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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 ...

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Kaleidoscope

The Times Are Changing

Those familiar with Gujarati theatre would know that, by and large, the audience favours family dramas and social comedies. However, there are always exceptions to the rule...

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Festivals

Second Scout Film Festival Hits Stowe This Weekend

Those darned whippersnappers and their smartphones and television screens! Don’t they know that back in the day, we read books for entertainment! We went out and play...

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Bollywood

Ramesh Sippy Steps In To Train TV's GenNext

Indian television has, for long, suffered from a shortage of writers who could pen down the 1,000 or so episodes that Hindi GEC dramas demand. Of course, efforts are being ...

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Festivals

Phoenix Film Festival 2017

There are so many reasons to love the Phoenix Film Festival: the diverse selection of films, the inclusion of Arizona directors, and the fact that you can see absolutely ev...

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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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Human Rights

A Lesson For Bollywood: How Regional Films Are Tackling Land Rights, Championing Farmers

A villainous company. Corrupt government officials. A heroic defender of farmers emerging victorious from a fight over land. This is far from a typical storyline for Indian...

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Festivals

OUR FAVORITE FILMS FROM THE 2017 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

Sundance this year was filled with virtual reality, protest marches, and days and days (and days) of snow. But when you go to a film festival you also watch a lot of films,...

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Alternative Entertainment

Setting The Stage: 12 Little Known Traditional Folk Theatre Forms Of India

A fusion of music, dance, drama, stylized speech, and spectacle, folk theatre is a composite art form with deep roots in local identity and native culture. An important ind...

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Festivals

Love Wins At Seattle South Asian Film Festival

The 11th annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival begins Friday, Oct. 14, with a special focus on Bangladeshi cinema.
The 10-day festival — whose theme is &ldquo...

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