Cinema is liberated, censorship is senseless: Benegal
23 November 2015 22:29 IST
Cinema is liberated today, technologically as well as by breaking the traditional norms, thus imposing censorship makes no sense, feels India’s veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal. READ
FTII students have no right to protest at IFFI: Goa CM
23 November 2015 15:03 IST
Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar has gone tough on the protesting students and ex-students of the Film and Television Institute of India during IFFI. READ
FTII students mobilise support of filmmakers, plan parallel Film Fest
22 November 2015 23:55 IST
The protesting students of FTII have chalked out a plan of action to involve the whole film fraternity and viewers at IFFI in support of their demands, including a two-day parallel Film Festival. READ
Films on protest allowed, but protesting film students harassed at IFFI
22 November 2015 22:04 IST
You can speak, voice out, cry out, protest against the government or the whole system for that matter; but only on the silver screen at the International Film Festival of India. If you actually do ... READ
FTII protesters bailed out, DFF cancels delegate card of another
21 November 2015 20:10 IST
While two protesting ex-students of FTII were released by the court today, the organisers of IFFI cancelled delegate card of yet another FTII student. READ
Goa police charge striking FTII students with serious offences
21 November 2015 00:59 IST Goa police have arrested two ex-students of FTII, who shouted slogans at IFFI inaugural, under serious non-bailable charges of assaulting government servants on duty and trespassing into the inaugural venue without valid passes. READ
IFFI opened while Chief Guest danced
20 November 2015 23:18 IST
It was a routine inauguration of the 46th edition of IFFI, but with a difference this year as the film legends made it entertaining by singing and dancing. READ
FTII students shout slogans at IFFI inaugural
20 November 2015 21:40 IST They did it. Only two of them, but managed to register their protest at the IFFI inaugural. The voice against FTII political appointment was heard large enough in the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium. READ
It’s your festival, Mr Parrikar: Shekhar Kapoor
20 November 2015 19:47 IST
Eminent film director Shekhar Kapoor had all the praises for defence minister Manohar Parrikar for getting IFFI to Goa while I&B minister Arun Jaitley thanked Kapoor for suggesting Goa as a permanent venue. READ
Make music compulsory in education to reduce violence: Illyaraja
20 November 2015 19:07 IST
“Make music compulsory in education, from school to college level, violence will automatically be reduced”, said Illyaraja, the South-based Indian legend of music in the film industry. READ
