D, we have progressed to be a proud part of the cannes film festival‘s award winning film ‘The Lunchbox‘ directed by Ritesh Batra , as well as ‘Ugly‘ directed by Kashyap. Having teamed up with some of the best in the business and distributing some landmark films like ‘The Dark Knight Rises‘ and ‘Fast and Furious 6‘ through its distribution network, DAR continues to strive towards content driven cinema. This time they have chosen to team up with Yash Raj Films to distribute their latest and much awaited production D-Day overseas.
D-Day releases in theatres worldwide on 19 July 2013. It is directed by Nikhil Advani.
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Commenting on the collaboration DAR Media director Vivek Rangachari says, “We are extremely excited about the collaboration between DAR and Yash Raj for this film. D-Day is probably one of the most daring films made recently in Indian cinema. We hope that the additional efforts from Yash Raj overseas will only augment the success of the film.”
DAR head of distribution Murli Chattwani, at says, “D-Day is a film worth a collaborative effort between DAR and Yash Raj Films. It is a film that every Indian must watch and we hope to receive a tremendous response from the audiences worldwide for this film.”
YRF international operations VP Avtar Panesar says, “We at YRF have tremendous respect for DAR Media and their endeavours to produce content that truly stands out and we feel that D-Day is yet another step in that direction. We are delighted to be entrusted with this project and are confident of its appeal to all sections of the audiences.”
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Remembering Gyan Sahay, the lens behind film, television and advertising
From a puppet rabbit selling poppadums to Hindi cinema, he framed it all.
MUMBAI: There are careers, and then there are canvases. Gyan Sahay, the veteran cinematographer, director, and producer who passed away on 10 March 2026 in Mumbai, had one of the latter. Over several decades in the Indian film and television industry, he turned lenses, lights, and the occasional puppet rabbit into something approaching art.
A graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, Sahay built his reputation as a director of photography across a career that stretched from the early 1970s all the way to the digital age. He was the kind of craftsman who understood that a well-composed shot is not merely a technical achievement but a quiet act of storytelling.
For most Indians of a certain age, however, Sahay will forever be the man behind the rabbit. His direction of the iconic long-running television commercial for Lijjat Papad, featuring its now-legendary puppet bunny, gave the country one of its most cheerfully persistent advertising images. It was the sort of work that sneaks into the national subconscious and takes up permanent residence.
His big-screen credits as cinematographer include Anokhi Pehchan (1972), Pagli (1974), Pas de Deux (1981), and Hum Farishte Nahin (1988). In 1999, he stepped behind a different kind of camera altogether, making his directorial debut with Sar Ankhon Par, a drama that featured Vikas Bhalla and Shruti Ulfat, with a cameo by Shah Rukh Khan for good measure.
On television, Sahay was particularly prized for his command of multi-camera production setups, a skill that made him a go-to technician for large-scale shows and reality programmes. In an industry that has never been especially patient with complexity, he was the calm hand on the rig.
In later life, Sahay turned teacher. He participated regularly in masterclasses and Digi-Talks, often hosted by organisations such as Bharatiya Chitra Sadhna, sharing hard-won wisdom on cinematography, the comedy of timing in a shot, and the sweeping changes brought by the shift from celluloid to digital. He was also said to have been involved in a project concerning a biographical film on Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy.
Tributes from the film industry poured in following the news of his passing, with colleagues remembering him as a senior cameraman who served as a rare bridge between two entirely different eras of Indian cinema. That is, perhaps, the finest thing one can say of any craftsman: he kept up, and he brought others along with him.
