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Rediscovering a Genius Artist
Khalid Mohamed in conversation with Patrick Bensard, director of the prestigious Cinematheque de la Danse of Paris, now documenting the art of Walter Spies whose life in Bali ...
Read MoreMise en scene: a metaphysical expression
Sharad Raj writes that to arrive at one’s mise en scene is to liberate oneself from dogmas that are both personal and intellectual. The dictionary definition of mise ...
Read MoreSidharth Sengupta: Goldie’s Serial Count!
Aparajita Krishna makes a tortoise run, and faster than a hare, when she wants. Here she makes a reclusive but one of the most accomplished television storytellers and creator...
Read MoreThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Sharad Raj writes that Bunuel has been called a cruel filmmaker, he sees that we are hypocrites, admits to being one and believes we were probably made that way. Octavio Pa...
Read MoreHow civilized is the civilized world?
Vinta Nanda insists that we, the so-called civilized people, talk about poverty, violence and exclusion. Let us talk about what it means to be born under the sky and be vic...
Read MoreBorn to act: Ahlam Khan Karachiwala
Aparajita Krishna takes a walk through the life of actor Ahlam Khan Karachiwala, born to Indian cinema’s most loved Amjad Khan and his stunningly beautiful wife Shehla K...
Read MoreFailed promises of the right wing: Andrzej Wajda
Sharad Raj transports you back to the film Ashes and Diamonds - an all-time masterpiece of Polish cinema, directed by one of the most important filmmakers, Andrzej Wajda. C...
Read MoreSigns of the times: Death and Destruction
Humra Quraishi recalls Saadat Hasan Manto in the month of his birth, and imagines what he would have said and written in these tragic times. May stands for Manto - after al...
Read MoreCatching the moment
Khalid Mohamed discusses the fast-changing dynamics of image-making today with the eminent New Delhi-based still photographer, Prerna Jain Her images, catching life on the ...
Read MoreWhen men change and repent: Cinema of Kenji Mizoguchi
Men are at loose ends without women to enslave, to desire, to abandon. Sharad Raj explores why the director is forgiving of them. “The fruit of experience is beauty,&...
Read MoreBHARAT RANG MAHOTSAV 2026 OPENS MUMBAI STAGE
The 25th Bharat Rang Mahotsav arrives in Mumbai on February 7, celebrating global theatr...
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A shocking murder in Maharashtra exposes the dangers of India’s two-child norm, as...
February 6 2026ART IS BORN FREE: TEJAS SONI’S JOURNEY
Ahmedabad-based artist Tejas Soni reflects on five decades of living artfully—acro...
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