Cinema Today
Bhawana Somaaya Change is inevitable and in entertainment business it comes rapidly. When 3 Idiots released with 1000 prints we called it a phenomenon. Ek Tha Tiger, just a few years later, released with 600 prints. Pre-Independence, the ticket cost for a film was 25 paisa; post-Independence, it became Rs 1.50 later Rs 3.50; and today, multiplexes charge a minimum of Rs 300 (over the weekends). In the old days, most films were very run-of-the-mill, and it was only once in a while that there came a film that everyone was proud of. We now made realistic, believable stories of ...
Good Writing Is The Bedrock Of Good Cinema
Bharathi S Pradhan When reviewing a slew of big-ticket movies like The Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Batman Vs Superman or London Has Fallen, one common lament that I found myself making was about the jumbo budgets kept aside for special effects without spending a healthy percentage of that on the content ie the writing. One certainly doesn’t have a fight with modern technology or computer graphics. But good cinema is about compelling story-telling and special effects should ideally be used to enhance the appeal of a story, not to hide the lack of it. Timeless films like Star Wars and ...
