[Reader-list] Save Indie Cinema

[rohitrellan at aol.in]

Hi,




Its for the first time around 43 filmmakers and actors have come together to save independent cinema in India. 


It has some very popular names attached with it. heres the campaign www.change.org/saveindie



The Petition is jointly filed by : Oscar Award and National Award winning Sound Engineer Resul Pookutty ; National Award Winner and Oscar Nominees Ashvin Kumar, Ashutosh Gowariker; National Award winning film makers Anant Mahadevan, Aparna Sen, Ashim Ahluwalia, Buddhadev Das Gupta, Girish Kasaravalli, Goutam Ghosh, Jahnu Barua, Janaki Viswanathan, Nila Madav Panda, Onir, Rituparno Ghosh, Sachin Kundalkar, Shivajee Chandrabhushan, Shyam Benegal, Sanjay Suri, Shonali Bose, Sooni Taraporevala,Sudhir Mishra, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Umesh Kulkarni, Vinay Shukla, Vishal Bharadwaj;  Film makers Aamir Bashir, Amole Gupte, Bedabrata Pain, Homi Adajania, Kaushik Mukherjee(Q), Kiran Rao, Krishna D.K., Nandita Das ,Rahul Bose, Samar Khan, Srijit Mukherji , Subhash Kapoor, Sudish Kamath, Vinta Nanda, Vipin Vijay, Zoya Akhtar;  5 time National Award winning actror, social activist and MP Shabana Azmi and Actor/Producer Juhi Chawla and more



The petition is targeted at the Minister of information and Broadcasting. It has already created enough awareness on independent films and created pressure in through media. Heres the link www.change.org/saveindie


Looking forward to your support.


- Rohit