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Gender

WOMEN FILM THEIR OWN LIVES

Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe reflects on Mast Mahila Mandali, the remarkable documentary co-created by ten working-class women from Mumbai,<...

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Thought Factory

BOLLYWOOD AWARDS REWARDS BOX OFFICE

Why do acclaimed performances rarely translate into commercial opportunity in Hindi cinema? Monojit Lahiri explores the divide between ...

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Movies

KASTOORI: CINEMA, DIGNITY AND SELF-RESPECT

Binod Kamble’s film Kastoori begins with a stark scene of cleaning a dirty toilet. Utpal Datta explores its portrait of marginali...

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Bollywood

SRIDEVI: BOLLYWOOD’S MOST MAGICAL SUPERSTAR  

On her 63rd Birthday, August 13, Monojit Lahiri traces the life and times of the late super-star Sridevi, whom neither age can...

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Alternative Entertainment

THIRTEEN DAYS WHEN HUMANITY HELD

At an intimate Mumbai screening of Martin Bourboulon’s 13 Days, 13 Nights, the fall of Kabul became more than history re...

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Thought Factory

GOLDEN ERA HEROINES VERSUS TODAY

Can the timeless beauty, charisma, and talent of Bollywood's Golden Age heroines truly be matched today? Monojit Lahiri explores nostal...

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Kaleidoscope

CHASING SHADOWS IN A LOVELESS WORLD

Brij Bhushan, journalist and author, reviews Khalid Mohamed's Not Quite Family: An Intimate Memoir of Bollywood. Recently publ...

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Powerful People

ATUL KASBEKAR: SO CLOSE TO LIFE

Atul Kasbekar, eminent high-glamour photographer, has achieved the impossible. Contradicting his trademark glossy style, he ha...

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Thought Factory

SATYADEV DUBEY: THE MAD GENIUS

Playwright, director, actor, mentor, provocateur and iconoclast, Satyadev Dubey transformed Indian theatre through sheer force...

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Festivals

THE UNIQUE LEGACY OF THE ANAND BROTHERS

In this evocative reflection, Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe revisits IPTA's Anand Hi Anand, celebrating the remarkable legacy of Che...

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