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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: THE NEW BLOCKBUSTER PHENOMENON

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THOUGHT FACTORY: BOLLYWOOD HEROINES FROM GRACE TO GRIT

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FESTIVALS: ARE THE NATIONAL AWARDS LOSING THEIR WAY?

Once upon a time the most glamorous, eagerly-awaited and coveted award was Filmfare founded in 1954, but today the National Awards’ credi...

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BOLLYWOOD: 50 YEARS OF ‘SHOLAY’

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THOUGHT FACTORY: BOLLYWOOD GRAPPLES WITH DISABILITY

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