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RAMAYANA PART ONE: EPIC RETELLING
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THE NEW BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT
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IS FACE FUZZ TRENDING NOW?
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THEATRE AND THE POWER OF INCLUSION
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PYRE: A PORTRAIT OF ABANDONMENT
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AAKHRI RIDE: MUMBAI AFTER DARK
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EK HAAN BRINGS MANTO ALIVE
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DIWALI IS SERVED WITH LOVE
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AI, ART AND THE HUMAN RIGHT TO CREATE
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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: ART & TRUTH IN MEMORY
Assamese filmmaker Amardeep Gogoi reflects on Collage, a quietly powerful debut rooted in memory, trauma, and resilience, choosing intimacy over scale to tell truths history l...
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RETROSCOPE: WAQT CHANGED HINDI FILMS FOREVER
Sixty years since its release, Waqt remains a landmark of Hindi cinema, introducing the ensemble cast format and modernising the ‘lost-and-found’ trope with emotio...
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FESTIVALS: STORIES FOUND PURPOSE THAT AFTERNOON
On a rain-soaked Mumbai day, WIFF’s Impact Workshop brought together storytellers, changemakers, and filmmakers to explore how films can spark campaigns, shift mindsets,...
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MOVIES: SUCH A FALL FROM GRACE
Khalid Mohamed, once a cheerleader of Mani Ratnam, is taken aback with Thug Life, the auteur’s fall from grace. “More for my sanity, than for anyone else’s, ...
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THOUGHT FACTORY: BOLLYWOOD GRAPPLES WITH DISABILITY
Portrayal of differently abled in Bollywood: Tokenism? Caricature? Empowerment? There are no easy answers because disability in Bollywood cinema is a tricky issue, says Monoji...
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KALEIDOSCOPE: FREEZIES AND THE FIGHT FOR FRIENDSHIP
Farrukh Dhondy’s latest novel makes young readers think about big issues—refugees, prejudice, and the power of community. Vinta Nanda discusses the book with the a...
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BOLLYWOOD: SARZAMEEN FAILS TO RISE
Sarzameen, posing as a political thriller, crumbles under recycled daddy-issue tropes and formulaic storytelling, wasting its stellar cast and Kashmir backdrop on shallow dram...
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MOVIES: POISE WITHOUT EMOTIONAL ENTRY
Billed as a tribute to Rituparno Ghosh, Indradeep Dasgupta’s Grihapravesh does not lack ambition and scale. But the effort shows, and the film never comes together as a ...
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RETROSCOPE: WHEN MELODY WAS KING
His lovingly built bungalow, Ashiana, on the Bandra seafront has survived the encroachments of real-estate sharks of sky-high towers. And despite malicious accusations and the...
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BOLLYWOOD: LOVE TRIUMPHS IN SAIYAARA AGAIN
A surprise hit, Saiyaara blends old-school romance with modern aesthetics, reviving the “forever love” narrative in an age of fleeting reels, capitalist fatigue, a...
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