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WHEN A SCOOTER BRINGS MOTHER BACK

In this poignant personal essay, Sushil Poddar revisits childhood memories of Durga Puja, his late mother, and a scooter that evokes an...

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Festivals

DURGA PUJA: FAITH MEETS COMMERCIALISM

Monojit Lahiri examines how Durga Puja has evolved from an intimate religious celebration into a high-profile spectacle shaped...

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Alternative Entertainment

A WOMAN UNDER PUBLIC SCRUTINY

Austere, affecting tale of a woman hounded. Saibal Chatterjee’s review of Sandeep Kumar Paul’s Bengali film explor...

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Bollywood

YASH CHOPRA: BOLLYWOOD’S TIMELESS MAJNU

Monojit Lahiri remembers Yash Chopra, Bollywood’s quintessential romantic filmmaker, whose films transformed love, longi...

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Retroscope

HRISHIKESH MUKHERJEE AND EVERYDAY CINEMA

Remembering the timeless creator of…BABUMOSHAI, on his 104th birth anniversary: September 30th! Monojit Lahiri pays homage to th...

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Festivals

SATYAJIT RAY IN COLOUR UNVEILED

Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe visits Faces and Facets: Satyajit Ray in Colour, a landmark DAG World exhibition at Taj Mahal Palace, ...

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Retroscope

UTTAM KUMAR: BENGAL’S ETERNAL MAHANAYAK

Forty-six years after Uttam Kumar’s death, Bengal’s Mahanayak remains unmatched. Monojit Lahiri revisits his enduring stard...

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Alternative Entertainment

PINJAR REVIEW: FREEDOM BEYOND THE CAGE

Saibal Chatterjee reviews Rudrajit Roy's Pinjar, a deeply humane drama about freedom, identity, gender and survival, examining how invisible ca...

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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, ...

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Hollywood

HINDI CINEMA: UNDER HOLLYWOOD’S HAT

Khalid Mohamed recalls the impact (and copycatting) of Hollywood cinema and its gossip journals, which inspired countless ente...

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