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Bollywood

THE TIMELESS CHARMER

Monojit Lahiri offers a personalized tribute to the charming actor Shashi Kapoor, whose good looks remain unmatched even today.   The late Shashi Kapoor was truly someth...

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Festivals

BE FLUID, BE YOU! KASHISH 2023

Call for submissions to Wendell Rodricks International Poster Design Contest 2023 Open: #TheDailyEyeNewsdesk The 14th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festi...

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Trending

A QUESTION MARK IN THE FACE OF A COLLECTIVE LIE

Humra  Quraishi questions the many lies, when too often said aloud, and made out as propaganda, seems to sound like the truth. As this year inches towards its end, the 6...

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Bollywood

CAN SRK RETURN AS KING KHAN WITH PATHAN?

Monojit Lahiri investigates if in this era of the ‘larger-than-life’, SRK is perceived as a yesterday’s star in tomorrow’s world. SRK’s life in ...

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Alternative Entertainment

Decoding the chemistry: Uttam-Suchitra

Satyabrata Ghosh discusses the symbioses between the people at the two ends of the camera during the filming and after it, which resulted in the enigmatic chemistry that we kn...

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Business and Politics

CASTE, RELIGION AND LEARNING GAPS

In the backdrop of an incident that took place a couple of weeks ago, when a young Muslim student was taunted by his teacher, Humra Quraishi revisits the discussion on learnin...

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Thought Factory

FASHION ‘DRISHYAM’ of HINDI FILMS 1970s!

Aparajita Krishna tours the Hindi cinema fashion world of the 1970s and places it in context to the way we interpret fashion in India. Drishyam 2 is Cine-India 2022’s l...

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Gender

“ME & HOUSE WORK? ARE YOU NUTS ???”

Monojit Lahiri zeros in on the pampered Indian male. He asks, “Is Incredible India really all that incredible? Is Mera Bharat Mahan a reflection of all that is truly mah...

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Alternative Entertainment

Childhood, Holocaust and the Cinema of Louis Malle

Louis Malle’s semi-autobiographical 1987 film ‘Au revoir les enfants’ or ‘Goodbye, Children’ belongs to this rare category, writes Vandana Kumar....

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Bollywood

Two-in-one

Film historian Dhruv Somani tracks the double-pronged career of Feroz Khan, as an actor and director of tremendous swag and style. Newcomers kickstart their careers...

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FESTIVALS: QUEER STORIES ILLUMINATE NEW PATHWAYS

A reflection on queer filmmaking, festival curation, and representation at WIFF Mumbai 2...

November 22 2025

GENDER: LIVING ALONE, FINDING INNER STRENGTH

AkelaNest by Aparajita Krishna: A reflective, deeply personal exploration of single livi...

November 21 2025

TV: TRUTH RISES THROUGH THE DARKNESS

In this review by Monojit Lahiri, a relentless Bengali crime thriller unfolds with raw p...

November 20 2025