Chronicling with humour the courage of women willing to challenge society
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New Delhi, Feb 8 : Award-winning author and journalist Meghna Pant says she can feel the pain of women who are single or childless as they approach midlife and feel the need to tell the stories of how they are coping with this reality. I ve seen the pressure young women face by family, friends and acquaintances to have children early. I know the hell I went through on my 35th birthday as I was childless and unmarried. That s why I wrote about the panic Ladoo (the protagonist) felt when a gynaecologist told her that her eggs were drying up , and doing artificial insemination immediately was her last chance of having a baby, Pant says of her new book, The Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Good News that is to be published by Pengu
Vidnet 2021: Censorship casts shadow over golden era of content in India
OTT gives leeway to screenwriters to explore categories which are not possible in film or TV.
21 Jan, 2021 - 03:08 PM IST | By Shikha Singh
MUMBAI: The advent of OTT platforms has ushered in the golden age of content in India, said a panel comprising acclaimed storytellers on day one of Indiantelevision.com’s Vidnet 2021 – presented by technology partners Bitmovin, Pallycon, support partner Contiloe, and community partners mipcom and miptv. The paradigm shift in consumers’ viewing habits during the Covid2019 pandemic has further spawned a slew of streaming services, offering new windows of opportunity to writers. Indeed, it would be not wrong to say that there has not been a better time to be a content creator, concurred the panellists, which included Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story writer-director Jai Mehta, Indian film director & screenwriter - Four More Shots Please Anu M
Actress Maanvi Gagroo says the cast and crew of the popular web series Four More Shots Please! dedicates the upcoming third season to fans who have showered much love in the previous two seasons.The show was one of the nominees at the .
2020 was about praying to WiFi gods, braving dystopia of stand-up comedy on Zoom, writes Anu Menon Some shows, the whole audience decides to mute themselves, and you feel like you are performing in a void. Except that the void has people laughing hysterically but silently, sending virtual claps. It s dystopian. Anu Menon December 30, 2020 08:05:56 IST Anu Menon. Facebook
2020 has been a watershed year in history, and that has also trickled down to the realm of entertainment. In this series,
2020 Unwind, stakeholders from the Indian entertainment scene weigh in on how they view entertainment now, how their skills had to evolve and adapt to changing patterns and whether the year has altered them as artists.
“Anu has a unique storytelling style and her stories are underpinned with strong women characters,” said Vikram Malhotra, Founder and CEO, Abundantia Entertainment.
Anu Menon’s Shakuntala Devi, which has Vidya Balan in the titular role, released earlier this year. The film also starred Sanya Malhotra as the daughter of the title character.
Recently Sanya revealed that she particularly exuded a special on-screen bond essaying a mother-daughter relationship with Vidya Balan in Shakuntala Devi.
“The best part of the film (‘Shakuntala Devi’) is the unique portrayal of the mother-daughter relationship that sets it apart from other conventional stories. I don’t think I have ever seen such an on-screen portrayal in Bollywood. The most memorable moment for me was working with and learning from Vidya ma’am. The way she keeps the energy alive on the set is commendable. I am blessed to have had this opportunity to share the screen with her. For someone who is just a few films