A FILM IS meant to provide a few hours of entertainment but they can be changed here and there to make the audience happy when they become monotonous.

PRIYAM CHAKRAVORTY
Calcutta

IF MODERN technology can revitalise some of the greatest creations of Indian cinema and make them more attractive to the new generation, I think it is a good idea.

MAYUKH GOSWAMI
Baranagar

OLD IS GOLD and I don?t think we have the right to turn it into copper. Classic films should be left untouched. These experiments are done only to catch the interest of a new audience.

SROMONA DUTTA
St John?s Diocesan Girls HS School

IF A LITTLE tampering with the packaging but not with the quality of classic films can revive their charm and richness, it should be done.

INDIRA DUTTA
Loreto College

TAMPERING WITH A classic film, other than for restoring it, is objectionable. The outcome of such attempts is often garish and the film loses the very element that makes it a classic.

SUCHETANA HALDAR
Calcutta University

YES, BUT ONLY if it maintains the integrity of the original. If ?tampering? attracts the multiplex generation to watch the classics, it should certainly be encouraged.

SMITA MEHTA
ISB & M, Salt Lake

CLASSIC FILMS SHOULD not be tampered with because they have their own charm and their own place in the history of Indian cinema. They should be left as they are. That way, they can educate today?s youth about the wonder that was Indian cinema.

Rima DATTA
Ashutosh College

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