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FRONTLINE CONVERSATIONS
It’s all about power and the entitlement to misuse it: actor Sreelekha Mitra
Actor speaks about rampant sexual harassment in Indian cinema, its normalisation across regional industries, and her personal encounters with abuse.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
INTERVIEW
It cannot get dirtier, it can only get cleaner: Bina Paul
The National Award-winning editor believes that the feudal mindset existing in certain sections of the Malayalam film industry must go.
R.K. Radhakrishnan
INTERVIEW
It’s all about power and the entitlement to misuse it: Sreelekha Mitra
Actor speaks about rampant sexual harassment in Indian cinema, its normalisation across regional industries, and her personal encounters with abuse.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Profile
Is Deepika Padukone losing her edge?
Her recent roles in big-budget films have brought enormous commercial success, but the nuanced characters that made her a star are missing.
J. Shruti
INTERVIEW
The Hema Committee Report will make the Malayalam film industry safer: Revathi
The actor speaks about the WCC, the revelations made in the report, its fallouts, and potential solutions to ensure safety of women in cinema.
R.K. Radhakrishnan
FRONTLINE CONVERSATIONS
The Hema Committee Report will make the Malayalam film industry safer: actor Revathi
The actor speaks about the WCC, the revelations made in the report, its fallouts, and potential solutions to ensure safety of women in cinema.
R.K. Radhakrishnan
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The commission says it was “shocked to hear the sexual harassment stories” revealed to it by women working in the industry.
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Anger as the constant
At the International Documentary and Short Film Festival held in Kerala every year, the audience is hammered down for a week by raw courage.
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The pathetic man is rewriting the macho script
How filmmakers are redefining masculinity on screen by embracing vulnerability.
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50 years of Manthan: A Benegal masterpiece that stirred India’s social conscience
The 1976 classic offers a nuanced take on caste dynamics, patriarchy, and rural development, showcasing Dalit characters as agents of change.
Harish S. Wankhede
‘All We Imagine as Light’ by Payal Kapadia scripts history with groundbreaking Grand Prix win at Cannes 2024
The film becomes first Indian film in 30 years to win the award; Kapadia the first Indian female director to compete in Cannes main competition.
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Sergej Tschachotin: Anti-fascist scientist who used ‘Pavlovian Reflex’ to understand propaganda
German documentary Sergej in the Urn by Boris Hars-Tschachotin explores Sergej’s scientific contributions and his courageous political activism.
R. Mahalakshmi
Manoj Bajpayee: ‘Hindi filmmakers should go back to the drawing board’
After COVID, Hindi mainstream cinema is confused, and there is a “desperate attempt to entertain” that was not there before, says the actor.
Trisha Gupta
Editor’s Note: When cinema becomes a tool for propaganda
Vaishna Roy
Rise of ‘Hindutva’ cinema
Indian cinema hardly yields space to Dalit, Adivasi, or Bahujan protagonists. It continues to be an elitist, casteist project.
Harish S. Wankhede
Viral fever: The curious spectacle of campaign films
Potent tools for disseminating political ideologies and pushing stereotypes, these films offer insights into elections as well as everyday realities.
S.V. Srinivas
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