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Image credits & permissions.

Drishyam is a non-commercial educational initiative bringing world cinema into Indian classrooms. The films, posters, characters, and stills referenced on this site belong to their respective copyright holders. This page tells you how we use them, where they come from, and how to ask us to take something down.

How we use film material

Drishyam references, displays, and discusses films for the editorial and educational purpose of curating a non-commercial school film club programme. We rely on the fair dealing exception under Section 52 of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, which permits use of copyrighted material for criticism, review, and educational instruction.

Specifically, we use:

Film posters — displayed at thumbnail size to identify titles in our curated library.
Film stills and character imagery — used illustratively, in editorial context, with credit to the source.
Film titles, synopses, and metadata — discussed in the context of curation and discussion-prompt design.

We do not host or distribute the films themselves. Sourcing notes in our library point teachers to legitimate streaming services or licensed institutional copies.

Where the images come from

Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons — the majority of poster thumbnails are fetched live from the Wikipedia REST API at the time the page loads. Where Wikipedia hosts an image under fair-use claim or a permissive licence, that licence is respected.
Internet Movie Database (IMDb) — used as a reference source for film metadata (year, director, runtime, language, country) which is factual and not protected.
Studio press kits and educational portals — where studios make promotional or educational assets freely available for non-commercial use, we may use those directly.
The "children watching a projection" image on our Model section is an AI-generated illustration commissioned for Drishyam.
The Drishyam wordmark and gold ★ visual system are original to this project.

★ A note on AI-generated images Where we use AI-generated illustrations as decoration or atmosphere (for example, the projection-room image), they are clearly labelled and not presented as actual film stills. We do not generate or use AI imitations of recognisable characters or copyrighted works.

Logos and partner marks

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Young Indians (Yi) logos used in our outreach materials are displayed with the consent of the relevant chapter and represent project association, not endorsement of every position. Any other organisational logo that appears alongside Drishyam material does so under partnership or licensed arrangement.

If you are a rights holder

If you own the rights to any film, poster, still, character, or asset that appears on this site and you would like it removed, please write to us at the address below. We will respond within seven working days and remove or replace the material on request, no questions asked.

If you would prefer to license your catalogue to Drishyam for nonprofit educational use — bringing your films to children in 4 to 40 partner schools across India — we would also be glad to hear from you. Several Indian and international studios and educational distributors have done exactly this for similar initiatives.

Removal requests & permissions

Email hello@drishyam.in with the URL of the page, the asset in question, and proof of rights. We respond within seven working days.

For partnership and licensing enquiries please use the same address with subject line "Partnership — [your organisation]".

Disclaimer

This page is provided as a statement of intent and good practice. It is not legal advice and does not constitute a licence, an assignment, or a waiver by any rights holder. Drishyam will respect all valid takedown requests promptly. The site is operated as a non-commercial educational initiative.