Hansal Mehta
@mehtahansal
Filmmaker. Jayate, Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar, YKHRH, Chhal, Shahid, Citylights, Aligarh, Omertà, Chhalang, Scam1992, Faraaz… 61st National Award for Direction.
The #Scoop trailer. Streaming on @netflix from June 2. Created by @mrunmayeelagoo and me. Written by @mrunmayeelagoo and @mirat1983 with dialogues by @karanmukeshvyas addl screenplay by @anusinghc. Lovingly shot by @prathamdop and edited by #AmiteshMukherjee with sound design by…
That’s a textbook case of whataboutery. Critique the IT sector? “But what about Bollywood?” Question one system? “What about yours?” Pointing fingers elsewhere doesn’t answer the question at hand. Yes, the film industry has its flaws - many of us call them out from within. The…
@mehtahansal You’ve spoken about the lack of innovation in the IT sector — but the same issue exists in the Indian film industry. Will you call that out as well, or stay quiet because you’re a part of it?”
Absolutely sir. Thank you for this enlightening TED Talk on Flexcube and the software dollar versus the petrol dollar. Truly groundbreaking stuff. So if I’d just memorised the names Tally and Wingify, I’d unlock all economic wisdom. And of course, a 12,000-person layoff at TCS…
You have no knowledge or understanding. Not of software or nor how software dollar has given leverage against petrol dollar in economy for decades. You don't know what product "flexcube" "tally" or "wingify" is, you think TCS layoff is due to AI 😅 thats your zenith. Sit down.
Yes, TCS has outperformed many of its global peers and built something truly massive. But layoffs even from a market leader point to deeper structural shifts. No one’s denying the scale or success - the question is about future readiness. If the model was bulletproof we wouldn’t…
EDS, HP, IBM Global Services etc rules the tech services world. Most of them barely exist. TCS best IBM in market value. Cap Gemini etc look like SMEs as compared to TCS. Nuance is the first casualty in these diatribes
Let’s not romanticize everything as a triumph of innovation. Calling out the limitations of a service-driven model isn’t disrespect - it’s reflection. And if Bollywood stuck only to formula films for decades we’d rightly ask where the ambition went. That’s not irrelevance -…
Building solid IT systems that ran banks, healthcare, industries, airlines, logistics & enterprises, is not something to be ashamed of Calling them as sweatshops, is unfair Just because Bollywood is not creating science fiction & cutting edge movies,will you call it irrelevant?
Thank you for a thoughtful and well-argued response. The impact of IT services on India’s economy and middle class is undeniable and I’ve never suggested otherwise. My point was never to diminish what was achieved but to reflect on what we chose not to pursue. Yes, businesses…
This is only half-true. They didn't produce "Operating Systems" or "World Class Products" because they didn't have to. [Disagree with the latter, but that's for later.] I don't understand why people are routinely surprised that businesses take the shortest tangent to $$.…
No one’s denying the scale or operational impact of Indian IT services. They’ve kept global enterprises running for decades and that’s no small feat. But let’s not confuse execution at scale with innovation at the edge. Managing infrastructure and delivering cloud…
Sir, Dont forget all the Banks across the world are built on Strong Indian IT Support. IT services, particularly Indian IT, refers to companies like TCS, Infosys, and Wipro. These firms don’t just write backend code ,they manage the core technology infrastructure of the world’s…
That’s a bit of a stretch. My observation wasn’t political - just a critique of an industry model that prioritised scale over innovation. Of course we did what we had to at the time and like China with manufacturing we built something massive. But now that model is being tested.…
The way leftists are all going ballistic about TCS, IT & job losses, I now feel comfortable about IT's future. He says Indian IT built itself in the back of cheap labour. As if India had any other choice? Didnt China build its manufacturing prowess on the same labour arbitrage
TOP IT companies stuck in their comfort zone rather than spending those surplus in innovation they choose to give dividends to share holders..business as it...lack of vision never allowed these companies to scale further in R&D
Having worked in the same industry back home , my experience mirrors quite a lot. Felt the management was always sub-servient to their "foreign" bosses, never trusted their own agency, prefered the age old tradition of getting their asses licked by their usual posse.
Fair point, and I respect that view. We’ve always had the capability iFlex, Zoho, even the scale of TCS and Infosys show that. My post was more about the path we chose as an industry, driven by opportunity more than long-term vision. Like you said, it often comes down to timing…
It is perfectly fine to have daal roti before thinking of tandoori chicken.. But if you have studied the history of companies like iflex, Zoho and the evolution of TCS and Infosys , one knows we are capable. Just like winning the Cannes awards or the Oscars, not everything is…
Speaking as someone who lived a past life within the fringes of India’s so-called IT industry - For decades, India’s IT sector wasn’t built on innovation - it was built on low-cost labour. We became the world’s back office: a dependable supplier of manpower, not ideas. A wet…
Batter? I thought it was a mixture of flour and liquid used to make rotis, dosas or pancakes.
#KyunkiSaasBhiKabhiBahuThi2, #Traitors, #IPL, #KapilSharma: How streaming is replicating television, the very beast it wanted to tame indianexpress.com/article/entert…
Came to know about him from the film Shahid by @mehtahansal ...the film shows the darkest reality of todays world and how systematically in India power is mostly misused to suppress the rights and basics of poor/minorities !
I dedicated my book, Gujarat Files to Shahid Azmi. Till his last breath he defended the wrongful incarceration of innocents in the 7/11 train blasts. He was also defending many Dalit and adivasi prisoners who he believed were victims of systemic prejudices
I’ve done that too. Just the thought of lying still and kept alive by machines when my spirit has already left the room terrifies me more than death itself.
Dr Lopa Mehta, 78, a retired physician from KEM Hospital, has written her living will, clearly stating she does not want to be put on ventilators, feeding tubes, or receive aggressive treatment if her condition becomes terminal or irreversible. She believes that death is a…
Thanks @mehtahansal for making ‘Shahid’ in 2012. A must watch movie for everyone. Make a sequel now. Shahid has 30 acquittals now.
All those who gave all these gyaan and kept comparing with south, all acting as if they never said any of these. A bandra director has told a bombay story and the numbers are mind boggling. #Saiyaara has shut so many of them it's too funny.
‘Shahid’ came in 2012. Can we make a sequel of the movie? The Mumbai train blast case in which Shahid Azmi was defending the accused;has ended in acquittal of every person. He has won after 15 yrs of his assassination. @mehtahansal @anuragkashyap72 @RonnieScrewvala @RajkummarRao
It’s a cruel irony that Mumbai draped in the glitz of being India’s financial and cinematic capital cannot keep alive a film festival of its own. Abandoned by the self-appointed gatekeepers of cinema who chased shinier stages and safer bets it was left in the hands of a few…
The Festival Director of MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, makes an important announcement: #MAMI #MumbaiFilmFestival