Dedicated to documentaries
Ervell E. Menezes
"NO, you don’t need a script, your subject has to dictate to you ... you don’t pre-determine reality." The speaker is 47-year-old Canadian documentary filmmaker Peter Wintonick and he was talking about his genre of films. Who should know better?

Talking their way to fame
Dinesh Rathod
ONE of the most popular television shows these days is a star selection contest that wasconducted by Channel V across five cities — Chandigarh, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai. It is the closest Indian television has got to putting up what is understood as a reality show.

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The ring of cash is music that matters
Jawahar Wattal
THIS ABBA song, which went on to become one of the biggest hits of all times, is an apt descriptor of the phase the Indian music industry is passing through at present. Ironically enough, the only thing that is music to the industry's ear these days is the ring of the cash registers.