By Hindustan Times
Noted filmmaker Anurag Basu has said that "while cinema industry of all the world is wary of Hollywood, we (Indian cinema) don't seem to be frightened of the it." "We stand tall while a few of the film industries far and wide world have suffered as a result of Hollywood. But we're not scared," Basu said, while inaugurating the special package to celebrate centenary year of Indian cinema on the IFFI 2012 here yesterday.
Basu, who has directed films like Barfi!, Life in a Metro and Murder, said he's not wary of releasing his films clashing with the Hollywood ones.
"I am not scared to release my film at the side of movies like Spiderman or a Tom Cruise flick," he said.
The director claimed that "soon Hollywood should see our release calender before releasing their movie."
Basu, who was the manager guest for the event, termed himself "a small a part of this lovely journey of the Indian cinema."
During the inauguration of the centenary package at IFFI, an onstage dialogue between Dada Saheb Phalke and his wife Saraswati, unravelling his passion that pioneered silent black and white cinema in India, was performed by actors Lillette Dubey and Mohammad Ali Baig.
Veteran filmmaker M S Sathyu had designed the set for the onstage dialogue, written by Sharayu Phalke Saummanwar, the grand niece of Dada Saheb Phalke.
