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Annual National Students' Film Festival, held in the month of December, since 2008 and features Documentary, Short Fiction and Public Service Announcement

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Listen to Dr @LakshmiLingam4's @TOIIndiaNews podcast on the link below

https://t.co/L5C00Xiubg wherein she talks about the latest SMCS, TISS study on gender in Hindi Cinema

@TISSpeak @USAndMumbai

#podcasts #Podcasters

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Arun George for @TOIIndiaNews Podcast discusses the recent SMCS @TISSpeak study “Lights, Camera, and Time for Action: Recasting Gender Equality Compliant Hindi Cinema” with Chairperson Advisory Committee, Dr @LakshmiLingam4.
@USAndMumbai

Listen here
https://t.co/AXSTCzuiV4

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Time for action...
"Since women and queer representation in box office hits remain largely stereotypical, a new research report calls for an equitable gender representation in Hindi cinema", writes Neha Kirpal.
@TISSpeak @LakshmiLingam4 @USAndMumbai

https://t.co/S8ajEaI2qf

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"Hamara Basti Mein!"

Watch this short film made under SMCS @TISSpeak and @ajws project "Exploring Gendered Access to Digital Technologies among Youth from Resource-poor settings, Mumbai."
@LakshmiLingam4 @ShilpiGulati2

#FilmTwitter #mobilefilm #basti
https://t.co/fe5VDK7M9o

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"Rinku and the Railway Track"

Watch this short film made under SMCS @TISSpeak and @ajws joint project "Exploring Gendered Access to Digital Technologies among Youth from Resource-poor settings, Mumbai."
@LakshmiLingam4 @ShilpiGulati2

https://t.co/0WNz0VPeIx

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"The ideological functions of the media are strong and audiences are prone to their influence. But such influence can neither be presumed nor it is inevitable,"
says @NotFaiz Asst Prof SMCS TISS.
Read the full article here:
https://t.co/ZUQCIrNFtT

@TISSpeak @LakshmiLingam4

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"While films and the film industry have been abiding subjects of research, audiences have not been given adequate attention" says @NotFaiz in his opinion piece for @IndianExpress emphasising viewer's role in media

@TISSpeak @LakshmiLingam4 @RashmiLamba3

https://t.co/wHz0ZTehzQ

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Our website is live...
https://t.co/gpeMB81ns4
Click on the link now to access not only the report but also the studies undertaken through the project and student films and PSAs made on the theme of Gender in Cinema
@USAndMumbai @TissSmcs @LakshmiLingam4 @RashmiLamba3 @whyloiter

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The website for SMCS TISS research "Lights, Camera, and Time for Action” is now active

Please visit the link:
https://t.co/1AFlbJyk9H to access the quantitative and qualitative studies undertaken and and student films, PSA made through the project.

@TISSpeak @LakshmiLingam4

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Read what DNA has reported about the SMCS TISS study “Lights, Camera, and Time for Action: Recasting Gender Equality Compliant Hindi Cinema” in the link in below tweet

@TISSpeak @TissSmcs @LakshmiLingam4 @dna #TISSinPress
#women #womenincinema #study #researchers #Cinema #Hindi

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#TISSinPress
“I don’t see why it’s a bad thing if women directors are hiring women technicians and women-heavy crew Eventually, that will percolate into male-led films also"
says @vidya_balan while talking about the SMCS research on gender in Hindi Cinema
https://t.co/ZpdqSkgYVk

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https://t.co/5o3J1qem7P

#TissInPress @LakshmiLingam4
"A recent report by TISS reveals, not shockingly, that Hindi movies still have a long way to go when it comes to gender balance and showcasing women-oriented stories" says this news report by Mid-day

#study #Cinema #women

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"Why is it a bad thing if women directors have women heavy crews!"

#gender #report #usconsulate #usconsulatemumbai #film #filmmaking #cinema #cinéma #genderinequality #genderincinema #women #womeninbusiness #womeninfilm #queereye #RepresentationMatters

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#TISSInPress
"We are beginning to build a safer space for women in the film industry"
Newspapers around the country have taken up findings of SMCS @TISSpeak study "Lights, Camera, and Time for Action: Recasting a Gender Equality Compliant Bollywood”
@LakshmiLingam4 @USAndMumbai

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"A new research report by the School of Media and Cultural Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, reveals that on- and off-screen women and queer representation in box-office hits remains largely stereotypical": Banaras Times
@TISSpeak
https://t.co/iRQGVUCtSk

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Lights, Camera, and Time for Action!
We thank @USAndMumbai for their funding and support which made this immensely important research on gender representation in Hindi Cinema come up.

@LakshmiLingam4 @TissSmcs @TISSpeak @vidya_balan @guneetm @nanditadas @nitinta @Su4ita

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"Female characters that resist sexist humour are portrayed as aggressive women or wild women."
#spoilsport #feminist
#Hindifilms #Cinema #inclusion #Gender #women #womeninfilm #womenincinema #LGBTQIA #misogyny #sexism #sexistjoke #humour
@LakshmiLingam4 @whyloiter @Bollywoodirect

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Sexist jokes and blatant misogyny in the name of humour!?
The study found enough examples of these in Hindi Cinema.
#HindiCinema #Cinema #inclusion #Gender #women #womeninfilm #womenincinema #WomenInBusiness #LGBTQIA #misogyny #sexism #sexisthumour #humour
@LakshmiLingam4

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Quantitative and qualitative research uncovers interesting facets of Hindi Cinema onscreen and behind the screen.

@USAndMumbai @TISSpeak @LakshmiLingam4 @whyloiter @NotFaiz @Bollywoodirect @GeenaDavisOrg

#gender #Cinema #hindifilms #women #LGBT #queerfilms #womeninbusiness

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This study by @TissSmcs @TISSpeak brings the rigours of research to assessing Hindi Cinema. It signals important ways forward to bring in Diversity and Inclusion into films onscreen and behind the screen
@vidya_balan @guneetm @nanditadas @LakshmiLingam4

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SMCS, @TISSpeak and @USAndMumbai release the final report for the Research Project “Lights Camera and Time for Action: Recasting Gender Equality Compliant Hindi Cinema” on the 28th of June 2023.
@LakshmiLingam4 @NotFaiz @RashmiLamba3

#gender #women #Cinema #films #hindifilms

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Stills from "What is Freedom" by Bilal Ahmed.

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Animals of @TISSpeak

#CatsofTwittter #monkeys #evening

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"Making Films and Watching Films: Gender in Hindi Cinema" an SMCS presentation.
This is happening today at 2 pm in Delhi!
Location: India International Centre, Conference Hall no2 Pergola.
Interested folks do visit.
#IAWRT2023

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School of Media and Cultural Studies, TISS @TISSpeak at the 18th IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival 2023, presents
"Making Films and Watching Films: Gender in Hindi Cinema" today: 15th March, 2-4 pm.
The session is a subset of the larger study aided by @USAndMumbai.
Do attend!

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Happy #WorldWildlifeDay

TISS, Mumbai is home to many animals and birds generally considered part of the wild. We treat them as our own.

@TISSpeak
#wildearth #WorldWildlifeDay2023 #Animal #socialsciences #culture #Jungle #BirdsSeenIn2023 #monkey #Hawkeye #Falcons

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Cut In 2023 Results!
The 12th Cut In Students' Film Festival had a range of awards in the documentary and short fiction category.
Professors Anjali and Jaishankar of @TissSmcs were the jury and the programme was headed by Dean SMCS @LakshmiLingam4.

Here's the list...
#Festival

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12th Cut In Festival at @TissSmcs had student filmmakers from around the country visit and indulge in discussions about films.
Dean SMCS @LakshmiLingam4 and other SMCS faculty members helped run the show smoothly.
#cutin #campus #FilmFestival #Students #MumbaiCity #films #cinema