Cinema in the time of a pandemic: Why 2020 belonged to the platform-agnostic creator From Gulabo Sitabo taking the route of digital release, to Achint Thakkar s overnight stardom, the entertainment industry experienced a complete shakeup, as OTT platforms took centre-stage for a captive audience. Tatsam Mukherjee December 31, 2020 14:21:41 IST A still from Gulabo Sitabo
It s safe to say that Achint Thakkar was still a relatively unknown name till about three months ago. A week later, Hansal Mehta s
Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story changed everything. Thakkar s opening theme for the show has over 12 million views on his YouTube channel, and has been the subject of several memes related to the wildly successful show. About three weeks later, while the phenomenon of
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Star Cast: Supriya Pathak Kapur, Manoj Pahwa, Vinay Pathak, Vikrant Massey, Konkona Sen Sharma, Deepika Amin, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Naseeruddin Shah & ensemble.
Director: Seema Pahwa
Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi Movie Review
What’s Good: Seema Pahwa understands the fabric of a family & has an impeccable eye for detail.
What’s Bad: Some lose ends but then Pahwa makes up for them with her characters.
Loo Break:
Tehrvi pr aise sawaal nahi karte.
Watch Or Not: You must watch this one. Seema Pahwa apart from being a brilliant actor, is also a powerhouse writer. I bet you will see your family in here. Also hasn’t that cast already excited you enough?
Best Bollywood Films 2020: Monkey chasers, a woman in the sky and a wife for whom one slap was one too many Here are my picks of the best among the Hindi releases of 2020, from Thappad to Gunjan Saxena, Eeb Allay Ooo! and Raat Akeli Hai. Anna MM Vetticad December 27, 2020 10:56:21 IST
When the COVID19 pandemic put the brakes on cinema worldwide, it did not help that once the Hindi film industry a.k.a. Bollywood tentatively started premiering films on streaming platforms, their quality was monumentally disappointing by and large. Still, there were some that shone in this otherwise bleak year. Here are my picks of the best among the Hindi releases of 2020 – in theatres and online (films that were showcased at festivals alone are not included).
7 Women Characters in Hindi Films of 2020 That We Deserve in 2021
Someday, there will be no need to celebrate women characters; we will not write about movies representing the LGBTQIA community, we will not have hashtags like BlackLivesMatter.
There will just be stories and characters and all humans would matter equally. Someday we will not be writing a year-end listicle on women characters from Hindi films. But today is not that day. It s the end of 2020, and let s admit it, women-centric films are still a category while the male-centric ones are ‘mainstream’.
Women in Bollywood have mostly been seen through the male gaze, not only because these movies are written by men, but because women in India have traditionally been viewed in relation to the men she is a mother, wife, partner, daughter to be deified or devoured, but never just a woman deserving of her own story. Yes, even the legendary Guru Dutt is not exempted from this charge.
In the works, a copyright society to help movie writers get royalties
The application for the copyright society is currently with the Registrar of Copyrights, who has announced on their website that if there are any comments or objections from stakeholders, they can raise them until December 27. Updated: December 14, 2020 1:38:31 am
The creation of the copyright society has led to some resistance by the big studios, producers and OTT platforms, many of which are multinational companies.
IT IS about time that the rights of the writers are recognised, says veteran Hindi film writer Anjum Rajabali, as he takes the necessary steps to form the first-ever copyright society in India – the Screenwriters Rights Association of India (SRAI).