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IFFI'98

IFFI'99

    The Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Shri Arun Jaitley said that a convergence is taking place between commercial and art cinema. Speaking at the inaugural function of the Mainstream Cinema Section of IFFI, 2000 here today the Minister said that in the past few years the wall between art and mainstream cinema is breaking down. There has not been a single successful film in the past seven-eight years, which cannot be called an art film. TAAL, which has been selected, as the opening film on the occasion is an example of such cinema, further said the Minister.

    Talking about the problem of video piracy, which is posing a major threat to the mainstream cinema the Minister pointed out that the Government will take suitable measures to check this problem. He hoped that the mainstream cinema will come out of this threat very soon and will become a very important segment of international film festivals.

    Speaking on the occasion Shri Subhash Ghai the Director of the inaugural film TAAL said that it is the duty of the cinema industry to speak the language of audience. Mainstream cinema plays a very crucial role in reaching Indian culture and heritage not only to common people in India but also to large community of Indians settled abroad. Present on the occasion was also Smt. Shabana Azami, Shri Anil Kapoor, lead actor of the film TAAL and senior representatives of the film industry and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.