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LENSED BY SAHIR RAZA, APURVA GOURI SINGS TO GAUHAR RAZA’S LYRICS & ZICO A.KA. SOUTRIK CHAKRABORTI’S TUNE

The theme song for the Mere Ghar Aa Ke To Dekho campaign, in the voice of Apurva Gouri, written by Gauhar Raza and directed by Sahir Raza was released today, reports The Daily...

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THE ADDA OF GANGA VIHAR!

Aparajita Krishna dives deep to the not so long history of Ganga Vihar and what it holds together as a past unimaginable and riveting. GANGA VIHAR on the Marine Drive promena...

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THE ADDA OF GANGA VIHAR!

Aparajita Krishna dives deep to the not so long history of Ganga Vihar and what it holds together as a past unimaginable and riveting. GANGA VIHAR on the Marine Drive promena...

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THE COMMONALITY BETWEEN OTT STARS AND EUROPEAN ACTORS

Monojit Lahiri investigates to find out if what OTT stars are to Bollywood today, is what European actresses were to Hollywood once upon a time. The year 2020 triggered a par...

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TAMAS: THE LIGHT OF TAMAS

Aparajita Krishna writes, “35 years after it lit India’s television screen and cinema, I am herein collating together, as an article, the talks and quotes around t...

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‘KAIFI AUR MAIN’ KI KAIFIYAT

‘कैफ़ी और मैं’ की कैफियत//To borrow singer Jaswinder Singh’s pitch-perfect note, “I would say it is a jugalbandi of pr...

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A MAVERICK MOVING SEAMLESSLY BETWEEN THE TRITE AND THE HALLOWED

Ranjan Das takes us on a visit to a phenomenon who left an indelible mark on viewers, Utpal Dutt, the maverick we continue to miss. Most Indian viewers remember Utpal Dutt fr...

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THE MAGIC OF CHALTI KA NAAM HAI GAADI

Diamonds are forever. So are good movies. Comedy is a tough genre to handle, it requires extreme sensitivity, sense of timing and comprehensive understanding of situations, wr...

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THE FANTASTIC 27 DOWN BY AWTAR KRISHNA KAUL

27 Down is a 1974 Hindi film written, directed and produced by Awtar Krishna Kaul starring Rakhee, MK Raina, Om Shivpuri and Rekha Sabnis, writes O.P. Srivastava   ...

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ABOUT THE SONG OF SCORPIONS AND IRRFAN

Irrfan Khan’s only real home was cinema, says Anup Singh. The story of The Song of Scorpions emerged from flares and flickers of images in disturbing dreams. This was i...

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FESTIVALS: CELEBRATING TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY

Transgender Day of Visibility, observed on March 31st, is dedicated to celebrating trans...

April 1 2025

TRENDING: A REQUIEM FOR A LOST CHILDHOOD

A deep reflection on communal harmony, personal memories, and the fading Ganga-Jamuni cu...

March 31 2025

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: THE WORLD OF SATYAJIT RAY

A personal journey into the timeless world of Satyajit Ray—where childhood, cinema...

March 30 2025