India's Film Society Movement: The Journey And Its Impact Paperback

India

V. K. Cherian

First comprehensive account of the seven-decade long journey of the Film Society Movement in India and how it helped Indian cinema come into its own.Till 1950s, 80 per cent of the films screened in India were from abroad. Today, only 10 per cent films shown in India are of foreign origin. This massive transformation is credited to the historic Film Society Movement in India, which became a catalyst to a new film culture as we see it today.

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12-Dec-16

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VK Cherian grew up as a film society member and activist with the celebrated film-maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Chitralekha Film Society from 1976 to 1980 at Thiruvananthapuram. He organised film study and theatre groups at Mar Ivanios College and University Centre, Trivandrum, and also at his hometown in Kayamkulam in Kerala. Mr Cherian writes occasionally about films in English and Malayalam. A regular visitor to the various international film festivals for over 35 years, he is an ardent film enthusiast who has been engaged with the film fraternity as a writer and promoter of good cinema. Maker of several video documentaries, he has authored and edited three books, as well as promoted the Indo-Afrikhadi Foundation. An alumina of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, Cherian is a journalistturned-communications professional residing in New Delhi for the last 35 years.

[This] book is a valuable addition ... and certainly among the very rare ones written about the Film Society Movement." -- Shyam Benegal "Cherian's book takes one back in time when cinema was associated with `culture', `art form' and `nation building'... [it] comprehensively maps the seven decade long journey, beginning from the Indian independence movement...presented in a simple and academic layout, the book has valuable information for anyone interested in the history of the film society movement." -- The Week, December 11, 2016. Cherian has meticulously documented evolution of films in India.... The amount of effort that has gone into this work is colossal. -- Vijaya Mulay. Founding Joint Secretary, Federation of Film Societies of India [FFSI]