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POWERFUL PEOPLE: JUST DO IT
In a conversation, Khalid Mohamed draws out the eventful life and film adventures of writer-actor-director Amole Gupte, exploring his creative roots, artistic influences, and ...
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BUSINESS: ROHIT ARYA & WHEN DREAMS TURN DESPERATE
Rohit Arya & When Dreams Turn Desperate, by Sharad Raj, explores the fragile world of struggling actors in India’s film industry—where illusions of fame collid...
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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: WHEN PHANTOM INDIA WAS GHOSTED
Khalid Mohamed assesses the now accessible 1969 documentary, Phantom India, helmed by the French auteur Malle, which had been banned for depicting the poverty in India from a ...
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KALEIDOSCOPE: THROUGH CONFLICT, TRUTHS STAND TALL
My own encounter with the book has been a unique reader-experience, writes Aparajita Krishna. A one-of-a-kind in my reading of books, Harinder Baweja’s They Will Shoot Y...
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BUSINESS: REFLECTIONS OF ADVERTISING’S MR. BHARAT!
From Kolkata’s colonial hangover to the rise of brand Bharat, this reflection, by Monojit Lahiri, celebrates Piyush Pandey — the man who gave Indian advertising it...
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THOUGHT FACTORY: CREATION BEGINS WHERE OPINION ENDS
Art is born from surrender, not control. While opinions about art come from privilege and position, creation emerges from vulnerability and courage — it’s time cri...
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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: DISCOVERING JEWELS AMONG THE JUNKPILE
Exhausted by the excessive violence, toxic masculinity and crass comedies of pan-Asian and global cinema, Khalid Mohamed shares some of his hidden delights tucked away in the ...
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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: A STITCH OF KINDNESS
Ajay Govind’s Basanti Tailors, produced by Drishyam Films in association with the Azim Premji Foundation, continues to charm global audiences — a gentle tale from ...
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THOUGHT FACTORY: 30 YEARS OF DDLJ & STILL RUNNING
From Eurorail to Sarson Ke Khet: An Ethnography of DDLJ’s Everlasting Romance with India by Yashika Begwani, explores why thirty years on, Indians still dream of love in...
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RETROSCOPE: MIRACLE AND ‘THE CURSE’ OF JAI SANTOSHI MAA
Khalid Mohamed looks back at 1975, the year of Sholay and the miraculous success of Jai Santoshi Maa and its aftermath — a cinematic contrast that defined devotion, dest...
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