Film certification in India

Indian cinema is by far one of the most prudent in the world. Scenes that are common in films around the world are conspicuous by their absence, especially anything to do with sex or suggestions of sex. This is not only by choice or social pressure on film makers, but mainly due ...

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South Indian Cinema

Despite the challenges that come along with being regional cinema, two of the five film industries of south India – Telugu and Tamil cinema – worked against odds to produce a few of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed films. In the eyes of amateurs, Indi...

Bengali Cinema

As early as the Second World War, Indian films began making waves overseas. And Bengali cinema was perhaps the first to make a mark internationally. Though there may be a lot of media hype about increasing acceptance of Indian films overseas, the phenomenon is hardly new. For nea...

Exclusive Interview with Vidhu Vinod Chopra

“Cinema is Crossing Borders”   With a few of the highest grossing Hindi films such as Munnabhai MBBS, 3 Idiots and PK in his kit, Vidhu Vinod Chopra made his debut in Hollywood with Broken Horses in 2015. As Indian cinema is experimenting with different subjects and cros...

Interview with Subhash Ghai & Meghna Ghai

  Setting New Precedents The 10-year-old film and media school, Whistling Woods, has come a long way through its international approach, innovative study methods and foreign tie-ups for practical trainings. However to answer the dearth of training and skills in the entertain...

Interview with Shweta Tripathi

“Script is My Hero”   She is the young face of Indian cinema who made waves last year with her debut performance in Masaan, an Indo-French co- production that opened to a standing ovation at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. The 30-year-old opens up about her aspirations an...

Film Costumes

Costumes have traditionally played a crucial role in the success of Indian films, especially period films, biographies or the films showing extravagant Indian weddings. Use of technology has only enhanced the lure further. When an Indian goes to see a film it’s to lose himself ...

Post Production

The eminence of post production techniques exhibited in Indian films in the recent times depicts a hopeful perspective for the future. The intense graphics, visual effects and immaculate colour grading practised in the contemporary films have now reached a potential prominence in...

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Food insecurity in India

46,658 tonnes of food grains were spoiled and rotten in Food Corporation of India godowns, which could have fed around 0.8 million people. 46,658 tonnes of food grains in Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns spoiled in three years, whereas if the grains would have been distrib...

Aiming to reach global audience

India is on a look out for good translators to translate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindi speech into English. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in search of an ideal translator who could translate his Hindi speech into English. The objective behind this is to take...