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Representing Muslims in cinema

Bollywood: ‘Othering’ the Muslim on screen

Bollywood must work on its own conscious and unconscious biases while representing Indian Muslims and move beyond the image of the “Muslim other” as t
Pranav Kohli ,Prannv Dhawan
Kirk Douglas

Anti-hero as icon

Kirk Douglas (1916-2020), one of the unlikeliest superstars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, opened up new creative possibilities for lead actors with
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan: Enduring icon

Although the film career of Amitabh Bachchan, recently conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for lifetime achievement, peaked in the 1970s and 1980s, i
Ziya Us Salam
Cinema

King among actors

A cerebral actor, Dr Shreeram Lagoo (1927–2019) established a benchmark for naturalistic acting in Marathi theatre and infused subtlety and complexity

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Dasiattam in Madurai. It is out of this style of dance that Bharatanatyam evolved and came to be performed as concerts.

Devadasi influence in Tamil cinema

The history of the advance of Tamil cinema is intimately linked to members of the Devadasi community who switched from being drama artistes to working
Theodore Baskaran
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

Bose back in focus

Srijit Mukherjee’s film Gumnami, apparently based on the Mukherjee Commission report on Subhas Chandra Bose, sparks a fresh controversy.
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A still from the movie ‘Batla House’.

Batla House: Through a filter

The film Batla House endorses uncritically any police action to ensure the nation’s safety and discredits civil society’s demands for institutional ac
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A still from “Article 15”.

Caste on celluloid

Anubhav Sinha’s film Article 15 is a near-realistic portrayal of caste oppression in contemporary India.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Girish Karnad (1938-2019).

Irrepressible storyteller

Exploring mythology and legend, Girish Karnad (1938-2019) confronted contemporary issues by asking uneasy questions about institutions.
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