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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicFilmmakers

Topic: filmmakers

Don’t lampoon, stereotype persons with disabilities — SC issues guidelines for visual media

SC dismisses plea seeking restrictions on Sony's 'Aankh Micholi' but calls for statutory committees under Cinematograph Act to assess films & their impact on persons with disabilities.

SubscriberWrites: Price gouging significantly contributes to high overseas revenue of Telugu movies

With increased budgets, filmmakers gain the freedom to undertake ambitious projects, thus initiating a virtuous cycle of improvement.

Space for political documentary films is shrinking. No university spaces, a crisis point

Street censorship, absence of funding, and lack of support from prominent film festivals have created a crisis for political documentaries in India.

WHO announces winners of 5th Health for All film festival

Global filmmakers showcase pressing health issues through powerful storytelling.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.