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Smita Patil – Lost Presence

by Art House Cinema Desk | Nov 8, 2021 | Archives

So how does one sum up Smita’s achievement? At the risk of being misunderstood, let me say that she remained an actress in search of a director.

The Studio as Superstar

by Art House Cinema Desk | Nov 6, 2021 | Archives

In spite of volatile temperaments, fragile egos, and artistic moods, the studio system was for a whole fifteen years the only way to make films in India.

Why Preserve Films

by Art House Cinema Desk | Sep 26, 2021 | Archives

Preservation of national cinema is the primary concern of any film archive. If we ourselves are not going to preserve our films, nobody else will do it for us. Archival reproduction of ‘Why Preserve Films’ by P.K. Nair.

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