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Bollywood

Starring Leela Mishra & Kanhaiyalal

Aparajita Krishna talks to eminent members of the film industry and Indian theater to explore how Leela Mishra and Kanhaiyalal figure in India’s cine-memory 2022. Film ...

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Movies

The Unpretentious Star

She was the underdog of her time. Yes, Reena Roy was one of the top actresses who let her work talk rather than her other activities, writes Dhruv Somani. She was born as Sa...

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Business and Politics

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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Festivals

Our Film Festivals: Tamashas or reality checks

Monojit Lahiri investigates whether our film festivals are arty time-pass or educative game changers.   First things first: To the general public, Film Festivals are gen...

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Powerful People

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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Movies

Shifting Paradigms: Malayalam Cinema

Malayalam Cinema has evolved through time, writes Sulochana Ram Mohan. To use a cliché change has been the only constant in Malayalam cinema. In the first decade of th...

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Alternative Entertainment

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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Bollywood

The curious case of Sushmita Sen

As the web series ‘Arya’ wows the OTT space and is rated as one of the best Indian web series of 2021, Monojit Lahiri investigates the reasons why the dynamic stun...

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Business and Politics

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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Powerful People

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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SARMAYA CELEBRATES PRADHAN GOND HERITAGE

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe explores Sarmaya Arts Foundation's remarkable exhibition, Chola Ma...

June 29 2026

WELCOME LOST IN SATIRICAL CHAOS

Lost in the Wilderness of Its Own Making: Arnab Banerjee reviews Welcome to the Jungle, ...

June 28 2026

COCKTAIL 2 TESTS LOVE’S LIMITS

Arnab Banerjee examines Homi Adajania’s Cocktail 2, exploring fidelity, trust, tem...

June 27 2026