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Should Goa or Delhi run the International Film Festival of India? The plot thickens

The 47th edition of the International Film Festival of India has commenced in Goa, and has been preceded by the by-now familiar jostling over jurisdiction between the two main...

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Why Le Bataclan Was Right To Open, And Why We Need To Keep Celebrating Live Music

On 13 November 2015, at around 8.55pm, a friend nudged my side and whispered that something was happening in Paris.We were at the Roundhouse, one of the most iconic music venu...

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Bollywood Taking Baby Steps Towards Philanthropy

In July, Warren Buffett, the chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, donated about $2.2 billion (around Rs.14,674 crore) of stock in his annual gift to the...

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Films communicate on an Emotional Level and bring about a change in the way people think: Rajko Grlic

The Croatian filmmaker, Rajko Grlic, met the media at the 47th IFFI, 2016 in Goa today. His Film ‘The Constitution’, was screened at the Film Festival.  The f...

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Manipuri film ‘Ima Sabitri’ opens non-feature section

‘Ishti’, the opening feature film for the Indian Panorama, is set in the mid-twentieth century Kerala, when young Namboothiri Brahmins successfully challenged the ...

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Directors OF Indian Panorama Meets Press

In ‘Meet the Directors of Indian Panorama’ press conference section, Directors Goutam Ghose, Pawan Kumar and Saurav Rai interacted with the media in Goa today. The...

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For the second consecutive year Panorama opens with a Sanskrit film

The day after the grand inauguration of the 47th International Film Festival of India in Goa, the Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Shri Venkaiah Naidu opened ...

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This Tradition Is Forcing Rajasthan Women To Let Go Of Family Property

Chaksu, Rajasthan: Days before she was married 18 years ago, K Bina Devi and her sister were called to the living room of the family home where they lived with their parents a...

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Planet Earth 2 Answered A Question: Who Will Win A Fight, A Crocodile Or A Jaguar

There seems to be one dramatic moment in Planet Earth II each week that becomes the talking point of the episode. In week one it was the marine iguana chase, in two it was the...

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Does Catwoman Deserve A Ninth Life On The Big Screen?

Sienna Miller wants to play the feline superhero in Ben Affleck’s The Batman. But should she risk getting her claws into a character that almost killed Halle Berry&rsquo...

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FESTIVALS: THREE DAYS OF UNMISSABLE BRILLIANCE

In its final three days, the Prithvi Theatre Festival surges toward a spectacular finish...

November 15 2025

THOUGHT FACTORY: LEGACY, VISION, ART, AND NATION

This article by filmmaker Sharad Raj celebrates Jawahar Lal Nehru’s 126th birth an...

November 14 2025

RETROSCOPE: CELEBRATING THE LEGEND DARA SINGH

On his upcoming 97th birth anniversary, 19th November 2025, Monojit Lahiri revisits the ...

November 13 2025