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Critical insider: Satyajit Ray's cinematic trilogies

The three trilogies that mark the beginning, middle and end of Satyajit Ray’s film-making career reflect his changing perception of the idea of India.

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‘Ray’s vision is universal’: Girish Kasaravalli on Satyajit Ray

Interview with Girish Kasaravalli, eminent Kannada film director.

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‘He lived life cinema’: Adoor Gopalakrishnan on Satyajit Ray

Interview with Adoor Gopalakrishnan.

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Review of Malayalam movie Drishyam 2: The other side of truth

The sequel to Drishyam in many ways encapsulates the post-truth world we live in, where everything is in flux, and competing versions of ‘truth’ vie f

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A still from ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ featuring Suraj Venjaramood, Nimisha Sajayan and T. Suresh Babu. The movie portrays a girl whose everyday routine, lifestyle, dreams, needs and desires are recast and recalibrated after marriage to fit into the iron framework of her husband’s family.

Film review: 'The Great Indian Kitchen' discusses gender issues and patriarchal values in relationships

The Malayalam movie 'The Great Indian Kitchen' addresses the gender issue by bringing into the narrative the oppressive patriarchal values within comm

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Invaluable memories

The economist Prof. M.A. Oommen’s autobiography is an intimate account of personal experiences and also has interesting insights into the social histo

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Riyas Komu, self portrait.

Sculptor Riyas Komu: An argument about beautiful histories at risk

An interview with the artist and sculptor Riyas Komu.

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Celebrating an auteur

The book vividly portrays Girish Kasaravalli as a consummate artist and deals with his body of work in all its thematic diversity and aesthetic vigour

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Pleasure points

An engaging argument and a provocative appeal for the basic rights of transpeople and queer pride.

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The documentary movement in India

The narratives bring to the fore not only the history of documentary film-making in India, but also the various resistance struggles and movements for

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Bihar model beckons

Bihar Museum, a significant initiative by the State government, has the potential to inspire similar projects across the country. But its success hing

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Kozhikode: Malayalam film director IV Sasi receives Lifetime Achievement award from actors Kamal Haasan (C), Mohanlal (L) and Mammootty during the program ‘Utsavam- 2013’ in Kozhikode on Friday night. PTI Photo (PTI4_20_2013_000024B)

Trendsetting titan

I.V. Sasi (1948-2017), a giant among Malayalam film-makers, explored and dramatised the internal tensions and external conflicts of society in the pos

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