Indie directors demand special theatres, support from govt

After Abbas Tyrewala of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Abhinay Deo of Delhi Belly and Anusha Rizvi of Peepli Live, Aamir Khan had, last year, picked another debutant director Deepak Diwedi, who was all set to make a film about friendship that cuts across religious and ...

A day ahead of the National Film Awards, filmmakers, including Onir, Anusha Rizvi, Ashvin Kumar and Aamir Bashir protested here Thursday as part of Save Indie Campaign, demanding "more screens" and "space" for independent movies.Save Indie Campaign is ...

The writer has posted comments on this article Richa Shukla Richa Shukla , TNN | May 20, 2013, 12.30 PM IST Mahmood Farooqui RELATED After making a film like 'Peepli Live' which was based on the issue of farmer suicides, Mahmood Farooqui, ...

On the one hand they are conferred with the prestigious National Award for their efforts and on the other they are stifled in their creativity when the authorities impose heavy taxes which curb them and create a pressure zone. Such is the state of independent ...

In an attempt to boost alternate and low-budget cinema, the government has plans to give an image makeover to the Films Division Auditorium on Mahadev Road here. It is likely to be modelled in a way that it becomes a hub of alternate cinema, ...

National award winning fimmakers object against govt policies As they had said earlier, a few National Award winning filmmakers held a press conference in Delhi, to raise their voice against the way the system was treating them and stifling their ...

As India completes 100 years of cinema today, new-age film directors demand a dedicated space for content-driven films, slamming political censorship. By Karan Bhardwaj Amid the host of celebrations and numerous film festivals to mark 100 years of ...

Their films challenge the laws of storytelling and force the audiences to imagine, analyse and introspect. Of course these films are entertaining quite cerebrally brilliantly woven, and made on a shoestring budget, but more importantly they hit a nerve with ...

This pamphlet contains photographs of the ongoing impact of the anti-Sikh pogrom in New Delhi—taken by me for Tehelka magazine in 2005 (after the release of the Nanavati Commission report) and Outlook magazine in 2009 (to mark the 25th ...