Get the latest gossip
Shekhar Kapur Sets New Vision for IFFI Goa 2024: ‘Time to Change the Narrative’
Shekhar Kapur unveils plans for IFFI 2024, championing Indian cinema's unique identity and calling for a shift away from Western comparisons.
“For a long time, at every festival, we’ve kind of looked down upon ourselves as though Indian cinema needs to catch up to the West, and that’s a narrative that I want to change,” says Kapur. The director points to India’s historical ability to adapt Western technology, from the early days of the first Indian feature “Raja Harishchandra,” to modern digital platforms. “Right from ‘Raja Harishchandra,’ when we first made our first film, we actually adopted what is a completely Western technology of cameras and showing a projection, and became the largest filmmaking community in the world.
Or read this on Variety
