Actor
Kamal Haasan has said that time has come for all in the film industry
to embrace digital technology. Speaking at the valedictory function of
two-day FICCI conclave in Chennai on Friday, he said, 'the future is
digital revolution. We have to accept it'.
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He
further said that he wants to set an example before he speak. 'I am
doing my next Viswaroopam in digital version. The movie is being shot in
Red One Camera'.
Speaking on the occasion, he requested the State and Centre to provide funds to improve the digital archival library in the state. This would help preserve old and rare movies . The digital library was set up by FICCI and has around 3,500 films in all Indian languages . About 1,000 gigabytes of storage space has been created in the last six months. 'We have done this with private funds but to enhance the capacity , we need government funds,' Kamal Haasan, who is also the chairman of the conclave said . The service will be offered free to producers of Indian language films, said Senthil Kumar, co-founder of Qube cinema and a committee member of the FICCI media and entertainment digital conclave. He said that around about 80 per cent of screens in south India had gone digital and in a year all the theatres in the south will go digital. 'In next three years, all cinema halls in the country will go digital,' said Kumar. Kiran Reddy, managing director of Sathyam Cinemas, said workshops would be held to popularize digital technology in the film industry. Emphasising the 'Importance of digital media', a stage play by veteran filmmaker K Balachander was staged featuring Kamal Haasan, Crazy Mohan and Ramesh Aravind. Earlier the two-day conclave was inaugurated by Tamilnadu Governor K Rosiah on Thursday. The valedictory function was attended by Leela Samson, Chairman, Central Board of Film Certification. |