Cinema

Shruti Das -December 27, 2018

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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Shaunak Ghosh -December 27, 2018

Internet streaming services like Netflix and Amazon have given a platform to directors and writers to express taboo subjects like sexuality without the fear of being censored “Content is king. If the script demands sexuality and abusive language for the flow of the story, then filmmakers should show them on screen unabashedly, regardless of the […]

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Shruti Das -December 20, 2018

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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Shruti Das -December 13, 2018

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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Santosh Mehta -December 6, 2018

Madhur Bhandarkar, known for films depicting real lives, is all set to make a sequel to Fashion. Meanwhile, here’s a look at the acclaimed filmmaker’s journey till now It was the 2001 film Chandni Bar that gave filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar his first taste of fame. The women-centric film, which puts the spotlight on the girls […]

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Patriot Bureau -November 29, 2018

In war, the honour and glory are primarily reserved for those involved in active combat. Books, documentaries and feature films about war are often dedicated to the valour and sacrifice of the soldier or the courage and strategic brilliance of the officer. But seldom is there much consideration for the individuals who also place themselves […]

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Shruti Das -November 29, 2018

Filmmaker Prakash Jha has played the protagonist in a short film by debutant director Mudassir Mashalkar that revolves around loneliness An old, retired professor leads a lonely life in the busy metropolitan city of Mumbai where he wanders from place to place and witnesses the lives and longings of whoever he comes across. He tries […]

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Santosh Mehta -November 22, 2018

You remember him as Bajirao, Alauddin Khilji and Deepika Padukone’s groom. Now brace yourself to see him as a police officer in Simmba The nation’s love affair with him began eight years ago. It was with the Yash Raj film Band Baaja Baaraat (2010) that Ranveer Singh enjoyed the limelight for the first time. The big […]

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