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SMASH THE PATRIARCHY

Priti Chandriani, Veena Bakshi and Lygia Mathew run the ‘only’ Cinema Collective, and they held a day-long event where panel discussions, a play reading and the do...

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JAANE BHI DO YAARO: FOREVER IN RECALL!

Aparajita Krishna unplugs the cult classic that has already consumed generations left behind and will continue to enthral, delight and make pensive, the generations of the fut...

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THE GENTLE HEART

Khalid Mohamed pens a tribute to the peerless artist, printmaker and art teacher Lalitha Lajmi, who passed away last Monday. When Lalitha Lajmi moved on to another realm at t...

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WE ARE NOT AT PEACE

Humra Quraishi discusses the position of the Urdu language in India, on International Mother Language Day – 21st February. My grasp over my mother tongue, Urdu, is weak...

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PATHAAN: IS IT A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE?

Sharad Raj discusses why the film PATHAAN is being celebrated across the country and SRK’s persona and politics. The economic parameters within which mainstream cinema ...

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RHYTHM’S CHOSEN CHILD

Here Sharada Ramanathan goes back and forth in time to understand the towering Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain’s genius, music and rhythm. Seventy-two years ago, a ra...

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NOW GAJRA KOTTARY SPEAKS TO VIEWERS, READERS & LISTENERS

The versatile author and screenwriter Gajra Kottary spoke to Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri on the demands of an audiobook as distinct from the printed word, and on collaborating long...

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THE OPTIMISTS - 2023

Vinta Nanda glides into the next year with this: I decided to focus on hope and confidence, on the positive ideas that some of the most powerful people are giving shape to, an...

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FASHION ‘DRISHYAM’ of HINDI FILMS 1970s!

Aparajita Krishna tours the Hindi cinema fashion world of the 1970s and places it in context to the way we interpret fashion in India. Drishyam 2 is Cine-India 2022’s l...

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WHO’S AFRAID OF FILM CRITICS?

Monojit Lahiri does a checkout on the significance of film reviews and how they pan out differently for serious cineastes from those who view cinema as pure entertainment and ...

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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