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Festivals

FESTIVALS: WIFF’S THIRD EVENT UNPACKS ART AND IDENTITY

A resonant celebration of regional cinema and independent voices, WIFF’s May event brought powerful films, urgent conversations, and thou...

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Bollywood

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

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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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: THE GENTLE GENIUS

Cinema, at its purest and most soul-stirring, found a devoted servant in Shaji N. Karun. Khalid Mohamed bids farewell to the g...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: SHIKWA JAWAB-E-SHIKWA

François Truffaut’s Les Mistons provokes Gen Z discomfort and deepens the filmmaker's responsibility—raising timele...

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Movies

MOVIES: DEATH BY DESIGN, BUT NOT QUITE

Inspired by a global star’s interview, Srijit Mukherji’s sequel to Hemlock Society teems with puns, pop culture, and philo...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: WHAT MADE MANOJ KUMAR SPECIAL?

Monojit Lahiri’s frank and candid take explores the predictable explosion of emotions and nostalgic tributes from collea...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: FROM THE BY-LANES OF OUR YOUTH

A nostalgic reflection on François Truffaut’s Les Mistons, by Vandana Kumar, tracing cinematic memories,...

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Thought Factory

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: THE WORLD OF SATYAJIT RAY

A personal journey into the timeless world of Satyajit Ray—where childhood, cinema, and culture intertwine, revealing how the legendary f...

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Kaleidoscope

KALEIDOSCOPE: BOLLYWOOD MOVIES WERE MY TEACHERS

A personal journey from street performances and film posters to poetic storytelling, Utpal Datta traces how an unexpected ques...

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