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Taking regional stories global
Financial Express Mumbai
|February 18, 2026
THIS IS THE age when stories are traveling faster than ever, and regional cinema has finally found its moment to shine on the world stage.
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What once lived within linguistic and cultural boundaries now spoke to audiences across continents. And at the very heart of this transformation lay the quiet power of post-production: the invisible craft that shapes how we experience stories.
Modern post-production isn't about just fixing images or cleaning sound; it's about elevating emotion. It helps the regional filmmaker maintain the very integrity of their story while presenting it with a polish expected by today's audiences. Be it color grading to enhance the beauty of a village sunrise, sound design capturing the pulse of a festival, or subtitles that bridge languages, VFX/CGI to make the unreal real, it is post-production that gives regional cinema a universal voice.
This story is from the February 18, 2026 edition of Financial Express Mumbai.
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