Cinema with purpose
1 month, 1 week ago

Cinema with purpose

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Indian film, if it can be brought down to an industrial homogeneity, is an entity that often creates its own perils. With the Film Federation of India proverbially shooting itself in the foot by snubbing Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light for the Oscars, Bollywood on the other hand seems to have admitted a quiet death whose primary symptom is characterised by a regurgitation of old films. Film clubs in B’luru, perhaps under the radars of most in the city, have been working with a common ambition to keep cinema alive. It felt that was the right moment.” Nikhil Waiker, founder, Parallel Cinema Club locates the origin of his club to a simple, communal love for cinema, saying, “There was no particular directive when it started back in March ’21. As a club, we explore themes around art, film movements, directors etc, thereby making the curation a complete unit of itself.”

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Cinema With Purpose
1 month, 1 week ago

Cinema With Purpose

New Indian Express  

Indian film, if it can be brought down to an industrial homogeneity, is an entity that often creates its own perils. With the Film Federation of India proverbially shooting itself in the foot by snubbing Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light for the Oscars, Boll, on the other hand, seems to have admitted a quiet death whose primary symptom …

The cinema ecosystem Shyam Benegal created
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3 months ago

The cinema ecosystem Shyam Benegal created

Hindustan Times  

I think many cinema lovers would agree that one of the most memorable scenes of Indian cinema is the small child chucking a stone at the landlord’s window at the end of Ankur, Shyam Benegal’s directorial debut. Shyam Benegal planted a seedling/ankur with his debut of a different storytelling sensibility in Hindi cinema and sustained that spirit in the numerous …

The Show Must Go On: How Cinema Refuses to Fade to Black in India
3 months ago

The Show Must Go On: How Cinema Refuses to Fade to Black in India

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 25, 2024 12:00 IST - 10 MINS READ Indian cinema began contemplating its own mortality exactly four decades ago, prompted into self-reflection by the seismic effects of the television and video revolution across the country. In the very first issue of 1984, Screen, that most respected trade and industry journal for decades, rhetorically asked whether the film …

Hyderabad's film clubs: A haven for cinephiles
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Hyderabad's film clubs: A haven for cinephiles

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Isn’t it fun to find like-minded people in a place where you can share, discuss, and enjoy your favourite films together? We screen successful Hollywood films, award-winning Hindi films directed by renowned directors of the 1940s and 1970s, and other Indian language films with subtitles,” shares Sanghamitra Malik, the current working president. From screening films every Children’s Day on …

Beyond blockbusters: Leveraging international festivals for theatrical success
1 year ago

Beyond blockbusters: Leveraging international festivals for theatrical success

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Amid shifting dynamics in the film industry post-covid, content-driven movies, lacking big budgets or star power, are strategically leveraging international film festivals to bolster their marketing initiatives for theatrical releases in India. In recent weeks, Zee Studios’ Joram, Karan Johar’s Kill, and Aamir Khan-backed Laapata Ladies, among others, have announced theatrical releases after touring the international film festival …

‘Activists need to realise cinema is a powerful tool for social change’
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Activists need to realise cinema is a powerful tool for social change’

The Hindu  

Terming cinema a powerful tool for sensitising people and making them aware of social issues, Ivan D’Silva, film critic and activist, expressed discontentment over social activists not realising the importance of cinema and using it as a tool in a social transformation. Unfortunately, the social activists who work hard for the transformation of society for the better, have not yet …

Finding screen space for Dalit-Bahujan cinema
2 years, 1 month ago

Finding screen space for Dalit-Bahujan cinema

The Hindu  

In 2022, the box-office debacle of big-budget populist Hindi films offers a clue that cinemagoers are rejecting the ‘masala-clad’ mindless cinema and are looking for newness and artistic calibre. It is well known that Hindi mainstream cinema as well as experimental or art-house cinema often cater to the cultural taste and social interest of the middle-class social elites. The rich …

With Big Screens Back in the Valley, Will Kashmir Revive Its Cine-Going Culture?
2 years, 5 months ago

With Big Screens Back in the Valley, Will Kashmir Revive Its Cine-Going Culture?

The Quint  

The Palladium Cinema in Srinagar’s iconic Lal Chowk area was a paradise for cinema enthusiasts. Muhammad Aslam, a 63-year-old retired government officer, who was raised in Srinagar’s downtown area, recalls the time when cinemas were the go-to-places for young Kashmiris seeking recreation. “I walked from my home till Lal Chowk and from there boarded a bus for 25 paise that …

How film societies fostered a culture of art cinema in India
3 years, 5 months ago

How film societies fostered a culture of art cinema in India

Live Mint  

What exactly did the film societies do? Dasgupta’s use of such words as “creative” cinema or “cultured” people indicates that film societies in the early years were fired with a sense of cultural superiority and aimed to create “value- distinctions,” in Pierre Bourdieu’s sense, among different kinds of films. Technology had not made a real impact, and the need had …

Cinema Bandi producer Raj Nidimoru, director Praveen Kandregula on bringing to life Andhra, Telengana's obsession with cinema
3 years, 10 months ago

Cinema Bandi producer Raj Nidimoru, director Praveen Kandregula on bringing to life Andhra, Telengana's obsession with cinema

Firstpost  

In 2018, filmmakers Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, popularly known as Raj & DK, were at Film Bazaar where they were part of a panel - Horror Platter - to talk about the success of films like Stree and Go Goa Gone. It was here that Raj first met director Praveen Kandregula, who pitched him the idea behind Cinema Bandi, …

Hindi Cinema is Capable of Healing and Strengthening Itself, Writes Prasoon Joshi
4 years, 5 months ago

Hindi Cinema is Capable of Healing and Strengthening Itself, Writes Prasoon Joshi

News 18  

Cinema, over the last century, has welded itself into the cultural narrative, achieving an impact that no other singular medium could. Let’s understand more intricately why Cinema related issues have become increasingly polemical. What was forgotten was that cinema and many professional industries that emanate from art could not be judged like other businesses, or balance sheet made chief spokesperson. …

A glimpse into history of Indian cinema through national museum
6 years, 2 months ago

A glimpse into history of Indian cinema through national museum

Live Mint  

Mumbai: The century-old journey of Indian cinema is set to come to life again on Saturday with the inauguration of the country’s first National Museum of Indian Cinema in Mumbai. The museum has been built by NBCC Limited and is housed in an elegant 19th century heritage bungalow, Gulshan Mahal, along with another newly built state-of-the-art NMIC building that has …

House Full: Sociologist Lakshmi Srinivas looks at Indian cinema from the audience's perspective
8 years, 1 month ago

House Full: Sociologist Lakshmi Srinivas looks at Indian cinema from the audience's perspective

Firstpost  

The Indian film fan is a creature of decidedly peculiar habits. For her unique study which spanned over 15 years, Srinivas went to single screen as well as the newer multiplex theatres in Bengaluru and extensively interviewed habitués, fans, theater managers, directors and producers in the South Indian film industry and Bollywood, to offer some delightful sociological insights into what …

Cinema at a time of intolerance
9 years, 4 months ago

Cinema at a time of intolerance

The Hindu  

At times, life resembles a multiple narrative movie: several stories play out independently of each other and are yet united by a thread. They are soon joined by others, including writer-activist Arundhati Roy and directors Kundan Shah and Saeed Mirza, even as actor > Kamal Haasan, while sympathising with the cause, says that nothing can quite be gained by ‘awards …

‘High time for a film society movement’
10 years, 9 months ago

‘High time for a film society movement’

The Hindu  

“I think it is high time that Tamil Nadu has a film society movement, permeating into the B and C centres,” iconic actor and film-maker Kamal Haasan, says. Mr. Haasan, also chairman of FICCI’s Media and Entertainment Committee, says the trade body has taken a “step forward” by facilitating Indian film-makers and businesses in the global market. “What was even …

Cinema with a purpose
27 years, 7 months ago

Cinema with a purpose

The Hindu  

Although India is the largest producer of films in the world, quality films represent a minuscule minority of the films produced. Even in Bombay, the prime seat of commercial Indian cinema, there emerged a kind of cinema that was different from the popular variety, one which had great regional character. Around the same time India also had a kind of …

Evaluating popular cinema
27 years, 7 months ago

Evaluating popular cinema

The Hindu  

SUNIL DUTT says that the idealism of the early post-Independence films is a thing of the past, reflecting the social reality that today the common man is sceptical about ideals like patriotism. Other pioneers were Guru Dutt, who made Pyaasa and Sahib, Bibi aur Gulam; Bimal-da who made Do Bigha Zamin, Sujata, Bandhini and Madhumati; Mehboob Khan, who made Aan, …

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