I know how it is to be a musician and what it takes when one is not recognised: lead actor Vanessa Gusmao Gustavo Galvao, Director of the film ‘We Still Have the Deep Black Night’, says that his movie is “a story of passion for music and art; and finding identity through music”. He was …
“My film tells the story of a young protagonist who reaches the verge of suicide, leading to a psychological realization. The protagonist wants more to run away from her life situation, than she wants to commit suicide; but we cannot escape our situation, we need to go through our situation and overcome it, with the …
OTT enables average and small budget films too to gain global viewership “Need more producers with a professional approach to filmmaking” “There was a big opposition when OTT made its initial appearance citing that it will end theatrical releases and shut movie businesses. However, the traditional film industry, theatres and blockbuster movies will continue to …
FILM THEATRE INDUSTRY TO STAY DESPITE OTT AND TV CHANNELS: G P VIJAYAKUMAR AT IFFI51 Read More »
Asia’s oldest and India’s biggest festival, the International Film Festival of India will pay tribute to the great freedom fighter and founder of Azad Hind Fauj Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on the occasion of his 125th birth anniversary on 23rd January, 2021. In Netaji’s honour, the movie ‘Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero’ by …
The Hills We Climb By Vivek Menezes In its 1992 obituary for Satyajit Ray, the New York Times called the great Indian director “a cinematic poet.” It recalled an earlier review by its acclaimed critic Vincent Canby, who noted, “no matter what the particular story, no matter what the social-political circumstances of the characters,” his …
CONSUMING HOPE By Dr. Rachana Patni Watching Trance (2020) had all the highs and the lows one would associate with the ingestion of psychotropic and psychoactive substances. I was drawn to the description of the film because I have been accosted on a few occasions by peddlers of faith. I have found these experiences very …
PICKING UP THE PIECES By Dr. Luis Dias In this birth centenary year of Satyajit Ray (1921-1992), five films from his formidable oeuvre are being screened at the 51st IFFI. Shatranj ke Khiladi (The Chess Players, 1977) is one among them. Set in 1856, on the eve of what the British call the Great Indian …
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