The article traces the history of the film society movements across the world and charts the gradual emergence of film society culture in India leading up to the formation of FFSI (Federation of Film Societies in India). The article also furnishes a…

Iqbal Masud surveys the growing influence of the post independence burgeoning urban culture and the complexities of the city on the film industry, both at the economic and ideological levels. He looks at the works of Satyajit Ray, Guru Dutt and Bimal…