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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: THE MANY WAYS WE LOOKED IN 2025

A sweeping year-end chronicle of cinema, culture, memory, rebellion, and conscience—where filmmakers, critics, and artis...

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Gender

GENDER: LIVING ALONE, FINDING INNER STRENGTH

AkelaNest by Aparajita Krishna: A reflective, deeply personal exploration of single living and ageing in India today, AkelaNes...

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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: DEATH OF THE WORKING CLASS HERO

Khalid Mohamed analyses the slow disappearance of the working-class protagonist from Hindi cinema, exploring how shifting audi...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: HAQ AND THE PRICE OF A WOMAN’S VOICE

In 1978, Shah Bano, an elderly Muslim woman from Indore, filed a petition seeking maintenance from her estranged husband—what began as a ...

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Festivals

FESTIVALS: THE POWER OF CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS

At WIFF Mumbai 2025, a dynamic masterclass in collaboration with the Indo-Canadian Business Council (ICBC) unpacked the power of international ...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: FETED ABROAD, FORGOTTEN AT HOME

When art-house brilliance wins global acclaim but faces neglect in its own country, it forces us to question the moral compass of our cinematic...

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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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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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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: GULZAR’S SCREENPLAYS BEYOND HIS DIRECTION

Gulzar, one of Indian cinema’s most revered storytellers, possesses a distinctive voice as a screenplay writer, separate from his celebra...

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Retroscope

RETROSCOPE: FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF HINDI CINEMA

Those forgotten B-grade movie divas of yesteryear: Khalid Mohamed recalls Indira ‘Billi’, Chitra and Naqi Jehan, j...

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