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The makers of The White Tiger and A Suitable Boy can’t be held guilty for the white gaze, far from it. What these pieces of content lack, however, is not enough of the Indian gaze.

facebook Pintrest The year 2020 hit the entertainment industry hard, with theatres shutting down and film shoots coming to a standstill in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, but something good came out of it too. With no alternative source of entertainment in contention, Over The Top (OTT) platforms clocked in an unprecedented viewership. The audience was wooed not only by the prospect of watching new releases from the comfort of their homes but also by the premium content on offer, created ...

Amazon Prime Video’s political drama, Tandav, has been making headlines ever since it started streaming earlier this month. Several FIRs were lodged and boycott calls echoed across the country over some of the scenes, which have allegedly hurt religious sentiments.

The Long Song Is a Brilliant Tale of Slavery’s End in Jamaica, Frustratingly Told Time 1/29/2021 © Heyday Television/Carlos Rodriguez Tamara Lawrance in The Long Song On Christmas Day, 1831, the Baptist deacon Samuel Sharpe organized a strike on the Jamaica sugar plantation where he was enslaved. When the strikers’ demands for pay went unmet, their work stoppage escalated into a full-on uprising that spread across the island’s sugar plantations for 11 days and involved tens of thousa...

5-MIN READ Sad, Alarming to Make Actors Responsible for Fictional Characters: B-Town on SCs Tandav Decision The Supreme Courts refusal to grant interim protection to Team Tandav and its observation that actors cannot play roles hurting the religious sentiments of others has led to consternation in the industry with many insiders worried about the road ahead for Indias soft power. FOLLOW US ON: The Supreme Courts refusal to grant interim protection to Team Tandav and its observation that actor...

Actor Seth Rogen turns author, first book to hit the shelves in May SECTIONS Last Updated: Jan 29, 2021, 05:20 PM IST Share Getty Images Related Rogen, 38, shared the news on Twitter on Wednesday night. "I wrote a book called Yearbook. Its true stories and essays and stuff that I hope you think are funny. It comes out in May, but if you like you can order it now. Yay!" the multi-hyphenate personality wrote as he shared the link to the book. I wrote a book called Yearbook. It’s true stories ...

The makers and actors of Amazon Prime web series Tandav failed to get relief from Indias Supreme Court after it refused to grant them protection from arrest. Multiple first information reports have been filed against them for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and the team is also facing violent threats. NDTV, actor Zeeshan Ayyub, Amazon Creative Head Aparna Purohit and the maker of the series Himanshu Kishan Mehra had moved the top court asking for a freeze on possible arrest. Their l...

Source: Highlights Ayyubs lawyer defended the alleged objectionable part of the web series, saying that as an actor he has no artistic control over dialogues spoken by him. Screenwriter-lyricist Mayur Puri said it was "ridiculous" to hold an actor responsible for the actions of a fictional character. In November last year, the government brought OTT platforms besides other online news and current affairs content under the ambit of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Mumbai: The Supre...

In a conversation I had with him this week, writer-director Jeo Baby said that his film The Great Indian Kitchen, which has been making waves across India this fortnight, was rejected by Netflix and Amazon Prime Video without any reason being offered – this is why it is on the currently little-known, new Malayalam-only streaming platform, Neestream.  This immediately brought to mind an unnamed filmmaker who told The Hindu’s Athira M earlier this month that the reason why a bunch of new M...

Mira Nair, director of A Suitable Boy, shares why Lata ends up with that suitor and how Indian culture views love differently than American culture.