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iView Author: Ankur Jain (Ahmedabad, India)

Email: ankur.jain@fulmarxx.net

Bollywood Bombed?

Ten ultras programmed to kill, totting AK 47 sneaked in to India’s Taj, its commercial capitial, and forced the country with 110-crore-people into deep dread, gunning down unsuspecting victims, and causing a loss of more than Rs 50,000 crore.
The city that which churns out reel drama round the clock, for three days straight, witnessed the most horrendous real drama of terror in the history. The scars, which with a few resignations, public anger and candles lit in memory of innocent lives lost, will not be healed. But the big question is that ‘will the heart of Bollywood, beat with the same pace or this time as the recession threat looms large the wounds are deep enough to recover.

“Both, Sorry Bhai & Oye Lucky Oye …

Two years ago, I was invited by a Professor friend, to give a guest lecture at the local University to students who were about to graduate as filmmakers. The objective was to offer them my 2 cents of advise on the business and marketing side of the internet for their films.

The lecture to my relief went smoothly and was followed with a power packed Q&A after. I wish I could have video taped it for PFC’s budding filmmakers and aspirants. Since the lecture, two years ago, it gives me great pleasure to read an email I receive occasionally or so from these students, many of them making shorts, documentaries and even indies, thanking me for the lecture and mentioning how they followed those principles to success for each movie they make.

Yet, it frustrates me no end, that the industry most dear to me - Bombay, still is quite behind in …

With a slew of big releases planned for next three months, it almost seems that the Hindi film industry is showing no impact of the financial crisis that has engulfed the world. While the impact of the financial crisis on other sectors in India like Banking, Realty and IT has been covered widely in media, there’s been limited focus on its impact on the entertainment sector. It will be interesting to analyze what the impact on the industry will be and what could be the potential responses by the industry.

First, a quick summary of the outcomes of the current crisis (past article on the origination of the crisis here). While a lot of us relate the crisis to ‘events’ like the collapse of Bear Stearns (who, incidentally, were the Bankers to Disney), of Lehmann Brothers and the fall of stock markets (Indian indices have fallen by over 60% in …

Berlin is coming to Bollywood to present business and financing possibilites. Variety reports “The Medienboard will present the Berlin film industry and its advantages and financing possibilities at a special event on Nov. 2 in Mumbai to an audience of Indian producers and creative professionals. Among the highlights of the presentation will be a discussion on co-production opportunities with German filmmakers and the ongoing development of potential joint projects… With an overall subsidy volume of E30 million ($39 million), the Medienboard is the second-biggest regional film fund in the country behind North Rhine-Westphalia’s Filmstiftung NRW.”