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Thought Factory

WHO’S AFRAID OF FILM CRITICS?

Monojit Lahiri does a checkout on the significance of film reviews and how they pan out differently for serious cineastes from those who view cinema as pure entertainment and ...

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Powerful People

URMI JUVEKAR: The Storyteller

Aparajita Krishna deep dives to writer Urmi Juvekar’s life and journey as a creative force and returns from the immersive experience with this collectors piece for scree...

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Thought Factory

Art of Lines & Commas

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with Ashok Namdeo Hinge, calligrapher, graphic designer and abstractionist, well-known for the creative use of lines and commas in his multiple ...

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Alternative Entertainment

Bengali Cinema: A Middle Way to Tread

Satyabrata Ghosh explores the cinema of West Bengal to conclude how the median between art and commerce exists and has been often achieved despite the many digressions over ti...

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Bollywood

The Shalimar Adventure

Film historian Dhruv Somani rewinds to the 1978 heist thriller, the international co-production Shalimar, as its charismatic heroine Zeenat Aman brought in her birthday yester...

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WRITERS OF OBITUARIES

Humra Quraishi remembers time spent at Loreto Convent Lucknow and also recalls her invaluable conversations with, both, the late writer Raj Kanwar of Dehradun, and journalist,...

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Powerful People

DIVYA SETH SHAH: Actor for a Lifetime!

Aparajita Krishna is in this free-wheeling conversation with actor Divya Seth – packing her life, friends, family and career into this precious piece. Divya Seth’...

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FROM MERE MEHBOOB TO FEVICOL

Bollywood’s amazing lyrics story down the decades - Monojit Lahiri lays it on the line. 15 years ago, I had the good fortune of meeting the late, brilliant poet-lyricis...

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Bollywood

BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL

Film historian Dhruv Somani, a loyal fan of Sushmita Sen, retraces her  estimable career, as her birthday approaches on November 19. She is a woman with a beautiful hear...

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Powerful People

The Bharat Jodo Yatra with Darshan Mondkar

Good ole’ author, activist and social commentator Darshan Mondkar walked beside Rahul Gandhi for 20 mins and had a conversation with him. Curious about his experience, V...

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PRAMOD PAWAR HONOURED FOR THEATRE

Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe celebrates Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee Pramod Pawar, whose rem...

June 16 2026

GOVERNOR REWRITES HISTORY FOR POLITICS

Film critic Arnab Banerjee examines Governor, a politically charged retelling of India's...

June 15 2026

COURAGE AMID MUMBAI'S DARKEST NIGHT

Arnab Banerjee reviews Bharat Bhagya Vidhata, Manoj Tapadia's gripping account of courag...

June 15 2026