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Mangaluru: Films important to experience life around - Vijay Kumar Kodialbail

  •   Thu, Sep 06 2018 10:29:36 AM

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Mangaluru, Sep 6: “While we as students were banned from watching films, educational institutions today have made film watching part of the curriculum. This was a very good development,” said noted Tulu playright and film director Vijay Kumar Kodialbail.

He was speaking at the inauguration of Chrysalis 2018, a two day multi-language film festival organised by the PG department of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) of St Aloysius College, Mangaluru here on Wednesday September 5.

Kodialbail added that films were an important medium for the youth to discover themselves and the world. Multiple language films and film festivals provided an excellent platform to discover films depicting various cultures and industries and in this way they could experience life around, he added.



In his opening remarks, Dr Melwyn Pinto, HOD of JMC elucidated that the film festival theme 'We are one' was chosen to emphasise harmony and unity in diversity. Since it was organised on the first death anniversary of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, a documentary film 'Namma Gauri' was screened during the inauguration.

The students also put up a co-ordinated dance drama to mark the inaugural programme of the two-day film festival. Actor Arjun Kapikad wished the team success for the film festival hoping that more colleges organise such useful platforms. The Labanese film Caramel drew the maximum crowds on the first day, so much so that it had to be screened multiple times due to popular demand.

The second day will feature a panel discussion consisting of national award winning Kannada film director B Suresha and documentary filmmaker Natesh Ullal. Pettai Pili (Tulu), Samskara (Kannada) and Njan Marykutty (Malayalam) are some of the films that will be screened on the second day. Upcoming south Indian actor Siddhi Mahajankatti will be the chief guest for the closing ceremony.
  

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  • Max and Jessie Rasquinha, Mangalore, Houston/Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

    Sat, Sep 08 2018

    Film industry is spreading rapidly and progressively all over India, and Mangalore is not going to be an exception. Mangalore has a scenic sight all over, and Mangalore has all the potentials to expand their filming industry in many languages, including Kannada, Thulu and even Konkany. Mangalore has a wide variety of educated and culured people, and that will enable the filming industry to thrive in and around Mangalore.

    Film industry is truly a boost for the economy. The film industry will create many studios and schools for training and filming. Mangalore will attract many other talents and technologies to emerge from elsewhere. There will be a broader outlook to appear in and around Mangalore where actors, singers, dancers, producers and all other technocrats will surface rapidly and effectively.

    Film industry is good for Mangalore, and the entire community will move forward with the growth of film industry. It is going to be a real boost for the people, for the economy and for the world of entertainment.

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