Remembering S Ramachandra: Cornerstone of Kannada’s parallel cinema

Ramachandra, popularly known as Ramu, blended technical precision with artistic depth to shape the visual language of Kannada ...
Chicago Reader

Discover the parallel cinema of southwestern India—and one of its most respected directors

Shanmugam Studio/Wikimedia Images Director Adoor Gopalakrishnan will introduce four of his films at the Logan Center for the Arts. Considering how rarely Indian art cinema is exhibited in Chicago, the ...
AOL

Shyam Benegal: Pioneer of India’s parallel cinema movement dies at 90

Shyam Benegal, known as a pivotal figure in the Indian parallel cinema movement of the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 90. “He passed away at 6.38pm at Wockhardt Hospital Mumbai Central. He ...
Variety

Kumar Shahani, Pioneer of India’s Parallel Cinema Movement, Dies at 83

Kumar Shahani, one of the pioneers of India’s arthouse parallel cinema movement, died at a hospital in Kolkata on Feb. 24 after a period of illness. He was 83. Shahani studied screenwriting and ...