Movies

MOVIES: INDIA PREMIERE OF JESUS IN SIGN LANGUAGE

A groundbreaking cinematic milestone, JESUS premieres in India, breaking barriers with American and Indian Sign Language, Hindi dubbing, and English subtitles—uniting De...

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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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MOVIES: SUCH A FALL FROM GRACE

Khalid Mohamed, once a cheerleader of Mani Ratnam, is taken aback with Thug Life, the auteur’s fall from grace. “More for my sanity, than for anyone else’s, ...

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MOVIES: POISE WITHOUT EMOTIONAL ENTRY

Billed as a tribute to Rituparno Ghosh, Indradeep Dasgupta’s Grihapravesh does not lack ambition and scale. But the effort shows, and the film never comes together as a ...

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MOVIES: WHY THIS ADVENTURE FAILS

A scathing critique of Sonar Kellay Jawker Dhan by Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri, exploring how lack of imagination, poor execution, and hollow nostalgia destroy the potential of a o...

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MOVIES: AAMAR BOSS WEARS MANY MASKS

A bittersweet tale of family, loneliness, and emotional overdrive, Amaar Boss blends sentiment with slapstick, raising valid questions while slipping often into melodrama and ...

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MOVIES: DEATH BY DESIGN, BUT NOT QUITE

Inspired by a global star’s interview, Srijit Mukherji’s sequel to Hemlock Society teems with puns, pop culture, and philosophy—but it fumbles the tonal bala...

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MOVIES: THE SOULFUL STILLNESS OF PURATAWN

Suman Ghosh’s new film marks the return of Sharmila Tagore to Bengali cinema after a long hiatus. Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri writes about the film and its engagement with me...

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MOVIES: BALANCING ART, RECOGNITION & RESPONSIBILITY

Recognizing directors as the artistic visionaries behind cinema, Utpal Datta advocates for their official acknowledgment in film certification, explores challenges in film edu...

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MOVIES: FATE AND FATALISM IN NOIR

Led to introspect after a life-altering heart attack, Sharad Raj explores the dark brilliance of Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour—a masterpiece of fatalism that redefined noir ci...

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BOLLYWOOD: ARYAN KHAN BREAKS BOLLYWOOD RULES

“I am in love with your wife (Maya)!” — a line from Kabhi Alvida Naa K...

October 15 2025

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: AND THE LEGACY LIVES ON

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with Ramu Aravindan, founder of a Documentation Centre an...

October 14 2025

THOUGHT FACTORY: STORIES THAT SHAPE OUR WORLD

From intimate documentaries to visionary fiction, the WIFF 2025 Jury—comprising ac...

October 13 2025