Articles for Mainstream Film

Interview: Ashim Ahluwalia: ‘In reality, you never know anyone very well’
1 year, 8 months ago

Interview: Ashim Ahluwalia: ‘In reality, you never know anyone very well’

Hindustan Times  

You get the credit as well as the blame for being somewhere between mainstream and arthouse and, sometimes, for being too experimental with your work. I like the film; I think it’s a really unconventional biopic in the sense Arun Gawli is at the centre but you never find out much about him. So I wanted Daddy to be a …

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EXCLUSIVE | Nandita Das: ‘The world shown in Zwigato wasn’t alien to me’
1 year, 10 months ago

EXCLUSIVE | Nandita Das: ‘The world shown in Zwigato wasn’t alien to me’

Firstpost  

In an interview with the director of Zwigato, Nandita Das as to why she felt it was important to tell a story of the working class who seem to have vanished from mainstream cinema. When we look back at Hindi cinema, the working class people did play the main protagonist. In terms of their life, my background was in social …

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Production slowdown, hybrid releases, PR crises: How mainstream Bollywood coped with 'the year from hell'
4 years ago

Production slowdown, hybrid releases, PR crises: How mainstream Bollywood coped with 'the year from hell'

Firstpost  

Trade analysts put the overall loss to the Hindi movie business anywhere between Rs 5000 crores and Rs 9000 crores depending on who one speaks to, but in all of this it’s important to remember those who have been the hardest hit – the daily wage workers, junior artists, and the single screen owners. Covid-related restrictions have meant that theatres …

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'Stinkingly Homophobic': LGBTQ Twitter Wants to Ban 'Laxmii' for Perpetuating Vile Stereotypes
4 years, 2 months ago

'Stinkingly Homophobic': LGBTQ Twitter Wants to Ban 'Laxmii' for Perpetuating Vile Stereotypes

News 18  

Even as the Akshay Kumar, Kiara Avani-starrer Laxmii broke the record as one the most viewed films on Disney Hotstar, the film seems to have left few impressed. Join the twitter storm tomorrow at 4-6PM USE #BanLaxmii https://t.co/TQ1dUYIvwA— Khushveer November 8, 2020 Laxmii encompasses the vile stereotyping that Trans Lives have been subjected to by mainstream media platforms. Bad trans …

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Ranvir Shorey shares experience after fallout with Bhatt family: ‘I was professionally and socially isolated, pressured’
4 years, 5 months ago

Ranvir Shorey shares experience after fallout with Bhatt family: ‘I was professionally and socially isolated, pressured’

Hindustan Times  

Despite noteworthy performances in several films over the years, including Khosla Ka Ghosla, Mithya, Traffic Signal, Titli and Sonchiriya, Ranvir Shorey continues to remain one of the most underrated actors in the film industry. In a candid conversation with Hindustan Times before the release of his next, Lootcase, he opens up about not being approached by ‘big mainstream filmmakers’ despite …

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Is Japanese anime going mainstream?
5 years, 1 month ago

Is Japanese anime going mainstream?

BBC  

Is Japanese anime going mainstream? “My Neighbor Totoro is the greatest film I have ever seen,” says Helen McCarthy, an expert on anime and an editor of the definitive reference book Anime Encyclopedia “That’s my all-time number one.” When the aberrant and influential creative genius Terry Gilliam chose his 50 greatest animated films, he also put My Neighbor Totoro at …

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"We're seeing a creeping rise of autocracy": Rob Reiner sounds the warning on Trump and truth
6 years, 6 months ago

"We're seeing a creeping rise of autocracy": Rob Reiner sounds the warning on Trump and truth

Salon  

If there's one thing Rob Reiner wants you to do, it's to tell the truth. Reiner joined Salon Talks this week for a conversation with Salon editor Andrew O'Hehir about "Shock and Awe," his new film based on the true story of the Knight Ridder journalists who reported that there was no actual evidence Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass …

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