Comments on: Adoor, Awards and Bollywood http://varnachitram.com/2008/07/02/adoor-awards-and-bollywood/ A Blog on Cinema Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:26:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Apu http://varnachitram.com/2008/07/02/adoor-awards-and-bollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-86460 Apu Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:56:43 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/2008/07/02/adoor-awards-and-bollywood/#comment-86460 Japanese Cinema entered the international stage with the success of Kurosawa and Mizoguchi's film in the early 50s. Hong Kong cinema had their breakthrough with commercial action films in the 70s. [Mainland] Chinese cinema had theirs with Zhang Yimou's art-house films from the late 80s/early 90s. Taiwanese cinema had theirs with Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Edward Yang, Tsai Ming-liang's films in the 80s/90s. Even Thai cinema had theirs recently with Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Nonzee Nimibutr, and Wisit Sasanatieng etc. When is India's turn? India had Satyajit Ray (Ritwik Ghatak has recently risen in popualarity in the West) , but no other filmmaker has come to make an impact as he did and to continue it into the future. Japanese Cinema entered the international stage with the success of Kurosawa and Mizoguchi’s film in the early 50s.
Hong Kong cinema had their breakthrough with commercial action films in the 70s.
[Mainland] Chinese cinema had theirs with Zhang Yimou’s art-house films from the late 80s/early 90s.
Taiwanese cinema had theirs with Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Edward Yang, Tsai Ming-liang’s films in the 80s/90s.
Even Thai cinema had theirs recently with Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Nonzee Nimibutr, and Wisit Sasanatieng etc.

When is India’s turn?
India had Satyajit Ray (Ritwik Ghatak has recently risen in popualarity in the West) , but no other filmmaker has come to make an impact as he did and to continue it into the future.

]]> By: Apu http://varnachitram.com/2008/07/02/adoor-awards-and-bollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-86458 Apu Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:21:32 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/2008/07/02/adoor-awards-and-bollywood/#comment-86458 mainstream Hindi films are crap. They are ages behind, and are just made to make $$$. Yea, they do sometimes premier at some festivals, but who notices these films at the international level except a bunch of NRIs. and the worst part is people in foreign countries assume bollywood means the entire Indian film industry. But then again how different are other mainstream films from India. S. Korea is a good example of an Asian country that as increased its reputation in cinema in making some mind blowing stuff the past ten years. Both art-house and commercial cinema. Clearly, they make some awesome stuff there. "Oldboy" by Park Chan-wook won the second main award at Cannes. you can consider that film as the one that sky rocked S. Korean Cinema to international fame. I mean they have a market for those films in a global stage. Even Bollywood remade that film and got into a law suit. Other awesome filmmakers include Bong Joon-ho, Kim Ji-woon , Kim Ki-duk, Lee Chang-dong, Kang Je-gyu, etc. mainstream Hindi films are crap.
They are ages behind, and are just made to make $$$.

Yea, they do sometimes premier at some festivals, but who notices these films at the international level except a bunch of NRIs.

and the worst part is people in foreign countries assume bollywood means the entire Indian film industry. But then again how different are other mainstream films from India.

S. Korea is a good example of an Asian country that as increased its reputation in cinema in making some mind blowing stuff the past ten years.
Both art-house and commercial cinema. Clearly, they make some awesome stuff there.
“Oldboy” by Park Chan-wook won the second main award at Cannes. you can consider that film as the one that sky rocked S. Korean Cinema to international fame.
I mean they have a market for those films in a global stage.
Even Bollywood remade that film and got into a law suit.
Other awesome filmmakers include Bong Joon-ho,
Kim Ji-woon , Kim Ki-duk, Lee Chang-dong, Kang Je-gyu, etc.

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