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A CHAPTER ON KUMAR SHAHANI’S KASBA

Kumar Shahani’s aesthetic sensibilities were shaped while assisting Robert Bresson on Une Femme Douce (A Gentle Woman, 1969). Additionall...

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TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF MAKING ARTHOUSE CINEMA

In a free-flowing conversation with Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri, Suman Ghosh talks of dealing with the disappointment of Aadhaar, t...

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Movies

EK RUKA HUA FAISLA (12 ANGRY MEN) IN FOCUS THIS WEEK

Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (A Pending Decision) is a 1986 Hindi language courtroom drama directed by Basu Chatterjee, writes O.P. Srivastava Read More

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OM DAR-B-DAR: MOVING PIECES OF BROKEN GLASS

During the lockdown period, I made a documentary titled What’s Your Story. The idea was to figure out the factors that motivate a filmmak...

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Thought Factory

MUJIB: THE MAKING OF A NATION

The  much-anticipated biographical epic delves into the life of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the towering political figure of Bangladesh. &ldquo...

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ANKUR: THE SAPLING OF PARALLEL HINDI CINEMA

“In the early 1970s, a new class of population was emerging in India, which had started to get rid of the legacy of the past and reboot t...

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ARDH SATYA: TRAPPED IN A LABYRINTH OF DECEPTION

O.P. Srivastava travels back in time to reflect on Govind Nihalani’s Ardh Satya (Half Truth) written by Vijay Tendulkar,...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD TIK-TALK: AMID MANY THINGS, IT WAS ALSO TEACHER’S DAY!

From Shilpa Shetty Kundra to Rajkummar Rao, Nikhil Bhambri, Pulkit Samrat and Nargis Fakhri, they’re setting standards of all kinds, repo...

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Thought Factory

HRISHIKESH MUKHERJEE: THE EVERYMAN FILMMAKER

Hrishikesh Mukherjee passed away at the age of 83 on 27th August 2006. On his 17th death anniversary Shantanu Ray...

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MANI KAUL’S ICONOCLASTIC USKI ROTI

This film is a juxtaposition of slow-moving close-ups and wide shots layered with lots of silence and interspersed with a few monotonous dialog...

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