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The Forgotten History of Human Civilization

Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri: A film based on a Badal Sircar play is rare. Rare still is a debutant filmmaker adapting one. That too in a moribund film industry. Which is what makes...

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Bollywood

SMOOCH: Bollywoods Shaky Affair With The Kiss?

Monojit Lahiri investigates ‘the kiss’ in Bollywood cinema and the reasons why it has barely transcended the coochie-cooing birds and swaying flowers to awkward sn...

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Business and Politics

Reasons For My Angry Song

\Humra Quraishi recalls the days of the past when the Muslims didn’t live in fear and the Hindus were kind, courteous and full of grace towards them. Demolitions in a d...

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Movies

Scent of a Killer

Film historian Dhruv Somani, revisits Rajesh Khanna’s slasher film Red Rose, which was a flop on its release in 1980 but commands a cult following today. When producer ...

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Alternative Entertainment

Satyajit Ray: The man who knew too much

In a new book, Barun Chanda, who acted in Satyajit Ray’s Seemabaddha, goes down memory lane about his experiences of working with Ray. Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri writes on t...

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Alternative Entertainment

Satyajit Ray: The man who knew too much

In a new book, Barun Chanda, who acted in Satyajit Ray’s Seemabaddha, goes down memory lane about his experiences of working with Ray. Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri writes on t...

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Thought Factory

Rhythm ‘n’ Blues

Megha Ramaswamy’s documentary, The Last Music Store, entices Khalid Mohamed to stroll down the memory lanes of Rhythm House. Better late than never. That feeling course...

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Powerful People

Shishir Sharma: The Gentleman Actor!

Aparajita Krishna goes on a long walk on the cobbled path of art, theatre and acting with actor Shishir Sharma, whose repertoire is vast. To the contemporary viewers of India...

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Festivals

Bengal in Bengaluru: The Kolaj Bengal Film Festival

The first edition of the Kolaj Bengali Film Festival was a welcome effort in getting Bengali films a national reach. Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri, who was on the jury, writes about ...

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Alternative Entertainment

Deepika, Madhuri, Alia, Vidya, Shefali – Women-centric films explode!

Will the recent whammos unleashed from these female big-hitters trigger more of the same? Monojit Lahiri attempts a checkout.   Gehriayan. Fame Game. Gangubai. Jals...

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STUDENT CITY PART 1

A sharp, evocative campus romance unfolds in The Daily Eye’s Kaleidoscope section,...

April 23 2026

SUI GENERIS: TEDxNMIMS RETURNS

AI Creativity Debate Takes Centerstage: The annual independently organised TED event at ...

April 23 2026

THROUGH AN EYE CURIOUSLY INTERVIEW

In this insightful conversation, interviewer Khalid Mohamed engages photographer Chirode...

April 22 2026