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SLOW CINEMA AGAINST CONSUMED TIME
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WOMEN FACE A DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP CLOCK
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UTTAM KUMAR: BENGAL’S ETERNAL MAHANAYAK
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MAX, MIN, MEOWZAKI: LOVE, LOSS AND A CAT
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DESIGNING SPACES THAT FEEL HUMAN
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PHULE’S THIRD EYE STILL BURNS
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GEN Z TURNS POWER UPSIDE-DOWN
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PRATIBHA SUMAN: REFUSING PRESCRIBED BOUNDARIES
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WIFF MUMBAI TALKS CHANGING CINEMA
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THIRTEEN DAYS WHEN HUMANITY HELD
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TV
Zindagi – Jodey Dilon Ko: A New Beginning
At 8 pm on Monday June 23rd, a new channel presented itself on an already crowded platform of General Entertainment Channels. Zindagi - Jodey Dilon Ko is Zee TV?s new value ad...
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Comedy Of Oddballs
June-July are traditionally a time to bring in new shows and start new seasons on Indian television; e.g. Jhalak Dikhla Jaa Season 7 and Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega ...
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Another Game Changer, Mr Bachchan
In 2000, Amitabh Bachchan took a giant stride on to the small screen with Kaun Banega Crorepati. His TV debut was signaled as a first for Bollywood on TV. Now, 14 years later,...
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Women Of Grit
Scripts are created by writers, but the written word is brought to life by the director and the actors. Often actors treat the script as a source of dialogues to learn, and cu...
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Prime Time Thrills
Prime time on Star Plus is bookended (8 pm and 11.30pm) by one of Indian television’s most unusual daily soaps. Primarily, a time slot for family dramas costumed in gari...
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True Review: Primetime Fantasy RomCom
SAB TV’s fantasy RomCom Jeanie Aur Juju goes off air in June, to be replaced by an alien comedy — Badi Dooooor Se Aaye Hain. Jeanie Aur Juju, a prime time show hel...
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Channel V: Changed Priority
In the mid-1990s, India’s youth saw the launch of an indigenous music channel – Channel [V]. The slew of programming was urban-centric, with irreverent humour, a n...
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Khera, Stand Up To Be Counted
Television serial makers resort to ploys to sustain viewer ship – a new track, a new character or someone getting lost, etc. This writer hadn’t been watching Uttar...
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A New Order
There are a few new shows on daily prime time and the weekend too. Star Plus’ Ek Thi Haseena boasts of a cast of three actors of substance – Simone Singh, Ayub Kha...
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Curtains For Bade Achhe Lagte Hain (BALH)
“We have an expression that when a show is running out of original stories, the producers will make a “jump the shark” episode, when something completely stu...
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