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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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RETROSCOPE: CELEBRATING THE LEGEND DARA SINGH

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BOLLYWOOD: WHEN THE STAR MEETS A MEMORY

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BUSINESS: REFLECTIONS OF ADVERTISING’S MR. BHARAT!

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: FETED ABROAD, FORGOTTEN AT HOME

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BOLLYWOOD: EIGHTY THREE WOWS FOR THE BIG B!

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