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Gender

WOMEN INTERRUPTED

Monojit Lahiri investigates what constitutes the attitude towards women in film industries across the world and why women film directors are not equal to the number of male di...

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Trending

I WENT TO HIS HOUSE AND SAW…

Humra Quraishi revisits an interview with Captain Lakshmi Sahgal, who questioned the mindless development that takes place in India. The questions she raised then remain unans...

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Thought Factory

PATHAAN: IS IT A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE?

Sharad Raj discusses why the film PATHAAN is being celebrated across the country and SRK’s persona and politics. The economic parameters within which mainstream cinema ...

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Kaleidoscope

ABOUT BRINGING GURU DUTT TO BENGALI READERS

Satyabrata Ghosh shares the process it took to translate in Bengali the works of Nishikant Thakar and Arun Khopkar for Guru Dutt: Teen Onker Ek Shokantika. The end: It could ...

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Bollywood

IS IT TIME TO RECONSIDER THE TERM BOLLYWOOD?

Monojit Lahiri does a close–up of this tricky issue and reaches out to the readers now for a solution to the word Bollywood. For some time now, the name, term, insignia...

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Thought Factory

RHYTHM’S CHOSEN CHILD

Here Sharada Ramanathan goes back and forth in time to understand the towering Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain’s genius, music and rhythm. Seventy-two years ago, a ra...

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Business and Politics

RAHUL GANDHI: FROM A YOUNG MAN TO A MATURE LEADER

Humra Quraishi revisits a book she co-authored with Khushwant Singh and highlights what the great journalist and author had said and written about Rahul Gandhi. The Bharat Jo...

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Festivals

KANTARA, GANGUBAI, KUNCHACKO BOBAN, ALIA BHATT RATED BEST OF 2022

Indian Film Institute (IFI) has announced its annual ratings of the best films and best male and female actors of 2022, reports The Daily Eye Newsdesk  The 6-member jury...

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Gender

THE UNSETTLED SHADE

Vinta Nanda talks to filmmaker Neha Sharma about her documentary film NYBREUM and what it was that made her gravitate to the subject. The documentary film explores the malais...

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Bollywood

THE ‘ARRE O SAMBA’ SAGA

Monojit Lahiri does a flashback to the iconic Arre O Samba Saga and revisits the biggest hit of Indian cinema Sholay! When a four-line narration (of a Senior Army Officer&rsq...

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CINEMA THAT BREATHES IN STILLNESS

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

March 29 2026

A TIMELY DIALOGUE AT IFFD 2026

A powerful panel at IFFD 2026 brings together leading independent filmmakers to examine ...

March 28 2026

BHARATMATA BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE!

Bharatmata cinema hall returns to Mumbai’s Lalbaug, writes Avinash Kolhe, reviving...

March 27 2026