Big wins for Article 15, Soni and Gully Boy

SWA Awards 2020 were presented to 15 winners in Feature Films, TV & Web series categories and Vishal & Rekha Bhardwaj and Varun Grover ...

Evening Shadows nominated in Best Gender Sensitive Script

Two LGBTQ films among five nominated in the first ever recognition of gender sensitivity in Indian feature film writing

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Question of Age: The believe-it-or-not pluck of Chunibala Devi

Khalid Mohamed writes on the uncanny story of Chunibala Devi, who at the age of 80 portrayed the tetchy yet lovable village gr...

The Master: Soumitra Chatterjee on Satyajit Ray

Even under the uncertainty facing the world at large, following the outbreak of Covid-19, a valiant bid is on in Kolkata to celebrate the cente...

Ray lives on

His films are what Akira Kurosawa’s are to Japanese cinema, Robert Bresson’s to France and Michelangeo Antonioni to Italy. Khalid M...

Bollywood celebrates Supreme Court’s decriminalisation of Section 377

The Supreme Court of India, after much delay, scrapped portions of Section 377, resulting in decriminalization of gay sex in India. There&rsquo...

Blackmail: Karma finds its Way

Cast: Irrfan Khan, Kirt...

Cultural Entrepreneurship in India

India’s cultural heritage goes back over 5000 years even before the much discussed Indus Valley Civilization. Since the advent of recorded history there is enough evi...

Homosexuality is accepted in Bollywood but when portrayed in films, it is either stereotyped or they're homophobic

India is the largest film producing country in the world. The Indian cinema is not only viewed within the nation but also among the expanding network of communities across ...