DearCinema pubblica oggi un lungo articolo dedicato alla scena indipendente. L'autore tenta di fornire una corretta definizione di cinema indipendente che tenga conto delle peculiarità indiane, compila una lista degli aspetti che andrebbero creati o rafforzati, ed infine si chiede: dove sta andando il cinema indiano indipendente? 'To build and sustain a viable Independent Film Industry in India we need an ecosystem. This ecosystem of studios/financers, production houses, filmmakers with truly independent voices, talent development programs, festivals with real curatorial authority, dedicated venues for indie film/exhibitors, independent film press to solely review indie films and only report on specialty film box office, and most importantly organizations and institutions dedicated to audience building. The audience that will buy the tickets/ DVDs/ downloads/ merchandise/ what have you, and pump the monies into this ecosystem. (...) The difference between the Bollywood film and the Indian Indie is just that - the quintessential Bollywood musical gives the audience what they expect, and the Indian Indie ideally gives them what they least expect but hopefully want. The other difference is that the Bollywood apparatus like a true industry is very good at defining its product, hence making it ‘commercial’, and the Indian Indie World is not'.
