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Doha Film Institute launches new festival for international first & second films »

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The Doha Film Institute (DFI) has launched the new Qumra Film Festival to focus on emerging directors and expand…

May 19 2013 / Read More »

Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly receives extreme reviews at Cannes »

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Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly has received extreme responses from critics after its Cannes premiere on Friday. Twitchfilm’s Brian Clark Found…

May 19 2013 / Read More »

Anurag Kashyap to receive French honour at Cannes »

Screening schedule of Indian films at Cannes: “Ugly” premieres today »

“Fire in the Blood” wins DOXA Feature Documentary Award at Vancouver »

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Mira Nair

Chasing ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ dream »

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist-was realized through a long and arduous journey, full of ups and downs, just like any independent filmmaker in any part of the world would have it. Investors…

May 18 2013 / Read More »

Features & Opinion

Remembering Saadat Hasan Manto »

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If Saadat Hasan Manto had been living, he would have been a centenarian, thirty-five years older than the Indian nation he loved…

May 11 2013 / Read More »

What makes Guneet Monga the most successful indie producer at 29? »

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A journey into the world of the most sought after Independent producer of Mumbai, Guneet Monga…

May 11 2013 / Read More »
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Cannes Myths Busted: India at Cannes 2013 »

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When it comes to the coverage of the 66th Cannes Film Festival starting today, mainstream media outlets’ obsession with celebrities seems to be getting the better of them. Playboy Girl…

May 15 2013 / Read More »

Reviews

Riz Ahmed in Mira Nair's "The Reluctant Fundamentalist"

Film Review: Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist »

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Mira Nair delivers a masterful film that rides high on the minimal expectations of the audiences and turns each scene into a cruel exercise of meeting as well as challenging…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

Bombay Talkies: Clash of two cinemas of Bombay »

Nawazuddin Siddiqui delivers a powerful performance in Bombay Talkies

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“Bombay Talkies” marks the boundaries clearly between the star-powered Bollywood and director-driven New Hindi Cinema. It also speaks of the growing influence…

May 4 2013 / Read More »

Midnight’s Children: Two Authors in Search of a Film »

Salman Rushdie and Deepa Mehta, Midnight's Children

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Midnight’s Children may be a good pictured novel for the post-Slumdog age in which images themselves become the story and we are…

Apr 30 2013 / Read More »
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