Hiralal: A rare biopic on a pioneer of Indian cinema

The fascinating life of Hiralal Sen probably needed more visual flair, writes Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri

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The First Prime Minister of India

A day after Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru’s birth anniversary, also known as Children’s Day in India, we recall his leadership; the high...

Similar strokes

Call it a coincidence or plain copycatting. Film historian, Dhruv Somani, writes on the curious clashes between Bollywood film...

The Glass Ceiling: A story of a Nepali Woman who climbed The Everest

The Glass Ceiling is a documentary which chronicles the untold story of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa,...

Cross Country Cinema

Bengali director Kaushik Ganguly's Bishorjon opens with Padma, a Hindu Bangladeshi, finding a wounded Nasir Ali, a Muslim Indian lying unconscious on the banks of ...

Aruna Raje Patil: Committed To Feminism

Aruna Raje Patil passed out of FTII with a gold medal in 1969 becoming the first trained woman technician in the industry.
At the beginning of her career Aruna Raje w...

CNN-IBN Bags 3 Awards At The Ramnath Goenka Excellence In Journalism Awards

New Delhi, 23 November 2015: CNN-IBN, India’s Most Awarded English News Channel, was once again recognized for its exemplary journalism and bagged Read More

Gour Hari Das: Gour Hari Dastaan Isn’t Important for Me, It’s Important For The New Generation

It takes patience and perseverance of unimaginable levels to come even somewhat close to what Gour Hari Das has accomplished. For the uninitiated, he fought a silent war fo...

Day 2 At 6th Jagran Film Festival Offers A Film Feast

~ Showcases outstanding films including Gone with the Wind, The Mud Woman andSaransh among others ~

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