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BOLLYWOOD: DHARAM–NARAM & HIS BENGALI CONNECT

It was his 90th birthday on the 8th December 2025, and Monojit Lahiri takes a couple of minutes to reveal a little known fact ...

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Retroscope

RETROSCOPE: FLASHBACKING WITH....CHAUDVIN KA CHAND!!

Monojit Lahiri met up with the still-gorgeous Waheeda Rehman at her sea-front flat in Bandra’s Bandstand in Mumbai aroun...

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Festivals

FESTIVALS: SHADOWS, MEMORY, LIGHT, LEGACY

A riveting journey through cinema, ethics, forgotten theatres and artistic truth with filmmaker and archivist Hemant Chaturvedi Read More

Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: LEGACY, VISION, ART, AND NATION

This article by filmmaker Sharad Raj celebrates Jawahar Lal Nehru’s 126th birth anniversary by reflecting on Nehru&rsquo...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: EIGHTY THREE WOWS FOR THE BIG B!

On his 83rd birthday, Monojit Lahiri traces Amitabh Bachchan’s extraordinary evolution—from a shy, lanky Calcutta boy with an unmis...

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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: FILMS. AUDIENCES. FILM CRITICS.

India, the world’s largest film-producing nation, thrives on cinema and media, yet its film critics remain undervalued. Monojit Lahiri investigates t...

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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: ONCE UPON A TIMELESS TALE

Fifty years after its release, Sholay continues to resonate across generations. A timeless saga of friendship, vengeance, and morality...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: GULZAR’S SCREENPLAYS BEYOND HIS DIRECTION

Gulzar, one of Indian cinema’s most revered storytellers, possesses a distinctive voice as a screenplay writer, separate from his celebra...

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Retroscope

RETROSCOPE: FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF HINDI CINEMA

Those forgotten B-grade movie divas of yesteryear: Khalid Mohamed recalls Indira ‘Billi’, Chitra and Naqi Jehan, j...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: 50 YEARS OF ‘SHOLAY’

Sholay is 50 on 15th August 2025 — a film that has stood the test of time like no other in Indian cinema. Monojit Lahiri...

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