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Migration, marriage, desire: Mithila Gupta on ‘Four Years Later’

  Is it any surprise Mithila Gupta, creator of SBS’s latest romance drama Four Years Later loves Shah Rukh Khan? An eight-episode series following Jaipur newlyweds...

‘The Rose Garden’ screening sparks mental health conversations

  How long does it take to rebuild family bonds that have ruptured? Nidhya Suresh’s ‘The Rose Garden’ explores this question in the form of...

A treat for cinema fans in India: Re-release of 2000s classics

  There’s something magical about re-entering a darkened cinema hall, popcorn in hand, as the opening titles of a classic film play on the screen....

The Buckingham Murders: Review

  The quiet town of Buckingham is rocked by a brutal crime in The Buckingham Murders, a taut crime thriller that explores the darker facets...

A.R Rahman returns to Aus in October

  What was that one factor that fuelled musician A.R Rahman’s rise to the top of his game as an unparallelled genius?  Canorous innovation? Compositional brilliance?...

Vir Srinivas’ film on the hidden victims of AI

  Mophat Okinyi has been named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in AI for 2024. A former content moderator, Nairobi-based Okinyi helped...

Call me bae: A Gen Z review

  Call Me Bae is like a fashionable cocktail of Emily in Paris meets Dil Dhadakne Do, but with a solid Gen Z twist. It’s...

Indian films and series to watch in September 2024

  Spring is here and it brings along a colourful box of entertainment for everyone. You can choose between glamourous sitcoms, crime thrillers, action films...

Girls Will Be Girls : IFFM bows out with defiant coming-of-age film

  Through the lens of sixteen-year-old Mira Kishore (Preeti Panigrahi in a breakout performance that won her the Special Jury Award for Acting at the...

Breaking boundaries: Dominic Sangma’s ‘Rapture’ at IFFM

  Dominic Sangma’s Rimdogittanga (Rapture) is a fascinatingly complex moral fable. Set in a remote village in Meghalaya – drawing from experiences of Sangma’s childhood...

Sholay turns 49 : Celebrating India’s greatest film ever

  In the grand tapestry of Indian Cinema, certain films stand as timeless landmarks, shaping the storytelling and defining its cultural impact for generations. One...

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