Doordarshan - Sundays, 11pm - some of the best regional films - Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi. With subtitles. I am yet to be disappointed by any of the films shown. Do check out.
Jaya TV - Saturdays, 6pm, "Haasini Pesum Padam" - Suhaasini (famous actress and Mani Ratnam's wife) talks about movies - everything from techniques to reviews - she picks the most interesting movies to review, and is excellent on the technical side. For instance, she got this special effects expert to talk of how they create some effects on the computer, the software used and so on. The show is in Tamil, so have your Madrasi buddy around to translate!
Aananda Vikatan magazine - the standard Tamil magazine reviews one foreign film every week. Even I can't read Tamil, and so I usually just look at what movie, and then try to find it and watch it. The last edition of Vikatan that I could get my hands on recommended this movie - Ballad of a Soldier.
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One channel you might want to watch is Lok Sabha. It's a 24-hour TV channel that presents live broadcasts of the Lok Sabha when it is in session (which, some might argue, is tamasha in itself, with even film stars contest elections to get in!), and then presents some excellent content, including evening movies. Do check it out! (Follow this link for a sample week's schedule.)
this might come across a bit corny and very much unwanted(thus the anonymity)...am smone whose preparing for NLS for about a month now and today i just casually decided to browse around here nd find out more about ya"ll..the prospectus, no offence, makes the place look like a bloody boarding school...nehoo, i cant tell what a big let up it is to find out that you guyz do have things like a drama club, a debating society and ofcourse a film club...just is sad that it isint getting the desired attention...neway just wanted to put a line in..i guess in hopes of it still being around for the coming batch...have a nice new years everyone!!!
Thank you for visiting my blog and posting those comments.
You are right: DVD movies of masters such as Adoor and Aravindan are simply not available. Let us hope it is only a matter of time...
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I'm in the first year and just happened to stumble upon this blog.As someone who loves movies but hasn't been exposed to too many 'other' movies, I'm really excited about the Film Club. Am wondering though if there are any movies lined up for this trimester...
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