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InDepth headlines national business sports cricket regional entertainment technology world travel autos health | India must showcase parallel cinema to the world: Shabana 17.09 IST 08th Mar 2003 By IndiaExpress Bureau Actress and MP Shabana Azmi has suggested that India must chalk out a plan to tap the tremendous scope for showcasing the country's parallel cinema globally. "With the rise in the number of multiplexes, the chances of the parallel cinema being screened worldwide has increased suddenly," Shabana told reporters in London on Friday night. Indian cinema, she said, was the only one "which withstood the onslaughts of Hollywood." Indian cinema is the biggest ambassador of India, she said, adding that now is the time to showcase it to the world. Shabana, who has acted in over 140 films and is part of the celebrated quartet of 'New cinema' icons along with Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri, said there was also tremendous potential for co-production of films between India and Bangladesh. Shabana's debut coincided with the birth of India's parallel Cinema - independent non-mainstream films that began to appear in the mid-Seventies. Shabana has deplored the ‘poor’ quality of prints of Indian films provided by Directorate of Film Festival at various international festivals. "It is extremely important Government realized that the retrospective films have a limited shelf-life and the Directorate needed additional funds to have updated prints of well known old films". |
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