Bollywood votes: Cinema in the shadow of elections
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Bollywood votes: Cinema in the shadow of elections

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come, except when everyone has the same idea. Aditya Suhas Jambhale’s film is about the abrogation of the erstwhile Article of the Constitution that allowed for “special status" for Jammu and Kashmir. At a rally in Sangareddy in Telangana on 5 March, the Prime Minister referenced the film and suggested abrogation and the Ram temple as twin examples of the “Modi guarantee". War and spy films also play on the threat of incursion, but show an India that isn’t “afraid to use force". At a rally in Ballari ahead of the Karnataka state election in May last year, the Prime Minister said the film had “exposed terrorist conspiracies taking place in the beautiful state of Kerala" and that “the Congress is striking backdoor political deals with people with terrorist tendencies".

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IFFI 2024: A Celebration of Cinematic Icons Raj Kapoor, ANR, Mohammed Rafi and Tapan Sinha
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IFFI 2024: A Celebration of Cinematic Icons Raj Kapoor, ANR, Mohammed Rafi and Tapan Sinha

ABP News  

The 55th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will pay tribute to iconic actors Raj Kapoor, ANR, Mohammed Rafi and Tapan Sinha with a special ceremony. The festival will feature restored versions of their classic films, along with a variety of events and activities to celebrate their contributions to Indian cinema.

Blending Global and Indian Influences: A Visionary's Journey
2 months, 1 week ago

Blending Global and Indian Influences: A Visionary's Journey

Deccan Chronicle  

Sharan Sharma, a visionary filmmaker, blends global and Indian influences into his storytelling. Born in Los Angeles and raised in India, he draws inspiration from both cultures. His films, such as Gunjan Saxena and Mr. and Mrs. Mahi, have received critical acclaim and have made a significant impact on the Indian film industry. Sharma is known for his sincerity and …

Bollywood votes: Cinema in the shadow of elections
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Bollywood votes: Cinema in the shadow of elections

Live Mint  

Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come, except when everyone has the same idea. “It’ll enter your home, and it’ll kill you too.” Earlier this week, the BJP dropped a minute-long, military-themed video featuring the Prime Minister that begins with “This is new Bharat.” A lean, focused alternative to the maximalist action favoured by star vehicles, …

Government-friendly films are on the rise ahead of the 2024 Indian general elections
9 months, 1 week ago

Government-friendly films are on the rise ahead of the 2024 Indian general elections

The Hindu  

A few days before the release of Swatantra Veer Savarkar on March 22, actor-director Randeep Hooda courted controversy, stating, “If Savarkar had his way, our country would have become independent 35 years earlier. Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson Tushar Gandhi tells the Magazine, “It is a classic case of fictionalisation of history.” Noted historian Aditya Mukherjee chips in, “Savarkar is the fountainhead …

Political films lose steam at the box office
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Political films lose steam at the box office

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : Movie makers who hoped to ride the sentiments that propelled The Kashmir Files and The Kerala Story to success have had a rude awakening. A bunch of films heavy on political messaging released ahead of the general election have failed at the box office, including Bastar-The Naxal Story, The Vaccine War, Swatantrya Veer Savarkar, and Main Atal …

As India’s election nears, some Bollywood films promote Modi politics by embracing Hindu nationalism
9 months, 2 weeks ago

As India’s election nears, some Bollywood films promote Modi politics by embracing Hindu nationalism

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — The movie trailer begins with an outline of the iconic glasses worn by Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped India win independence from the British colonialists in 1947. “The Kerala Story,” the ninth-highest grossing Hindi film of 2023, was widely panned for inaccuracies in depicting Christian and Hindu girls from India’s southern Kerala state who were lured …

Bollywood ‘takeover’: Pro-Modi films swamp Indian voters ahead of election
10 months ago

Bollywood ‘takeover’: Pro-Modi films swamp Indian voters ahead of election

Al Jazeera  

At least 10 releases before the election amplify Modi’s political agenda and vilify critics and opponents – sparing not even Mahatma Gandhi. At least 10 such films have either been released recently or are poised to hit theatres and television in this election season “This is part of a larger attempt to ‘take over’ the Hindi film industry, just as …

2023 in Cinema | Trisha Gupta writes: Cinema and OTT showed signs of mature storytelling, but did audiences give it a go?
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2023 in Cinema | Trisha Gupta writes: Cinema and OTT showed signs of mature storytelling, but did audiences give it a go?

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 28, 2023 12:00 IST - 16 MINS READ A recent report in The Washington Post garnered attention by detailing politically “daring” projects commissioned and then shelved by OTT platforms in India over the last three years. “The idea that “development’’ in India increasingly poses a threat to the lives and health of people has finally begun to …

Characters from epics, films take centre stage in MP poll campaign
1 year, 1 month ago

Characters from epics, films take centre stage in MP poll campaign

The Hindu  

Amid the high-voltage campaign for Madhya Pradesh Assembly election, leaders across party lines referred to various popular characters from Bollywood movies and the epics Ramayan and Mahabharat while trying to woo voters. After a controversy between former Chief Ministers Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh over distribution of Congress tickets, party general secretary in-charge of MP Randeep Surjewala sought to downplay …

The best and worst of Bollywood in 2022: How Hindi cinema fared post the pandemic
2 years ago

The best and worst of Bollywood in 2022: How Hindi cinema fared post the pandemic

The Hindu  

Towards the end of 2021, when one reached Delite Diamond — a single-screen theatre at the cusp of Old Delhi — to watch the press show of Ranveer Singh’s much-awaited 83, a flummoxed usher asked the critics to wait because the previous show was houseful. He says the producers felt reducing the ticket price of a film headlined by a …

Lights, camera, right turn
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Lights, camera, right turn

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 22, 2022 10:40 IST It has been a journey 30 years in the making, one that began with the first pan-Indian hit from south India—Roja, around the time the BJP’s Ram mandir movement was reaching a crescendo. The film, with its black-and-white take on patriotism and nationalism, was the precursor to the wave of Hindi films that …

Bollywood cannot change: We must look for alternatives
2 years, 4 months ago

Bollywood cannot change: We must look for alternatives

Firstpost  

Amid a spate of box office disasters, the Hindi film industry is looking for answers while not even entertainment beat journalists are telling them where they are going wrong. While in the era of Mirza Asadullah Khan ‘Ghalib’, _ghazal_s and _nazm_s mocked Islamic and Hindu beliefs in equal measure, the metaphors preferred by poet-lyricists of Bollywood were heavy on ‘but’ …

Mahatma Gandhi web series: Hansal Mehta to direct Pratik Gandhi in new show dedicated to Bapu's life
2 years, 5 months ago

Mahatma Gandhi web series: Hansal Mehta to direct Pratik Gandhi in new show dedicated to Bapu's life

India TV News  

Mahatama Gandhi Web Series: Hansal Mehta is coming up with a monumental biopic on the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. With Pratik Gandhi headlining the multi-season series, Applause Entertainment announces Hansal Mehta as the director and show runner of the upcoming project. Filmmaker Hansal Mehta said, “When you speak of a historic and iconic figure like Mahatma Gandhi, there …

Tandav review: Amazon Prime Video's campy, poorly-researched political series misses the mark – Firstpost
3 years, 11 months ago

Tandav review: Amazon Prime Video's campy, poorly-researched political series misses the mark – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Tandav prefers to dumb down its plot assuming Indian audiences need to be spoon-fed Indian politics. In fact, in one scene in Amazon Prime Video’s latest “political” “thriller” series Tandav, Samar Prathap Singh, the son of the late Prime Minister of India Devki Nandan, asks Gurpal outright how he sleeps at night. Saif Ali Khan in Tandav teaser | YouTube …

Watch: Saif Ali Khan plays an ambitious politician in teaser of Tandav, Ali Abbas Zafar's Amazon Prime Video show
4 years ago

Watch: Saif Ali Khan plays an ambitious politician in teaser of Tandav, Ali Abbas Zafar's Amazon Prime Video show

Firstpost  

Tandav, starring Saif Ali Khan in the lead, will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on 15 January. Amazon Prime Video dropped a teaser trailer of its upcoming political drama series Tandav, starring Saif Ali Khan, on 17 December. Watch the teaser here Tandav has been created by Ali Abbas Zafar, the filmmaker behind Sultan, Tiger Zinda Hai, and Bharat. I’m …

Karan Johar, Siddharth Roy Kapur part of IFFI steering committee
5 years, 5 months ago

Karan Johar, Siddharth Roy Kapur part of IFFI steering committee

India TV News  

Filmmaker Karan Johar and producer Siddharth Roy Kapoor will be part of the steering committee of the 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India, said Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday. "For the steering committee, Karan Johar, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Feroz Abbas Khan, Subhash Ghai have already confirmed their names. "We will also have a …

PM Narendra Modi movie review: A film that deifies a political leader
5 years, 7 months ago

PM Narendra Modi movie review: A film that deifies a political leader

Deccan Chronicle  

Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Manoj Joshi, Zarina Wahab Director: Omung Kumar Despite technical gloss and great production values, it is often the timing of a film’s release that could decide the fate of a film. With the NDA sweeping India in the Lok Sabha elections in 2019, one man who has become the most powerful man in India is Prime Minister …

‘PM Narendra Modi’ movie review: An obsequious love letter
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‘PM Narendra Modi’ movie review: An obsequious love letter

The Hindu  

Omung Kumar’s PM Narendra Modi is tailored for an election campaign but works equally well as chest-thumping now that the BJP has regained power. There’s so much ironic humour with ludicrous lines like “ Aapka kaam bahar aana chahiye, peth nahi ” and “ Abh tak hamare gaon main, paani sirf aurto ki aank se aata tha ”. PM Narendra …

General Elections 2019: Can Bollywood Influence the Voters?
5 years, 10 months ago

General Elections 2019: Can Bollywood Influence the Voters?

The Quint  

The youth being at an impressionable inflexion point in their lives are more prone to respond to a call for action than their jaded and cynical older counterparts. As was witnessed in the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, support form youth and first time voters becomes crucial to ensure that the numbers stack up in your favour in the House. …

Lights, Camera, Votebank!
5 years, 11 months ago

Lights, Camera, Votebank!

Firstpost  

Mainstream cinema finds a new formula in the run-up to Lok Sabha polls 2019, as films about politics and politicians keep the box-office busy “How’s the josh?” Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted a packed auditorium of Bollywood celebrities while inaugurating the National Museum of Indian Cinema in Mumbai last week. The content of Uri, as well as the prime minister’s …

Prakash Jha on The Accidental Prime Minister and Uri: Propaganda films can work if the story works
5 years, 11 months ago

Prakash Jha on The Accidental Prime Minister and Uri: Propaganda films can work if the story works

India Today  

The Accidental Prime Minister and Uri - The Surgical Strike, which have begun Bollywood's 2019 calendar, have been branded as propaganda films by a cross-section of people. Filmmaker Prakash Jha, who has dabbled in politics himself, says propaganda films can work only if the story strikes a chord with the audience. Prakash Jha, who has made films like Gangaajal, Apaharan, …

What this season of political biopics tells us: These films must exist, as should the right to dissent against their intent
6 years ago

What this season of political biopics tells us: These films must exist, as should the right to dissent against their intent

Firstpost  

The meaning of this new crop of political films releasing before our elections cannot be cleaved from our current political environment. While the film builds a critique of the project, it “They don’t believe it is real.” It is my film certification agent, calling after the screening at the Board’s Office in Mumbai. Given that the Certification Board wantonly extends …

Akshaye Khanna on The Accidental Prime Minister: Being the largest democracy, we must make political films
6 years ago

Akshaye Khanna on The Accidental Prime Minister: Being the largest democracy, we must make political films

Firstpost  

Akshaye Khanna doesn’t conform to norms. Now, he wonders what the fuss is all about regarding his forthcoming film The Accidental Prime Minister when he has already done a film on the “biggest politician” of the country, Mahatma Gandhi. While veteran actor Anupam Kher plays Dr Manmohan Singh, Akshaye essays Sanjaya Baru, who worked as a media adviser of the …

The race for PM office isn’t a done deal yet, writes Rajdeep Sardesai - Hindustan Times
6 years ago

The race for PM office isn’t a done deal yet, writes Rajdeep Sardesai - Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times  

As the temperatures sharply dip in Delhi, the political heat is rising. First time voters -show their inked fingers after casting their vote at a polling booth, Jaipur, Rajasthan, December 7, 2018 The Modi-Amit Shah Plan A: A repeat of 2014 when the BJP won 282 seats on its own seems near impossible after the three Hindi heartland assembly defeats …

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