Alternative Entertainment

ALL ABOUT FRIENDSHIP

Dr. Ajanta Dutt highlights the pathos of a friendship between two boys - an unusual story, Dostojee, filmed in the backdrop of the Babri Masjid mayhem. Dostojee, opened to an...

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JAFAR PANAHI: STRUCTURE, AUSTERITY & SOCIAL CRITICISM

Sharad Raj discusses the cinema of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, his consummate understanding and command over time and space, and reviews his film The Circle (2000). If th...

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UGETSU MONOGATARI: THE MIZOGUCHI TREASURE

The cinema of Kenji Mizoguchi glides in and out of people’s lives with fluid grace and exquisite tact, writes Sharad Raj “The fruit of experience is beauty,&rdquo...

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MAHABALI: M. K. Raina’s Theatre!

Aparajita Krishna reviews the latest MK Raina play Mahabali and discusses its significance to these times when a distorted interpretation of Lord Ram, which is contrary to the...

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Decoding the chemistry: Uttam-Suchitra

Satyabrata Ghosh discusses the symbioses between the people at the two ends of the camera during the filming and after it, which resulted in the enigmatic chemistry that we kn...

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Childhood, Holocaust and the Cinema of Louis Malle

Louis Malle’s semi-autobiographical 1987 film ‘Au revoir les enfants’ or ‘Goodbye, Children’ belongs to this rare category, writes Vandana Kumar....

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Bengali Cinema: A Middle Way to Tread

Satyabrata Ghosh explores the cinema of West Bengal to conclude how the median between art and commerce exists and has been often achieved despite the many digressions over ti...

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Ballavpurer Roopkatha: A Director In-charge

Satyabrata Ghosh distinguishes between an assembly line process aimed to gain eyeballs from that, which enables cinema to remain a director’s medium, by taking Anirban B...

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SUPPORTING ACTORS KA TIME AAGAYA!

Monojit Lahiri investigates the phenomenon of supporting actors in Bollywood transitioning from being sideys in the past to taking center stage today. Times, they sure are a ...

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On Watching Ponniyin Selvan

Satyabrata Ghosh reviews PS-1, a Mani Ratnam film, and discusses why such alternate content is of prime importance at a time when the aim of every filmmaker in post pandemic t...

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MOVIES: FAIRY TALE FALTERS IN AJOGYA

"Despite the charm of a fairy tale reference, Kaushik Ganguly's Ajogya struggles with a ...

June 11 2024

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: SHYAM BENEGAL’S MANTHAN

Thanks to the efforts of the Film Heritage Foundation, Shyam Benegal’s masterpiece...

June 9 2024

THOUGHT FACTORY: SILENCE IN THE FACE OF OPPRESSION

In an era of unprecedented division, the gap between mainstream and alternative opinions...

June 8 2024