The Last Concert

Begum Akhtar passed away a day after her concert in Ahmedabad on 29 October, 1974. Here’s a rare photo-essay of that enchanted evening by...

Lawsuit alleges gender discrimination and underpay at Disney

According to a new-class action lawsuit of extensive discrimination in world’s largest media corporation, it is found that The Walt ...

Javed Akhtar The New Chairman Of Revamped IPRS

Mumbai, 6thApril, 2017: Fresh elections were held after more than a decade in the revamped IPRS, in which both the authors (music composers and lyricists) and publishers (m...

FICCI Frames 2017: Copyright Board To Oversee Implementation Of IP Laws For Film Industry In The Offing

MUMBAI, 21 March 2017: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) has initiated discussions with the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Indust...

Udayer Pathe - A Star Is Born

With Udayer Pathe, a new star was born – the name was BIMAL ROY.
As cinematographer, that star quality was evident after he shot P.C .Barua’s MUKTI. Deser...

A New Advocacy Group Is Lobbying For The Right To Repair Everything

Repair groups from across the industry announced that they have formed The RepairCoalition, a lobbying and advocacy group that will focus on reforming the Digital Millenniu...

THE FILM & TV INDUSTRY DECLARES A STRIKE!

THE FILM & TV INDUSTRY DECLARES A STRIKE!

We were hoping to avoid this, and did our damdest for that, but unfortunately, in the face of demeaning obduracy, we f...

The Many Faces Of Media

Panoramic landscapes of rock formations on face of the earth are not the only structures that present the spectacle of erosion. What takes infinite centuries to change the ...

TECHNOLOGY AND THE MEDIA

“Give me liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties”, thundered John Milton in his famous Areopagitica, his essa...