film makers

Rise of India’s ‘nasty audience’: Don’t just blame filmmakers for regressive cinema

July 05, 2023 11:57 am

If bad filmmaking is rewarded and progressive and complex ideas are punished, there are bound to be serious consequences for both the commercial viability of cinema as an industry and the health of the larger culture in which cinema occupies an outsized space.

‘Kaali’ poster row: SC protects filmmaker Leena Manimekalai from coercive action in connection with FIRs

January 20, 2023 1:48 pm

The next hearing has been scheduled on February 17

Filmmaker Avinash Das arrested, police say he has a history of putting up fake posts

July 21, 2022 7:42 am

The Ahmedabad Police’s Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) had registered an FIR against Das on May 13 for allegedly sharing the photo of Shah that was reportedly taken during a public event in Ranchi in 2017.

Pride Month: 'Usually, caste discourse is not tolerated in queer spaces'

June 19, 2022 9:16 am

Writer-director Nishant Roy Bombarde on why he likes to delve into the lives of people on the fringes of society and the risks taken by indie filmmakers to tell queer stories

When, in India, Bhutan’s first Oscar-nominated director decided to become a storyteller

March 26, 2022 1:33 pm

Pawo Choyning Dorji, the India-born Bhutanese filmmaker whose directorial debut 'Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom' is Bhutan’s first ever Oscar nomination, on India’s role in his life, making a film against all odds and the responsibility of a filmmaker

Ordinary men are the best narrators of the idea of India

January 29, 2022 2:45 pm

Watching the Beating Retreat and Republic Day inspired filmmaker Bharat Bala to tell the story of India. Continuing with his Virtual Bharat series, what he calls an online museum of ordinary lives and their extraordinary spirit, he shares pandemic experiences with Rinku Ghosh

Where it All Started

November 24, 2019 7:49 am

How subsidised public education made it possible for two debutant indie filmmakers to follow their passion and produce award-winning films.

The year's best Indian films go beyond Hindi cinema

August 18, 2019 7:31 am

In recent times, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Assamese cinema have surpassed Hindi films in storytelling and craft.

What Filmmakers Actually Want

November 30, 2014 11:07 am

This year, big Bollywood names flocked to the NFDC-run Film Bazaar looking for the right project.

Film-makers to play cameos in Shamitabh

August 29, 2014 1:00 am

Anurag Basu, Boney Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Gauri Shinde, Javed Akhtar, Karan Johar, Mahesh Bhatt, Rajkumar Hirani, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra to play themselves in Shamitabh

Freedom of speech, democracy 'a big joke': Karan Johar

January 22, 2016 8:27 am

Jaipur, Jan 22 (ANI): Speaking at the Jaipur Literature Fest, filmmaker Karan Johar on Friday said he is living in a country where freedom of speech and democratic sentiments were only a "joke". He added that as a film maker, he feels bounded at all levels for whatever he puts on the celluloid. He further said that it was tough to voice out real concerns as a movie maker without fearing legal obligations.

No, I am not interested in bodily excretions: Shoojit Sircar

June 17, 2015 8:40 am