New Delhi: Prasar Bharati, the statutory body to govern Doodarshan's broadcast policy, has agreed to telecast independent films after 10 PM. As per this decision, the films that have been already shown on the small screen will get Rs 15 lakh while the films that will be aired for the first time on DD will get Rs 25 lakh.
This reaction from Prasar Bharati has come in response to a campaign initiated by a group of independent filmmakers. The campaign was called Save Indie Cinema and filmmakers such as Onir, Ashutosh Gowariker and Resul Pookutty were among the active members of it.
The Save Indie Cinema campaign believed that the government needs to take steps to ensure that independent filmmaking doesn't become an obsolete tradition.
The campaign raised relevant questions about the distribution methods of a film. In the current scenario, the tickets to two films with entirely different budget scales are priced at the same value which restricts a better visibility of the film....
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Jiiva starrer Tamil film 'Yaan' is directed by cinematographer Ravi K Chandran. ...
03:23 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Tamil superstar Rajnikanth, Oscar-winning sound editor Resul Pookutty, directors KS Ravikumar and Soundarya Rajinikanth Ashwin at the dubbing of the upcoming film Kochadaiyan in Chennai. ...
11:48 AM, Mar 30, 2013
The second schedule of 'Yaan' was wrapped up on February 18, 2013. ...
04:33 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Resul Pookutty became the first Asian to win an Academy Award in a technical category for 'Slumdog Millionaire'. ...
10:07 AM, Jan 16, 2013
New Delhi: AR Rahman was still a branded name before his Oscar win, but one man who was completely stranger to the common music lovers was the sound designer-editor Resul Pookutty, who suddenly became the talk of the town after Slumdog Millionaire won prizes for its sound department at the 81st Academy Awards. Sounding Off is publicized as an autobiography of a villager who one day finds himself on top...
06:28 PM, Nov 07, 2012
Oscar-winning sound engineer Resul Pookutty on October 16 said filmmakers should make films with visuals and sounds that so appeal to the audience and persuade them to come to the theatres. "We live in a world driven by internet and a click of a button. Audience can download a pirated version of a film online, instead of choosing to watch in a theatre. To persuade audiences to come to cinemas,...
12:36 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Chennai: Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan Tuesday lauded digitisation of films and said it has changed the scenario by helping reach out to a wider audience and generating bumper openings at the box-office. "Today, films across all languages are able to generate bumper openings because of digitisation compared to films that were released through film reels many years ago... That could only be released in select theatres at the time of the...
12:35 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Actor-director Ananth Mahadevan loves to tell unforgettable human stories through his films and his new venture will see him document the shocking and moving tale of ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan, to be portrayed by Malayalam superstar Mohanlal. Narayanan, who was in-charge of overall ISRO's cryogenic project and had introduced the liquid fuel rocket technology in India in early 1970s, was falsely charged in a 1994 espionage case. In a judicial...
03:54 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Resul Pookutty seems to have almost finalized his scripts for his debut film. Earlier he was after Anand's much acclaimed novel, Govardhante Yathrakal, which he was planning to adapt for screen. But now the Academy winner sound designer, Resul has decided to launch himself with Amitabh Bachchan on the cast lines. Amitabh Bachchan has recently admitted to the press that Pookutty contacted him for the role of a Pakistani national...
01:01 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is likely to essay the role of a Pakistani national in Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty's directorial debut. Bachchan, 69, will play a Pakistani national in Resul Pookutty's film, with the actor verbally agreeing for it. "He (Resul) had come to me... He had met me. He wanted to make a film with me. We had some discussions but nothing has been finalised yet," Bachchan said...
12:23 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Chennai: The wait is over for the diehard fans of actors Dhanush and Shruti Haasan. Their Tamil film '3' hits the theatres on Friday. '3' marks the directorial debut of Dhanush's wife and superstar Rajinikanth's daughter Aishwarya. Shruti and Dhanush play the lead roles in the film. Natasha Doraiswamy watched the first show of the film and live tweeted the review on the first day of its release. Aishwarya worked...
12:32 PM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: Tamil film '3' marks the directorial debut of Dhanush's wife and superstar Rajinikanth's daughter Aishwarya. It stars Dhanush and actress Shruti Haasan in the lead roles. On March 30, we will review the film live from its first show on the first day of its release. Stay tuned! Aishwarya worked as an assistant director for regional films 'Baba' and 'Aayirathil Oruvan'. She is a trained classical dancer as...
08:15 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: After creating waves world-over with its Why this kolaveri de number, Dhanush-starrer '3' is now eyeing a nationwide release on March 30, with more prints being readied for its dubbed Hindi version than the original Tamil movie! "We have decided to release the film with 400 prints in Tamil and 600 prints for the Hindi version," confirmed the film's producer Kastoori Raja. His RK Productions and Dhanush's Wunderbar...
12:56 PM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi: Oscar-winning sound engineer Resul Pookutty, who won the international honour for his work in 'Slumdog Millionaire', has been roped in for megastar Rajinikanth's daughter Aishwarya's directorial debut '3'. "It's a great pleasure telling you guys that Oscar winner Resul Pookutty sir will be working with us in our film '3'. God bless," Dhanush, the film's lead actor and Aishwarya's husband, posted on micro-blogging site Twitter. Pookutty, 36, won...
12:41 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Mumbai: Technically too shoddy to make the grade with other contenders, India's official entry to the Oscars the Malayalam film Adimante Makan Abu - is currently undergoing a makeover. A group of top-notch technicians have come together to revamp it free of cost. The movie, which won four major National Awards this year, was seen to be strong in content but weak in technique. Says a source, "We felt Adimante...
01:58 PM, Nov 23, 2011
New Delhi: Bollywood's most expensive film ever RA.One is being projected on about 3,500 screens across the world. IBNLive Movies Editor Rituparna Chatterjee was there inside the theatre on the first day, first show to live tweet the experience. Here's the tweet review of one of the most anticipated films of recent times: 10:15 AM: Diwali morning pyrotechnics with Shah Rukh Khan. Watch out for a tweet review of Ra.one...
02:09 PM, Oct 26, 2011
