I Am
Contributed by Smita Chand I love that I was approached by CSAFF to write about the recent screening at the Chicago Cultural Center of “I Am” directed by Onir and released in 2010. I am a huge fan of anyone who takes risks in challenging the mindset of people – especially South Asians – because...
Bollywood and Independent Cinema: A Comparison
Contributed by Rochona Majumdar The expression “Bollywood” writes the film scholar Tejaswini Ganti was a “tongue-in-cheek term created by the English language press in India.” Today it has become a global term that designates the large number of Hindi language films made by the film industry based in Mumbai. The history of Hindi (and other...

