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PIB NewsVirtual In-Conversation session on Changing Scenarios in Indian Film...
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Short Fiction ReviewsKolkata Cocktail Director: Subhayu Bhattacharya Production: Widescreen Films and...
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National Film Archive of IndiaA vintage collection of photographs of veteran actor-director-producer Gajanan...
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National Film Archive of Indiaराष्ट्रीय चित्रपट संग्रहालयाला पुण्यातील मराठा चेंबर ऑफ कॉमर्स, इंडस्ट्रीज...
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Short Fiction ReviewsMannat | short film, presently streaming on MXPlayer. Writer-director: Arpita...
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Film ReviewsCosmopolis Director: David Cronenberg Writers: David Cronenberg, Don DeLillo...
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FashionThe original saree (header pic; on the extreme left)...
International Film Festival of India | IFFI
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The White Tiger Director: Ramin Bahrani Writers: Aravind Adiga, Ramin Bahrani Stars: Priyanka Chopra, Rajkummar Rao, Adarsh Gourav Warning: This "review" contains SPOILERS throughout. When Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger book came out in 2008, it became...
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The Cabin in the Woods Director:Drew Goddard Writers: Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard Stars: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison Although The Cabin in the Woods is nominally a teen horror film in the mold of Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead (1981), it...
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Music, Ideas… and Butterflies In Lyrics to Live By— Keys to Self-help Notes for a Better Life, Tim Bragg, a French-based British musician/author, offers his readers an exquisite collection of...
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Could love be having to say you are a sari? It certainly could. This border belonged to a sari gifted to my sister Yashodhara¹ 35 years ago, on 4th September 1985 by...
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The original saree (header pic; on the extreme left) was a Garad saree from Bengal, worn traditionally by married women when performing a puja. It is made of pure...
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Kolkata Cocktail Director: Subhayu Bhattacharya Production: Widescreen Films and Music Duration: 23 mins Wide shot of a Kolkata main street. The camera moves from there to the footpath...
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Women today are making their voice heard in all forms of the arts, and in particular, cinema. Older women are taking interest in cinema with the advent of smartphones...
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It was a pilgrimage for me to visit the house where Sarat Chandra1 penned books such as Bipradas and Ramer Sumati, and to see the pond where he had his...
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A vintage collection of photographs of veteran actor-director-producer Gajanan Jagirdar has now become part of National Film Archive of India (NFAI). Ashok Jagirdar, son of Gajanan Jagirdar, handed over...
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राष्ट्रीय चित्रपट संग्रहालयाला पुण्यातील मराठा चेंबर ऑफ कॉमर्स, इंडस्ट्रीज अँड अॅग्रीकल्चर कडून एक दुर्मिळ 16 एमएम फुटेज मिळाले. ऐतिहासिकदृष्ट्या महत्त्व असलेल्या या सुमारे 1200 फूट लांबीच्या फुटेजचा कालावधी 35...
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Of Documentaries and Short Fiction Films
I was wondering why Documentaries and Shorts are treated as stepping stones to Features
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Rishi Kapoor (Sep 04, 1952 – Apr 30, 2020)...
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Irrfan Khan (Jan 07, 1967 – April 29, 2020)...
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