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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: INDIAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA’S EVOLUTION

Exploring the journey of Indian independent cinema from the constraints of the pre-internet era to the digital renaissance, highlighting key fi...

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Business and Politics

POLITICS: ACTIVISM FOR EQUALITY AND JUSTICE

In the wake of recent events, notably the controversy surrounding the conferment of the Sangita Kalanidhi award upon TM Krishna by the Madras M...

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Alternative Entertainment

MANI KAUL’S ICONOCLASTIC USKI ROTI

This film is a juxtaposition of slow-moving close-ups and wide shots layered with lots of silence and interspersed with a few monotonous dialog...

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Business and Politics

IDENTITY, IDENTIFICATION AND THE FUEL OF TIME’S FURNACE

Humra Quraishi writes, “It’s August and focus is on Kashmir. On 5 August 2019, the status of Jammu and Kashmir was altered by revok...

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Gender

NEED FOR EQUITABLE GENDER REPRESENTATION IN HINDI CINEMA

A new research report by the School of Media and Cultural Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, reveals that on-and-off-scr...

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Bollywood

TOPS GLOBALLY. FLOPS LOCALLY.

Monojit Lahiri explores why films, which receive acclaim at International film festivals are unable to convert their critical ...

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Alternative Entertainment

JAFAR PANAHI: STRUCTURE, AUSTERITY & SOCIAL CRITICISM

Sharad Raj discusses the cinema of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, his consummate understanding and command over time and spac...

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Business and Politics

Decolonizing The Caste Question

Vanshika Bhagat discusses the present status of Dalit converts to Islam and Christianity vis-a-vis reservation, which endeavor...

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Alternative Entertainment

On Watching Ponniyin Selvan

Satyabrata Ghosh reviews PS-1, a Mani Ratnam film, and discusses why such alternate content is of prime importance at a time w...

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Powerful People

KANWALJIT SINGH: Life & Roles!

Aparajita Krishna tells you all about the tall, handsome actor Kanwaljit Singh in this unputdownable interview with him.

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