The documentary Son Rise by National Award winning filmmaker Vibha Bakshi tells the story of ordinary men from Haryana who stood up for women’s rights Jitender Chhatar, a farmer, marries Kusum — a survivor of gangrape. Furthermore, he puts his life in danger by fighting relentlessly to put criminals behind bars and get justice for […]

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The dismissive attitude to film posters in this digital age has had its day, and their revival as an art form is on the cards Capturing the theme and mood of a film in a single frame is not an easy task. Though film posters are often seen as mere publicity tools, they are much […]

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I am handling a recent mobile theft case on behalf of my friend Mohit Kumar Gupta. He was taking a Metro from the Huda City Centre Metro station on the evening of December 26 around 5.40 pm. The platform was overcrowded, as usual, because it was office hours. The moment the train approached the platform, […]

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Bollywood’s depiction of female sexuality onscreen is getting bigger and better, but we still have a long way to go A married professor in her early 30s, embarks on a sexual adventure with her 21-year-old student. A maid shares a sexual relationship with her master, who is about to get married. A middle-aged woman is […]

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Gay magazines have played a key role in helping individuals come out. They are now hoping to find it easier to raise funds and hold events When the first issue of Bombay Dost — India’s first LGBT magazine — came out, it became an inadvertent vehicle for those who were still in the closet to […]

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This was a year of content-driven cinema, new age actors and surprises for the film industry. Big banner films failed to make a mark, while simple films with good content went on to become massive hits Year 2018 will go down in history as the year the Khans (Shah Rukh, Aamir and Salman) finally got […]

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Meet National Award winning filmmaker Gajendra Ahire, whose film Dear Molly is getting an Oscar screening in Los Angeles this month A young girl is looking for her father, taking cues from a trail of letters he had written to her. He last saw her when she was only five years old. This is what […]

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A documentary on the life and work of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Kailash Satyarthi aims to sensitise and inspire citizens about child slavery Even at the age of 64, he willingly takes part in life-threatening raids to save children from slavery. He was beaten up, nearly to death, on a few occasions. His home was […]

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