Several memorable Hindi films, over the last 70 years, have appealed to people’s sense of patriotism, valour and self-sacrifice for the nation. Their subjects range across freedom struggle, invasions & battles, sports, ancient and medieval history, insurgency etc. The common theme running across them is pride in being Indian and duty towards the nation. But admittedly they are fewer in number when compared with the vast output from the Bombay film industry, now called Bollywood.

Radio and television have proved as change agents for India. Radio when started in late 1920s was a surprise. Its access, broadcast and listening, was limited but still it made waves. It won the hearts as Calcutta (Kolkata) Radio station broadcast an early dawn music programme of Mahishasurmardini, chanting of the Devisapatshati on Mahalaya in late 1938. Suddenly radio became popular and other few stations tried to do similar programs.

Watching transgender characters on fictional TV shows has the power to influence attitudes toward transgender people and policy issues, according to new research from USC Annenberg. Just published in the peer-reviewed journal Sex Roles, the research further highlights the ways political ideology shapes viewer responses to transgender depictions in entertainment.

Little over two decades after the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began the first television service of the world in 1936, Television was introduced in India on September 15, 1959 in Delhi. It was with the help of UNESCO that it all started. Initially programmes were broadcast twice a week for an hour a day on themes like community health, traffic, road sense citizens’ duties and rights. Read in Hindi: भारत में टेलीविजन क्रांति का सफर : दुनिया का दूसरा सबसे बड़ा टीवी बाजार है भारत

New Delhi: 8th edition of the greatest carnival of Theatre in the World will take place in India for the first time ever from February 17 – April 8, 2018 simultaneously in various cities across the country.

Rediscovering India through a camera lense focusing on the yet unexplored dimensions and unchartered territories was a 30 day challenge that young film-maker and actor Shubh Mukherjee successfully executed in a short film ‘Trip with me’, ready to release early July.