This was a unique subject that I ventured into for the first time as a researcher. The conference was organised by the Humanities area of BITS (Goa campus).
My discourse was on Marathi films, which I found (to my pleasant surprise) have improved tremendously in quality, and on an average are better than Hindi films in some years. Apart from the fact that they were pioneers in film-making in India, particularly in the silent film era, when Dadasaheb Phalke made India's first feature-length film in 1912. His own story has been encapsulated in arecent biographical called Harishchandrachi Factory (named after Raja Harishchandra, the film he made in 1912).
An interesting experience, listening to a lot of research on films of all kinds-particularly delightful was a session on Indian documentaries (many made by Films Division and compulsorily screened) by Ravi Vasudevan. My own session had papers on Malayalam and Tamil cinema. There were various views expressed on adaptations as well.
When at IMT, we had hosted a Case Conference at Goa for four years. This was a deja vu kind of feeling, attending one.
An interesting experience, listening to a lot of research on films of all kinds-particularly delightful was a session on Indian documentaries (many made by Films Division and compulsorily screened) by Ravi Vasudevan. My own session had papers on Malayalam and Tamil cinema. There were various views expressed on adaptations as well.
When at IMT, we had hosted a Case Conference at Goa for four years. This was a deja vu kind of feeling, attending one.
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