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Onir: Struggle of independent filmmakers has changed, not stopped
Updated On: 25 March, 2018 05:04 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Onir made his debut as a director in 2005 with My Brother... Nikhil, and went on to make Bas Ek Pal and an anthology like I Am that captured a range of social issues
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National Award winning filmmaker Onir, known for helming independent films, says the nature of struggle has changed for small budget movies, but the challenges haven't vanished altogether. "Earlier, the merit of the film used to speak for itself, along with the word of mouth. But now the fate of a film depends on its first weekend performance. We are competing with big studio films, star-driven films at the multiplexes. We are fighting with publicity, marketing and the new practice of media net.
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