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Retroscope

SUCHITRA SEN: THE STAR WHO CHOSE SILENCE

On her 12th death anniversary, Monojit Lahiri recalls the mystique, magnetism and unmatched romance of Suchitra Sen—Beng...

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Bollywood

REVIEW: HAPPY PATEL - KHATARNAK JASOOS IS BIG ON INTENT, LIGHT ON LAUGHS

The actor-director’s spy spoof aims for absurdist satire but collapses under stereotypes, scattered themes, and overextended gags, despit...

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Powerful People

POWERFUL PEOPLE: 55 YEARS ON, MERE APNE’S RELEVANCE

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with the indefatigable poet, lyricist, story-script-writer and film director Gulzar Read More

Kaleidoscope

KALEIDOSCOPE: LUCKNOW BETWEEN PAST AND NOW

Cultures are never frozen in time, they keep moving, keep evolving.
Filmmaker and writer Sharad Raj reflects on Lucknow as a city negotiat...

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Powerful People

POWERFUL PEOPLE: A BEAUTIFUL MIND

Veenapani Chawla’s chance encounter with Naseeruddin Shah culminated in the birth of the Adishakti Laboratory for Theatr...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: BÉLA TARR, I STRUGGLE TO NEGOTIATE

In this personal tribute by Sharad Raj, the author reflects on Béla Tarr’s cinematic legacy, his...

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Powerful People

POWERFUL PEOPLE: THOSE BASIC VISUAL INSTINCTS

Ravi K. Chandran, among the A-list of superstar technicians of Hindi and south Indian language cinema, has excelled in his met...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: TRIUMPH THAT OUTLIVES THE WAR

A reflective, humanist reading of Sriram Raghavan’s Ikkis, Arnab Banerjee examines war beyond valor, locating memory, gr...

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TV

TELEVISION: HOW I MET SATYAM, TRULY

A moving, intimate remembrance by Sharad Raj of writer Satyam Tripathi—his brilliance, arrogance, tende...

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Powerful People

POWERFUL PEOPLE 2025: THOSE WHO REFUSED THE EASY ANSWER

Power, in 2025, did not always announce itself loudly, nor did it seek instant legitimacy. Across cinema, poetry, activism, pe...

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