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Laapata Bollywood: How 2024 Became The Year Of Banality

December 30, 2024 admin

A good year in the movies can mean multiple things. Studios sufficiently bankrolling films, independent projects finding their way to the mainstream, underdogs triumphing over tentpole projects, new faces coming up and old faces rediscovering their voice. In that sense, 2024 fulfilled most of these possibilities. Filmmaker Sriram Raghavan, known for curating gore in his…

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A Wake-Up Call For Bollywood, Which Loves Itself Too Much

October 25, 2024 admin

At its surface, Reema Kagti’s latest feature, Superboys of Malegaon (2024), is the story behind the story of a motley group of film enthusiasts from the eponymous city, who made low-budget parodies of famed Bollywood and Hollywood films. To subject Kagti’s film to a surface-level reading, however, is a disservice to not just one of…

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From Munjya To Srikanth, It’s Time Bollywood Accorded Small-Budget Films The Respect They Deserve

July 10, 2024 admin

What is common to Aavesham, Premalu, Manjummel Boys, Aadujeevitham, Bramayugam, Aranmanai4 and Hanu Man? All these South films were made on budgets ranging from Rs 10 to Rs 40 crore and were blockbusters, with some even collecting over Rs 100 crore. Though South does have big star flicks too, small- and medium-budget films have always…

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Supreme Court Lays Down Guidelines On Portrayal Of Disabled Persons In Visual Media, Films

July 8, 2024 admin

New Delhi: The Supreme Court laid down guidelines against “disparaging” portrayal of persons with disabilities in visual media and films on Monday, saying that terms such as “cripple” and “spastic” have acquired “devalued meanings” in societal perceptions. The verdict came on a plea filed by one Nipun Malhotra, who submitted that the Hindi film ‘Aankh…

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