Explained: How Chinese colleges being given a leave to find love reflects cinema's most treasured genre
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained: How Chinese colleges being given a leave to find love reflects cinema's most treasured genre

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China, according to a report, has seen a sharp decline in its population. Over nine colleges in the country are being given a seven-day leave from April 1-7 so the students can discover love, but love that also transcends physical and sexual intimacy. This will not only broaden students’ horizons and cultivate their sentiments but also enrich and deepen the teaching content in the classroom.” Cinema and Love Our love for cinema could also stem from cinema’s love for love. Take the love stories of Hindi Cinema, take Imtiaz Ali’s Tamasha for instance, where two people meet and fall in love despite the condition of anonymity. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara China has made a sensational attempt to let the students discover and rediscover who they are and how they can fall in love.

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How Junaid Khan and Khushi Kapoor's 'Loveyapa' is a fresh take on modern romance
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How Junaid Khan and Khushi Kapoor's 'Loveyapa' is a fresh take on modern romance

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In an age dominated by high-octane action and complex thrillers, Loveyapa, starring Junaid Khan and Khushi Kapoor, is set to rekindle the charm of romantic films in theaters. In a world where dating apps and fleeting encounters define modern romance, Loveyapa seeks to explore the deeper, often overlooked aspects of love—commitment, vulnerability, and growth. Junaid Khan and Khushi Kapoor’s casting …

Why is Tamil cinema so reluctant to explore varied shades of romance?
1 year, 5 months ago

Why is Tamil cinema so reluctant to explore varied shades of romance?

The Hindu  

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Love and progressiveness: Are Bollywood romances losing their verve?
1 year, 7 months ago

Love and progressiveness: Are Bollywood romances losing their verve?

The Hindu  

Some of the releases in recent weeks suggest that mainstream Bollywood is in a self-reflective mood. It is reflected in Rajshri Productions’ Uunchai in 2022, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment’s Satyaprem Ki Katha and Bawaal and Dharma Production’s JugJugg Jeeyo and Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani. The romantic build-up in the movie RARKPK, between a Punjabi ‘heartthrob’ and a journalist from …

‘Modern Love: Chennai’ review: Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s anthology is a phenomenal assortment of captivating love stories
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Modern Love: Chennai’ review: Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s anthology is a phenomenal assortment of captivating love stories

The Hindu  

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Love Story Telugu movie review
3 years, 5 months ago

Love Story Telugu movie review

Deccan Chronicle  

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For the love of movie-making
3 years, 6 months ago

For the love of movie-making

Deccan Chronicle  

Indian cinema and artistes have been breaking new ground, standing tall on their talents internationally. Now, Sunitha’s next, an English language international film Arrangements of Love, is selected in the International Financing Forum at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival 2021. “The sole source of entertainment was movie theatres back then, and I’ve a complete movie buff, so when my …

On Valentine's Day, revisiting ten 'love' moments in Hindi films, from The Namesake to Laal Kaptaan
4 years, 1 month ago

On Valentine's Day, revisiting ten 'love' moments in Hindi films, from The Namesake to Laal Kaptaan

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It’s that day when Yash Chopra told us we would meet our ‘soul mates’. Lootera - Intermission match-cut There should be little doubt in anyone’s mind that Vikramaditya Motwane’s Lootera is one of the most confidently mounted Hindi love stories in the last 20 years. So it’s hardly surprising that while many have often spoken about the film’s cult heartbreak …

Chhichhore: How Bollywood campus dramas have explored concepts of identity and self discovery
5 years, 6 months ago

Chhichhore: How Bollywood campus dramas have explored concepts of identity and self discovery

Firstpost  

Before Chhichhore releases on Friday, a look at how Bollywood campus dramas have focused on their underdog protagonists’ journey to glory, besides being narratives about first love and heartbreaks. Seven friends meet in college, become thick friends, lose touch and are united decades later after a tragedy strikes — this is the subject of Dangal helmer Nitesh Tiwari’s upcoming campus …

The big screen effect: How Bollywood’s influencing love, sex and relationships
9 years, 7 months ago

The big screen effect: How Bollywood’s influencing love, sex and relationships

Firstpost  

One of the major mainstays of cinema around the world, and probably even more so in Bollywood, is romance. [big-image title=“Shutterstock” src=“https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Bollywood.jpg" > Seeking the Bollywood love story It’s precisely because almost every film, irrespective of genre, has a romantic angle that popular cinema’s engagement with sex and sexuality is an important subject. However, it is gradually rectified with experience.” …

Anatomy of romance
10 years, 7 months ago

Anatomy of romance

The Hindu  

ROMANCE is a key ingredient of popular Hindi cinema, but its social implications have rarely been studied. In Hindi cinema we are aware of films in which a “romance” also takes place after the marriage when other tensions are resolved as in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Since “adulthood” is not an acknowledged state for the individual, stories cannot revolve …

An ugly and unidirectional love
11 years, 6 months ago

An ugly and unidirectional love

Hindustan Times  

An attack on a woman student and the suicide of a ‘spurned’ boyfriend a while ago shocked the campus community at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. Many new entrants to the university system, who come from a very wide variety of socio-economic backgrounds, envy and fear the economic and social independence of women, themselves often from Dalit and OBC …

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