• ISBN13: 9788126938919
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Communication, Mass Media and Journalism
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: N/A
• Publication Date: March 6, 2024
• Pages: 322
• Original Price: INR 1295.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 480 grams

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 as a global entity now.

Till the 1950s, 80% of the films screened in India were from abroad and the country was not on the map of the global film world. Today, the country is dominated by Indian films and has a place in all International film festivals, competing against Hollywood with its Bollywood films. The massive transformation is credited to Indian film policies, new film institutions and the Film Society movement. But do such policies and movements have a future in the digital era? Celluloid to Digital: India’s Film Society Movement delves into this question in the OTT age.

V. K. Cherian is a former film society activist and a consultant, writer and filmmaker based in New Delhi. More about the author: www.vkcherian.in