Amazing stories about some of our best loved movies from Bhavani Iyer who wrote them.

'When a person is poor, no one asks him anything, fearing that he might ask for a loan. But when he gets rich, everyone comes. So that changeover is happening and it is nice that it is happening.'

'I am not here to change the society, and I am not under the delusion that a film can change things around. The idea is to have fun and give your point of view.'

'I used to hate the way Bollywood films depicted the south.'

'I don't believe in the length of the role. But I definitely don't want to be decoration.'

'I have been dropped from films, I have been replaced after workshops. I did not play cricket for India. If I have to sit and think who Angad Bedi is, the end of that thought is that I am human. Life has taught me a lot.'

'I had the luxury of focusing on doing quality cinema. If that did not work out, I will still have other work. I can take that risk.'

'We got to know about Bard of Blood coming up on Netflix, just a week after The Family Man's release. So suddenly there are comparisons between the two.'

'I am actually fighting to become the center of attraction because Hrithik and Tiger are getting all of it!'

'If a horror movie does well at the box office, it doesn't mean people like to scared these days. People might like to get scared on one Friday, fall in love on other, and laugh on the next.'

Moothon's script won the Sundance Institute's Global Filmmaking Award. Geethu Mohandas's movie is now coming to a theatre near you.

'The script, the way it has been written, the relationships, the intensity... everything was so powerful.'

'What is the fun of making a film without any message?'

'You can be fat, you can be thin, you can be fair, or not, you are whatever you are.''It is about being happy about yourself.'

'Who will give me that (lost) time?' 'The stress I have gone through, the stress my family has gone through.''We have not laughed in seven, eight years.'

'I believe there is room for everybody, and we have already shown what space we are fitting in. For instance, I can't do what Ananya (Panday) and Sara (Ali Khan) can do and vice versa.'

'Hopefully, I will become more evolved as a performer in the future.'

'I am making movies in a jiffy because I want to work with everyone.'

'Marriage is a practical solution in terms of bureaucracy, but it's not a real validation of whether your relationship is successful or not.'

'We should not forget the sacrifice these men made.'

'Kriti Sanon is a superb actress, she looks Maharashtrian, and has not done a historical either.''Sanjay Dutt has gone to another level of persona. He hasn't done a historical either.'

'Akshay is in the same phase that probably Mr Bachchan has gone through.''He has that kind of success and stardom, but he does not let it go to his head.''That's what I love about him.'

'That's the way it should be -- people should see your work and then want to work with you, not because you are a celebrity's child.'

'The story has to be told well, it has to be marketed and presented well, and now, released well too.''Only then will the film do well.''The actor walks away with the victory credit, but we do not give enough credit to the script writers, directors and producers who put up a film that shines.'

'The skin of any celebrity will show its age more than a normal person because we are always exposed to lights. So, we need to take extra care.'

'Now, I am receiving so much love. Producers can rely on me now.'

'I have to pinch myself to believe that 10 years have just gone by.'

'Like you have your first child, your first kiss, your first relationship... this was a first for me.' 'I've never done this before.' 'When it got over, there was a feeling of disbelief that we managed to attain this feat in a matter of three days.'

'With Malang, I knew I had a chance to give the audience a new version of myself which they hadn't seen before.'

'I was almost forgotten after Filmistaan as nothing substantial, or should I say, successful in terms of box office, came my way.'

'Prayers are magic that can help you pull through anything.'

'We don't know when things will get back to normal, even if the lockdown gets over.'

'When you're an outsider, the journey to make it to your first film is a movie by itself.''It has struggle, pain, rejection, transformation...'

'... the restaurant industry, our industry... Everyone is in the same boat.'

'If you are a performer, it's easier to sustain.''The day you think you are a star, it becomes difficult.'

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2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows: Las Tesoros de San Antonio: Tejano Singers from San Antonio, TX

Beatriz "La Paloma del Norte" Llamas
Blanquita "Blanca Rosa" Rodríguez

Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Coolidge Auditorium, Ground Floor
Thomas Jefferson Building
The Library of Congress

A conversation with two NEA fellows, accompanied by music from Mariachi Esperanza: Henry Gomez (Director), virhuela, Moises Perez, trumpet, Jose Luis Vaca, violin, and Rafael Aguirre, guitarron

Las Tesoros de San Antonio are a group of elder women performers who teamed up to preserve Mexican and bicultural musical expressions through their singing and storytelling. Janet “Perla Tapatia” Cortez, Beatriz “La Paloma del Norte” Llamas, Blanquita “Blanca Rosa” Rodríguez, and Rita “La Calandria” Vidaurri each had impressive singing careers that soared both locally and internationally from the 1940s to the1960s before tapering off in later years. Through the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center in San Antonio, these women reemerged and teamed up as the group Las Tesoros in the 2000s. Although Janet “Perla Tapatia” Cortez and Rita “La Calandria” Vidaurri passed away in recent years, Llamas and Rodríguez continue to perform and maintain the legacy of the group.

All four women grew up in the West Side of San Antonio, Texas. Each singer, with her personal style and grace, forms part of this unique ensemble that represents the important sound of the Mexico/Texas border. They were all inspired by and connected to many other important Tejana singers, including the great Lydia Mendoza (1982 NEA National Heritage Fellow) and the internationally renowned Eva Garza.

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Women Documenting the World
Women as Folklorists, Ethnomusicologists & Fieldworkers
Thursday, September 26, 2019 
9:30 am -5:00 pm
Mary Pickford Theater, James Madison Building, Library of Congress

The American Folklife Center launches its multi-year initiative to highlight, explore, and celebrate the contributions of women as ethnographic fieldworkers and scholars with Women Documenting the World, a day-long program of talks, interviews, and discussions on Thursday, September 26. 

The free event, which is open to the public, calls attention to the role of women in establishing many of the foundational collections that enrich the American Folklife Center archive as well as other ethnographic archives throughout the world. It features presentations by contemporary researchers who are currently engaged in both national and international fieldwork, and includes brief presentations by American Folklife Center staff about important fieldwork collections in the American Folklife Center archive that were created by women, and that are too often overlooked.

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The American Folklife Center Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon on Women Fieldworkers

Primary Place: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Saturday, February 8, 2020
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST

Join the American Folklife Center (AFC) on Saturday, February 8 for an edit-a-thon to expand the online presence of women who documented the world. This event is part of the AFC’s multi-year initiative to highlight, explore, and celebrate the contributions of women as ethnographic fieldworkers, and to call attention to the role of women in establishing many of the foundational collections that now enrich the AFC archive and ethnographic archives throughout the world.

During the edit-a-thon, we plan to add and/or expand entries for 25-30 women, both historical and contemporary, who have documented traditional culture. We will focus on collections in the AFC archive. The list of featured fieldworkers whose entries are to be edited will be posted in the near future. Activities will be centered at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, but off-site participation is encouraged. The event starts with a “How to Edit” session presented by Wikipedia Foundation staff. They will be joined by AFC staff, who will assist on-site and off-site researchers and provide archival materials

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