Page 6 - Indian Cinema
Indian movies 'Paka', 'Dug Dug' to debut at Toronto International Film Fest
Debutante filmmaker Nithin Lukose's feature film "Paka" and Ritwik Pareek's "Dug Dug" are the 2 Indian films to have been selected for the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.
 "Indian movies 'Paka', 'Dug Dug' to debut at Toronto International Film Fest")
From China to Australia, hope floats for the global box office amid Covid
There is a strong line-up of big-ticket films awaiting release in the second half of 2021
 "From China to Australia, hope floats for the global box office amid Covid")
The multiplex mess: Road to recovery for pandemic-battered cinema is long
The pandemic and OTT have changed the cinema ecosystem. Now, as states start allowing movie halls to reopen, the road to recovery is in sight. But it is likely to be long and hard
 "The multiplex mess: Road to recovery for pandemic-battered cinema is long")
Hard knocks for soft power
The state is tightening its control over what we read, watch, hear or laugh at, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Why not facilitate our soft power instead of clamping down on its strengths?
Remembering Dilip Kumar, the legendary actor, who has bowed out at 98
Dilip Kumar was Indian cinema's first and most influential Khan - an extraordinary force that inspired generations of actors
 "Remembering Dilip Kumar, the legendary actor, who has bowed out at 98")
The lure of the ineffable: Remembering poet, filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta
His films hinge on people who seek to break free from the tyranny of expectation. Defiantly, they go "nowhere"
 "The lure of the ineffable: Remembering poet, filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta")
Big screen battles
Book review of Bollywood Does Battle: The War Movie and the Indian Popular Imagination
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Best of BS Opinion: DHFL resolution, the collapse of Indian cinema & more
Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday
 "Best of BS Opinion: DHFL resolution, the collapse of Indian cinema & more")
The collapse of Indian cinema
More than two-third of Indian cinema's revenues were wiped out last year
He didn't believe in incidental music: Shyam Benegal on Vanraj Bhatia
In a conversation with Ritwik Sharma, Benegal recalls their partnership and what made Bhatia a very special music director
 "He didn't believe in incidental music: Shyam Benegal on Vanraj Bhatia")
The legacy of Phalke
Trained in art at Bombay's J J School of Art, and Baroda's Maharaja Sayajirao University, he drew on a vast treasure of mythological lore
Covid-ravaged Indian cinema's plot falters, will take years to pick up
The pandemic has devastated the film business. It will take years to pick up the pieces. Part 1 of a two-part series
 "Covid-ravaged Indian cinema's plot falters, will take years to pick up")
Big screen goes blank: Five movies delayed as Covid-19 lockdown curbs grow
Maharashtra has localised lockdowns and night curfew in place; and restrictions are increasing in states such as Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi as the daily caseload increases
 "Big screen goes blank: Five movies delayed as Covid-19 lockdown curbs grow")
Rising Covid-19 cases likely to delay biz recovery of PVR, Inox Leisure
Permission to operate at full capacity, healthy content pipeline fuel optimism
 "Rising Covid-19 cases likely to delay biz recovery of PVR, Inox Leisure")
Montage of a Bollywood legend
Book review of A Patchwork Quilt: A Collage of My Creative Life
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PVR in talks with producers to release films in theatres as virus eases
The country's biggest cinema operator, which runs about 835 screens across 71 cities, is currently operating most theaters at half capacity due to Covid-related restrictions
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Unfair to judge Guru Dutt by today's standards, says Yasser Usman
Yasser Usman, author of Guru Dutt: An Unfinished Story, speaks to Chintan Girish Modi on Guru Dutt's life
 "Unfair to judge Guru Dutt by today's standards, says Yasser Usman")
Guru Dutt, in sharp focus
An experienced biographer of Bollywood stars offers a fine understanding of the overlap between the actor-filmmaker's personal and professional life
We are trying to capture the emerging narratives in cinema: IFFI director
The 51st edition of the International Film Festival of India begins in Goa today
 "We are trying to capture the emerging narratives in cinema: IFFI director")
Best of BS Opinion: Fifty shades of media, digital dangers, and more
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
 "Best of BS Opinion: Fifty shades of media, digital dangers, and more")
