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The multilingual approach does not just translate words from one language to another; it introduces one culture to another and inculcates in us the curiosity to open the door to worlds we never even knew existed.

"Pather Panchali" was one of the first Indian films to garner international attention, and it helped to establish the cultural movement known as parallel cinema. 

Only one Indian film found a spot on Time's list of the best films of the last 10 decades. The list begins with The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920) and ends with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).

The film is headlined by Ahmed Rubel and Moutushi Biswas

Film scholar Suresh Chabria unpacks the meaning of nostalgia in a digital age.

Satyajit Ray combined in himself the spirit of the traditional and the mind of the modern. For a long time, Indian cinema was synonymous with him to the world outside.

National Award-winning director Subhrajit Mitra chats about his aborted film Aagunpakhi and how that made him take the road much travelled

CIMA Gallery’s current exhibition, on till July 30, charts ‘Art from Independent India’ over 75 years

Parambrata Chattopadhyay’s tribute to the celebrated Bengali actor has been premiered at the International Film Festival of India.

Revisiting Bengali films in the 100th year of Indian cinema May 20, 2013, 12:25 PM IST Sharmistha Gooptu is a film scholar and has a PhD in history from the University of Chicago. She is a founder and managing trustee of the South Asia Research Foundation (SARF), and editor of the online South Asia Archive. She is also the joint editor of the journal South Asian History and Culture (Routledge) and the Routledge South Asian History and Culture book series. LESS... MORE As Indi...