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Cinema
Cinema
`A constant process of discovery'
Interview with Adoor Gopalakrishnan, winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
Cinema
An unlikely hero
Despite the media build-up, The Rising, the great Aamir Khan comeback, turns out to be a damp squib.
SARBARI SINHA
Cinema
Images of conflict
Osian's Cine Fan, a film festival focussing on Asian cinema, captivates audiences in Delhi and provides a platform for independent filmmakers to expre
ANNIE ZAIDI
Cinema
The war enters the home
Sarkar takes Ram Gopal Varma's exploration of the Mumbai underworld to its logical conclusion, where criminal rivalry invades the blood family.
UMA MAHADEVAN DASGUPTA
Cinema
A Bengali lost in Bollywood
Opulent settings, lots of music, a central love interest and a dramatic ending - Parineeta is a story altogether different from Sarat Chandra's novel.
SARBARI SINHA
Cinema
The actors behind the scenes
The controversy over Jo Bole So Nihaal provides a useful rallying point for the Akalis, who dominate the SGPC, a year ahead of the Assembly elections
AMAN SETHI
Cinema
A stage for social commitment
Spandan, a theatre group in Kolkata, sets up a website chronicling the legacy of the Indian People's Theatre Association and serving as a database for
SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY
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A world without women
Matrubhoomi , a powerful depiction of the systematic decimation of girls in a patriarchal society, announces the arrival of a new talent in filmmaking
MAITHILI RAO
Exploring Apu's world
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Satyajit Ray's celluloid classic Pather Panchali, a look at The Apu Trilogy, based on Bibhuti Bhushan Bando
SARBARI SINHA
Pervez the peace-maker
Pakistani scientist Pervez Hoodbhoy's documentary on Kashmir crosses the border with a message of peace and friendship.
VASANTHA SURYA
A missionary enterprise
The key elements of Zana Briski's Oscar-winning Born Into Brothels are questionable on points of fact, but these distortions pale into insignificance
PRAVEEN SWAMI
Not helpless victims of fate
in Kolkata
SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY in Kolkata
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