Actors – Itisaras

Film festivals in the age of Netflix

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 Editor 0 Comments Actors, amazon prime, art form, artform, audience, Celebration, Cinema, cultural exchange, democratic, Dharamshala International Film Festival, digital age, documentary, film festivals, filmmakers, films, intellectual exchange, international fims, International Queer Film Festival, Internet, KASHISH, Kerala, LGBT film festival, Media, movies, netflix, regional film festivals, Sangeetha Nataka Akademy Campus, short film, shows, silver screen, streaming, technology, Thrissur, ViBGYOR, visual literacy

The advent of multitude of streaming sites has furnished this generation with a comfortable exercise of watching and discussing cinema online. But nothing can steal the thunder of ‘Film Festivals’ and the plethora of intellectual and cultural exchange it offers. From international to regional to LGBTQ, it is an inclusive democratic art form.

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Sexism in Reel Life

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 Shriya Tandon 0 Comments Aamir Khan, Actors, ageism, Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Bollywood, Chhapaak, Cinema, consent, Culture, Deepika Padukone, directors, female, feminine, film, gender, heterogeneity, Indian film industry, jokes, Kalki Koechlin, Kareena Kapoor, Lara Dutta, LGBTQ+, Lust Stories, masculine, mediocre physiques, normatively beautiful, patriarchy, personality, Priyanka Chopra, producers, Raazi, rape, Reel Life, Salman Khan, Sexism, sexist, size zero, stalker, stereotypes, stereotyping, Stree, Thappad, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, toxic ideas, typecasting, vulnerability

For far too long, the Indian Film industry has gotten away with its sexist maneuvers – something that is completely in contrast with the modern idea of gender identity and equality. This article highlights exactly that, and more.