Chhello Show: Honestly Personal and Slyly Political
Sashi writes about Pan Nalin's Chhello Show, India's official entry to the Oscars.
Court Judgements Citing Films
We take a detailed look at the various Indian court judgements that have cited films to make their point.
Independent Cinema Is The Only Way
Independent filmmaker Amartya Bhattacharyya, whose film 'Capital I' is the first indie film from Odisha, expresses himself passionately about the withering state of the Indian cinema-scape.
The desi indie story of 2017
A look at the desi indies of 2017 -- those released, and those anticipated in the coming months.
India’s New Independent Cinema: Rise of the Hybrid
A renowned Indian film academician introduces and writes about his new book -- Rise of the Hybrid -- the world's first full-fledged and researched book on new Indian indies.
A discussion with Sushrut Jain, the filmmaker of “Beyond All Boundaries”
A documentary set during the 2011 World Cup called "Beyond All Boundaries" is officially funded. IIF promoted the project, which was seeking crowd-funding on Kickstarter, two days ago in hopes of seeing it reach the $45,000 goal necessary to move forward. Now that it's over, IIF got a chance to sit down with director Sushrut Jain to discuss the documentary, which is also being presented by the Big Bang Theory's Kunal Nayyar. The film is set to premiere at a popular film festival in Los Angeles the first week of April. http://youtu.be/uSibAMDGYkc IIF: So you must be a huge cricket fan to [...]
Beyond All Boundaries – presented by Big Bang Theory’s Kunal Nayyar
I'm surprised there are not more films made out of India with cricket as the backdrop. I'm even more surprised that this project on Kickstarter is not closer to it's goal of $45,000. This documentary in the making needs our help to become a reality The project is a documentary called "Beyond All Boundaries" by filmmaker Sushrut Jain. It follows the stories of three Indians - a penniless superfan, a boy prodigy, and a girl cricketer during the 2011 Cricket World Cup (The year India won in dramatic finish you might remember). The trailer looks great and it is personally [...]
IIF Exclusive: An Interview with Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali, the director of such hits in India like "Rockstar" and "Love Aaj Kal", was in New Jersey for the weekend to introduce an independent film called "Dekh Indian Circus" at NJISACF. While he was there, he graciously took the time to speak to IIF about the definition of independent films, the challenges of a filmmaker and what audiences expect from their movies. Imtiaz Ali and Paresh Jha after the interview. Ali was in New Jersey for the New Jersey Independent South Asian Cinefest. IIF: Being such a big director in the Indian Film Industry and working [...]
