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Retroscope

Takes two to duet: Lata Mangeshkar’s duets with female singers

Anil Dixit handpicks a selection of rare film duets in which other female singers matched up to the skills of the Maharani of Melody, Lata Mangeshkar  In the constellati...

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Kaleidoscope

My Darkest Time

In this long-short personal story of having overcome a big challenge, Gaurav Jain says, “When you break your leg, you know it! There is no perhaps!” “Take t...

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Powerful People

Framed: Film Editor Ballu Saluja

Aparajita Krishna, writer and filmmaker, profiles the much accomplished editor Ballu Saluja in our first in the series of artistes behind-the-scenes.  Cut to: Lagaan (20...

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Bollywood

Sudden Impact: In Conversation with Harsh Chhaya

Khalid Mohamed interviews Harsh Chhaya, whose performance as a despotic Papaji in the series Undekhi, is as laceratingly real as it gets. Foxy eyes, an unerasable smug grin, ...

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Kaleidoscope

Over my dead body

Aroona Bhat decodes the last breath; the many times people inhale and exhale before they take it. She figures, that life’s purpose is found somewhere in between. As a c...

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Sustainable Development

Meet Roshni Nuggehalli and Marina Joseph of YUVA

In this time of Covid-19, the world has witnessed upheaval in almost every sphere of life while impacting the social fabric of society. In India, we were forced to sit up and ...

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Movies

Vanished III: The male actors who disappeared from Bollywood

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, concludes his series on the vanishing acts of Bollywood, this time tracking down the male actors who quit the B-town scene.  Right off, her...

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Thought Factory

Sycophancy: At the intersection of Art & Politics

Vinta Nanda writes about the mood in the country. She says that Bollywood and Indian Politics, both, are in deep denial.  It was cringe when DK Sivakumar, Indian politic...

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Festivals

KASHISH 2020 Virtual: French film The Shiny Shrimps

157 films from 42 films to screen at the 11th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival to be held from July 22-30, 2020 The 11th edition of KASHI...

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Those Placid Waters

Humra  Quraishi tells another heartbreaking shortstory, set in Kashmir, where the blur between who is the enemy and who is not, has obscured the truth.   Shifting o...

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CINEMA THAT BREATHES IN STILLNESS

An evocative evening of French and German short films in Mumbai explores stillness, abst...

March 29 2026

A TIMELY DIALOGUE AT IFFD 2026

A powerful panel at IFFD 2026 brings together leading independent filmmakers to examine ...

March 28 2026

BHARATMATA BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE!

Bharatmata cinema hall returns to Mumbai’s Lalbaug, writes Avinash Kolhe, reviving...

March 27 2026