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Gurinder Chadha

Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha said smaller films have little room in theatrical distribution today. The Indian-origin British filmmaker said in India, mainstream and parallel cinema have always co-existed but she cannot see that happening anymore. "There's a great crisis globally for independent films. Those kind of smaller stories, relationship stories that aren't big on visual effects, action, they've got squeezed. It's a shame that I'm seeing that in India as well."

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