ÿþ<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>Tasveer Ghar: Picture of the Month</title> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" CONTENT="no-cache"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="0"> <script src="../../comment.js" language="javascript" type="text/javascript"></script> <style type="text/css"><!-- a:link { text-decoration: none; color: #000000;} a:visited {text-decoration: none; color: #000000;} a:hover {text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;} a:active {text-decoration: none;} body,td,th {font-family: Trebuchet MS;color: #000000;} body {margin-top: 0px;background-color: #FFFFFF;} .style51 {color: #000000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;} .style60 {color: #999966}.style61 {color: #999966; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; } .style28 {font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14px;} .style29 { color: #999966; font-weight: bold;} .style75 {font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; } .style76 {font-family: "Trebuchet MS";font-size: 36px;font-weight: bold;color: #999966;} --> </style></head> <body><table width="85%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td width="5" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td><td width="155" bgcolor="#D6D6C0"><p align="center"><a href="http://www.tasveergharindia.net/index.html"><img src="http://www.tasveergharindia.net/cmsdesk/pages/logo-grin.gif" width="155" height="110" border="0" align="top"></a></p> </td><td width="656" height="44" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><img src="http://www.tasveergharindia.net/cmsdesk/pages/top-pom.jpg" width="656" height="110"></td><td width="656" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" bgcolor="#D6D6C0"><table width="96%" border="0"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-top:6px"> <div id="dvTable"></div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">sendRequest('../Pages.aspx',handleRequest);</script> </td></tr></table> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:6px;"><table width="98%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><p>&nbsp;</p> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><strong>February 2011</strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://www.tasveergharindia.net/cmsdesk/userfiles/image/PoM2011/IMG_01.jpg" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">At a tent theatre near you</span></strong></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Patrons of traveling cinemas watch films at night screenings in Maharashtra. Once every year, the nomadic cinemas travel to these remote villages still located far from fixed-site theatres. Showing an eclectic mix of films including regional&nbsp;language films in Marathi, Bollywood blockbusters in Hindi and even dubbed Hollywood flicks.&nbsp;Built as mobile&nbsp;and make-shift the cinemas offer a uniform seating arrangement on the earth, under the canopy of a huge tent. The audience pays Rs. 15 per show.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://www.tasveergharindia.net/cmsdesk/userfiles/image/PoM2011/IMG_06.jpg" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Over three years of his engagement with the cinemas, Amit Madhesiya (a <a href="http://www.tasveerghar.net/cmsdesk/essay/51/"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Tasveer Ghar fellow</span></a>) discovered lived associations of patrons with their traveling cinemas - which fuel their fantasies, desires and aspirations. With such patrons, the cinemas also feel strengthened in their fight for survival, against all pervasive DVD and cable networks. Amit has been granted the World Press Photo award for 2010 for his depiction of the tent cinemas. Also see a more detailed <a href="http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/news-events/news/detail/m/world-press-photo-award-for-amit-madheshiya.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">news on the website of the Cluster of Excellence: Asia and Europe in Global Context</span> </a>(Heidelberg University), of which Amit is a member.<br /> </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_photogallery&amp;task=view&amp;id=2074&amp;Itemid=292&amp;bandwidth=low"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">See more of his photographs fom this series here</span>.</a> </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">World Press Photo was founded in 1955. It is known for organizing the world's largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest. Prize-winning photographs are assembled into a traveling exhibition that is visited by over two million people in 45 countries worldwide.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Photo credit Amit Madheshiya, 2010</span> </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td></tr><tr><td align="right"><a href="Picture_of_the_Month_1.html" class="navigation-a">Next</a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table> <script type="text/javascript">var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));</script> <script type="text/javascript"> try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-8020078-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}</script> </body></html>