The Nobel laureate emphasised the importance of supporting Pakistani films and dramas to encourage the industry.

Booking is now open for the Film Industry Conference 2011! Visit the website for further details and to book your place.

John West writes more on the failure of Birmingham’s burghers to capitalise on the potential of a Midlands film industry.

While Thomas Edison is best-known for inventing the lightbulb, it's often forgotten that he also set up the world's first movie studio, in Fort Lee, New Jersey

Samantha Ruth Prabhu opens up on being all grace and poise for ‘Shaakuntalam’ to being covered in bruises while filming action sequences for ‘Citadel’

Manjummel Boys, directed by Chidambaram, has become the first Malayalam film to collect ₹200 crore

 After a memorable 2022, the industry suffered a slump in the first half of this year with only Daredevil Musthafa providing a consolation

The WCC submits 41 recommendations for industry-wide reforms to committee constituted by the State govt. to frame the Kerala Film Policy

Several celebrities congratulated Haasan on social media including superstar Rajinikanth.

Nothing is going to change in a hurry unless attitudes change and punishments are speedy and fair, notes Ramesh Menon.

John West writes more on the failure of Birmingham’s burghers to capitalise on the potential of a Midlands film industry.

Shinichiro Ueda reunites the cast of his hit comedy "One Cut of the Dead" for an innovative teleworking sequel

Hollywood loves a good comeback, and post-coronavirus will be no exception, writes costume designer Kristin M Burke

Many events have killed the film industry: the 1918 influenza epidemic, the second world war, the invention of television, the invention of VCRs, the invention of the internet, 9-11, strike after strike after strike. And yet, like a phoenix, it rises, every time stronger than before. The appetite for its product is insatiable especially in times of political trouble and uncertainty about the future. People want to escape. They want to be entertained.

The way we make movies most certainly must change. In the best of circumstances, we are a crew of 75 people jammed into a room with very little ventilation, holding our breath until we hear “CUT”. We are in close contact with one another all day long. We never really thought about it before. All of that is about to change. Film sets usually function as big families, and moving forward, that family unit will take on a stronger, protective meaning. This is how we self-regulate in the post-pandemic era.

Not unlike the aviation industry, it's difficult to envisage how social distancing will work in the cinema.

"Writing a book is no joke," starts off Divya Dutta, whose last published work, Me and Ma, hit the stands in 2017. Trying to meet her publisher's deadline, the actor has already begun work on her next book amidst the lockdown.

The actor agrees that it takes up most of her time. "I think people liked my nostalgic journey [in Me and Ma] and it's beautiful to express what you feel and find a connect with the readers," says Dutta, as she makes writing her priority. She reveals that being in the film industry for almost two decades has provided fodder for her book. "I am writing a memoir on the film industry. It will chronicle my journey in cinema, but I wouldn't call it a biography," says the actor as she explains that the earlier book was also a chapter of her life, but through the eyes of her mother. "This is going to be different from what I have written or shared before," says Dutta of the yet-untitled book.

Dutta's next, Sheer Qorma, is a story on the LGBTQAI+ community. She credits her impulsive nature for her choice of films. "I am called a risk-taker because I am impulsive about my choices. I go by my intuition when I get a script. The story of Sheer Qorma moved me as it talks about acceptance by the people you love unconditionally," says the actor, adding Fire (1996) was ahead of its time.

"I hope this film will help normalise something that we make an issue out of."

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Keeping cinemas open will not stop operators from falling into a sea of red ink

The British Film Commission's 30 page document outlines how to protect cast and crew from a coronavirus outbreak on set. The plan was drawn up by Netflix, BAFTA, Disney, HBO and Bectu.

On being asked whether he has any friends in the film industry, actor Johny Lever mourns that in this industry, there is dosti but no dosts. He feels people make all kinds of promises when they are at work, but none of these amount to much once a film is done and dusted. Lever may be speaking the truth of his own experience, but his life is not the mirror of every life in Bollywood.

Chiranjeevi mentioned that while the cost of the losses caused because of the novel coronavirus can’t be estimated right now, the amount would run into hundreds of crores.

Patcy N/ Rediff.com had spoken to Mubarak Begum back in 2011. We republish the interview.

Taylor, Jeremy E., 1973-

Film industry can start post-production from May 11