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Retroscope

ANIRBAN: CINEMA BEYOND DEATH'S SILENCE

Forty-five years after its release, Bhabendra Nath Saikia's Anirban remains an overlooked cinematic masterpiece. Utpal Datta explores i...

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Retroscope

UTTAM KUMAR: BENGAL’S ETERNAL MAHANAYAK

Forty-six years after Uttam Kumar’s death, Bengal’s Mahanayak remains unmatched. Monojit Lahiri revisits his enduring stard...

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Festivals

PHULE’S THIRD EYE STILL BURNS

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reflects on a dramatic reading of Jyotiba Phule’s Trutiya Ratna, exploring its critique o...

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Powerful People

FILMING MEMORY THROUGH PERSONAL LANDSCAPES

In this exclusive interview with Utpal Datta, filmmaker Vikram Kumar reflects on memory, grief, migration, belonging, autobiog...

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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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Bollywood

PRITAM AND PEDRO REVIEW VERDICT

A convention-bound cyber thriller that never quite acquires the unmistakable Hirani magic. Despite capable performances, P...

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Bollywood

WELCOME LOST IN SATIRICAL CHAOS

Lost in the Wilderness of Its Own Making: Arnab Banerjee reviews Welcome to the Jungle, finding a promising satirical premise ...

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Bollywood

COCKTAIL 2 TESTS LOVE’S LIMITS

Arnab Banerjee examines Homi Adajania’s Cocktail 2, exploring fidelity, trust, temptation, and modern relationships whil...

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Gender

WHY MOTHERS ECLIPSE FATHERS DAILY

Monojit Lahiri explores why Mother’s Day commands greater emotional resonance than Father’s Day, exam...

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Hollywood

HINDI CINEMA: UNDER HOLLYWOOD’S HAT

Khalid Mohamed recalls the impact (and copycatting) of Hollywood cinema and its gossip journals, which inspired countless ente...

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