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THE JUST: POLITICS, MORALITY, VIOLENCE

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews The Just, Albert Camus’s powerful political-moral play, in its Hindi adaptation in India, examining violence, revolution, conscience, justi...

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BATWARA 1947 REVIEW: SHABANA AZMI

BATWARA 1947 REVIEW: SHABANA AZMI Every nation carries within it a wound that history refuses to let heal, writes Arnab Banerjee. Batwara 1947 enters Partition through one h...

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SRIDEVI: BOLLYWOOD’S MOST MAGICAL SUPERSTAR  

On her 63rd Birthday, August 13, Monojit Lahiri traces the life and times of the late super-star Sridevi, whom neither age can chill nor rivals steal   Bollywood is a da...

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JJ SCHOOL’S FREEDOM ART REVEALED

Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe explores how JJ School of Art students captured India’s freedom struggle through rare paintings, revealing political awareness, Gandhi’s in...

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OHH MY DOG: LOVE, LOYALTY, LOSS

Canine Loyalty Meets A Darker Tale of Loss, Courage and Justice. Arnab Banerjee reviews Amit Rai’s Ohh My Dog, a heartfelt canine mystery that blends childhood, loyalty,...

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INDEPENDENT CINEMA FINDS ITS AUDIENCE

At WIFF 2025, Kabeer Khurana, Deepa Gahlot and Siddharth Kak examined independent cinema, technology, exhibition, audiences and the need to build new collaborative models for ...

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GOODBYE SHATTERS THE NARRATIVE GRAMMAR

Vinta Nanda discovers in Deeshak Patra’s 18-minute-long At Last We Said Goodbye a fearless new cinematic voice, where fractured chronology, psychological suspense and th...

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MARATHI MUSICAL THEATRE TAKES CENTRE STAGE

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe explores the enduring legacy of Marathi musical theatre as Nehru Centre Mumbai presents its 34th annual festival, celebrating landmark Sangeet Natak trad...

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DINESH RAHEJA’S POETRY OF LONGING

Radhika Pandey explores Dinesh Raheja’s new poetry collection, ‘अधूरी ख़्वाहिशों ने… Unfulfilled Desires’, through v...

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PHULE’S THIRD EYE STILL BURNS

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reflects on a dramatic reading of Jyotiba Phule’s Trutiya Ratna, exploring its critique of caste, ritual and Brahminical dominance, and asking how ...

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UDTA TEER REVIEW: STAR CAST DISAPPOINTS

Udta Teer, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan, attempts to turn Indo-Pakistan...

October 26 2026

TU HAI MERI KIRAN: OBSESSION FAILS TO FLY

Arnab Banerjee reviews Karan Rawal’s Tu Hai Meri Kiran, a science-fiction thriller...

October 25 2026

(NOT) A FORGOTTEN FREEDOM FIGHTER OF GOA

Libby de Liberdade: A Century of Courage, Conscience and Goa’s Freedom explores ce...

October 24 2026