Watch any film you want at Bengaluru’s Suchitra Film Society now

The film society has a collection of about 6,000 films in its digital archives, including foreign, Indian and independent cinema, which film lovers can now access

Bengaluru’s Suchitra Film Society has started a novel initiative to support cinema enthusiasts, filmmaking students, journalists, and art lovers. Anyone can watch a film of their choice through the society’s rich repertoire of foreign and Indian films, using the society’s equipment and the big screen.

This adds to the regular film screenings and discussions that take place at the society, which are exclusive to its members.

Speaking about the initiative, Vidyaranya B.S., an executive committee member of the film society, said this is being done to help film enthusiasts and cinema lovers access international films that are otherwise unavailable.

Even though they have not set a price for the screening yet, the society is planning to charge a nominal fee eventually, once it is up and running.

H.N. Narahari Rao, president of the society, said, “We have a rich collection of rare films, both foreign and Indian, in our digital library, and we want to make this accessible to anyone who wants to watch.”

Any person can approach the society to watch a film Rao says, “provided they inform us which movie they want to watch one day in advance. If a person wants to watch a film alone for research or for leisure, they can do it using a laptop available in society.”