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Retroscope

RETROSCOPE: MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUITAR

Khalid Mohamed replays the life and oeuvre of Van Shipley, who was a formidable name once, but has never been acknowledged in ...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: SUNNY SANSKARI KI TULSI KUMARI

Bollywood Comfort Food, Reheated with Extra Ghee (and a Side of Confusion): A formula-driven rom-com that leans on wedding cha...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: GIRL, INTERRUPTED BUT UNCOWED

Varsha Bharath’s Bad Girl is a bold, witty, and layered Tamil coming-of-age film that examines a young woman’s chaotic journey of l...

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Retroscope

RETROSCOPE: VILLAIN WITH GOLDEN HEART

Pran Krishan Sikand, the unforgettable screen villain, was in real life a warm and generous neighbour. Monojit Lahiri recalls ...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: FAMILIAR STORIES, FADING CINEMATIC IMPACT

Ah, the age-old tale of twin brothers with identical looks but vastly different values meets film ideas that often originate from a simple spar...

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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: FILMS. AUDIENCES. FILM CRITICS.

India, the world’s largest film-producing nation, thrives on cinema and media, yet its film critics remain undervalued. Monojit Lahiri investigates t...

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Trending

TRENDING: SALUTING KASHMIR’S RULE-BENDING SINGER RAJ BEGUM

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with Danish Renzu on his widely-acclaimed gentle and poetic film Songs of Paradise&nbs...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: FIRE, FOLKLORE, FLIGHT, AND FEAR

A Many-Splendored Tale of Magic, Memory, and Myth:  Raam Reddy’s Jugnuma fuses magical realism, myth, and ...

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Festivals

FESTIVALS: GAY FAMILY DRAMA GOES GLOBAL

The acclaimed and award-winning Hindi feature film Kuch Sapney Apne, centred around a gay couple and their family members, shot in Ind...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: A DIP INTO THE RIVER OF FEMALE DESIRE

Writer-director Nidhi Saxena’s second film, Secret of a Mountain Serpent, is an exquisite piece of cinema that blurs the line between the...

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