As ‘invisible women’ debate rages at home, Kani & Divya sparkle at Cannes
10 months ago

As ‘invisible women’ debate rages at home, Kani & Divya sparkle at Cannes

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: While film enthusiasts, filmmakers and netizens were discussing the lack of representation of women in recent blockbuster Malayalam films, two women actors from Kerala were hogging the limelight at the Cannes Film Festival. It is the first Indian film to compete for ‘Palme d’Or’ Award at the Cannes Film Festival after 30 years The absence of women in prominent roles in recent Mollywood films including Manjummel Boys, Aavesham, Aadu Jeevitham and Bramayugam -- all of which did well at the box office -- had not gone unnoticed by the critics. The presence of Kani and Divya at Cannes also indicates that we need to encourage more women to be part of the industry and more filmmakers to film them,” he said. Yet the industry has witnessed the success of some female-oriented films, including Padmarajan’s 'Deshadanakili Karayarilla', Aashiq Abu’s '22 Female Kottayam', Parvathy Thiruvoth-starrer 'Uyare', Urvashi-Meera Jasmine combo’s 'Achuvinte Amma' etc.

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Hindustan Times  

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Firstpost  

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The Hindu  

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New Indian Express  

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The Hindu  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Live Mint  

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India Today  

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The Hindu  

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News 18  

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Hindustan Times  

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7 months ago

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The Hindu  

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New Indian Express  

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Firstpost  

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Firstpost  

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Priyanka Chopra feels it's collective failure when female-led films don't do well; recalls advice against doing Fashion

Hindustan Times  

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Women hold only 13% of senior roles in media and entertainment industry: report

Live Mint  

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Kannada cinema’s content crisis

The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Firstpost  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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3 years ago

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Firstpost  

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India TV News  

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3 years, 2 months ago

Women characters of K-drama resonate big-time with audiences in India

The Hindu  

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3 years, 3 months ago

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Firstpost  

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3 years, 4 months ago

‘Film-making is passion and hard work without any expectation’: Why women matter in films

The Hindu  

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3 years, 6 months ago

Genelia Deshmukh on how women's roles have changed over the years in cinema

India TV News  

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3 years, 11 months ago

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award – No Women, Please!

The Quint  

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3 years, 11 months ago

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News 18  

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4 years ago

Narayani Shastri Says Films Are 'Male-Oriented': They're All About Aamir, Akshay, Salman

News 18  

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5 years, 3 months ago

Decoding the decade’s top 10 trends in Tamil cinema

The Hindu  

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Katrina Kaif: ‘If most of our female films are small ideas, how can the opening be compared to the Dhoom 3’s of the world’
5 years, 3 months ago

Katrina Kaif: ‘If most of our female films are small ideas, how can the opening be compared to the Dhoom 3’s of the world’

Hindustan Times  

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5 years, 6 months ago

Kerala-based WCC launches PK Rosy Film Society to celebrate women filmmakers, feminist cinema aesthetics

Firstpost  

The WCC said in a statement that the society has been created in the name of PK Rosy in order to take note of those who have been excluded from dominant cinema and have been brought to light by many a scholar, historian and activist. Kerala’s Women in Cinema Collective is set to launch a film society named after PK …

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5 years, 10 months ago

O Womaniya': Bollywood films double up woman power

The Quint  

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Bollywood hails women power!
5 years, 11 months ago

Bollywood hails women power!

Hindustan Times  

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6 years ago

Where are the women in Indian theatre?

Live Mint  

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International Women’s Day 2019: Dynamic female filmmakers in Bollywood you should vouch for
6 years ago

International Women’s Day 2019: Dynamic female filmmakers in Bollywood you should vouch for

India TV News  

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Women need to have more representation in films: Sonam Kapoor
6 years, 1 month ago

Women need to have more representation in films: Sonam Kapoor

India TV News  

From "Neerja" to "Padman" to her latest "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga" Sonam Kapoor has made some unconventional choices in her career and the actor says her aim is to support stories which have strong women representation. "Veere Di Wedding" revolved around four contemporary Indian women and with "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga" she became the …

Women in Cinema Collective: A group supporting a colleague is growing into a professional women’s body in Kerala’s film industry
6 years, 4 months ago

Women in Cinema Collective: A group supporting a colleague is growing into a professional women’s body in Kerala’s film industry

The Hindu  

They have spent much of their adult lives in the spotlight. And, like film editor Bina Paul says, “WCC is a celebration of women in cinema, not a lynch mob,” as some men see it. WCC members then met with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who then appointed the Justice Hema Commission to study the issues faced by women in the …

Why are women directors ‘excluded’ from cinema history?
6 years, 5 months ago

Why are women directors ‘excluded’ from cinema history?

BBC  

Why are women directors ‘excluded’ from cinema history? “Film studies have always focused on men because men have controlled most aspects of film, ever since it became a profitable business in the US, back in the early days of cinema.” Alamy Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels is one of just four films directed by a woman …

Namrata Joshi finds everything in Cannes screaming gender this year
6 years, 10 months ago

Namrata Joshi finds everything in Cannes screaming gender this year

The Hindu  

The lasting image of Cannes 2018 will be that of 82 women standing hand in hand on the red carpet on May 12 in a silent protest against gender disparity. Despite the “female majority” jury and the seeming balance of power, Cannes couldn’t shrug off the fact that of the 21 in the main competition this year only three films …

Velaikkaran, Iru Mugan and SK13: Male actors get more screen time, and all the attention in film posters
6 years, 10 months ago

Velaikkaran, Iru Mugan and SK13: Male actors get more screen time, and all the attention in film posters

Firstpost  

Forget about pay disparity or screen time in Indian films, women are not even given importance in film posters. I would like for things to change — when we happily play supporting roles, why can’t heroes do the same once in a while?” Forget about pay disparity or screen time. If that’s the case, my dear friends, what do you …

Does Bollywood have a women problem?
7 years ago

Does Bollywood have a women problem?

Al Jazeera  

Critics say depictions of women in Indian cinema normalise misogynistic ideas and sexual harassment. Condemning the seemingly lax treatment of rape in the movie, the Indian film critic Anna MM Vetticad wrote: “A more troublesome superfluous moment comes during the song-and-dance accompanying the closing credits, during which Huma Qureshi throws come-hither looks at Dhawan, which is jarring since Raghu had …

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