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“Who says only Bollywood songs are gold?!” – Gulzar
As Bollywood’s undisputed Poet Laureate moves from strength to strength, Monojit Lahiri recalls some amazing conversations with a dear, cherished and hugely respected fr...
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Revisiting Mani Kaul’s Mini-series Ahmaq
Devdutt Trivedi writes that in Ahmaq, Kaul wanted to underline the symbiotic relationship between Hinduism and Islam. The critics and audience alike, largely rejected Mani Ka...
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Bully Bai and the mainstreaming of hate
Humra Quraishi questions hate politics and the utter disregard for the Constitution of India by the fringe that is being mainstreamed aggressively. It’s horrifyin...
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Making films is my coping mechanism: Shabnam Sukhdev
Here’s Vinta Nanda in conversation with documentary filmmaker Shabnam Sukhdev, who just completed her short film titled ‘Unfinished’ while completing her Mas...
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Seizing the moment: Ravi K. Chandran
Eminent cinematographer, Ravi K. Chandran in conversation with Khalid Mohamed, on the unfettered joys of still photography. Perhaps the most familiar quote about still photog...
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If I Am, So God Must Be!
Humra Quraishi discusses the absence of God in the Hindutva narrative of 2021, that threatened minorities and denied to India the goodness Mother Teresa has done to her. Thos...
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Kitu Gidwani: Distinctly Yours!
Aparajita Krishna flashbacks and forward with the life and times of Kitu Gidwani – an actor with, perhaps, the most well etched repertoire of work across so many years. ...
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The films of Maya Deren
Between MacGuffin and Transference is the empty signifier that carries her film ‘Meshes of the Afternoon’ forward, writes Devdutt Trivedi The actor embodies the M...
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Jhappi-pappi and all
Farrukh Dhondy recalls the Bhartiya Janta Party’s election victory of 2014, which he watched unfold on television when he was in Dhaka. I remember I was in Dhaka...
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And a New Year is about to begin…
It is the good times of the past that inspire us to look forward to the coming year, for there is little in the events of 2021 that give any confidence, writes Humra Quraishi....
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