... Who Does Film Censorship? In keeping with this responsibility, the Central Board of Film Certification known till June 1, 1983 as the Central Board of Film Censors) was set up in Mumbai, with regional offices in some other cities (at present there are nine such offices in Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, New Delhi, Cuttack, and Guwahati). A Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) has also been constituted under section 5D of the 1952 Act for hearing appeals against any order of the CBFC. While the work of certification of films is a central subject, the states have to enforce these censorship provisions and bring any violations to the notice of the CBFC. The organizational structure of the CBFC is based on the provisions of the 1952 Act and the Cinematograph (Certification) Rules 1983. The Chairman and members are appointed for a term of three years or till such time as the Government may direct. They comprise eminent persons from different walks of life such as social sciences, law, education, art, film and so on, thus representing a cross-section of society.The CBFC is assisted by the Advisory Panel in various regional offices which are headed by Regional Officers. The members of these panels are also representative of cross-section of society and interests. These members hold office till such time as the Government may direct but not exceeding two years. However, the members can be re-appointed. The CBFC has divided itself into Examining...
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... As we do people in India have their dominant religions that they practice. Hinduism is the most popular religion in India and makes up about 80% of Indians. There are also two other religions which are Buddhism and Jainism that are practiced. Only around 0.5% of Indians are Jains and 0.7% is Buddhist. These three religions have been around India since BC and make up the Indian religions. To go along with different religions there are also different languages that are spoken by Indians. The Hindi language makes up of about 20% of the people in India and is the most popular of all the languages spoken in India. English is also spoken in most of the regions in India. ("Popular Indian language," ) Different states in India have different languages and some states have more than one official language. Bihar which is in east India has three official languages Hindi, Urdu and Bengali. Sikkim has four official languages but only Nepali is recognized by the central government ("Popular Indian language," ) The Central government decided that Hindi was to be the official language of India to not get confused with the 18 other languages that are spoken in India. In India there are certain ways that people eat and drink and also there are different foods eaten as well. In Indian homes people should always politely turn down the first offer of tea, coffee, or snacks. You will be asked again but saying no the first time is part of the protocol ("India - language,,).Different...
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...in HongKong(Film) Un Cheuk Lam 4C35 The Cinema of Hong Kong has consider as the pioneer of Chinese language movie. Hong Kong was the third largest motion picture industry in the world (after Hollywood and India cinema) and the second largest exporter. Hong Kong film has retained much of its distinctive identity and continues to play a prominent part on the world cinema stage. In the West, Hong Kong's vigorous pop cinema (especially Hong Kong action cinema) has long had a strong cult following, which is now arguably a part of the cultural mainstream, widely available and imitated. Especially between the 1970's - 1990's, most of movie fans will be familiar with names like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan from Hong Kong cinema. The reason why these movie star become so popular because they produce a lot of martial art film during that time. And then these martial art film brought to the western audiences. In fact, A lot of english speaking country or european start to aware of Asian movie in that time. Back to Hong Kong cinema, The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the major movie industry in the Chinese language speaking cinema. Before 1997, Hong Kong was a colony of Britain and therefore Hong Kong had a greater freedom on economic and political than mainland China. Even in film industry, The censorship system in Mainland China have a very strict rule. " Hong Kong filmmakers either steered away from criticzing China or did so in oblique ways ". Therefore, the Hong Kong film maker can barely...
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...China, BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) has been identified as areas of rapid growth in the future, and having a foothold there helps ensure positive results and give them strong brand recognition when it occurs. 2. Do you agree with Disney’s decision to pursue a localization approach in emerging markets? I fully agree with Disney’s decision to pursue localization as its approach to emerging markets. Cultures vary far too much for a global approach, with each country and region having their own unique values and beliefs on just about everything, their customary United States approach would likely falter (as it did in Hong Kong Disney’s first year of existence, falling short of expected customers). Perhaps one of the most important reasons a localization approach is needed is because of the way people unconsciously react to things. Many cultures react to colors, symbols, and even gestures entirely different. With this in mind, evaluating how each culture responds to these things can only help promote positive effects. I personally thought the play on “Year of the Mouse” in the Chinese calendar involving Micky and Minnie Mouse while having them wear red, symbolic of good luck to them, was a very smart marketing ploy. In India Disney is partnering with local film production companies to open their own channel and create content that is not only entertaining, but supported by their culture. This is a big step they can take in India, while not in China because of...
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...POWER – “THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY” Abstract The Entertainment Industry in India is on the verge of emerging as a potential market globally. By attracting a large mass of International audience, it has earned for itself a global interest which is expected to fuel the growth of the Industry. This report presents an analysis of the recent development, both international and domestic, in the Industry which have come as a result of intensive adaptation to the latest technologies and the care it has taken to ensure that it always move towards globalization and corporatization .It also experiences the entry of major corporate companies, thus expanding the current size. INTRODUCTION The Indian Entertainment Industry has become one of the fastest growing sectors of the country’s economy. Over the past decade, India has been the second fastest growing economy in the world. The major global corporations opine that it will become a key market in the years to come, sweeping the global Entertainment world with its unlimited potential. As the Indian economy continues to perform strongly, the Indian middle class will also expand significantly. It is the growing consumer class with an increasing affinity to Entertainment that drives the Industry. This has resulted in an increase in the expenditures on entertainment. As a result of which the advertising revenues have also been on the rise. India is witnessing the growth of multiplexes that offer better viewing experience to the...
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...status=1&menu_id=199 5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unorganised_sector_(India) (The term unorganised sector when used in the Indian context is defined by National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector, Government of India in their Report on Conditions of Work and Promotion of Livelyhoods in the Unorganised Sector thus: The unorganised sector consists of all unincorporated private enterprises owned by individuals or households engaged in the sale or production of goods and services operated on a proprietary or partnership basis and with less than ten total workers[1] Amongst the characteristic features of this sector are ease of entry, smaller scale of operation, local ownership, uncertain legal status, labour intensive and operating using lower technology based methods, flexible pricing, less sophisticated packing, absence of a brand name, unavailability of good storage facilities and an effective distribution network, inadequate access to government schemes, finance and government aid, lower entry barriers for employees, a higher proportion of migrants with a lower rate of compensation.[2] Employees of enterprises belonging to the unorganised sector have lower job security and poorer chances of growth, and no leaves and paid holidays , they have lower protection against employers indulging in unfair or illegal practices.[3] A NCEUS report estimates that in 2005 out of the 485 million persons employed in India, 86 percent or 395 million worked in the unorganised sector,[4] generating...
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...POLI3001 Assignment No. 2 Briefly compare the political regime type in China and India. Which of the two would you prefer to do business in and why? India and China are two republics that have experienced very opposing political regimes throughout history. China has been fundamentally stable country with a lack of a distinct authority figure (Desai, 2003). Being a single party state China has been controlled by the Chinese Communist Party since the 5th National Congress held in 1927 (Wang, 2013). Correspondingly India, have always been a federal parliamentary democratic republic where the President of India elected is head of state and the Prime Minister elected is the head of government (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 2013). This essay will reflect on the political views of both China and India, and attempt to determine why it is more advantageous to do business in India. Government regulation is the process of dissemination, monitoring and enforcement of policy established by appropriate legislation. In, China regulation is central as particular industries are not accessible to foreign investors as the Communist Party aims to restrict external influences on its own population (Desai, 2003). An estimated 90 percent of companies listed on the Chinese exchanges are either partly or fully state-owned (Desai). Retaining a level competition base is significantly reduced, as the chances of competing against a government owned company is more than likely. A good example...
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...most forms of the mass media notably films, play a significant role in not only the creation of inappropriate stereotypes of women in the male mind but also the creation of wholly perverse role models for the pliable minds of teenage girls. The debonair hero on the screen nudges and teases the young heroine, harasses her along with his friends that are till they irrevocably fall in love. The conversion of the heroine into the vamp, the women who uses her sexuality for scandalizing the audience is a case in point. In recent years, in India, there has been a fold of movies starting perhaps with Raj Kapoor’s “Ram Teri Ganga Maili” in which female sexuality has been perversely portrayed. Since then a krishma Kapoor or a shilpa Shirodkar or a Puja Bedi has had no inhibition in terms of exposing and catering to the perverse tastes of the male audience. In the West, such portrayal goes back to many decades. A marlyn Monroe or a Brigitte Bardot were the sex symbols of a generation almost three decades back. They played the role of women slaved to their sexual instincts, and whose sense of self-worth arose only from their degree of sexual satisfaction. The myth became the reality in the male mind and women became only and ultimately sex symbols. Men, as a rule, since the dawn of society have held a commanding position vis-a-vis woman. In a world where till recently brawn was more important than brains, this seemed natural and fit. In a recent film “Sangeet”, Madhuri Dixit played a middle-aged...
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...MBA GD Topics • Is India moving away from a secularist state? • Education in India - or the lack of it • What ails Indian sports? • The Age of Information • Is Philosophy just an armchair theory? • Success is all about human relations • Borderless worlds - Dream or reality? • Quality is a myth in India. • Education and success - Is there a correlation? • We don't learn from history, we repeat it • Do we need a global policeman • Indian villages - our strength or our weakness? • Agrarian Economy in India - boon or bane • if there were no armies in the world...... • Indian customs - are we in a time warp? • "How green was my valley........". Is nature paying the price ? • Management Education - Is it necessary to succeed in business • The role of NGOs in economics and politics • NGOs - Do they serve peoples interests or are they pressure groups? • Death of Socialism • Role of women in development • Kids today are not what they used to be • Casteless India - A pipe dream • Should Trade Unionism be banned in India • Repeated elections - Should taxpayers pay for it? • Indian bureaucracy - foundation strengths or colonial hangovers? • In India, the whole is less than the parts - Do we lack in team spirit? • Generation X - Drivers of our future or are they our lost souls? • Do we need a cut in the defence budget? • "Dot.com" companies...
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...Due Date: Mar 5, 2014 by 12am Housewife vs. Courtesan in India In the early 20th century, life as a woman in Indianociety S (and in the rest of the world at the time) was not glamorous. The common consensus was that a woman’s natural place was to be within the domicile and that women held less power than men, despite all their contributions to the family. “In the average Indian family the strictest domestic economy is the rule of life, and the household work is done by the women of the household” (Temple 64). It was a woman’s job to keep the household in order, raise the children, and keep her husband satisfied. “vulnerable in a maledominated world”, marriage was considered an impending fate for women as India’s workforce was primarily male dominated omen , w were dependent on men for financial support (Nijhawan 103). Getting married was also a must for women and was seen as the only ‘respectable’ course of action in a womans life. Widows in Indian society were treated poorly and had a low social standing, even though they had followed all respectable social norms “How much the women dread widowhood is exhibited to the full in the fact that to call a woman a widow is to offer her a dire insult” (Temple 65). The courtesans of the time seemed to live outside of these sociocultural norms. Analysis of courtesan in India and how they are represented in Bollywood can help us understand their place in the ...
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... It strives to engage all communities through evocative broadcast programmes and outreach projects. It channelizes the information and ideas to help improve communities socially, culturally and economically. Through public service broadcasting, citizens are informed, educated and also entertained. Public service broadcasting can serve as a keystone of democracy when it is guaranteed with pluralism, programming diversity, editorial independence, appropriate funding, accountability and transparency. What are the Public broadcasting institutions in India? The Major institution for public broadcasting in India is Prasar Bharati. Prasar Bharati through All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD) networks provide maximum coverage of the population and are one of the largest terrestrial networks in the world. Prasar Bharati provide most efficient media content of the highest quality that will empower and enlighten the citizens of India and its audiences outside the country through original and relevant programmes which inform, educate and entertain people. Public Broadcasting or Publicservicebroadcastinghastheresponsibilitytoprovideservicestoa public comprised of many individuals with different...
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...Bangladeshi Films: Mainstream Films vs. Alternative Cinemas Submitted to: Ariful Islam Lecturer, Department of English East West University Submitted By: MD. Zaidul Haque ID: 2013-1-10-149 Department of BBA East West University Date of Submission: June 20, 2013 Bangladeshi Films: Bangladesh is varies cultural country. The establishment of film theatres began here in the 1910s, but the production of theatrical features started as late as the 1950s. On April 24, 1898, the Bengali weekly Dhaka Prakash reported that films were shown in Dhaka by the Bradford Bioscope Company, at the Crown Theatre, in Patuatuli, near Sadarghat. The show included news items and other short features. The first permanent cinema in Dhaka, named Picture House, began operation during 1913–1914. This cinema was renamed to New Picture House and then again to Shabistan. By 1947 there were around 80 cinemas in what is now Bangladesh. After the partition of India in 1947, the first film made in East Pakistan was a newsreel about the visit of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, produced in 1948 by the radio broadcaster Nazir Ahmed. The first full-length feature film with sound made in East Pakistan was Mukh O Mukhosh, which was produced by Abdul Jabbar Khan and released on August 3, 1956. Editing, printing and all other film processing for this movie was done in Lahore, Pakistan There was no film industry...
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...COMPETITION CONCERNS IN FILM INDUSTRY 2013 A RESEARCH PROJECT ON COMPETITION CONCERNS IN FILM INDUSTRY UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF DR. K.D. SINGH DEPUTY DIRECTOR (LAW) COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA BY TULIKA SINGH, VTH YEAR STUDENT OF B.A. L.L.B. (HONS.) AT CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, PATNA COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA Page 1 DISCLAIMER COMPETITION CONCERNS IN FILM INDUSTRY 2013 This project report has been prepared by the author as an intern under the Internship Programme of the Competition Commission of India for the period of one month from 7th January 2013 to 31st January 2013, for academic purposes only. The views expressed in the report are personal to the intern and do not reflect the views of the Commission or any of its staff or personnel and do not bind the Commission in any manner. This report is the intellectual property of the Competition Commission of India and the same or any part thereof may not be used in any manner whatsoever, without express permission of the Competition Commission of India in writing. COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA Page 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT COMPETITION CONCERNS IN FILM INDUSTRY 2013 This research project is undertaken by me as a part of Internship programme of Competition Commission of India. Dr. K. D. Singh, Deputy Director (Law) at CCI guided me through this project. His invaluable inputs and suggestions are deeply acknowledged. Library Staff of CCI also helped me throughout the internship period...
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...Q4) Key Differences Between Centralization and Decentralization The following are the major differences between centralization and decentralization: 1. The unification of powers and authorities, in the hands of high level management is known as Centralization. Decentralization means dispersal of powers and authorities by the top level to the functional level management. 2. Centralization is best for a small sized organization, but large sized organization should practice decentralization. 3. In centralization formal communication flow is there. Conversely, in decentralization, communication stretches in all directions. 4. In centralization due to concentration of powers in the hands of a single person, the decision takes time. On the other hand, decentralization proves better in terms of decision making as the decisions are taken much closer to the actions. 5. There is full leadership and coordination in Centralization. Decentralization, shares the burden of the toplevel managers. The reason for centralization is inadequate control over the organization, but the reason for decentralization is good and effective control over the same. Conclusion The difference between centralization and decentralization is one of the hot topics these days. Some people think that centralization is better while others are in favor of decentralization. In ancient times, people used to run their organization in a centralized manner, but now the scenario has been changed completely...
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...Beginning and Evolution of film industry in sub-continent Introduction:- Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. The origin of the name comes from the fact that photographic film has historically been the primary medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion picture, including picture, picture show, and most commonly, movie. Additional terms for the field in general include the big screen, the silver screen, the cinema and the movies. Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. They comprise a series of individual frames, but when these images are shown rapidly in succession, the illusion of motion is given to the viewer. Flickering between frames is not seen due to an effect known as persistence of vision, whereby the eye retains a visual image for a fraction of a second after the source has been removed. Film-A true art-form:- Film is considered by many to be an important art form; films entertain, educate, enlighten and inspire audiences. The visual elements of cinema need no translation, giving the motion picture a universal power of communication. Any film can become a worldwide attraction, especially with the addition of dubbing or subtitles that translate the dialogue. Films are also artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect...
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