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Cinema century: 3 May, 1913 - Raja Harishchandra and the beginnings of a national obsession
Bollywood Soumyadip ChoudhuryMay 3, 2013 2

Cinema century: May 3, 1913 – Raja Harishchandra and the beginnings of a national obsession

(This is an edited version of a post first published on April 21, 2012) In India, cinema isn’t just a passion. It is an obsession. We have perhaps inherited this…Continue Reading →

Cine Blitz on The India Public Domain Movie Project
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India Public Domain Movie Project in Cine Blitz July 2012

The attention that The Indian Public Domain Project is getting in the mainstream media sometimes seems a little disproportionate to…

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Raja Harishchandra 3D story in Amar Ujala
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Raja Harishchandra 3D story in Amar Ujala

The Hindi daily Amar Ujala (April 23, 2012) carried a home page anchor story on Cutting the Chai making Raja…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0April 24, 2012
Dadasaheb Phalke's Raja Harishchandra (1933) on India Public Domain Movie Project (Also in 3D)
Bollywood Soumyadip ChoudhuryApril 21, 2012 2

Raja Harishchandra (1913) on India Public Domain Movie Project (and in 3D)

In India, cinema isn’t just a passion. It is frenzical. We have perhaps inherited this acute addiction from the man who started it all, 99 years ago – the Father…Continue Reading →

Sunday Mid Day story on the India Public Domain Movie Project
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India Public Domain Movie Project in the Sunday Mid Day

The recently launched India Public Domain Movie Project is getting some much needed publicity. Today’s Sunday Mid Day has a…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0March 25, 2012
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The India Public Domain Movie Project premieres with Kismet (1943)

Ever since I first understood the concept of public domain, this project of getting Indian films which out of copyright…

Soumyadip Choudhury 1March 1, 2012
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