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Revisiting Mani Kaul’s Mini-series Ahmaq
Devdutt Trivedi writes that in Ahmaq, Kaul wanted to underline the symbiotic relationship between Hinduism and Islam. The critics and audience alike, largely rejected Mani Ka...
Read MoreStarring Leela Mishra & Kanhaiyalal
Aparajita Krishna talks to eminent members of the film industry and Indian theater to explore how Leela Mishra and Kanhaiyalal figure in India’s cine-memory 2022. Film ...
Read MoreThe Unpretentious Star





She was the underdog of her time. Yes, Reena Roy was one of the top actresses who let her work talk rather than her other activities, writes Dhruv Somani. She was born as Sa...
Read MoreBully Bai and the mainstreaming of hate
Humra Quraishi questions hate politics and the utter disregard for the Constitution of India by the fringe that is being mainstreamed aggressively. It’s horrifyin...
Read MoreOur Film Festivals: Tamashas or reality checks
Monojit Lahiri investigates whether our film festivals are arty time-pass or educative game changers. First things first: To the general public, Film Festivals are gen...
Read MoreMaking films is my coping mechanism: Shabnam Sukhdev
Here’s Vinta Nanda in conversation with documentary filmmaker Shabnam Sukhdev, who just completed her short film titled ‘Unfinished’ while completing her Mas...
Read MoreShifting Paradigms: Malayalam Cinema





Malayalam Cinema has evolved through time, writes Sulochana Ram Mohan. To use a cliché change has been the only constant in Malayalam cinema. In the first decade of th...
Read MoreSeizing the moment: Ravi K. Chandran
Eminent cinematographer, Ravi K. Chandran in conversation with Khalid Mohamed, on the unfettered joys of still photography. Perhaps the most familiar quote about still photog...
Read MoreThe curious case of Sushmita Sen
As the web series ‘Arya’ wows the OTT space and is rated as one of the best Indian web series of 2021, Monojit Lahiri investigates the reasons why the dynamic stun...
Read MoreIf I Am, So God Must Be!
Humra Quraishi discusses the absence of God in the Hindutva narrative of 2021, that threatened minorities and denied to India the goodness Mother Teresa has done to her. Thos...
Read MoreTHE JUST: POLITICS, MORALITY, VIOLENCE
Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews The Just, Albert Camus’s powerful political-moral pl...
August 17 2026BATWARA 1947 REVIEW: SHABANA AZMI
BATWARA 1947 REVIEW: SHABANA AZMI Every nation carries within it a wound that history ...
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On her 63rd Birthday, August 13, Monojit Lahiri ...
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