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Monojit Lahiri

Monojit Lahiri is a Kolkata-based communication practitioner specialising in Cinema, Advertising & Popular culture. He has journeyed this space for over 4 decades.He consciously invests his material with doses of entertainment, engagement and relevance, and has zero interest in changing the world! 
 

 

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BOLLYWOOD: CHORI MERA KAAM OR CHOR-EO-GRAPHY

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BOLLYWOOD: FRANK & FEARLESS, GULZAR…UNCUT!

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BOLLYWOOD: IN DEFENCE OF MAINSTREAM, MASALA MOVIES

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BOLLYWOOD: SUCHITRA SEN, BENGAL’S QUEEN OF HEARTS

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BOLLYWOOD: DO OUR FILM AWARDS GUARANTEE REWARDS?

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BOLLYWOOD: REMEMBERING MR CHARMER SHASHI KAPOOR

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THOUGHT FACTORY: IS SHE ACCURATELY PORTRAYED BY AD-LAND?

Monojit Lahiri does a checkout of what’s going on in ad-land and how much it has evolved (or not?!!) to accommodate toda...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: THE NSD AGENDA – SOUL–STRIP…OR DRAMABAZI?

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TRENDING: MUJHSE SHAADI KAROGE? PAGAL? NEVER!!

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TRENDING: HUMME TUMSE PYAAR KITNA

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