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Sign of the times: The sun shines on everybody

“Why don’t the people of today take lessons from our history, literature and poetry”, asks Humra Quraishi The painful and disturbing images of Rohingya refu...

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KABHI BLOOD KABHI PIZZA

Khalid Mohamed shudders at the gorefest Chakravyuh, finds sweet relief in Gullak 2, and checks out the Oscar-nominated Sound of Metal. CHAKRAVYUH (MX PLAYER) She said it,...

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The genius of Jacques Tati

Sharad Raj explores how the existential and political angst of the torchbearers of the Novell Vague got an edge over Tati when it came to intellectual seduction of cinema love...

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In Conversation with Uttara Baokar

I’m sharing parts of a conversation with path-making, veteran theatre actor who was ideal to generations of theatre-citizens, writes Aparajita Krishna   Her work o...

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When R.D. Burman met the Jazzman

Edited excerpts from the book Louis Banks: A Symphony of Love by Ashis Ghatak As a young man Louiz Banks would imbibe the earthiness of his mother’s Nepali folk tunes a...

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More than a woman: Gajra Kottary

Vinta Nanda grabs an opportunity to talk to author and screenwriter Gajra Kottary about her work and also her latest release Not Woman Enough. Who doesn’t know Gajra Ko...

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The peerless entertainer

Film historian Dhruv Somani, pays tribute to Nasir Hussain, wizard of the undervalued romantic musicals of Bollywood. Nasir Hussain commenced making films during the era of t...

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Sign of the Times: Tyranny is simply tyranny!

Humra Quraishi discusses the state of eternal damnation, which those who are released after having spent years of imprisonment under false charges, remain in. Supposedly it&r...

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Creating a better world for women

On this International Women's Day 2021 on 8th March, Monarose Sheila Pereira spoke to senior male professionals on how they can participate in creating a better world for wome...

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Begums on top, or nearly

Khalid Mohamed reviews the flawed and yet commendable Begums of Bombay, finds 1962: The War in The Hills far too meandering, and weeps out loud that Indoo ki Jawani is insuffe...

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INTIMACY & TECHNOLOGY – FRENEMIES??

Monojit Lahiri explores how technology has reshaped intimacy and interpersonal communica...

April 1 2026

NOW STEPPING INTO HISTORY

Khalid Mohamed’s conversations with actor-turned-director Riteish Deshmukh over ti...

March 31 2026

CINEMA THAT BREATHES IN STILLNESS

An evocative evening of French and German short films in Mumbai explores stillness, abst...

March 29 2026