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Cinema should mirror life: Adoor’s powerful tribute to Ghatak at KIFF

Cinema should mirror life: Adoor’s powerful tribute to Ghatak at KIFF

Introducing this talk on Ritwik Ghatak as a tribute to his centenary, Adoor Gopalakrishnan reminisced his introduction with his Film Institute teacher...

16.11.2025 20

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Tribute to the Brilliant Blues: Women athletes who inspired Indian cinema

Tribute to the Brilliant Blues: Women athletes who inspired Indian cinema

Sports basically, is a way of life that demands a certain attitude, high moral values, focus and strict discipline. A sport is a concept and an...

09.11.2025 4

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Shah Rukh Khan at 60: The self-made king who rose above Bollywood’s nepotism

Shah Rukh Khan at 60: The self-made king who rose above Bollywood’s nepotism

Shah Rukh Khan is stepping into 60 on November 2 (today). There is a series of screenings of his films in theatres across India in the shape of a...

03.11.2025 5

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When every frame speaks: The power of Homebound

Till some years back, if someone asked me, what criteria I apply to a film to say that it moved me deeply, I would say, “I must begin to like it...

27.10.2025 9

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From Saiyaara to Ghajini: Bollywood’s troubled tryst with mental illness

Mohit Suri’s recent film Saiyaara has turned the tables for Bollywood mainstream cinema by turning out to become a major box office success. This,...

20.10.2025 20

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Ritwik Ghatak at 100: A centenary tribute to a cinematic visionary

One of my deepest regrets as a journalist is that I did not accept his late wife Surama Ghatak’s proposal to translate her two/three Bengali memoirs...

12.10.2025 9

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Neeraj Ghaywan's ‘Homebound’ and CBFC: A look at Indian film censorship

The CBFC or the Censor Board of Film Certification, has asked for not less than eleven cuts in Neeraj Ghaywan’s feature film Homebound which has...

05.10.2025 10

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Satyajit Ray’s iconic photographer: The world of Nemai Ghosh

Photographers mostly choose to keep a low profile which is an extension of their always being behind the camera with one eye fixed to the camera lens....

28.09.2025 10

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Discovering the enigma of Raj Khosla | Interview Amborish Choudhury

Meet Amborish Roy Choudhury. Over the past few months, he has been a significant point of discussion and interviews and online seminars revolving...

19.09.2025 10

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Kuch Sapne Apne and the evolving portrayal of LGBTQ+ lives

Every human being lives with some dream or other. For some, the dreams vanish even before a hint of their being realized happens. But life goes on for...

08.09.2025 10

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Director Tathagata Ghosh on the human story of Amar Comrade | Interview

Meet Tathagata Ghosh. He is a package full of miracles shaped and moulded as a surprise package of a short film maker with a unique approach that...

31.08.2025 20

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