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POWERFUL PEOPLE: INFINITE GENIUS, BOUNDLESS THEATRE
Nadira Zaheer Babbar inhabits the same universe where I met her in 1984. Today, she is as intense and powerful as a thousand times more, and it’s magical to watch her at...
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Both of them made relatively quiet debuts in the early ‘70s, Zeenat in OP Ralhan’s Hulchul (1971), and Parveen in BR Ishara’s Charitra (1973), but...
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On the occasion of the 58th Jnanpith Award for Gulzar saab, Humra Quraishi revisits her friendship with him and recalls his works of poetry and writings dear to her. ...
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Explainer on Minimum Support Price (MSP) as a legal guarantee using Swaminathan formula, and what is being demanded by the farmers of India, reported by The Daily Eye #Newsdes...
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From Agnes Varda’s The Beaches of Agnes to Suzhou River, Reversal of Fortune, In Bed With Victoria and Zero Fucks Given, check out all the films that Ranjan Das&nbs...
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Keeping religion a personal matter and not politicising it is crucial to prevent discrimination, promote social cohesion, and uphold the principles of a secular India. It give...
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Satyabrata Ghosh explores the genesis and evolution of the freeze shot used by auteurs of cinema to capture a lasting impact of on emotional moment, through the cinema of Taru...
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It is Kumar Shahani's Khayal Gatha (The Saga of Khayal), a 1989 Indian experimental film written and directed by Kumar Shahani, that O.P. Srivastava narrates today. The film ...
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Humra Quraishi recounts the days when there was respect and great pride in India’s diversity, and brings back memories of the demolition of the Babri Masjid, the mo...
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Pratik Majumdar continues to celebrate Valentine’s Day with eight movies featuring reunions of old sweethearts and urges you to see them too! In the realm of cinema, fe...
Read MoreCINEMA THAT BREATHES IN STILLNESS
An evocative evening of French and German short films in Mumbai explores stillness, abst...
March 29 2026A TIMELY DIALOGUE AT IFFD 2026
A powerful panel at IFFD 2026 brings together leading independent filmmakers to examine ...
March 28 2026BHARATMATA BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE!
Bharatmata cinema hall returns to Mumbai’s Lalbaug, writes Avinash Kolhe, reviving...
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