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TRAILBLAZERS OF THE YEAR AWARD OF HUMSAFAR TRUST GOES TO…SRIDHAR RANGAYAN AND SAAGAR GUPTA!
Sridhar Rangayan and Saagar Gupta were felicitated with Trailblazers of the Year Award, the highest recognition at the Likho Award for Excellence in Media recognizes LGBTQ+ re...
Read MoreFILM CRITICS – WHO’S DOING WHAT FOR WHOM…& WHY?
Monojit Lahiri investigates into what the Film Critics are doing, what are they writing about, who are they writing for and why? Let’s face it. India is movie-land. No ...
Read More2023: NOT SO MANY REASONS TO CELEBRATE!
In her final column of 2023, Humra Quraishi looks back at the year for events we should celebrate. She finds but only one thing that happened in an otherwise despairin...
Read MoreWHO’S TO BE BLAMED: THE FILM OR INDIAN AUDIENCES
Leher Sethi walks us through the many reasons why as a society we are to blame as much for the toxic misogyny and sexism in the film Animal, as the makers are! ANIMAL has got...
Read MoreDILIP KUMAR AT 101
Physically Dilip Kumar lived for 99 years (11th December 1922 to 7th July 2021). But like a loved and revered ancestor he is now part of India’s DNA, writes Aparajita Kr...
Read MoreFAR FROM HONEST, SAY VOTERS - DEMAND TRANSPARENCY
Humra Quraishi comments on the dissatisfaction of Indian voters with EVMs and explains how transparency can be achieved by the Election Commission simply by following di...
Read MoreRAJ KAPOOR AND MY SON
Raj Kapoor’s 99th birth anniversary was on the 14th December. Kamlesh Pandey recalls the influence of the actor, producer and director’s film Awara upon his own wo...
Read More15th EDITION OF KASHISH WILL CELEBRATE PRIDE IN ALL ITS COLOURS
KASHISH Pride Film Festival announces its theme for its 15th edition in 2024: ‘Unfurl Your Pride’, reports the #Newsdesk The erstwhile KASHISH Mumbai Internationa...
Read MoreBOLLYWOOD TIK-TALK: THE COFFEE TABLE BOOK ABOUT THE BACHCHANS IS THE TALK OF TOWN
It’s SMM Ausaja’s book, The Bachchans, accolades for Emraan Hashmi for his performance in Tiger 3, Urvashi Rautela, Georgia Andriani and above all else, Mithoon at...
Read MoreA CHAPTER ON KUMAR SHAHANI’S KASBA
Kumar Shahani’s aesthetic sensibilities were shaped while assisting Robert Bresson on Une Femme Douce (A Gentle Woman, 1969). Additionally, maverick filmmaker Ritwik Gha...
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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