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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: A DIP INTO THE RIVER OF FEMALE DESIRE

Writer-director Nidhi Saxena’s second film, Secret of a Mountain Serpent, is an exquisite piece of cinema that blurs the line between the dreamily meditative and the tan...

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KALEIDOSCOPE: BREAKING BARRIERS IN BRAILLE LITERATURE

In the culturally vibrant town of Nagaon, Assam, where art and literature blend with daily life, Anjali Mahanta’s journey as an author and pioneer reflects inclusivity, ...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: PREITY ZINTA ON DOING IT HER OWN WAY

Khalid Mohamed’s throwback to a conversation with the iron-willed Preity Zinta, who’s set to return to the movies with the partition-themed Lahore 1947 by Aamir Kh...

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BOLLYWOOD: THE NEW BLOCKBUSTER PHENOMENON

Attention Saiyaaara’s Dazzling Debutantes...Your Time Starts Now!! Monojit Lahiri pulls back in an attempt to focus on a film that’s become a monster hit, blitzing...

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BOLLYWOOD: SAME OLD LOVE STORY RETURNS

North Meets South, Clichés Meet Screen: Kerala Endures Yet Again! A tired cross-cultural romance that recycles clichés, Param Sundari offers postcard Kerala aest...

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TRENDING: COMPLEXITY, NUANCE, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS & SHAM

From Aryan Khan’s debut to Dhadak 2, Heart Lamp, and fifty years of Sholay, this article by Sharad Raj critiques postmodernism, plagiarism, caste commodification, and ne...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: ONCE UPON A TIMELESS TALE

Fifty years after its release, Sholay continues to resonate across generations. A timeless saga of friendship, vengeance, and morality, it blurs past and present, uniting nost...

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BOLLYWOOD: GULZAR’S SCREENPLAYS BEYOND HIS DIRECTION

Gulzar, one of Indian cinema’s most revered storytellers, possesses a distinctive voice as a screenplay writer, separate from his celebrated directorial work. As the mon...

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RETROSCOPE: FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF HINDI CINEMA

Those forgotten B-grade movie divas of yesteryear: Khalid Mohamed recalls Indira ‘Billi’, Chitra and Naqi Jehan, just three of  the cavalierly sIde-lined B-gr...

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FESTIVALS: KASHISH EXPANDS BORDERS ONLINE

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ films screen at KASHISH 2025 Online Film Festival. The month-long festival aims to provide easy access beyond geographical boundaries to film lovers, educat...

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GENDER: WHEN FIDELITY MEETS MODERN DESIRE

Twinkle Khanna’s remark on marriage and infidelity sparked nationwide debate a cou...

December 5 2025

TRENDING: CULTURE, SCREENS, STORIES, SHIFTS, POWER

From blockbuster star sightings to emerging tech, awards honouring inclusivity, breakthr...

December 4 2025

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: AGE, STILLNESS, CINEMA

The stasis of old age rendered with precise strokes becomes not just a theme but an emot...

December 3 2025