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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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THOUGHT FACTORY: BOLLYWOOD GRAPPLES WITH DISABILITY

Portrayal of differently abled in Bollywood: Tokenism? Caricature? Empowerment? There are no easy answers because disability in Bollywood cinem...

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TRENDING: PRIDE COMBATS PREJUDICE

Khalid Mohamed assesses a clutch of shorts and feature films on same-gender sexuality and transgender lives, released on strea...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: THROUGH A MASTER’S LENS

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with the celebrated lensman, Rafique Sayed, on the vital essence of photograph...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: REMEMBERING RITUPARNO

Gone but forever remembered is Bengal’s – and India’s – late and classy filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh. On his 12th death an...

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GENDER: DAWN AT DUSK – THE NEW CINEMATIC PHENOMENON

Monojit Lahiri focuses on an unusual phenomenon gracing the Bengali screen in recent times – a celebration of older wome...

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FESTIVALS: HONOURING RAFI, INSPIRING NEW TALENT

Whistling Woods International launches the Mohd. Rafi Music Scholarship during the debut Cadence Music Festival, celebrating legends and nurtur...

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BOLLYWOOD: IN DÉFENSE OF THE MERCHANTS OF BOLLYWOOD

Glossy or gritty, art or commerce, celebrated or scorned — India’s cinematic juggernaut continues to provoke, inspire, and divide. ...

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BOLLYWOOD: SOME STORIES STAY BURIED

Why a sequel to Zubeidaa can never be made: because truth, memory, and myth blur irreversibly when royalty, cinema, and unresolved grief intert...

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FESTIVALS: ARE FILM FESTIVALS TAMASHAS OR REALITY CHECKS??

Often dismissed as elite echo chambers, film festivals straddle praise and parody. Monojit Lahiri investigates whether our film festivals are a...

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