Amitabha Bhattacharya | | Published 16.02.21, 12:06 AM
The lukewarm preparedness for the centenary celebrations of Satyajit Ray’s birth on May 2, 2021 ascribed largely to the pandemic raises many questions. Sporadic efforts notwithstanding, the occasion is not on the public radar owing to a variety of factors. But should not a nation remember and pay homage to one of its most illustrious sons? The centenary is an appropriate occasion to watch his films, read his books, and ensure that his artistic creations reach far and wide. Since Ray, like Tagore before him, is known mostly for a singular achievement as the director of The Apu Trilogy and an Oscar-winner an attempt should be made to disseminate his body of work among the large swathe of the unreached.
How Malayali filmmaker Sijo Rocky ended up helming the Marathi movie ‘Preetam’
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Kannur-based Sijo Rocky s directorial début ‘Preetam’, which hits screens soon, is set in the heartland of Maharashtra and features a Marathi cast
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Kannur-based Sijo Rocky s directorial début ‘Preetam’, which hits screens soon, is set in the heartland of Maharashtra and features a Marathi cast
The upcoming Marathi romantic drama
Preetam bears an indelible Malayali touch. Directorial début of ad filmmaker Sijo Rocky from Kannur, Kerala,
Preetam is set in the heartland of Maharashtra and features an all-Marathi cast. Sijo says
February 04, 2021
Shooting star: This year, Rao is making a conscious choice not to do too many small-town comedies
Shooting star: This year, Rao is making a conscious choice not to do too many small-town comedies×
The method actor has lived a multitude of lives in his decade-long acting career. And he is waiting for more His most recent release
The White Tiger, based on the Booker-winning novel of the same name by Aravind Adiga, has been trending worldwide on Netflix ever since its release last month In 2008, during his first year at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, he was cast in a short film as a rickshaw puller. He stopped wearing chappals for a whole week, walking barefoot to class and subsisted on eating half a meal a day to experience hunger pangs
My character in ‘The White Tiger’ is a bit dark, says actor Nalneesh Neel
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Actor Nalneesh Neel talks about playing the man with vitiligo in Netflix film ‘The White Tiger’
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Actor Nalneesh Neel talks about playing the man with vitiligo in Netflix film ‘The White Tiger’ Actor Nalneesh Neel says he could not have asked for a better début in Hollywood than playing Vitiligo (the character suffers from vitiligo and is named such) in the recent Netflix release
The White Tiger. Directed by Ramin Bahrani, the film also stars Priyanka Chopra, Rajkummar Rao, Adarsh Gaurav and Mahesh Manjrekar. Nalneesh’s Vitiligo is the leader of a drivers gang that lives in the basement; he recalls playing the character as a “learning and humbling” experience.
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High spirits: An IAF pilot, with her mother and grandmother, on graduation day at the Air Force Academy near Hyderabad (Photo: ANI)
The 2010s were a decade which shook India as women, in both urban and rural areas, hit the streets in unprecedented numbers as a mark of protest on various issues. It began in 2012 when, for the first time, thousands of young urban women stood outside India Gate in the heart of New Delhi to protest against the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman in the capital. Images of the protesting women being dragged away by the police and blasted with tear gas remain vivid in memory because these were neither politically motivated nor organised protests. They were ordinary women who had stepped out in solidarity against rape and the poor conviction rate in crimes against women in India.