Lucknow: Commercialisation has made parallel cinema lose its charm. This was the crux of deliberations by experts during a thought-provoking discussion on ‘Pillars of Parallel Cinema', at The Metaphor ...

New Delhi: Nearly a decade after its publication, Musafir Cafe is finally making its way to the screen. The novel, written by Divya Prakash Dubey and published by Hindi Yugm in 2016, will premiere as ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 21: For some, it’s fund crunch, others complain of an inherent gender bias, superfluous criticism or the censors board’s unnecessary, nit-picking scrutiny. Parallel cinema is ...

Utsav Gonwar, who shot his maiden film under dire circumstances, is happy that he never compromised on the script. “We were down to our last penny while making Photo, but I had freedom as funding your ...

Shyam Benegal is known as a pioneer of Indian parallel cinema. For those born in the late 70s and 80s, and who grew into adulthood in the 90s, the evolution of Indian television and parallel cinema is ...

Working on two to three movie projects despite going to the hospital three times a week to undergo dialysis at the age of 90 years — such was the dedication of veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal. Benegal ...

Shanmugam Studio/Wikimedia Images Director Adoor Gopalakrishnan will introduce four of his films at the Logan Center for the Arts. Considering how rarely Indian art cinema is exhibited in Chicago, the ...

In my tribute to Vasantha Obeysekere two weeks ago, I noted that Sri Lanka was never really open to the kind of parallel cinema that invaded India. There are reasons for this, prime among them being ...