Alternative Entertainment

Satyajit Ray: The man who knew too much

In a new book, Barun Chanda, who acted in Satyajit Ray’s Seemabaddha, goes down memory lane about his experiences of working with Ray. Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri writes on t...

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Deepika, Madhuri, Alia, Vidya, Shefali – Women-centric films explode!

Will the recent whammos unleashed from these female big-hitters trigger more of the same? Monojit Lahiri attempts a checkout.   Gehriayan. Fame Game. Gangubai. Jals...

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THERE CAN NEVER BE ANOTHER… SUCHITRA SEN!

Matchless! Timeless! Deathless! On her 91st Birthday, Monojit Lahiri pays homage to Bengal’s gone but never forgotten, luminous Queen of Hearts!  As a kid who grew...

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The Oscar Rosters 2022 - A Post Hoc Analysis

A detailed, spoiler free analysis of Oscar nominees and winners, with commendations on why some won, and regrets on why some didn’t, by Ronaan Roy Doing a quick statist...

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Music Knows No Caste

After garnering critical acclaim and winning the FIPRESCI Award at the Bangladesh International Film Festival 2022, Bangladeshi filmmaker Shabnam Ferdousi’s debut featur...

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Crime Drama, Women and Claude Chabrol!

Writes Vandana Kumar, “No one takes you away from one-dimensional morality while trying to fathom his women characters as Claude Chabrol does”. I am writing ...

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The Human Voice

Khalid Mohamed, who was commissioned to write the official autobiography of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997), replays an insightful conversation with the legendary qawwali an...

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50 years of "The Godfather"

The Corleone’s and the poetry of Crime is what Sharad Raj examines after watching The Godfather for the nth time on the film’s 50th anniversary. The year was 1981...

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Pubali Chaudhuri: Mystery of the blank page!

Aparajita Krishna tells the Genie to grant writer Pubali Chaudhuri her personal wish; also the wish that she ‘continues to learn from the mystery of the blank page&...

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100 years of Sayed Haider Raza

Teesta Bhandare explores the art of Raza through the lens of the global avant garde. On February 22, 1922, in a sleepy forest town in Madhya Pradesh an infant by the name of ...

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BUILDING LEADERSHIP BEYOND TOKENISM

In this candid conversation with Vinta Nanda, entrepreneur Sushma Gaikwad reflects on bu...

July 8 2026

QUEER MOTHERHOOD BEYOND STEREOTYPES

Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe: Vikram Phukan's Some Mothers, Other Mothers explores queer moth...

July 7 2026

CHASING SHADOWS IN A LOVELESS WORLD

Brij Bhushan, journalist and author, reviews Khalid Mohamed's Not Quite Family: An Intim...

July 6 2026