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The Kanger--a small, fire-filled earthen pot wrapped in woven wicker--has been a part of Kashmiri winters for centuries. Sheikh Dawood is keeping his family’s legacy with this craft alive.
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There was backlash to 'Chhaava' was from a section of Bengali academics, who took to social media alleging the film was shamelessly one-sided
BY Soham Das
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The unpredictable turn of events that led to the NASA duo being stuck in space is eerily similar to this 2013 sci-fi thriller
Canada-based Cheema Y and Gur Sidhu hit out at the Trump administration through their music videos and glorifies Punjabis going illegally to the US through the “Dunki route”
'You don't take a photograph, you make it.' All human stories, fiction or non-fiction, carry some tropes and genres.
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On the back of the box-office success of Vicky Kaushal-starrer Chhaava, which tells the story of Sambhaji and his nemesis Aurangzeb, right-wing Hindu organisations are demanding that the Mughal ruler's tomb be demolished. While the ruling BJP sees this as a chance to reiterate its Hindutva credentials, its alliance partner NCP is left in an uncomfortable position
BY Shweta Desai
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01 April 2025
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Russkiy Mir—Putin’s ideology of Russian supremacy—seems to work. But then, in Russia, one never knows anything. One can’t.
BY Chinki Sinha
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Ukraine’s increasing reliance on innovative drone technologies to Russia’s much larger military shows the contours of future anti-imperialist struggles.
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The signs of the rupture of the North Atlantic alliance between the US and Western Europe were in evidence since 2016 with news of Russian social media meddling in the Brexit referendum and the Trump presidential victory
BY Amir Ali
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Increasing flashpoints in several countries and regions—Gaza and Israel, Russia and Ukraine, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Yemen—have been metamorphosing.
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Analysts suggest Trump sees China as the main rival of the US in military and technological superiority, as opposed to a depleted Russia
BY Anil Wadhwa
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For a while now, China has emerged as a patron voice of globalisation, and it comes with the goal to delegitimise American power and its values.
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There was backlash to 'Chhaava' was from a section of Bengali academics, who took to social media alleging the film was shamelessly one-sided
BY Soham Das
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A video has been making rounds on social media showing the two accused, Muskan and Sahil, attending a Holi party. In the video, Muskan and Sahil are seen smiling and vibing to the music, while in another clip, Muskan is seen celebrating Sahil's birthday in Kasol.
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Gemelli medical director Dr. Sergio Alfieri said Francis will require at least two months of rest and rehabilitation as he continues recovering back at the Vatican.
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Krunal Pandya picked up three wickets while playing his first match for RCB. Hazlewood also took a couple of wickets. Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma and Rasikh Dar Salam took one wicket each
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Subtly but firmly echoing the plight of climate refugees, Flow is not just fiction, but a reality creeping closer to all of us.
The unpredictable turn of events that led to the NASA duo being stuck in space is eerily similar to this 2013 sci-fi thriller
In Mickey 17, Bong adopts a clinical approach as he tells the tale of a body sacrificed to science.
Harshad Nalawade’s assured debut feature situates with rigor and precision the political bleeding into the personal
The unpredictable turn of events that led to the NASA duo being stuck in space is eerily similar to this 2013 sci-fi thriller
In Mickey 17, Bong adopts a clinical approach as he tells the tale of a body sacrificed to science.
Harshad Nalawade’s assured debut feature situates with rigor and precision the political bleeding into the personal
From multiplexes restrategising ticket and F&B prices to audiences taking onus to go for films in theatres -- there's a lot that needs to align to secure the future of non-tentpole films in theatres in India.
Bollywood films do not just stop at casting the Muslim man as the antagonist—a studied investment within films such as Chhaava goes into depicting the Muslim as barbaric and cruel, especially towards women figures
Long before he was known as one of the biggest superstars of Bollywood, Aamir Khan acted in a string of films which bombed at the box office.
The single-shot, nearly hour-long episodes manage to be immersive in a way that demands every speck of your dwindling attention span. This is theatre that has come alive on television.
The 'perfectionist' usually stays clear of negative roles in films. But when he does choose them, they are difficult to forget.
BY Rani Jana
Chhaava's narrative, which reinforces the idea of valiant Hindu kings protecting their homeland against evil Muslim enemies, has found a strong resonance with the Hindutva narrative and fuelled anti-Muslim politics
BY Shweta Desai
The film society movement in Kerala found its beginnings in the iconic Chitralekha Film Society in 1965
Finally, have we arrived at a point when girls can be girls?
From his early years as a fresh-faced romantic hero to his transformation into a thinking-man’s superstar, the auteur-performer Aamir Khan’s career has been marked by a restless pursuit of perfection and reinvention.
Sengupta attempts to thread together forgotten, unrestored fragments of past and present through a dreamlike narrative—one where the city’s most vulnerable can see their own reflection.
With her expansive body of work, Dedhia has proved that to learn lighting, one does not need physical strength but a good eye and the vision of a creative.
Beyond the broad strokes and glossy feminist portrayals of women in Bollywood films, regional cinema tells stories without glamour, with a vulnerability that pervades the lives of women
Cinematography is Modhura Palit’s calling. Ahead of Women's Day on March 8, she spoke of how the hurdles involved in making it in a male-dominated field have not dimmed her passion
One of the year’s most assured, emotionally prismatic films marks Bhat as a director to watch
Marathi feature sets laser-sharp gaze on numbing, dehumanizing chore of striking up arranged marriages
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The Kanger--a small, fire-filled earthen pot wrapped in woven wicker--has been a part of Kashmiri winters for centuries. Sheikh Dawood is keeping his family’s legacy with this craft alive.