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The Best of Indian Cinema in 2016: A Perspective

Let me begin by honestly admitting that 2016 was a lukewarm year for Indian Cinema, at least that would be something that I firmly believe in. Be it Bollywood/Hindi cinema or any of the regional language film industries, things were largely subdued for a major part of the year. Be it businesswise or with respect to the quality of output, 2016 definitely seemed to lag behind 2015, forget going anywhere beyond that for a comparison. It’s not that the year was totally beyond redemption, there were some positives as well, but they were not sufficient enough to completely lift up the spirit of Indian cinema overall. Let’s begin by taking a look at Bollywood to start with. 2016 saw only 2 big blockbusters, Sultan and Dangal, none of the other successful films were runaway hits as such. So while Salman Khan and Aamir Khan delivered big time with Sultan and Dangal respectively, SRK came up with Fan which met with a mixed response, while gaining back some traction with one of the better Hindi films of the year, Dear Zindagi.Continue reading “The Best of Indian Cinema in 2016: A Perspective”

Cinemawala: Trailer

Prolific writer, director and actor Kaushik Ganguly is ready with his latest Bengali film, Cinemawala. After doing the festival rounds the film is now awaiting its theatrical release that’s scheduled from 13th May. Produced by Shree Venkatesh Films, Cinemawala is all about a dying single screen cinema and the clash of ideology between a father (Paran Bandopadhyay) and a son (Parambrata Chatterjee). The music is by Indraadip Dasgupta while Soumik Halder is the DOP and Subhajit Singha is the editor.Continue reading “Cinemawala: Trailer”

International Competition Section of IFFI 2015 to screen 15 best films from world-class filmmakers

~IFFI’s growing popularity has attracted films and filmmakers from unconventional film regions like Argentina, Venezuela, Serbia, Bolivia, Jordan among others~

~Kaushik Ganguly’s Cinemawala and Debesh Chatterjee’s Natoker Moto to be the two Indian Films at the International Competition section~Continue reading “International Competition Section of IFFI 2015 to screen 15 best films from world-class filmmakers”