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BABA AZMI’S UPLIFTING FILM ‘MEE RAQSAM’ ENCOURAGES US TO PURSUE OUR DREAMS

BABA AZMI’S UPLIFTING FILM ‘MEE RAQSAM’ ENCOURAGES US TO PURSUE OUR DREAMS

March 6, 2021

Baba Azmi’s ‘Mee Raqsam’ was recently screened at the 3rd Azamgarh International Film Festival. The film, which was released last year on ZEE5, shares a special relationship with Azamgarh. Baba Azmi’s legendary poet father Kaifi Azmi had a deep desire to make a film in his native village, Mijwaan, situated...

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ALLISON JANNEY SHINES IN AN OTHERWISE HALF-BAKED DARK SATIRE ABOUT THE UNQUENCHABLE AMERICAN DESIRE FOR FAME

ALLISON JANNEY SHINES IN AN OTHERWISE HALF-BAKED DARK SATIRE ABOUT THE UNQUENCHABLE AMERICAN DESIRE FOR FAME

February 23, 2021

Time and again we have seen in American films how far people are willing to go to become famous. And the quicker they can achieve the fame the better it is for them. For, patience is certainly not one of their virtues. Perhaps, the best example of this is Martin...

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‘OUR FRIEND’ IS REPLETE WITH BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS OF LOVE AND KINDNESS

‘OUR FRIEND’ IS REPLETE WITH BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS OF LOVE AND KINDNESS

February 17, 2021

There is something about films that deal with characters battling cancer that attract storytellers the world over. Invariably such stories end with someone dying. And so right from the onset, we know what we are up for. And yet as viewers, we want to watch it unfold right in front...

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WANDAVISION’S SITCOM NOSTALGIA SETS THE STAGE FOR A JAW-DROPPING MID-SEASON TWIST

WANDAVISION’S SITCOM NOSTALGIA SETS THE STAGE FOR A JAW-DROPPING MID-SEASON TWIST

February 12, 2021

The new Disney+ series “WandaVision” based on the Marvel Comics characters Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch and Vision is a strong reminder why American television is on a roll.   In recent times, we are witnessing some of the most fascinating experiments taking place in American television space. In fact, it...

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‘THE DIG’ IS A COMPELLING DRAMA ABOUT A GREAT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY

‘THE DIG’ IS A COMPELLING DRAMA ABOUT A GREAT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY

February 6, 2021

The legendary 16th-century Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes famously said, “For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause them to swerve from the path of truth, whose mother is history, the rival of time, the depository of great...

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Jared Padalecki’s ‘Walker’ leaves a lot to be desired

Jared Padalecki’s ‘Walker’ leaves a lot to be desired

January 30, 2021

‘Walker’, the new series by the CW Television Network (available in India on Voot Select), has the typical American vibe. We have a workaholic cop father for whom his duty is everything; all other things come second. Naturally, it comes at a price. His children are suffering as he is...

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LOADED WITH HOPE AND OPTIMISM, ‘THE LAST COLOR’ IS VIKAS KHANNA’S ODE TO BENARES

LOADED WITH HOPE AND OPTIMISM, ‘THE LAST COLOR’ IS VIKAS KHANNA’S ODE TO BENARES

January 23, 2021

“Can the city of the dead also outlast the rest of extant civilisation? Can a vast number of its women in white really remember the meaning of color? Can a foundling from a garbage dump pay homage to a corpse in the joyous pinks and reds of Holi? Some say,...

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FREE FROM NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS, ‘BHUVAN SHOME’ IS AN UNDISPUTED MASTERWORK

FREE FROM NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS, ‘BHUVAN SHOME’ IS AN UNDISPUTED MASTERWORK

January 16, 2021

MUBI is known for bringing cinematic classics back in limelight. The platform has started the New Year 2021 by showcasing a rare gem of Indian cinema, the 1969 classic by the legendary Mrinal Sen, for cinephiles in India as well as abroad. Sen, who was one of the leading filmmakers...

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‘Kaagaz’ marks Satish Kaushik’s emphatic return to direction

‘Kaagaz’ marks Satish Kaushik’s emphatic return to direction

January 9, 2021

Films based on real events have tremendously grown in popularity in recent years as far as Bollywood is concerned. Amongst these, the most popular ones, of course, are the biographical films, also known as biopics. Now, the sudden increase in the number of biopics has surprised one and all. It’s...

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AK vs AK is a pretentious, self-indulgent film that offers little novelty

AK vs AK is a pretentious, self-indulgent film that offers little novelty

January 2, 2021

“Metacinema, also meta-cinema, is a mode of filmmaking in which the film informs the audience that they are watching a work of fiction,” as per Wikipedia. In other words, it often references to its own production, thereby working against the narrative conventions that aim to create an immersive experience for...

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