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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: ONCE UPON A TIMELESS TALE

Fifty years after its release, Sholay continues to resonate across generations. A timeless saga of friendship, vengeance, and morality, it blurs past and present, uniting nost...

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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 celebrated directorial work. As the mon...

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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, just three of  the cavalierly sIde-lined B-gr...

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Festivals

FESTIVALS: KASHISH EXPANDS BORDERS ONLINE

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ films screen at KASHISH 2025 Online Film Festival. The month-long festival aims to provide easy access beyond geographical boundaries to film lovers, educat...

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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: BOLLYWOOD HEROINES FROM GRACE TO GRIT

Monojit Lahiri attempts to objectively investigate this contentious issue, diving into generational perceptions of Bollywood heroines, shifting values, cinematic eras, and the...

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Festivals

FESTIVALS: FROM BUSAN TO SUNDANCE AND BACK HOME

Indian cinema continues to find new ground on the international stage, as emerging filmmakers and bold regional voices redefine the scope of storytelling. An Assamese debut at...

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Trending

TRENDING: BEAUTY LIES IN BOTOX WITHIN

‘To Thine Own Self Be True…’ This famous quote from Shakespeare’s Hamlet has taken on a new meaning today, with more and more people wanting to be any...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: A LIFE SHAPED BY RHYTHM

When Vinta Nanda met young tabla virtuoso Keshava, he opened up about his life, from a toddler with rhythm in his steps to a global journey of music, loss, and discovery. Tab...

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Movies

MOVIES: DANCE OF PUPPETS AND DESIRE

Suman Mukhopadhyay’s Putulnacher Itikatha adapts Manik Bandopadhyay’s classic novel with sensitivity and cinematic depth, bringing alive its conflicts of reason an...

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Powerful People

POWERFUL PEOPLE: PRESERVING THE ART OF STORYTELLING

Khalid Mohamed interviews Danish Husain on his such a long journey from a banker to an artful storyteller in the form of Qissebaazi, film and web series actor.   Danish ...

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TV: A JOURNEY THROUGH GOD’S OWN COUNTRY

Part 2 of Surabhi Diaries by filmmaker Suhail Tatari continues his vivid recollections f...

November 10 2025

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

In 1978, Shah Bano, an elderly Muslim woman from Indore, filed a petition seeking mainte...

November 9 2025

FESTIVALS: THE POWER OF CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS

At WIFF Mumbai 2025, a dynamic masterclass in collaboration with the Indo-Canadian Busin...

November 8 2025