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Sneha Mathur, A New Role Model

In the early 1990s, at the then nascent MIFF (Mumbai International Festival for Documentary, Animation and Short Films), the package from Canada included a public interest ...

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Kaleidoscope

Solo Power

Alyque Padamsee’s Broken Images, starring Shabana Azmi, the English version of Girish Karnad’s Kannada original Odakalu Bimba completed 101 shows recently.
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True Review Television - Television Has A Buzzword ‘Deva Re Deva’

Hindi potboilers have given us memorable negative characters and their equally unforgettable quotable quotes. Sholay gave us Gabbar Singh, the baap of all screen icons and ...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - The Power Of One

Two diverse and interesting solo performances took place in Mumbai recently. Pankaj Kapur had audiences spellbound with a reading enactment of his story ‘Dopehri&...

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True Review - Two New Shows Of Relevance

In the last few weeks, two channels have espoused women empowerment in their new offerings at Prime Time. Star Plus premiered Tamanna last week, before that Colors launched...

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Gender

It Is Sita’s Story, Not Rama’s That Is Told By Women In Karnataka’s Villages.

Dressed in a deep green sari bordered by red and gold, with the seragu (pallu) tucked in at the waist so she could sit comfortably and move unhindered, Sanntimmi sat alone ...

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Top 5

TV's Top 5 That Get It Right

Prime Time showcases a number of shows on premier channels. During the crowded three hour band, a few have had a really long innings and are still going strong. It’s ...

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SAAS BAHU AND TRADITION

??India lives in her villages,? is a quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. ?This isn't the exact quote, though. Gandhiji actually wrote, ?India is not Calcutta and Bombay. In...

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Television’s Otherwise Abled People

When it comes to portraying a mentally imbalanced person on the screen, and I am referring to television, there is a misconception that any character that has retardation i...

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NO BLING, PLEASE

A television channel scan threw up an emerging change of dress code for women. The women characters ? mothers, mothers-in-law, bahus, etc. -- are wearing trendy outfits. Lo...

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