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THOUGHT FACTORY: STORIES THAT SHAPE OUR WORLD
From intimate documentaries to visionary fiction, the WIFF 2025 Jury—comprising acclaimed filmmakers, writers, and storytellers—honoured films that challenged conv...
Read MoreTHOUGHT FACTORY: FILMS. AUDIENCES. FILM CRITICS.
India, the world’s largest film-producing nation, thrives on cinema and media, yet its film critics remain undervalued. Monojit Lahiri investigates the purpose, influenc...
Read MoreTHOUGHT FACTORY: WHO DESERVES REAL RECOGNITION?
Monojit Lahiri examines the stark contrast between stardom’s glamour and the selfless pursuit of empowerment, questioning who truly deserves recognition, rewards, and re...
Read MoreTHOUGHT FACTORY: MEDIA SHAPES MINDS AND MEMORIES
From Storytelling to Learning: How Media Shapes Minds and Memories, Deepa Bhalerao explores Hum Log, Entertainment-Education, and the evolving media landscape, where stories m...
Read MoreTHOUGHT 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...
Read MoreTHOUGHT 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...
Read MoreTHOUGHT FACTORY: MOVIE MAGIC DEFEATS ONLINE NOISE
Rajinikanth’s Coolie: When Sheer Movie Magic Trumps Noise (and Logic) Everyone wants to ride a trend. Remember the Coldplay concert? A Rajinikanth movie is a bigger con...
Read MoreTHOUGHT FACTORY: WHY MARRIAGE SCARES YOUNG LOVERS
“Love me?” Like mad! “Marry me?” Mad!! Whatever happened to the pavitra bandhan that symbolised this revered bonding? Why does the M word evoke such de...
Read MoreTHOUGHT FACTORY: BOLLYWOOD GRAPPLES WITH DISABILITY
Portrayal of differently abled in Bollywood: Tokenism? Caricature? Empowerment? There are no easy answers because disability in Bollywood cinema is a tricky issue, says Monoji...
Read MoreTHOUGHT FACTORY: RONA MANA HAI!!
Monojit Lahiri wonders whether, in an age when the price of everything is skyrocketing, the role, relevance and value of grief is taking an unprecedented nose-dive! Once cele...
Read MoreALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: AND THE LEGACY LIVES ON
Khalid Mohamed in conversation with Ramu Aravindan, founder of a Documentation Centre an...
October 14 2025THOUGHT FACTORY: STORIES THAT SHAPE OUR WORLD
From intimate documentaries to visionary fiction, the WIFF 2025 Jury—comprising ac...
October 13 2025BOLLYWOOD: DINNER IS SERVED, SUSPENSE IS NOT
A dinner party that promised tension, mystery, and satire turns into a clumsy masquerade...
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