The Yash Raj Films Effect; Indian Films In Berlin & Rotterdam; Self-Censorship At The Streamers
Back to India, where there has never been so much content being made, and perhaps never been so many complex political and commercial factors impacting that content. It feels as if the pandemic never happened in India, as the country is producing a staggering range of films and television – from four quadrant blockbusters like Pathaan, to web series and features for OTT platforms, and smaller arthouse films on the festival circuit, across all genres, languages and aesthetics. But first a fun item...
The Yash Raj Films Affect And Success Of ‘Pathaan’
Smriti Mundhra’s four-part docuseries The Romantics, about late Bollywood icon Yash Chopra and the studio he founded, Yash Raj Films (YRF), dropped on Netflix this week. Chopra’s famously reclusive son and successor, Aditya Chopra, is interviewed extensively, along with Shah Rukh Khan, indeed all the Khans, Karan Johar, Hrithik Roshan, a host of other stars, as well as scriptwriters, costume designers, critics and journalists.
