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Disney makes hundreds more layoffs as it cuts costs

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But unlike the steady stream of content from other regional cinema - such as Malayalam films from Kerala - Marathi films still emerge in bursts.That's partly because there's no institutional support, says Shefali Bhushan, Sthal's producer, who, along with three other partners, put their own money to finance the film.

Disney makes hundreds more layoffs as it cuts costs

The big studios don't pick-up Marathi projects without an "obvious commercial appeal", which means an ecosystem supportive of experimental artistic voices is sorely lacking, she adds.Unlike Kerala, Maharashtra also offers little state support for regional cinema and lacks a strong movie-going culture.Being centred mainly around the cities of Mumbai and Pune, Marathi films "feel the full, suffocating weight of Bollywood, that other regional cinemas don't", says Shedde.

Disney makes hundreds more layoffs as it cuts costs

Besides, Maharashtra does not have Kerala's highly "cine-literate audience" where "rice farmers discuss [legendary filmmaker Sergei] Eisenstein and his legacy", giving those filmmakers confidence that their small indie film can recover costs and make money, she adds.The makers are also to be partially blamed, says veteran film critic Ashok Rane, who was tasked by the state government to market the region's films at Cannes in the last decade.

Disney makes hundreds more layoffs as it cuts costs

They've done little to explore subjects that "speak a universal language" and would appeal to the global audience, Rane told the BBC.

Shedde says the industry's growth has also been stymied by the "lack of aggressive ambition" and the absence of a film distribution system meant that, for decades, India was the "graveyard of good cinema".Touting the institution's research on cancer, heart disease, infectious diseases and obesity, the university website warns that "without federal funding, this work will come to a halt midstream".

The White House will not revoke the funds automatically, but rather kick off a review of money Harvard receives from the federal government to determine whether that funding is critical in the eyes of the administration.GSA will recommend each agency "terminate for convenience each contract that it determines has failed to meet its standards", and consider reallocating those funds elsewhere.

A draft of the letter accuses Harvard of engaging in discrimination and antisemitism as justification for the move.Students and faculty at the university have criticised the Trump administration for its penalties against Harvard. On Tuesday evening, a few dozen gathered in protest.

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