'Mangal Pandey: The Rising' is a commercial product of the Mumbai film industry that markets the uprising of 1857 as an anti-colonial gesture in the postcolonial world of globalized capital and culture. Can the industrial product of the popular entertainment industry be anything more than a commodity? Can it possibly have any critical force or any political effect other than the reinforcement of the dominant ideology, of hegemony? A discussion by Chinmoy Banerjee.

Non-fiction films holds a strong position in telling stories of real time and people. Initially, non-fiction films evolved as an alternative trend out side the Government patronization or the 'big shot' investors, producers and distributors. Till now documentary filmmaking faces ignorance, lack of financial assistance and no commercial values in theatres. Zaeed Aziz has more.