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Nandita Das To Promote Nawazuddin Starrer Manto At Cannes Film Festival

Ace actor-director Nandita Das, who is not new to Cannes, will be promoting her new film Manto at the Cannes Film Festival this May. A 6.37 minutes of the movie that...

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Showcasing The Grandeur Of Carnatic Music

Banyan Tree’s Dakshinayan Carnatic music concerts are looked forward to by the Capital’s music lovers every year as it brings popular artistes from south India....

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Toilet: Ek Prem Katha', It Isn't: Documentary Reveals The Brutal Reality Of Manual Scavenging

Divya Bharathi’s powerful documentary Kakkoos (Toilet), about the prevalence of manual scavenging in Tamil Nadu, is very difficult to watch – imagine what it is...

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Festivals

Raising The Bar: Onir's Docu-Feature Selected For Maryland International Film Festival

After having won hearts and accolades across, Onir's directorial documentary Raising The Bar is now the official selection at the annual Maryland International Film Festiva...

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Festivals

Taiwan Film Takes Second Place In Indian Short Film Festival

The Taiwanese film "Way Back Home," directed by graduate student Cheng Tang-jung (程堂榮), has won second place for Best Short Fiction at the 4th Chennai International S...

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Festivals

Documentary Film Festival Showcases Myriad Human Lives

With themes ranging from caste and culture, the cries of disgruntled Maruti workers to the lives of literary giants, the fifth Chennai Short Film and Documentary festival p...

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Alternative Entertainment

Love to Read? The Story of This Fisherman-Turned-Bookstore Owner Will Make Your Day

Known for its UNESCO-approved heritage sites, Mahabalipuram is a popular destination for travellers from around the world. Located 60km from Chennai, the town (also known a...

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If You Think Art Is Elitist, Chennai’s New Public Art Initiative Will Definitely Change Your Mind

When was the last time you went to an art gallery? The painter Edgar Degas once said, “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Yet, not many eve...

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Gender

This Chennai NGO Helps Women Who Have Been Victims Of Violence With Counselling, Protection & More

There’s a story that Dr. Prasanna Poornachandra, the founder of The International Foundation for Crime Prevention and Victim Care (PCVC), likes to tell that is equal ...

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Human Rights

Give Us Back Our River

One part of the Ennore creek, covered with a layer of black mass, lies still like a corpse. Another channel of dark water, the Buckingham Canal, which carries petroleum eff...

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