Thought Box

NOT QUITE FAMILY REVIEWED BRILLIANTLY

Sushil Poddar explores Khalid Mohamed’s Not Quite Family, an unflinchingly honest journey through Bollywood’s myths, memories, relationships, and contradictions, c...

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SAATH TERA: POETRY BECOMES SONG

Ahead of Saath Tera’s 24 August release, Vinta Nanda speaks with poet-filmmaker Barnali Ray Shukla about longing, Old Delhi, handwritten memories, and the delicate journ...

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STUDENT CITY SEASON TWO BEGINS

Dr. Piyush Roy’s Student City returns with Season 2, following Avi and Rahul through friendship, loneliness, campus life, youthful mischief and unexpected bonds in a nos...

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IAA LEADERSHIP AWARDS HONOUR ICONS

IAA Leadership Awards 2026 brought together India’s leading business, advertising, media and creative voices, celebrating leadership, innovation and impact while recogni...

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MOTHERS, RESISTANCE AND COURAGE

Sharad Raj examines Sabiha Khanum and Leela Bora, two mothers whose compassion, dignity and courage reveal how motherhood can transcend political divides, sustain families, an...

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ANIRBAN: CINEMA BEYOND DEATH'S SILENCE

Forty-five years after its release, Bhabendra Nath Saikia's Anirban remains an overlooked cinematic masterpiece. Utpal Datta explores its haunting imagery, emotional depth, li...

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IDENTITY, EXILE, MEMORY AND DEATH

Devdutt Trivedi examines Pankaj Rishi Kumar’s To Die a Frenchman through phenomenology, absurdism and existentialism, exploring Mounissamy’s fractured French-India...

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SUBHASH CHANDRA: THE MAN BEHIND ZEE

At Essel Group’s centenary celebrations, Vinta Nanda revisits Dr Subhash Chandra’s remarkable journey with Zee Network, recalling defining moments, enduring relati...

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HOW AIRTEL'S SOUND BUILT IDENTITY

A.R. Rahman's five-note Airtel anthem transformed sonic branding in India, proving that advertising music can become enduring cultural memory through strategic creativity, emo...

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SLOW CINEMA AGAINST CONSUMED TIME

Poetry Of Slow Cinema In The Times Of Reels & Shorts: Sharad Raj examines how slow cinema resists commodified attention, restoring experience, transcendence, and political...

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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