Rema Sundar : Articles

BY Rema Sundar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |15/09/2007

Did a tsunami, even small, hit Indonesia after the earthquake on 12th September? TV whipped up a scare, and then dropped the story.

Living off Sanjay Dutt

BY Rema Sundar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |09/08/2007

Headlines Today`s live telecast was on for more than an hour, showing visuals of the police van carrying Dutt along the Mumbai-Pune highway.

Mainstreaming socially relevant themes

BY Rema Sundar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |28/06/2007

The current breed of leading women actors are not just confining themselves to portraying stereotypes.

Women, disability and films in India

BY Rema Sundar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |26/06/2005

Mainstream Indian cinema rarely addresses the issue of disability, and it is rarer still to find a film on the plight of the disabled woman.

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Media Watch Briefs

Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.