It was raining earlier and I got reminded of this edit I made years ago.
I have also reached my quarterly limit of tolerating the hate, apathy, and moral rot on display here. So taking a break. Let me make use of the 4-day long weekend I have this week. Ciao and take care ๐ซโฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธ
Dhruv Rathee at the end of his NEET video - "Many students commit suicide but dont lose hope, an exam doesnt decide your life.. take inspiration from me. I never took these exams but I am successful, so... Go to my website and buy my Youtube Creator course, here's a coupon". WILD
Fuck off, you absolute c**ts.
You literally dragged her to the courts for protesting against the appointment of your chairman.
You deserve no fucking credit for her towering achievement.
Her film is a Grand Prix winner in spite of every attempt by you to wreck her career.
It is a moment of pride for FTII as its Alumni create history at Cannes.
As we witness a phenomenal year for Indian Cinema at 77th Cannes Film Festival, FTII cherishes the glorious achievements of its Alumni at this Mega International Stage of Cinema.
#cannes2024
#cannesawards
Streaming sites are anti-art. If you care for the filmmaker's vision, then piracy is the way to go (unless you have enough disposable income for physical media then that)
Pirates go out of their way for the filmmaker's vision. They've more love for art than entire film industries
Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali, butchered on
@PrimeVideo
, which seems to be the only platform streaming it in India. Just look at the amount of image cropped because they want to fill the whole screen (Criterion print on the left)
Just learnt that OpenAI and Meta use pirated ebooks to train their AI models.
So, when poor students pirate books thats a crime, but when trillion dollar corporations do it to make more money and not pay royalties when they can, then great business idea.
Understood :)
@brokebackstan
Also the scene where Gracie says โwho was the boss who was in chargeโ which is something Mary Kay Letourneau said in an interview to Villi Fualaau made me gasp
A movie from India, made by an Indian director, releases in French cinemas today and will probably never release in India, theatres or otherwise.
Such a fucking shame.
Sortie de
#Cannes2024
: en salle en France aujourd'hui,
#Santosh
, premiรจre fiction de la rรฉalisatrice indienne Sandhya Suri. L'actrice Shahana Goswami y interprรจte une jeune veuve qui hรฉrite du poste de son dรฉfunt mari au sein d'une unitรฉ de police du Nord de l'Inde. Bientรดt
"A man shouldn't be a misogynist or be aggressive towards women" is not some personal belief or moral stance, it's a basic fucking expectation from someone. You have to be rotten in your core if you think it's a choice.
๐ฌ
#AnimalTheMovie
: Aftermath
The criticism of a film should solely focus around its merits, without targeting its existence based on personal beliefs or morality. If one attempts to silence a film because it challenges their morality, they must be prepared for someone to
France got it in theatres before India where it doesn't even have a release date so far.
Absolutely joke country. This is the result of years of "mass" and Hindi cinema being shoved down the throats of people with no other option. So fucking sad.
Avec All We Imagine as Light, la rรฉalisatrice Payal Kapadia รฉtablissait une double performance ร
#Cannes2024
. Celle de faire revenir le cinรฉma indien dans la Compรฉtition aprรจs 30 ans d'absence et celle dโy dรฉcrocher le Grand Prix. La premiรจre fiction de la cinรฉaste qui, en 2021,
The actual figure is not 2 million (20 lakhs) but 4 lakhs.
Between 2009-14 UPA govt gave 2.33 crore scholarships to Muslims, between 14-19 NDA gave 2.37 crore. You can say anything in Oxford Union address because who will fact check?
โ2 million more Muslim students got scholarships under Modiโs first term than previous Govt. If the idea was to marginalise them, why give more scholarships?
But no, letโs build on perceptions and not on factsโ
Palki Sharma at Oxford Union ๐ฅ
High courts giving "if you dont like India go to Pakistan" type statements in official verdicts. This country is gone. The judiciary is a joke.
Lecture-jeevi will now go to Harvard to yap about how good the judiciary is here
FYI, Grohl's daughter Violet (who was 17 at the time) was harassed and even sent rape threats by Swifties on every platform because she criticized TS's use of private jets in a tweet.
So yeah I understand why he's so pissed w TS. You go get em, Dave โค๏ธ
Foo Fightersโ Dave Grohl implies that Taylor Swift doesnโt play live during the bandโs show in London:
โWe like to call our tour the Errors Tour [โฆ] because we actually play liveโ
Probably the most misused frame Ive seen. Anyone mentions rain and some chad comes up to use this as a gotcha ๐คฆ๐คฆ
Parasite wanted us to vilify the system and ultra-rich for causing this inequality, not hound working class ppl for enjoying a day off work cause of the rains
Waiting for her to win a medal and then see the government rushing in to take credit for her success after setting the literal police on her to beat her up and detained her for seeking justice for sexual assault.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐! ๐คฏ
Vinesh Phogat of ๐ฎ๐ณ overcomes reigning Olympic gold medalist Yui Susaki of ๐ฏ๐ต in the women's freestyle 50kg wrestling Round of 16! ๐ฅ
#Paris2024
It will all become very chaotic soon, but to whoever needs to hear this, those of us who wanted to eliminate hate and better society and our lives, tried our best.
It might be disappointing in the end, but we were there on the battlefield in however small way we could be ๐ซ๐ซ
So the male leads/filmmakers/casting directors across industries in this country CAN be ethical and non-creepy about casting/working with younger females in "romantic roles" but they actively choose not to.
India is proud of Payal Kapadia for her historic feat of winning the Grand Prix at the 77th Cannes Film Festival for her work โAll We Imagine as Lightโ. An alumnus of FTII, her remarkable talent continues to shine on the global stage, giving a glimpse of the rich creativity in
No man. You can't abuse the opposition for 10 years and when they have electoral strength suddenly go "oh lets start afresh now". You are responsible for why oppn is hostile to you. You sowed the seeds. Enjoy the fruits :)
Full support to whoever wants to humiliate your peers
In the last 12 hours, I have been dumped on by a number of people for standing by a young reporter colleague for asking a question in a press conference . Some of the feedback is instructive and reveals the serious credibility crisis facing news tv. Yes, we need to introspect
When I was house-hunting in Bangalore, a landlord told me he didn't allow beef in the house because they go to Tirupati and are staunch devotees. Well, well, well..
We need to get rid of TVF altogether. A fucking cesspool filled with STEM-bro types who have been minting money by romanticizing struggle, hustle, and casteism for years now.
This sort of bullshit stupidity needs to go. We deserve better art.
The Indian Oscar jury has continued its stupidity streak and selected LAAPATAA LADIES for Oscars instead of Payal Kapadia's ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT. Given her history with the govt, this was probably expected.
What the fuck even.
TW - suicide
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Someone had committed suicide at my then workplace in '22. The first priority of HR was to check if org has been mentioned in note, and then when his teammates went to hospital in shock and grief, they were berated and were made to take half day leave (1/n)
I distinctly remember Universal India making a 19th April release post at first, now it has become "coming soon".
Yeah we all know where this is going.
"specially the cinema from Kerala. There's an immense amount of range of films being made, even arthouse films get distribution which doesn't happen in the rest of the country"
-- Kani Kusruti and Payal Kapadia gushing about Kerala's film culture at post-award press conference
A gender studies degree is more meaningful than an MBA.
The worth of a degree should not be decided based on how employable it is. The point of education is knowledge, not employment. Its a system's failure if someone cannot study what they wish to because they won't get a job.
Yeah this is why I steer clear of these Indian blue tick cinema influencer accounts.
They are all morally corrupt and on here only for engagement farming with repetitive posts.
Cinema is political, always has been. So yeah fuck off with your "wokeism is bad for cinema" stupidity
๐ฌ
#AnimalTheMovie
: Aftermath
The criticism of a film should solely focus around its merits, without targeting its existence based on personal beliefs or morality. If one attempts to silence a film because it challenges their morality, they must be prepared for someone to
AIRPORTS ARE ROBBING US! ๐จ
Yesterday, I took an Uber to Bengaluru Airport and I realized I paid 260/- to the airport..
also at the airport, I had the most expensive (80/-) samosa of my life, and my friend had a masala dosa for 600/- ๐ญ
Why is no one talking about how
All We Imagine As Light is the Grand Prix winner at Cannes Film Festival โฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธ
Words cannot express how huge this is. So many congratulations to the cast and crew.
"If you liked these fascist propaganda movies, you are gonna LOVE this fascist propaganda movie"
Just
@_PVRCinemas
embracing the fascist pieces of shit that they are. The electoral bond donation was a show of explicit support for the bigotry and hate. Lowest of scum.
"Not all victories look alike. Some end up as a glittering souvenir in a cabinet but the ones that matter more find their way into the stories we tell our children."
From a friend's WhatsApp, A PSA for the women attending protests tonight. Beware of men like this -
"Just overhead in bus 'Lets go to the protests bro, there will be lots of girls'
Believe me at that moment entire body stops working.
Please stay safe and aware"
LAAPATAA LADIES and MANJUMMEL BOYS both still running in theatres after ~4 months since its release, even though both films have been on OTT for over a month
If you make good, watchable movies that's not lazy or takes the audience for granted, it will be loved.
One thing you'll notice about India's economic rise that was missing in China's is how we'll culturally assert ourselves. HanumanKind, Kala Chashma Trend & RRR all in last 2 years. All because of Internet. The great Chinese firewall prevents any such cultural interaction.
The only reason he's been able to "build" Zomato is because of this govt deciding that 99% of citizens of this country deserve no rights, labour laws, healthcare, social security, as long as the rich suck up to them and donate company money to them.
Deepinder Goyal, Zomato
When I started Zomato in 2008, my father used to say โtu janta hai tera baap kaun haiโ as my dad thought I could never do a start up given our humble background. This government and their initiatives enabled a small town boy like me to build something
You people are nauseating. The corporations of this country are complicit in this country becoming full-on fascist.
I know you will never get your due in my lifetime, but I hope someday in the books of history, you do :)
Join us for a momentous occasion! Watch the live screening of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir Inauguration at PVR and INOX on January 22nd, 2024.
Secure your seat for this monumental event and enjoy a complimentary popcorn combo with every ticket. *T&C applies.
Book now:
See what I tell about Community Notes being infiltrated by sanghis. They are trying to community note this simple post. What even.
How do these people get allowed to write CNs even? Totally broken system
People pirating are not parasites, but the people who sitting in AC rooms at CBFC deciding the morals of 1.4 billion people definitely are. If the didn't do this, then it wouldn't have come to this. Hope that helps.
Exhibitors FUME as prominent critic and scores of influencers watch
#MonkeyMan
on pirated copies and spread the word about it: โThese are PARASITES that need to be amputatedโ
.. because how could they all not report to work and not do stupid client work. Everyone was asked to keep things hush. The EY incident is not a one-off. This is every Indian workplace, because our joke labour laws mean employers own employees. Its whitewashed slavery (2/n)
Two major tech companies laid off ~1500 people today. These companies have high valuations, deep pockets, but this is done under the garb of "profitability" and "performance review". You never see this happening for their top brass, though. If I open LinkedIn now, all I see
Former World No. 1 Badminton Player
@NSaina
reveals the game-changing impact of Modi Government policies on Indian Sports!
Her words echo the sentiments of countless athletes who have found their wings under the nurturing embrace of PM
@narendramodi
's vision to empower our
If I fucked up in my job as much as Ashwini Vaishnav has as Railway Minister, I would be blacklisted and never hired by anyone again.
But well, as long as you are a fascist and have propaganda machine, it doesn't matter. That's the real Viksit Bharat ๐ฅฐ one of no accountability
At least 5 people were killed and over 25 others were injured after a goods train rammed into Kolkata-bound Kanchanjunga Express in West Bengalโs Siliguri on Monday. As many as two rear compartments of the express train derailed after the collision.
In Amit Shah's Gandhinagar seat, 16 candidates have withdrawn from the election race.
Some of them told
@scroll_in
they faced pressure from Guj Police and local BJP politicians. One had a mob arrive at their home.
#2024LoksabhaElections
Story:
Saying that you actually had "consensual" sex and were in a relationship with a 18-year-old is not the defense that you think it is. So fucking disgusting and sick.
Neil Gaiman has been accused of sexual assault by 2 different women.
One allegation is by a former nanny accusing him of sexual assault and the other allegation is from a 18-year old fan accusing him of โrough and painful sex that she neither wanted nor enjoyed.โ
Gaiman has
I'm often surprised by the amount of people here (and in general) who think that public transport of any kind should be a profit-making venture. The ideological rot set in this country will take generations to undo, if it can be undone at all.
This is who they are not building anything for. The 99%
They still have to wear their lives on their sleeves every single day because their govt doesn't care for them or their dignity, health, safety one bit. They are just numbers and votes, or sometimes not even that.
Many disgusting dipshits here are saying "you could just say no" or leave. I did that, and it came at a big cost, both in terms of appraisals/promotions and "reputation"/behaviour/treatment. Have you seen the job market? Do you think a fresher can sustain saying NO? (3/n)
FYI, the last time J&J faced lawsuits for their baby powder, they spun off a separate company, dumped all the lawsuits on that company and declared bankruptcy for it. They are disgustingly evil with no care for anyone. They deserve to rot in hell.
Film industries are not doomed because of piracy. Film industries are doomed because of monopolies created by studios and distributors where only certain kind of movies get made or distributed, and because artists have become business people... (1/n)
People don't even want to pay for OTT now, not even to watch one of the best films of the year.
We are a hopeless generation, and film industries are doomed.
Doing underpaid, no social security gig work and "damn it was amazing" because the startup bro doesn't have to live off the pity income earned from this.
The "suggestions" offered hit home this point because they are all product/UI suggestions. Nothing fundamental or radical.
signed up to be a blinkit delivery partner and delivered few orders around indiranagar today๐
and damn it was amazing
earned some money, talked to few riders
got to know how the whole system works
but blinkit product team ig it's high time for you revisit the app ๐
Ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this weekend, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today announced that Nita M. Ambani, leading Indian philanthropist and Founder of the Reliance Foundation has been re-elected unanimously as IOC member from
This account should be obliterated. I hate these fucks so much.
Its America, open your mouth wide under a tap and its clean water, unlike this stupid fuck country whose economy you fap to, twat.
If you can afford Caesar's, stop whining. Techbro talking abt empathy lol.
My biggest culture shock - American Hotels
They just don't get hospitality.
Funny how they ask for tips but won't even give complementary water.
I stayed at 3 star, 4 star AND today 5 star hotel (Caesar's Palace)
Maybe I'm spoilt with Taj hotels in India.
But basic things
He's asking for a Joint Parliamentary Committee inquiry on exit polls because under SEBIs laws its criminal to manipulate markets.
The HM is on record asking people to invest. This is fun ๐๐๐
Fuck yeah
@RahulGandhi
get their asses
@MrNarci
@ThisisLLN
@film_waala
Simple point thi
Torrenting a banned festival film: good
Torrenting a blockbuster: doesn't matter as drop in the bucket
Torrenting a small film available on OTT is where the disagreement lies since we'd not even be doing the barest of bare minimum to have your viewership count.
If you had read a couple of books while you were at IIT and Dartmouth, you would have a basic fucking vocabulary which would include all of these words and phrases.
Unreally stupid.
@paulg
delve, safeguard, robust, demystify, 'in this digital world',
all chatgpt.
I am rejecting all content with any of these words.
there is no problem with these words, but they make human language mechanical.
I hope he means it because its an extremely sincere and heartwarming thing to post.
Probably the most empathetic I have seen an Indian sportsperson be towards her since yesterday.
Dear Vinesh, It is said that sport is a celebration of human will. I have known that to be true many times in my career but never has it resonated more than today. As I look around me, I see a nation
Payal Kapadia's film is probably going to be France's nominee because in India it wouldn't even release before the qualifying deadline here. What a shame.
France has announced their list of shortlisted films and itโs the following:
#InternationalFeature
:
Emilia Perez
Misericรณrdia
The Count Of Monte-Cristo
All We Imagine as Light (!!!)
What a joke. UC continuously oppresses its workers, extorts money from them to be on their platform, treats them as contractors without any perks, and de-platforms them for the smallest reason. Women on the platform have gone to strike for this.
Look beyond the performative ads
Microsoft's defence of this was amazing. A human also reads stuff and becomes knowledgeable and creates art like this, so its AI model can also do the same.
Except humans arent reading all books in existence at once, and most human beings dont have trillion dollars net worth.
Avinash Arun and everyone who made Three of Us, I want to give you a big hug and thank you for making this, a beautiful film that tells us to slow down and live more in the present, where the Konkan comes alive as a character. This film made my life a little better.
Exactly. The JEEs, CA exams - Indians are obsessed with toughness of exams. The tougher it is, the more they romanticize the grind, and more the students suffer and even die. If 95% people fail in an exam, its the exam's fault, not the students'. Its rigged against them.
This is practically child abuse. Nobody should have to study for 17 hours to get into any college in the world. This Indian obsession with 'exam toughness' is a toxic byproduct of the capitalist 'rat race'.
@gundekibhabhi
@azenithromycin
@ThisisLLN
@MissJane_Tuffy
Okay, I feel your response is kinda all over the place and dealing with multiple things including you realising that some of it is coming down to you, but since this entire thread is public and kinda does allege stuff against us, I wanna reply to certain things.
You saying you
This is why stock markets are at a high. This is why the corporates want him back.
The working class will get squeezed and killed with no care because the rich makes money anyway and there's too many people to replace any casualities :)
Indian PM
#NarendraModi
plans a raft of business-friendly measures if he wins a third term this week, including pushing through regulations making it easier to hire and fire workers, according to two government officials familiar with the matter.
Big IT companies hold freshers hostage with bonds. In any decent country, that would be outlawed and the ppl framing such policies incriminated. But not here. Because these companies donate big monies to political interests. So they get a hall pass for anything. (4/n)
You know what you really bring people to the theatres you idiots?
Reducing ticket prices!
Not some promotion with some random nepokid influencer.
Go fuck yourself, once again.
Saw the trailer of All We Imagine As Light. It's a typical indie with long wide shots & bluish filter. No offence but there is nothing in the film that the Oscar jury haven't watched before. Whereas Lapaata Ladies is a witty film filled with rustic Indian charm that they'll enjoy
Wow. Fucking wow.
Payal Kapadia's new movie is in MAIN COMPETITION at Cannes.
She will compete in the category for Palme D'Or with Coppola, Cronenberg, Lanthimos, Abbasi, Arnold, Baker etc.
This is BIG! and huge congratulations to everyone on this film
This is not a comment on the larger bawal (dont have enough context) but do ppl really think in this day and age that someone is more successful because they "faced their fear of failure" while others are wasting their life. How capitalism-pilled do you have to be for that take?
individual optimization is not a sign of inherent worth/goodness. people w inherited social capital will 'surpass' u when the terms of success r dictated by capitalism. we don't have to fall for the condescension of influencer-endorsed feminist rebranding of neoliberal morality
Sorry this is the last time I'm posting about this for a while, but I am begging people to watch A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING.
It's beautiful, poetic, and will absolutely crush you and break your heart. It will bring you some specks of comfort and love as well :)
Labour unions have been killed in this country, and the ones which do exist are many times politically compromised and corrupt. I have friends in Big 4 who ironically are made to work on Labor Day also. The change if any has to be systemic, which is why it will never happen (5/n)
He was first in line to not only congratulate both online and offline but also provide tax-exemptions to propaganda and meaningless piece-of-shit movies like Kashmir Files, Kerala Story, Uri, Article 370, Vaccine War...
I mostly have no hope. This country is a existential nightmare. I wish every single day that I was not born to live through this.
That girl in Pune deserved better. Much, much better. She was murdered by crony capitalists and politicians.
(6/6)
@nafss_1998
I was not aware of the interview either but was looking up stuff about the real life people and this showed up on my Twitter feed. This "who was the boss" gaslighting is depicted throughout May December as well, like in the screenshot you shared.
So this film announced yesterday will complete pre-production, shooting, and post-production in 3 months to release just before the general elections.
Hmm... There's no relation between the two, I guess. Its just efficient filmmaking, surely.
@who_sthat101
See I acknowledged it in one of the replies also. Might be an outro, but looks horribly in bad taste. He is successful via Youtube itself, and his next statement is "Here's my Youtube course, heres coupon". It sounds pretty awful. He should have realized it himself.
Ofcourse Film Companion is a sellout with no spine who will platform anyone.
What does this person have to do with films at all? Who cares about her top 3?
What is she going to say? Pasolini's Salo?
Member of Rajya Sabha, Chairperson of Murty Trust, Author and former chairperson of the Infosys Foundation -
@SmtSudhaMurty
is an ICON.
Watch her talk about her
#Top3
(maybe 4) favourite films.
In
#Top3
, we will talk to leaders and pioneers from various different fields and
It is a moment of pride for FTII as its Alumni create history at Cannes.
As we witness a phenomenal year for Indian Cinema at 77th Cannes Film Festival, FTII cherishes the glorious achievements of its Alumni at this Mega International Stage of Cinema.
#cannes2024
#cannesawards
All We Imagine As Light is the Grand Prix winner at Cannes Film Festival โฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธ
Words cannot express how huge this is. So many congratulations to the cast and crew.
IT Cell has infiltrated
@CommunityNotes
in India. Almost every opposition or anti-establishment tweet has some stupid suggested note, like this on
@ravishndtv
's recent post on bias in a Hindi paper.
Absolute nonsense, but if enough IT cell people upvote, this will get accepted.
This is a fake account who's changed names and has been liking RT-ing tweets about Kapadia/the film for the past day. I scrolled back a month or so and not one film-related post activity.
Very dubious. Please do not amplify.
Many people already falling for this I think.
Since we are gushing about her today, I also request interested people to watch Payal Kapadia's short films, especially AFTERNOON CLOUDS. Extremely poetic and tender films, often filled with loneliness, which has the sparks of something special.
If you can't find them, drop a DM
MUBI GO has been discontinued in India
GO helped increase theatrical audience for regional/indie movies like Toras Husband, Three of Us, Goldfish etc. This is such a big blow to independent cinema here. IDK what happened b/w
@_PVRCinemas
and
@mubiindia
but this is plain sad (1/3)
The brainrot in this country is so solid that whenever a train derails, the first thought for many is that a conspiracy/sabotage is at play and not holding the govt accountable. This is what they wanted and have accomplished. They will rule for decades because of this.
Quite certain that OpenAI's Sora has done the same with video. Just used pirated videos (Movies/TV) and Youtube/Vimeo to train its models.
Should be taken to the cleaners for this