Thought Box
Powerful People

FILMING MEMORY THROUGH PERSONAL LANDSCAPES

In this exclusive interview with Utpal Datta, filmmaker Vikram Kumar reflects on memory, grief, migration, belonging, autobiographical storytelling, and how personal experienc...

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Thought Factory

GOLDEN ERA HEROINES VERSUS TODAY

Can the timeless beauty, charisma, and talent of Bollywood's Golden Age heroines truly be matched today? Monojit Lahiri explores nostalgia, changing cinema, evolving performan...

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Powerful People

NO LIMITS: SAYANI GUPTA BREAKS BOUNDARIES

To make up for a briefer-than-brief conversation with her back in 2022 at the wedding of Richa Chadha-Ali Fazal, over to an insightful interview with Sayani Gupta, by Khalid M...

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Powerful People

BUILDING LEADERSHIP BEYOND TOKENISM

In this candid conversation with Vinta Nanda, entrepreneur Sushma Gaikwad reflects on building India's experiential industry, redefining women's leadership, mentoring future p...

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Kaleidoscope

CHASING SHADOWS IN A LOVELESS WORLD

Brij Bhushan, journalist and author, reviews Khalid Mohamed's Not Quite Family: An Intimate Memoir of Bollywood. Recently published by HarperCollins, the memoir exposes Bollyw...

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Alternative Entertainment

THE JOY OF UNEXPECTED DISCOVERIES

At MIFF 2026 last month, Vinta Nanda discovered three extraordinary student films from Whistling Woods International that reaffirm faith in Indian cinema by privileging emotio...

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Alternative Entertainment

RAGHU RAI'S PHILOSOPHY OF SEEING

Utpal Datta reviews Raghu Rai: Hearing Through the Eyes, revealing the legendary photographer's creative philosophy, artistic integrity, visual storytelling, relationship with...

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Retroscope

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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Powerful People

ATUL KASBEKAR: SO CLOSE TO LIFE

Atul Kasbekar, eminent high-glamour photographer, has achieved the impossible. Contradicting his trademark glossy style, he has created ‘Honest’ 56 portraits of ac...

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Kaleidoscope

PRESERVING JAMSHEDPUR'S LIVING LEGACY

The Parsis of Jamshedpur: Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe explores the rich legacy of Jamshedpur's Parsi community through a remarkable photographic archive that captures a disappeari...

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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