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Closer the gap between literature and films, better Indian cinema will be: Mani Ratnam | Bollywood

Closer the gap between literature and films, better Indian cinema will be: Mani Ratnam | Bollywood

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Panaji, Celebrated filmmaker Mani Ratnam, who adapted Kalki Krishnamurthy’s Tamil novel “Ponniyin Selvan” into a two-part film saga, says Indian cinema could benefit by translating great literary works for screen. Closer the gap between literature and films, better Indian cinema will be: Mani Ratnam Ratnam said it doesn’t get better if a director is able to reinvent a work by a master writer like Kalki. “The fantastic solution is to take literature and make it into films. Tamil is really rich in terms of the literature… Ideally, you’d like to write something that is far above what you do. It makes your job as a director easy… The closer the gap between literature and cinema, the better Indian cinema will be,” the filmmaker said at a session on the fourth day of the International Film Festival of India here on Friday. Ratnam, who was in conversation with filmmaker Gautham Vasudev Menon, said he’s currently reading Salman Rushdie’s novel “Victory City”, based on the early days of the Vijayanagar kingdom. “It’s stunning, it’s like watching a …

Cabinet nod for new centre of excellence for animation, visual effects, gaming | Latest News India

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NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the establishment of a National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics and Extended Reality (AVGC-XR) in Mumbai as a not-for-profit company. Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said a lot of technology used in movies such as The Lion King, Top Gun Maverick and RRR was used in global capability centres in Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad. (PTI) Tentatively called the Indian Institute for Immersive Creators (IIIC), the centre will follow a hub and spoke model with the IIIC as the hub and other centres as its spokes, information and broadcasting minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said while announcing the cabinet decisions. “The aim is to channelise the new developments in economy to create new opportunities,” Vaishnaw said as he talked about the growing creator economy in the country. Industry bodies Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will be the central government’s partners for this institute. The proposed national centre will anchor the AVGC-XR ecosystem in the country …

Movie Review: ‘IF,’ imperfect but charming, may have us all checking under beds for our old friends | Bollywood

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How do you make a kid’s movie that appeals not only to the kids, but the adults sitting next to them? Most movies try to achieve this by throwing in a layer of wink-wink pop culture references that’ll earn a few knowing laughs from parents but fly nicely over the heads of the young ones. HT Image So let’s credit John Krasinski for not taking the easy way out. Writing and directing his new kid’s movie, “IF,” Krasinski is doing his darndest to craft a story that works organically no matter the age, with universal themes — imagination, fear, memory — that just hit different depending on who you are. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! Or maybe sometimes, they hit the same — because Krasinski, who wanted to make a movie his kids could watch , is also telling us that sometimes, we adults are more connected to our childhood minds than we think. A brief late scene that actually …

Taskforce Recommends Teaching Animation, Visual Effects in Schools, Colleges

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Make ‘applied gaming’ a part of school curriculum and give incentives for developing educational games are among the major recommendations made by the taskforce on ‘Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics and Extended Reality (AVGC-XR)’ in its first report, which was released by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) on Monday. The report, ‘Realising AVGC-XR Sector Potential in India’, called it a “sunrise” sector and gave recommendations for various ministries to boost growth in the industry. The other recommendations include creating content in vernacular languages, offering globally recognised undergraduate, postgraduate degrees in skills, entry levels tests for higher learning, focused funding, launch of ‘Create in India’ campaign and a DD Kids channel. The taskforce was set up following an announcement by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman during her budget speech earlier this year to promote the AVGC sector, which has been growing at a rate of 16% year-on-year. “The AVGC sector currently accounts for nearly 1% of the global market. India’s share can rise to 6%. The sector has the potential to create 20 lakh jobs …

Avatar 2 visual artist calls out Wētā Workshop for low pay: ‘I am not proud of…’ | Hollywood

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Avatar: The Way of Water is one of the most anticipated films of the year. Early press reviews of James Cameron‘s sequel have been highly positive, with many claiming that it is one step ahead of its 2009 original. With the budget of the film set somewhere around $350–400 million, the film has been grabbing attention mostly for its groundbreaking visual effects. Now, a key member of the visual effects team has called out the VFX partner for paying less than expected as well as for poor treatment during production. (Also read: Avatar The Way of Water first reactions hail James Cameron film as ‘masterpiece’, critics say it’s better than part 1) Logan Preshaw, who worked with the film’s visual effects team, shared on Twitter that he was left disappointed by the way the visual artists have been paid by the Wētā Workshop. “I worked on Avatar 2. I’m proud of that. I am not proud of how little Weta Workshop pays its artists,” Logan said. “As a concept artist I was paid the current …