Joint venture film productions suspended.

[BDforever]

Kon?

 

[Bilal9]

Take the Pakistani approach start from TV Indian TV content is really REALLY weak after establishing a solid drama industry you can slowly move into short films and low budget films this approach will take time but it works

I am pretty sure Bangladeshis would love to see dramas that represent their culture in a more realistic way
@Bilal9 @BDforever

Yeah I agree Indian TV content is weak but over the past decade they have made very strong inroads into local viewership at the expense of our media.

First step is banning airing of ads (Indian product ads as well) on Indian channels and media like Zee, Star etc. broadcast locally.

Like in Nepal, we should allow ads to be aired only on local channels of which there are many (see list below) and protect our media. Once the ad revenue protects and nurtures our media - they can in turn support drama production. There is no dearth of local talent for high quality local dramas and programming featuring realism unlike Indian channel content which is mostly formulaic Hindi drama serials and reality, crime type shows.

https://www.w3newspapers.com/bangladesh/tvchannels/

Tollywood needs more collaboration with Bollywood and our film industries in South to bring in capital and content. We have nothing to gain from Bangladesh in this regard.

The subject of this thread is banning Tollywood from our shores and protecting our media industry (viewership, money) and culture.

Tollywood directors didn't come into Bangladesh for 'cultural collaboration'. They came in because your Tollywood movie industry is highly unprofitable at home and they needed Bangladeshi viewership and MONEY.

I'm sure Tollywood and your media wouldn't like it if we into India and tried to make movies over there depicting our culture.

Please stay on topic.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

Tollywood directors didn't come into Bangladesh for 'cultural collaboration'. They came in because your Tollywood movie industry is highly unprofitable at home and they needed Bangladeshi viewership and MONEY.

What they are trying to do in Bangladesh is outright cheating, banya style.They are doing cheating in two major ways
1.They are releasing kolkata movie as a joint venture film with taking one or two Bangladeshi actor or actress.Jazz multimedia is their local agent in Bangladesh.
2.Under SAFTA film exchange agreement, they are releasing big budget popular kolkata movie in Bangladesh but taking a very low quality Bangladeshi movie almost free.They don't release that movie in India but to just abuse the SAFTA agreement.
We need to ban all contact with those movie cheaters.We have 170 million viewers.With right policy and support, our movie industry can rise again without any Indian interference.

 

[Zibago]

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Yeah I agree Indian TV content is weak but over the past decade they have made very strong inroads into local viewership at the expense of our media.

When you give the audience better content they slowly move away from the source you dislike our industry was good as dead in 2005 we had very few movies,songs and dramas coming out of Pakistan at that time it took hard work to revive something that took decades of poisoning to destroy and now look even Indian critics admit our dramas are more reality based

We simply used the same stock of artists we saw on the small screen and made them movie stars

Like in Nepal, we should allow ads to be aired only on local channels of which there are many (see list below) and protect our media. Once the ad revenue protects and nurtures our media - they can in turn support drama production. There is no dearth of local talent for high quality local dramas and programming featuring realism unlike Indian channel content which is mostly formulaic Hindi drama serials and reality, crime type shows.

You have to move at a slow pace and there has to be will shown by all the major private media houses

 

[Russell]

Our movie industry needs to die.

Yeah - I said it.

There is virtually ZERO talent (Joya Ahsan is an exception as an actress)...directors and producers are also shit.

I don't watch local commercial movies (unless it's to laugh at how comically bad they are - Ananta Jalil is a legend lol) and I don't plan on watching them in future, unless something changes drastically....and that's not going to happen with piece of shit no talent preying mantis lookalike actresses like Nusrat Faria and Co being portrayed as the 'next generation'.

Get proper actors/actresses roles in movies...not 'models'.

I don't watch most Indian movies either - because 90% of those are shit too (they just happen to stink less than our shit)

People have options - people have are now aware of the many options they have, as such, as consumers...they'll watch what pleases them - that may be - Indian, Pakistani, Turkish, Iranian, Korean or indeed the latest release from Hollywood.

So, go ahead and ban JV movies and whatever else - and it'll make people on fb and forums feel good...but, those people won't go to watch 99% of local movies.

 

[Hasan89]

Gone are the golden days where Salman Shah mesmerised everyone in Bangladesh, BD film industry was blossoming so much. Since Salman Shah gone, film industry yet to have a proper iconic super actor that touched millions of hearts and made such craze throughout Bangladesh.

I think Bangladesh film industry needs to change it's name and start fresh. Dhallywood? - Dhakawood is better I reckon, yes it's unique but the centre of everything and industry is Dhaka, brand it after Dhaka. Then start making changes from top to bottom, need to invest on everything, top to bottom.

 

[wiseone2]

What they are trying to do in Bangladesh is outright cheating, banya style.They are doing cheating in two major ways
1.They are releasing kolkata movie as a joint venture film with taking one or two Bangladeshi actor or actress.Jazz multimedia is their local agent in Bangladesh.
2.Under SAFTA film exchange agreement, they are releasing big budget popular kolkata movie in Bangladesh but taking a very low quality Bangladeshi movie almost free.They don't release that movie in India but to just abuse the SAFTA agreement.
We need to ban all contact with those movie cheaters.We have 170 million viewers.With right policy and support, our movie industry can rise again without any Indian interference.

Do what you want. You cannot make people watch content they do not want to watch

 

[Nilgiri]

who is she ?

Mehwish Hayat.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

What they are trying to do in Bangladesh is outright cheating, banya style.They are doing cheating in two major ways
1.They are releasing kolkata movie as a joint venture film with taking one or two Bangladeshi actor or actress.Jazz multimedia is their local agent in Bangladesh.
2.Under SAFTA film exchange agreement, they are releasing big budget popular kolkata movie in Bangladesh but taking a very low quality Bangladeshi movie almost free.They don't release that movie in India but to just abuse the SAFTA agreement.
We need to ban all contact with those movie cheaters.We have 170 million viewers.With right policy and support, our movie industry can rise again without any Indian interference.

If your movies are good, then anyone will watch. Ur movies has to find a distributor in India. And for that, the movie has to impress the distributor. Only after that the movie will be released. Its the same for any movie releasing in different countries.

If you release BS movies with low quality story, cinematography, acting, budget then who will buy it? A movie like Dangal crossed 1000 crore INR in China. How? Cos the content is the king.

Malayalam film industry is the best in India. With just 33 million, they cant produce high budget movies. But their storyline, content is their USP. One of their movies recently crosses 150 crores Worldwide Box Office. Content should be the king.

Bollywood absorbed and learnt more from Regional Film industries than others learnt from them. Its time Bengalis absorb and learn from them.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

If your movies are good, then anyone will watch. Ur movies has to find a distributor in India. And for that, the movie has to impress the distributor. Only after that the movie will be released. Its the same for any movie releasing in different countries.

If you release BS movies with low quality story, cinematography, acting, budget then who will buy it? A movie like Dangal crossed 1000 crore INR in China. How? Cos the content is the king.

Every country have good quality and bad quality movie.But Kolkata distributors only pick up the lowest low of quality Bangladeshi movie in dart cheap rate, and never release that in west Bengal.While release their most popular and good quality movie across cinema hall in Bangladesh by their local agent.Isn't it a abuse of SAFTA agreement on movie?

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Every country have good quality and bad quality movie.But Kolkata distributors only pick up the lowest low of quality Bangladeshi movie in dart cheap rate, and never release that in west Bengal.While release their most popular and good quality movie across cinema hall in Bangladesh by their local agent.Isn't it a abuse of SAFTA agreement on movie?

Lol. Proof pls. Second if I am a distributor and even if I pick up a movie for dirt cheap 10 lakh INR, why the hell wont I release it? Am I a idiot to waste money? I will only pick up movies which is good/box office hit and quality is good. Maybe all movies coming out of BD is shit....

Good quality/Bad quality is to be decided by ur audience and distributors. Producers have to take a leap of faith and invest in good quality movies. Dont blame. Just cos of one agreement, Indian producers cant be forced to buy movies. A good movie will run anywhere and it doesnt need advertisements in this day and age.

 

[Corona]

Having a film censor board does not assure decent story-lines and taste. With script review maybe that's a possibility. We have chosen as a society not to allow the invasion of bad taste from Bollywood and silly Tamil movies.

Just look at what Bollywood turns out every year despite having a censor board. It's an open shame for all South Asians everywhere.

Silly needless dance sequences, rampant copies of Hollywood scripts, pointless needless melodrama. I know they are commercial productions but you can't instill good taste and realism in movies with a censor board.

Dude if you're looking for realism, then movies are the wrong place to begin with..

 

[Homo Sapiens]

Lol. Proof pls. Second if I am a distributor and even if I pick up a movie for dirt cheap 10 lakh INR, why the hell wont I release it? Am I a idiot to waste money? I will only pick up movies which is good/box office hit and quality is good. Maybe all movies coming out of BD is shit....

Good quality/Bad quality is to be decided by ur audience and distributors. Producers have to take a leap of faith and invest in good quality movies. Dont blame. Just cos of one agreement, Indian producers cant be forced to buy movies. A good movie will run anywhere and it doesnt need advertisements in this day and age.

Read this article.Rather than creating any goodwill, it is creating bitterness due to cheting and deception.
Film exchange between Bangladesh and India: Are we getting shorted?
http://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2017/07/05/film-exchange-bangladesh-india-getting-shorted/

 

[Nilgiri]

Every country have good quality and bad quality movie.But Kolkata distributors only pick up the lowest low of quality Bangladeshi movie in dart cheap rate, and never release that in west Bengal.While release their most popular and good quality movie across cinema hall in Bangladesh by their local agent.Isn't it a abuse of SAFTA agreement on movie?

If there is this much unfair play by India, what is stopping you from approaching markets like China who you say is your biggest ally now?

Show to us that it can be popular in another country to show that you produce something that Indian distributors on purpose do not pick up.

If you cannot, then that is on your quality, type of demand etc and completely on you. Blaming India for it is like blaming India for not making BD an IT hub. Bring your best game and stop making excuses. No one got anywhere good by pointing at everyone else but them as the problem.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

If there is this much unfair play by India, what is stopping you from approaching markets like China who you say is your biggest ally now?

Show to us that it can be popular in another country to show that you produce something that Indian distributors on purpose do not pick up.

If you cannot, then that is on your quality, type of demand etc and completely on you. Blaming India for it is like blaming India for not making BD an IT hub. Bring your best game and stop making excuses. No one got anywhere good by pointing at everyone else but them as the problem.

We are not blaming India for not showing Bangladeshi film, rather deception and cheating employed by Indian movie maker in Bangladeshi internal market.Even if Bangladesh produce a world class movie,Indian will not show it in Indian hall due to their negative perception about Bangladesh.I told earlier in this forum, Indian Bengali reader feels uncomfortable reading Bangladeshi writer's book because of muslim name and characters in those books.That's why even the most popular Bangladeshi book can't be found in Kolkata. But we are not that communal minded,Indian books, tv are running without any problem.Hindu name or characters doesn't make us uncomfortable.

All I am asking is protection of local film industry from unequal competition and cheating of Indian.