The Kannada filmmaker whose Dweepa won the Swarnakamal for the best film in 2002, discusses serious cinema on the eve of the premiere of his Hasina.
06 June 2005
Do multiplex platforms offer hope for such films?
This one-off release is not going to solve the imbroglio.
What is the imbroglio?
Multiplexes mostly screen English and Hindi films with glamour. Good Kannada or Tamil films get labelled and sidelined as 'regional'.
Naseer Ganai / In happy times and sad, Habba Khatun’s sensuous songs make both young and old emotional. With the never-ending conflict bringing tragedies to every doorstep, Habba’s lyrics of separation amplify their mourning.
Haima Deshpande / In India, only those relationships between a man and a woman are considered to be legitimate when there is a marriage between the two.
Jayanta Oinam / Virat Kohli, 33, had recently stepped down as India's T20I captain and was subsequently removed as the ODI captain.
Ashutosh Sharma / A Mahila Congress leader, who is the face of the ‘Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon’ campaign, however, has accused the party of anti-women bias after she was denied a ticket.
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