#Indian film directors

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Laapataa Ladies (2023), dir. Kiran Rao

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Mississippi Masala (1991)

Two of the Hottest People You’ve Ever Seen fall in love — despite the protestations of their families and the cultural differences that divide them —against the backdrop of the dreary Deep South in Mira Nari’s sexy, undeniable romantic dramedy.

Director: Mira Nair

Cinematographer: Edward Lachman

Production Designer: Mitch Epstein

Costume Designers: Ellen Lutter and Susan Lyall

Starring: Sarita Choudhury, Denzel Washington, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Joe Seneca, Ranjit Chowdhry, Mohan Gokhale, Natalie Oliver-Atherton, Sahira Nair, and Konga Mbadu.

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Women in Film Challenge 2024: [60/52] How I Felt When I Saw That Girl, dir. Shelly Chopra Dhar (India, 2019)

Why is loving a guy my only option?

[therukurals]

really ultimately, as great as a film monkey man was, there is a certain....irreverance or detachment i have with ramayana as a story and mythology, i know it well enough to have appreciated the imagery and motifs in the film and how its woven in but from a political perspective, im like eh, not the most interesting take on the ramayaana i have seen in film

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Tanya Maniktala in "Kill (2024)"

Director: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat

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A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021) dir. Payal Kapadia

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Parmoitar Ek Din (2000) | dir. Aparna Sen

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The Indians Are Still Far Away (1977)

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Srikanth Deva

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Seen in 2023:

The Last Music Store (Megha Ramaswamy), 2016

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Boman Irani Reflects On His Journey To Becoming An Actor After ‘The Mehta Boys’ Success At Chicago Film Festival | People News

Mumbai: Actor Boman Irani, whose feature directorial ‘The Mehta Boys’ made a huge noise, and received a standing ovation at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival, has shared how each beat in his life has greatly contributed to him becoming a fine actor.  Boman Irani has worked as a waiter, a photographer and even worked at his family’s wafer shop before he eventually became an actor delivering…

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Women in Film Challenge 2023: [56/52] The Warrior Queen of Jhansi, dir. Swati Bhise (India/UK, 2019)

Until the day the foreigners dare not attempt to control our thoughts, speech, ideology, and impose rules on our rights, we must fight for the cause of freedom. Our feet will never falter!

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I think something else going on in film rn is ppl trying to reconcile w like where the world Is atm. Tim Burton getting Danny Devito to say “damn foreigners” (about some guy being new to the underworld, but I’m talking abt in the context of Tim Burton) and then the Soul Train Scene (BAD) while casting Jenna Ortega and having the background cast be diverse - he’s like, idk what he’s trying to say actually. “Look, I can both be Racist and Good at the same time!”

It’s like ppl simultaneously going “see, I can have diversity in my stories that better reflect how the world is while still being racist. It’s okay!” and it’s… not rlly working. It feels like remnants of a time gone by being brought into the present as like Nostalgia (for people…. Ok w racism?)

It’s almost like he’s trying to go “I can be like this and still make movies” it’s just like yeah dude. I guess u can.

Beetlejuice beetlejuice was mid but I didn’t like the original very much either.