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Applause: In conversation with Saiyami Kher
Khalid Mohamed in a frankspeak with Saiyami Kher, who has made a huge impact with her performance as a housemaker-cum-bank employee in the Netflix film Choked. At this very m...
Read MoreNo Entry: Hazards in staging a theatre play in Mumbai
Khalid Mohamed recounts his peril-fraught, one-off experience in staging ‘Kennedy Bridge’, a play on yesteryear’s courtesans. All the world’s a stage;...
Read MoreFor Name’s Sake: Bollywood’s penchant for screen names





Film historian, Dhruv Somani, traces the saga of leading film personalities changing their birth-names for catchier screen names. A rose by any other name would not hav...
Read MoreDon’t cry for Sushant!
Vinta Nanda discusses why in the creative universe, we should feel sorry for ourselves and not for those who have left us. You’re disturbed, because Sushant ...
Read MoreTragic Loss: Sushant Singh Rajput
Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide by hanging, at age of 34, sent shockwaves through Bollywood on Sunday afternoon. The police rushed to his apartment in Bandra. Init...
Read MoreCopy-right-Copy-wrong
Veena Bakshi reveals the flawed system by which our Indian entertainment universe operates; where copyrights holders may as well not be. Two films, both made by the same cele...
Read MoreAn Interlude
Sathya Saran talks about her journey when writing on Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and she shares an excerpt from the book she has authored - A Breath of Gold - published by (an...
Read MoreNot really needed now!
Why talk about the past… why talk of the future. Who knows what more is there… yet to be seen! - Humra Quraishi The interiors of the g...
Read MoreRajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award 2020: Call for entries
Rajiv Gandhi, in his brief life, has left an indelible imprint on the country. His vision of a vibrant future, youthful dynamism and his commitment to promotion of goodwill am...
Read MoreFESTIVALS: QUEER STORIES ILLUMINATE NEW PATHWAYS
A reflection on queer filmmaking, festival curation, and representation at WIFF Mumbai 2...
November 22 2025GENDER: LIVING ALONE, FINDING INNER STRENGTH
AkelaNest by Aparajita Krishna: A reflective, deeply personal exploration of single livi...
November 21 2025TV: TRUTH RISES THROUGH THE DARKNESS
In this review by Monojit Lahiri, a relentless Bengali crime thriller unfolds with raw p...
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