{"author_link":"\/users\/nazriel","author_name":"nazriel","author_uid":"nazriel","comments":[],"epoch":1616913972,"event":"LD48","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":235512,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"152423","p_author":"nazriel","p_authorkey":"1235492","p_urlkey":"369271","p_title":"Netflix and Amazon gave daring Indian filmmakers hope. Now that's turning to fea","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD48","p_time":"1616913972","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1235492","us_name":"nazriel","us_username":"nazriel","event_start":"1619222400","event_key":"109","event_name":"Ludum Dare 48"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":233335,"_trust":-1000,"author":235492,"body":"Screenwriter and director Ruchi Narain struggled for decades to find steady work in the Indian film industry.\n\nEven with two major, critically acclaimed films under her belt \u2014 \u201cKal: Yesterday and Tomorrow,\u201d a thriller she wrote and directed, and \u201cHazaaron Khwaishein Aisi,\u201d a political drama that won Bollywood\u2019s equivalent of an Academy Award \u2014 the work just wouldn\u2019t come.\n\u201cI struggled a lot because I am an outsider and a woman,\u201d Narain told CNN Business. \u201cI was meeting people every week but it all went nowhere.\u201d That changed when Netflix (NFLX) arrived in India in 2016.\n\nSince then, the Mumbai-based filmmaker says she has \u201cbeen inundated with work.\u201d Her film \u201cGuilty\u201d \u2014 a social issues drama about a rape investigation \u2014 was released by the streaming giant in 2020. In the same year, Disney+ Hotstar released her 8-part comedy series \u201cHundred.\u201d\nNow, increasing government scrutiny of these more provocative projects and other groundbreaking stories is worrying Narain and many other creators in Mumbai, the home of India\u2019s film industry.\n\nOriginal shows on Amazon Prime and Netflix have lately drawn ire from Indian politicians and regular citizens who consider these films and TV shows insensitive to cultural and religious beliefs.\n\nPolice complaints have also piled up against creators and company executives, and some of the offenses they have been accused of \u2014 including committing \u201cdeliberate or malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings\u201d \u2014 carry prison terms of up to three years, a fine, or both. And, in recent months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s government has announced new rules and guidelines for streaming services, though no explicit bans on particular themes.\n\nIndia\u2019s creative community now fears that streaming services may buckle under the pressure, and refrain from touching stories that are even remotely controversial. It\u2019s a troubling sign for an industry that had just begun experimenting with new forms of storytelling and producing shows capable of worldwide appeal. Just last year, Delhi Crime, a Netflix drama series based on the real rape and murder of a 23-year-old student in India\u2019s capital, won an international Emmy.\n\nThe arrival of Amazon (AMZN) and Netflix in India has been a boon to directors and writers like Narain, who had long languished on the fringes of Bollywood \u2014 an industry often accused of nepotism. Several filmmakers told CNN Business they thought the international streaming services introduced a degree of professionalism.\n\n\u201cI co-directed a film called \u2018House Arrest,\u2019 which was released on Netflix in 2019, and everyone on set was thrilled just because they were getting paid on time,\u201d said Samit Basu, novelist and filmmaker. He added that the culture changed to one where rigorous research and development were commonplace.\n\n\u201cA lot of book rights were auctioned and writers\u2019 rooms started happening,\u201d Basu added. \u201cEarlier, people in the film industry hardly ever read books.\u201d\nMore importantly, these companies made it possible for storytellers to explore subjects that had previously been untouched.\nBollywood films are hamstrung by the Central Board of Film Certification, which forces filmmakers to remove everything from kisses and swear words to shots of drug abuse \u2014 once even from a film about drug abuse. Indian TV, which is also regulated by the government, is dominated by often regressive stories about housewives and mothers-in-law.\n\nStreaming content broke that mold because it was, until recently, unregulated by the government. \u201cSacred Games,\u201d Netflix\u2019s first original series in the country, shocked Indian viewers by casting well-known actors in a show that liberally made use of abusive language, violence and nudity. The program was compared to \u201cNarcos,\u201d Netflix\u2019s hit American drama about Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar.\n\nAmazon\u2019s first series in the country, meanwhile, was \u201cInside Edge\u201d \u2014 a show about the dark underbelly of cricket, a sport that is worshipped in India. Both \u201cInside Edge and \u201cSacred Games\u201d were nominated for International Emmy awards.\n\nSeveral other shows on the platforms have also taken an unflinching look at subjects ranging from politics to female sexuality, which Bollywood and Indian TV have typically shied away from. \u201cI am glad I did my film for Netflix because they did not dilute anything,\u201d said Narain, referring to her project \u201cGuilty.\u201d\nread more:\n\nhttps:\/\/www.metooo.io\/e\/watch-attack-on-titan-season-4-episode-16-online-full-series\nhttps:\/\/www.metooo.io\/e\/hd-watch-attack-on-titan-season-4-episode-16-online-full-episodes\nhttps:\/\/www.metooo.io\/e\/123movies-attack-on-titan-season-4-episode-16-watch-hd-online\nhttps:\/\/www.metooo.io\/e\/watch-aot-series-attack-on-titan-season-4-episode-16-hd-online-full-episodes\n \n\nsource\"\n\nhttps:\/\/myanimelist.net\/blog.php?eid=847696\n\nhttps:\/\/jonnac4t.cookpad-blog.jp\/articles\/583514\n\nhttp:\/\/www.shadowville.com\/board\/general-discussions\/netflix-and-amazon-gave-daring-indian-filmmakers-hope-now-thats-turning-t#p472000\n\nhttps:\/\/www.guest-articles.com\/entertainment\/netflix-and-amazon-gave-daring-indian-filmmakers-hope-now-thats-turning-to-fear-28-03-2021","comments":8,"comments-timestamp":"2021-04-09T09:18:19Z","created":"2021-03-28T06:45:23Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":235512,"love":0,"meta":[],"modified":"2021-04-09T09:18:19Z","name":"Netflix and Amazon gave daring Indian filmmakers hope. 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In the same year, Disney+ Hotstar released her 8-part comedy series \u201cHundred.\u201d\nNow, increasing government scrutiny of these more provocative projects and other groundbreaking stories is worrying Narain and many other creators in Mumbai, the home of India\u2019s film industry.\n\nOriginal shows on Amazon Prime and Netflix have lately drawn ire from Indian politicians and regular citizens who consider these films and TV shows insensitive to cultural and religious beliefs.\n\nPolice complaints have also piled up against creators and company executives, and some of the offenses they have been accused of \u2014 including committing \u201cdeliberate or malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings\u201d \u2014 carry prison terms of up to three years, a fine, or both. And, in recent months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s government has announced new rules and guidelines for streaming services, though no explicit bans on particular themes.\n\nIndia\u2019s creative community now fears that streaming services may buckle under the pressure, and refrain from touching stories that are even remotely controversial. It\u2019s a troubling sign for an industry that had just begun experimenting with new forms of storytelling and producing shows capable of worldwide appeal. Just last year, Delhi Crime, a Netflix drama series based on the real rape and murder of a 23-year-old student in India\u2019s capital, won an international Emmy.\n\nThe arrival of Amazon (AMZN) and Netflix in India has been a boon to directors and writers like Narain, who had long languished on the fringes of Bollywood \u2014 an industry often accused of nepotism. Several filmmakers told CNN Business they thought the international streaming services introduced a degree of professionalism.\n\n\u201cI co-directed a film called \u2018House Arrest,\u2019 which was released on Netflix in 2019, and everyone on set was thrilled just because they were getting paid on time,\u201d said Samit Basu, novelist and filmmaker. He added that the culture changed to one where rigorous research and development were commonplace.\n\n\u201cA lot of book rights were auctioned and writers\u2019 rooms started happening,\u201d Basu added. \u201cEarlier, people in the film industry hardly ever read books.\u201d\nMore importantly, these companies made it possible for storytellers to explore subjects that had previously been untouched.\nBollywood films are hamstrung by the Central Board of Film Certification, which forces filmmakers to remove everything from kisses and swear words to shots of drug abuse \u2014 once even from a film about drug abuse. Indian TV, which is also regulated by the government, is dominated by often regressive stories about housewives and mothers-in-law.\n\nStreaming content broke that mold because it was, until recently, unregulated by the government. \u201cSacred Games,\u201d Netflix\u2019s first original series in the country, shocked Indian viewers by casting well-known actors in a show that liberally made use of abusive language, violence and nudity. The program was compared to \u201cNarcos,\u201d Netflix\u2019s hit American drama about Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar.\n\nAmazon\u2019s first series in the country, meanwhile, was \u201cInside Edge\u201d \u2014 a show about the dark underbelly of cricket, a sport that is worshipped in India. Both \u201cInside Edge and \u201cSacred Games\u201d were nominated for International Emmy awards.\n\nSeveral other shows on the platforms have also taken an unflinching look at subjects ranging from politics to female sexuality, which Bollywood and Indian TV have typically shied away from. \u201cI am glad I did my film for Netflix because they did not dilute anything,\u201d said Narain, referring to her project \u201cGuilty.\u201d\nread more:\n\nhttps:\/\/www.metooo.io\/e\/watch-attack-on-titan-season-4-episode-16-online-full-series\nhttps:\/\/www.metooo.io\/e\/hd-watch-attack-on-titan-season-4-episode-16-online-full-episodes\nhttps:\/\/www.metooo.io\/e\/123movies-attack-on-titan-season-4-episode-16-watch-hd-online\nhttps:\/\/www.metooo.io\/e\/watch-aot-series-attack-on-titan-season-4-episode-16-hd-online-full-episodes\n \n\nsource\"\n\nhttps:\/\/myanimelist.net\/blog.php?eid=847696\n\nhttps:\/\/jonnac4t.cookpad-blog.jp\/articles\/583514\n\nhttp:\/\/www.shadowville.com\/board\/general-discussions\/netflix-and-amazon-gave-daring-indian-filmmakers-hope-now-thats-turning-t#p472000\n\nhttps:\/\/www.guest-articles.com\/entertainment\/netflix-and-amazon-gave-daring-indian-filmmakers-hope-now-thats-turning-to-fear-28-03-2021","title":"Netflix and Amazon gave daring Indian filmmakers hope. Now that's turning to fea","wayback_source":[]}