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Thangalaan’s cautionary tale

Thangalaan’s cautionary tale

The International Film Festival of Rotterdam's selection of Pa Ranjith’s Thangalaan, testifies to its enduring value

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Top 10 films to watch out for in 2025

Beloved Bhanita Das, of Village Rockstars, must cope with harsh realities, before rediscovering the profound harmonies between music and life....

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Top 20 South Asian, Diaspora films of 2024

Top 20 South Asian, Diaspora films of 2024

Sengupta won Best Actress in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, a first for India. Also at Busan IFF.

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Top 20 South Asian, Diaspora films of 2024

Screened by Cannes Cinema. On Amazon Prime Video. Woman director, women producers.

12.01.2025 20

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Origin: Caste worldwide

Ava DuVernay’s Origin explores how the caste system enables racism against Blacks in the US, enabled Nazi Germany to perpetrate the Holocaust, and...

05.01.2025 7

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Shyambabu: We are all curators

But above all, I will remember Shyambabu’s kindness and generosity. Illustration/Uday Mohite Veteran and beloved filmmaker Shyam Benegal passed...

29.12.2024 4

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Top 20 Indian films of 2024

Opened at Toronto IFF. Woman director-producer, and woman producer Zoya Akhtar, among others. On Amazon/soon available. Illustration/Uday Mohite...

22.12.2024 6

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Top 20 all-india films 2024

Powerfully feminist film. Malayalis have spent sleepless months arguing over which actress’ performance was better.Amazon Prime Video....

15.12.2024 10

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A mural on ‘Manjarpat’

I’ve been following the art, culture and history of the Dalit/Bahujan/Adivasi community all over India since eight years, and December 6 is also a...

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Amma goes to Manapmaan

Jio Studios is Presenter of the film, with Jyoti Deshpande as Producer, along with Sunil Phadtare of Shree Ganesh Marketing and Films Illustration/...

01.12.2024 6

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Scent of a man

They have been playing chess online, Ridham says, and they continue, editing chess-style, with Amit making an edit pass, then Ridham making his...

25.11.2024 10

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Light enters the wound

It is a personal account of the perpetrators, their lives, hopes, dreams, and future. Illustration/Uday Mohite I am revisiting Revati Laul’s...

17.11.2024 4

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Flowering of erased history

This year, I visited the Aga Khan Museum (of Islamic art) in Toronto and Islamic art galleries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York...

10.11.2024 3

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Sudha’s Phansi Yard diary

The bail conditions do not allow her to leave Mumbai or discuss her case. Illustration/Uday Mohite I am revisiting Sudha Bharadwaj’s courageous,...

27.10.2024 10

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Little Jaffna: identity crisis

In the climax, Michael is forced to contend with the dilemma of whether he can be loyal to one identity without betraying the other...

07.10.2024 4

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Santosh: A feminist thriller

Santosh is a brilliant, feminist thriller-drama, a police procedural exploring the nexus between caste and justice in India Illustration/Uday...

29.09.2024 10

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Payal’s incandescent ‘Light’

Kapadia’s A Night of Knowing Nothing had already won the Golden Eye for Best Documentary at Cannes in 2021 Illustration/Uday Mohite Payal Kapadia’s...

22.09.2024 4

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Boong and the fire of hope

She’s probably the only Manipuri director of the younger generation, other than Haobam Paban Kumar, to play at TIFF. Illustration/Uday Mohite...

15.09.2024 10

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TIFF’s rich South Asian haul

TIFF has a long history of warm engagement with its multicultural audience, including South Asians, the city’s largest immigrant population...

01.09.2024 40

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Coming out as Dalit

Also, Yashica Dutt, a New York-based journalist, author and activist,  is a prime example of the “new Dalit”, who has come out as Dalit, is an...

25.08.2024 9

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Visiting Babasaheb’s home

Soon after, accompanied by Somnath Waghmare, I visited Babasaheb’s former home at Rajgruha, Hindu Colony, Dadar East Illustration/Uday Mohite When...

18.08.2024 3

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The ‘70s: ‘Post-golden, pre-rotten’

He describes the ‘70s decade as “a post-golden but pre-rotten period, when poetry, music and cinema were still full of joy and insights”...

11.08.2024 10

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Caste: ‘Theft of imagination’

So Equality Labs also conducts Unlearning Caste Supremacy workshops Illustration/Uday Mohite In A landmark ruling last Thursday, a Supreme Court...

04.08.2024 2

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Butterfly or worm?

And it is presented by Raj B Shetty (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana), who also did the dialogues and additional screenplay, as well as plays a...

29.07.2024 4

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My autobiography? Kaiku?

What have I done to deserve a book? But if I ask a man, he’ll immediately say, “Sure. I already have a draft that I can polish up. Should I send...

21.07.2024 6

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A leopard comes home

The very large project team includes Lisa Bjorkman, Rohan Shivkumar, Sitaram Shelar and MC Mawali. Illustration/Uday Mohite The highlight of this...

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