There has been a considerable increase in the demand for movies from India after the popularity of Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle. It was not a surprise when 11 movies from India were chosen for the Fribourg International Film Festival in Out of Bollywood category. This was done to let foreign audiences know more related to Indian movies.
Edouard Waintrop, artistic director of the film festival, claimed that Indian movies went far beyond melodramas with song tracks and dance sequences. The aim of including a different section for Indian films was to acquaint the audiences with the diversity of Indian movies, he said. He also commented that all the movies screened in the festival deal with different social problems faced by India and its people, so they are easy to relate with.
One of the films screened was the classic Aparajito (The Unvanquished, 1956), the second part of Satyajit Ray's 'Apu Trilogy'. It is the story of a small child and his different stages in life, and the issues he has to face in life. The popularity of Apu trilogy fetched recognition for both Satyajit Ray and Indian cinema internationally.
Many film experts like filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Swiss filmmaker Olivier Paulus and popular critic Hubert Noigret were called for many serious chats. The discussions argued that Indian movies was as varied as its culture and is a representation of the various languages, traditions and religions in the country.
Starting from the 1940s onwards, the tension between Muslims and Hindus had been a subject for numerous filmmaker and even today many films are being made with the theme. Another movie that was screened at the film festival, 'Firaaq', directed by Nandita Das has the backdrop of Gujarat, at the time of the communal riots when a lot of Muslims were callously murdered by Hindus. The movie narrates how innocent Muslim people are being tortured by Hindu policemen. The film, with its realistic approach, is a portrayal of how violence is paid back in violence.
'Ramchand Pakistani' by the Pakistani Mehreen Jabbar is another film that deals with Hindu-Muslim tensions. Ramchand Pakistani is about two people - a father and a son, who lives near the border line separating India and Pakistan. They both get imprisoned when the boy crosses the border and his father tries to get him back. The fault of going across the border is understood by the father, but both of them were sent to a jail in India. The film shows the negative attitude of corrupt Indian policemen towards innocent Pakistanis.
Edouard Waintrop, artistic director of the film festival, claimed that Indian movies went far beyond melodramas with song tracks and dance sequences. The aim of including a different section for Indian films was to acquaint the audiences with the diversity of Indian movies, he said. He also commented that all the movies screened in the festival deal with different social problems faced by India and its people, so they are easy to relate with.
One of the films screened was the classic Aparajito (The Unvanquished, 1956), the second part of Satyajit Ray's 'Apu Trilogy'. It is the story of a small child and his different stages in life, and the issues he has to face in life. The popularity of Apu trilogy fetched recognition for both Satyajit Ray and Indian cinema internationally.
Many film experts like filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Swiss filmmaker Olivier Paulus and popular critic Hubert Noigret were called for many serious chats. The discussions argued that Indian movies was as varied as its culture and is a representation of the various languages, traditions and religions in the country.
Starting from the 1940s onwards, the tension between Muslims and Hindus had been a subject for numerous filmmaker and even today many films are being made with the theme. Another movie that was screened at the film festival, 'Firaaq', directed by Nandita Das has the backdrop of Gujarat, at the time of the communal riots when a lot of Muslims were callously murdered by Hindus. The movie narrates how innocent Muslim people are being tortured by Hindu policemen. The film, with its realistic approach, is a portrayal of how violence is paid back in violence.
'Ramchand Pakistani' by the Pakistani Mehreen Jabbar is another film that deals with Hindu-Muslim tensions. Ramchand Pakistani is about two people - a father and a son, who lives near the border line separating India and Pakistan. They both get imprisoned when the boy crosses the border and his father tries to get him back. The fault of going across the border is understood by the father, but both of them were sent to a jail in India. The film shows the negative attitude of corrupt Indian policemen towards innocent Pakistanis.
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