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AI and Tech

AI & TECH: AI IS REWRITING EVERYTHING

AI is rapidly reshaping advertising, design, media planning, PR, and entertainment worldwide. As Bollywood cautiously experiments while global studios accelerate adoption, the...

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Gender

GENDER: WHEN FIDELITY MEETS MODERN DESIRE

Twinkle Khanna’s remark on marriage and infidelity sparked nationwide debate a couple of weeks ago, and Vinta Nanda discovers new data which suggests that nearly half of...

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Trending

TRENDING: CULTURE, SCREENS, STORIES, SHIFTS, POWER

From blockbuster star sightings to emerging tech, awards honouring inclusivity, breakthrough entertainment ventures and the rise of reading-led connection – the entertai...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: AGE, STILLNESS, CINEMA

The stasis of old age rendered with precise strokes becomes not just a theme but an emotional landscape, where caregiving, memory, and routine merge into a quiet, unspoken med...

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Powerful People

POWERFUL PEOPLE: BACK TO THE FUTURE

She has been an assistant director, ad filmmaker and a writer-director of out-of-the-box feature films. Ignoring every mandatory obstacle that an independent woman filmmaker m...

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TV

TELEVISION: WHISPERS OF THE WHITE DESERT

This fifth and final chapter of Surabhi Diaries by Suhail Tatari captures Kutch in all its raw beauty—its culture, its crafts, its legends, and its soul, untouched by ti...

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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: WHY CINEMA STILL MATTERS

Why Cinema Still Matters reflects on filmmaker Arjunn Dutta’s Deep Fridge, exploring creativity, nostalgia, and audience fatigue. Written by Satyabrata Ghosh, this piece...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: A REBEL WHO REWROTE CINEMA

Ritwik Ghatak—Jinxed Maverick or Enfant Terrible Of Indian Cinema? In his centenary year, MONOJIT LAHIRI tries to outline what made this catharsis specialist so uniquely...

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Festivals

FESTIVALS: SHADOWS, MEMORY, LIGHT, LEGACY

A riveting journey through cinema, ethics, forgotten theatres and artistic truth with filmmaker and archivist Hemant Chaturvedi — a powerful exchange of memory and meani...

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Gender

GENDER: A BOLD LOVE STORY EMERGES

Bobby Bedi returns with a daring, culture-shifting feature that challenges gender binaries and redefines filmmaking courage. Lala & Poppy, directed by Kaizad Gustad, premi...

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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