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Festivals

FESTIVALS: ARE THE NATIONAL AWARDS LOSING THEIR WAY?

Once upon a time the most glamorous, eagerly-awaited and coveted award was Filmfare founded in 1954, but today the National Awards’ credi...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: TWO FILMS, TWO FLAWED JOURNEYS

War 2 and Tehran both promise high-octane entertainment and politically charged drama but falter under bloated storytelling, uneven execution, ...

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Festivals

FESTIVALS: KAI DEBENEDICTUS’S FILM UNITES GENERATIONS

At WIFF Mumbai’s sixth pre-festival screening, 17-year-old Kai deBenedictis premiered Roots Across Continents, blending personal heritage...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: ‘ALL I NEED IS WOR

Rehana Sultan, the sensation of the 1970s following Chetna and National Best Actress Award winner for Dastak, in conversation...

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Retroscope

RETROSCOPE: JAIDEV COMPOSED, SILENCE SANG ALONG

On Jaidev’s birth anniversary which was two days ago, on 3rd August, Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri remembers the uns...

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Retroscope

RETROSCOPE: WAQT CHANGED HINDI FILMS FOREVER

Sixty years since its release, Waqt remains a landmark of Hindi cinema, introducing the ensemble cast format and modernising the &lsqu...

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Retroscope

RETROSCOPE: WHEN MELODY WAS KING

His lovingly built bungalow, Ashiana, on the Bandra seafront has survived the encroachments of real-estate sharks of sky-high towers. And despi...

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Retroscope

RETROSCOPE: THIRTY YEARS AFTER...TIME FLIES

  Khalid Mohamed revisits Bandit Queen (1994), Shekhar Kapur’s film on the dacoit leader Phoo...

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Kaleidoscope

KALEIDOSCOPE: THE ONE-WAY SHIPS IS A STIRRING DEBUT

A powerful debut, The One-Way Ships unearths the forgotten voices of colonial India’s ayahs—young girls torn from home, na...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: THE REAL SUPERSTAR

Cedric Dupire’s experimental documentary reshapes Amitabh Bachchan’s stardom using overlooked mom...

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