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RITUPARNO GHOSH'S ENDURING LEGACY

Monojit Lahiri does a flashback on his momentous life and times. He reflects on the visionary filmmaker's extraordinary life, groundbreaking cinema, creative brilliance, lasti...

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VYJAYANTHIMALA: ‘WHO REMEMBERS ME?’

Khalid Mohamed looks back in affection at the tumultuous life and unmatched acting career of Vyjayanthimala Bali, now aged 93, often justly described as ‘India’s f...

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FEARLESS NADIA’S HUNTERWALI FILM PHENOMENON

Film historian and Proffessor Piyush Roy revisits Hunterwali (1935), the groundbreaking Wadia Movietone stunt classic that introduced Fearless Nadia, a female action icon whos...

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FORGOTTEN DANCING QUEEN OF HINDI CINEMA

The Last Dance: Tragedy of a Dancing Queen - Khalid Mohamed narrates the rise and fall of the iconic Cuckoo Moray, who mentored Helen but died in abject penury, and is at most...

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AMITABH BACHCHAN: HINDI CINEMA’S DARK EDGE

The Greatest villain that Hindi films could not have…though one is not complaining about what one got instead. Sharad Raj explores Amitabh Bachchan’s morally comp...

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SUCHITRA SEN: THE STAR WHO CHOSE SILENCE

On her 12th death anniversary, Monojit Lahiri recalls the mystique, magnetism and unmatched romance of Suchitra Sen—Bengal’s most enduring screen legend who ruled ...

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RETROSCOPE: REMEMBERING RAY’S IMMORTAL…APU!

On the late, legendary Soumitra Chatterjee’s 91st birthday on January 19th Monojit Lahiri pays homage to the remarkable actor, author, poet, dramatist, translator and pa...

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RETROSCOPE: LOOKING BACK AT WHAT ENDURES

A year of remembrance and resistance, where Khalid Mohamed, Monojit Lahiri, Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri, Devdutt Trivedi, Utpal Datta and Satyabrate Ghosh revisited cinema’s ...

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RETROSCOPE: RETURN TO DILIP KUMAR THE ETERNAL TRAGEDIAN

Celebrating The Memory Of The Actors Actor And The Star Of Stars – Dilip Kumar! Monojit Lahiri’s tribute to the timeless sahib-e-alam. It was his birth anniversary...

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RETROSCOPE: THE FLAME THAT STILL BURNS

When Smita Patil Breathed Her Last On The Midnight Of December 13, 1986, The World Of Cinema In General And Indian Cinema In Particular, Lost A Unique Talent. Remembering The ...

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RITUPARNO GHOSH'S ENDURING LEGACY

Monojit Lahiri does a flashback on his momentous life and times. He reflects on the visi...

July 1 2026

ATUL KASBEKAR: SO CLOSE TO LIFE

Atul Kasbekar, eminent high-glamour photographer, has achieved the impossible. Contradic...

June 30 2026

SARMAYA CELEBRATES PRADHAN GOND HERITAGE

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe explores Sarmaya Arts Foundation's remarkable exhibition, Chola Ma...

June 29 2026