Deepanshu Malik

[Curiosity @MAstronomers]

So, just heard that a year 6 child has a theory that David Attenborough is actually God and he got fed up with people not noticing the amazing things he’d created, so he made documentaries to show off.

[CinemaRare @CinemaRareIN]

A young man and his housemaid inhabit the same home, yet experience it in profoundly different ways.

Hindi short film #DeepaDidi (2026) by #SuryaBalakrishnan, now streaming on @Zee5India.

Ft. Zoya Khan, Manik Papneja & Mahi Bhanushali.

[वरुण 🇮🇳 @varungrover]

The peeps in business of religion have the greatest conviction that there are no Gods and no repercussions for any acts good or bad. Hence they indulge in the most immoral acts with confidence. Religion for them is the gateway to power and money - the real gods they believe in.

[Rahul Raut @Rahulrautwrites]

This Tweet Specifically To Recommend Everyone To Watch #MainVaapasAaunga...

The #ImtiazAli film deserves your attention, money and your LOVE!

You can demand good cinema only when you support good cinema!

[Deepanshu Malik @malikdeepanshu]

Glad to have seen it from the 4th row from the front, because the damn theatre was houseful.
Dekh lo yaar. Cinema aaj bhi reels aur micro-dramas se ladkar, kahan kahan le ja sakta hai.
@WeAreWSF @RelianceEnt @ApplauseSocial

[Deepanshu Malik @malikdeepanshu]

Algorithm this. Data that. Corporate this. Project that. But then comes #Mainvaapasaaunga.
It is so, so important that a film born beyond algorithms, data, and projects exists in our times. A film filled with so much love. A miracle, really. For the makers and the audience alike.

[Harsha Bhogle @bhogleharsha]

Take a look at some key tournament wins for India in recent times and see how often one player has made a crucial contribution. We don't talk about Shivam Dube enough

[ANMOL JAMWAL @jammypants4]

A Manipuri Film just won a BAFTA ❤️

[Curiosity @MAstronomers]

🚨: Astronaut’s Wake-Up Call from Space

After spending 178 days aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Ron Garan returned to Earth with a realization that shook him — we’re living a lie.

From orbit, he saw our planet as one glowing blue sphere — no borders, no nations, no divisions — just a single, fragile home floating in the vast darkness. Yet down here, we live as if we’re separate, fighting over lines that don’t even exist from space.

He watched lightning storms flicker like heartbeat pulses, auroras dance across the poles, and a thin blue atmosphere shielding all life — a reminder of how delicate our world truly is.

Garan says humanity’s priorities are upside down: we’ve put the economy first, when it should be Planet → Society → Economy. Because without a thriving planet, nothing else survives.

His message is clear and urgent — 🌎 Earth is our shared spaceship. We are not passengers… we are crew.

And it’s time we start acting like it.

[Jawhar Sircar @jawharsircar]

Just a recap:
. Tourists came in taxis belonging to Muslims
. Stayed in hotels owned by Muslims
. They ate food cooked by Muslims
. Rode Ponies owned by Muslims
. Did trekking Guided by Muslims.
. When terrorists started their attack, they were covered and protected by Muslims

. The first person to Die defending was a Muslim.

. Those who first came to help were Muslims
. Pony owners, atv rides and pillow back ride to safety done by Muslims.
. First Aid and Rescue done by Muslims
. Ambulance driven by Muslims
. Treated in Hospitals by Muslims Doctors and Nurses.
. Taxi drivers who drove the tourists back to Srinagar were Muslims.

And everywhere on Social Media, we see:
"All Muslims are Terrorists "

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Steven Soderbergh reflects on the box office performance of ‘BLACK BAG’:

“This is the kind of film I made my career on and if a mid-level budget, star-driven movie can’t seem to get people over the age of 25 years old to come out to theatres – if that’s truly a dead zone – then that’s not a good thing for movies. What’s gonna happen to the person behind me who wants to make this kind of film? I know for a fact, having talked to somebody who works at another studio, that the Monday after Black Bag opened, the conversation in the morning meeting was: ‘What does this mean when you can’t get a movie like this to perform?’ And that’s frustrating. Everybody at Focus Features [the film’s distributor] has assured me that ultimately Black Bag will be fine and will turn a profit, but the bottom line is that we need to figure out a way to cultivate this audience for movies that are in this mid-range, that aren’t fantasy spectacles or low-budget horror movies. They’re movies for grown-ups, and those can’t just go away.”

(https://t.co/E5nyFEe5wm)

[Karthik 🇮🇳 @beastoftraal]

"Of all the things that frighten me about the modern world, the worst to my eyes might be this: I think we're forgetting how to be human. We're forgetting what it means to be human. I think we're normalizing that it's ok not to be human, and not to treat others as if they are human." —George Tannenbaum https://t.co/Yt3D0pe8dV

[Darab Farooqui @darab_farooqui]

Long and Important post on Screenwriters.

Screenwriters are having the worst time in Bollywood.

They receive 10% upon signing the contract, and then they must write the entire script, which is then approved for an additional 10-20%.

The rest will be paid only if the project is approved when the actor signs. And this is true in most circumstances.

Here are a few consequences of the new system:

1. No writer can make it with just writing two movies per year. No one. Regardless of how much you are paid, you will only receive 20-30% of the total script until the film is made.

2. The first draft of the script can complete up to 80-85% of the work of writing, but you will only receive 20-30%.

3. The situation is even worse for new writers, who receive far less, resulting in virtual servitude. At 30%, they must create approximately 4-5 scripts per year merely to cover their apartment rent.

4. The normal script takes 3-4 months at the minimum, however I take significantly longer. So how can a writer produce 4-5 scripts?

5. Producers gain huge leverage here; for the cost of one script, they may invest in three to four projects, reducing their risks significantly and shifting the risk entirely to writers.

6. Although the writers incur all of the risks, the profits go entirely to the producers and actors. I mean seriously, the writers take the risk and fruits go to someone else, how does that even work.

This is why we make lousy movies; because writers suffer. Everyone in the industry works because writers write.

But there is no correction, and nobody is listening. This amount of exploitation following COVID has become the standard lately.

I know most of you believe they know more about the film industry than I do because a youtuber or influencer told you otherwise. But, believe me, as a cinephile, you must be aware of these facts.

If none of you bring about any changes, your complaints are hollow and meaningless about bad Bollywood movies. You deserve horrible movies because if people do not defend art and artists, it will inevitably die.

Fin.

[Christopher Nolan Archives @NolanAnalyst]

Christopher Nolan doesn’t like streaming being touted as the innovation of cinema.

“We’re not a tech company. The innovation in our industry has always been and should always be what goes on the screen, not what the screen is.”

[Deepanshu Malik @malikdeepanshu]

Simply Fresh - Neeraja (Director's Cut) https://t.co/DId9n4pyi8 via @YouTube

#simplyfresh #campaignindia

[OMGFacts @OMGFacts]

So true

[🚨Indian Gems @IndianGems_]

This needs to be Viral !!!

[वरुण 🇮🇳 @varungrover]

अजीब सी हताशा है कि सब कुछ कर के भी, समय, समाज, और मानवीय क्षमता से पार पा के भी कोई ख़ाली हाथ लौट सकता है।

हम इतने उदास हैं तो विनेश का तो पता नहीं क्या हाल होगा। ऐसा लग रहा है किसी ने दिल में एक काँटा चुभो दिया है जो कभी नहीं निकलेगा।

सुबह का इंतज़ार, और अभी…

[Shyam Vasudevan @ShyamSportsGuy]

To understand the significance of what Vinesh Phogat has done, you need to know about how she went through hell and back in the last 18 moths.

January 2023: Vinesh, Bajrang & Sakshi take to New Delhi's Jantar Mantar to protest against the WFI chief. Vinesh & other women wrestlers accuse Brij Bhushan of sexual abuse & issuing death threats.

April 2023: Vinesh is to train in Sweden, stays back to track the developments. The wrestlers return to Jantar Mantar to continue their protest since an FIR was not filed.

May 2023: Vinesh, Bajrang, Sakshi & Sangeeta are detained by the Delhi Police after they marched towards the new Parliament on the day of its inauguration. An FIR is lodged against them, they later go to Haridwar later to immerse their medals in the river Ganga in protest.

June 2023: The chargesheet against Brij Bhushan is filed with various sexual offences including assault, sexual harassment and stalking. Vinesh and co. call off their sit-in protest and go home after sleeping on the pavement for over 40 days.

August 2023: Vinesh announces that she will miss the Asian Games due to a knee injury.

December 2023: Vinesh returns to training, along with a familiar face in @waynelombard. Vinesh tells me she will qualify for the Olympics and a medal there would be her ultimate goal. It seems incredibly hard at this point, but she is determined. @virenrasquinha and @OGQ_India assembled 11-person team to support Vinesh.

February 2024: Vinesh makes a full comeback at the nationals in February and wins gold in the 55kg division. It's only her second competition in 17 months.

March 2024: Vinesh does the unthinkable - competes in the 50kg & 53kg trials, wins in the 50kg and earns the chance to fight for an Olympic quota.

April 2024: Vinesh wins a quota for the Paris Olympics by beating Laura Ganikyzy at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers.

August 2024: Does what no Indian woman wrestler has done - enter the Olympic final. Confirms India's 4th medal of the Games.

#Paris2024 | #Olympics | #Wrestling

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