South filmmakers make a beeline for Bollywood

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">mumbai: filmmakers from the south have long dabbled in hindi cinema. especially because the medium has a wider audience than the regional language they start with. revathi''s directorial debut <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">mitr – my friend</span> is quite inspiring, and the hyderabad-based mani shankar''s debut hindi feature film titled <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">16 december</span> promises as much.the latter has already proved his worth by making more than 400 short films in the past. milind soman and dipannita sharma, and also has danny denzongpa, gulshan grover, sushant singh and aditi govitrikar. <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">16 december</span> refers to the day bangladesh was created and the film itself begins with the two generals signing the accord of the new country''s independence. </div> </div>