Cinema

Patriot Bureau -February 16, 2020

Parasite winning the Academy Award for Best Picture is an achievement for more reasons than one “WHEN I was young and studying cinema, there was a saying that I carved deep into my heart, which is that ‘the most personal is the most creative’. That quote is from our great Martin Scorsese. When I was […]

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Patriot Bureau -February 16, 2020

If you are looking for a historical perspective on the Pandit exodus, its causes and effects, then Shikara isn’t the film for you ONE DAY in the late 1980s Srinagar, a young couple is asked, at random, to walk down a garden path as extras in a film shoot. Kashmir was the beating heart of […]

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Patriot Bureau -February 8, 2020

Filmmaker Shonali Bose opens up about her personal tragedy, the ongoing protests around India, censorship and more AFTER MAKING her directorial debut with Amu (2005), writer-director Shonali Bose went on to direct two critically acclaimed films, Margarita with a Straw(2015) and The Sky Is Pink (2019). With these, Bose made a reputation for herself as […]

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Patriot Bureau -February 8, 2020

Jojo Rabbit teaches us about the price collectively paid for fascism in the past. The movie is a visceral reminder of the past intruding on our present as we encounter violent right-wing racism and communal violence around us DIRECTED BY Taika Waititi and based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens, Jojo Rabbit is […]

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Shruti Das -February 1, 2020

Ayushmann Khurrana starrer Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhaan depicts a homosexual love story, and finally makes Bollywood give its much-awaited due to the LGBTQ community. Here’s why! “Ek baat batao beta, kab decide kiya yeh banogey? (When did you decide that you want to be ‘that’?),” asks a middle-aged man.  To which, the young boy replies: […]

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Nabeel Ahmed -February 1, 2020

The soldiers who were inspired by Subhash Chandra Bose to fight against British colonialism get their due place in Kabir Khan’s web series, but with a touch of Bollywoodisation KABIR KHAN’S mini web series on Amazon Prime – The Forgotten Army – bring an often-ignored chapter of INA into the limelight but with a populist […]

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Patriot Bureau -January 29, 2020

With the launch of his new single ‘Tootey Khaab’, singer Armaan Malik talks about his journey as a singer, his evolution from a child artist and his upcoming projects SINGER ARMAAN Malik, who is the grandson of the veteran music director and composer Sardar Malik, made his debut as a child singer with the song […]

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MAYANK JAIN PARICHHA -January 29, 2020

With Bong Joon-ho’s film Parasite making waves globally, South Korean films are all set to reach new heights It was 1998 when a film – Life is Beautiful – was the first foreign language one to be nominated for the Best Ensemble Award at Star Screen Guilds (SAG) Award. This year, history repeated itself – […]

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