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3 Dead, 9 Injured as Crane Crashes on Sets of Kamal Haasan's Film
20 Feb 2020
Those dead were assistant director Krishna, art assistant Chandran and Madhu, a production assistant, Lyca Productions said in a statement in Chennai.
PTI
Bong Joon Ho Creates Oscar History, ‘Parasite’ First Non-English Film to Bag Best Picture Award
10 Feb 2020
The South Korean twisted satire on class divide, which leap-frogged through 92 years of Oscars history, was up against 7 films, including by Tarantino and Scorsese.
Harshvardhan
Netflix India’s Jamtara: Old Wine in New Bottle
23 Jan 2020
The ten episodes of Jamtara explore the tragedy that has unfolded often on celluloid—the conflation of an idealist police officer, aspirational but amoral youth and a resistant, old, power structure…
Prannv Dhawan and Bhavya Arora
Chhapaak: A Critical Dialogue on a Complex Theme
13 Jan 2020
But the film succumbs to populist narratives on criminalisation.
Newsclick Production
What Is True Story of Panipat?
15 Dec 2019
In recent years, historical films have generated huge controversies. The recent film, Panipat, also has its share of controversies. Senior journalist Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay talks to historian Tanuja…
PTI
CAB Protest: National Awardee Jahnu Barua Pulls Out 'Bhoga Khirikee' from Assam Film Festival
10 Dec 2019
The Padma Bhushan awardee said he was anguished that leaders were "disrobing the motherland" only because of power politics.
Newsclick Team
The Dalit Identity in Indian Cinema. In Conversation with Pa. Ranjith
08 Dec 2019
Newsclick talks to Tamil filmmaker Pa. Rajnith, the director of Madras and Kaala, among other films, which have gained critical acclaim as well as commercial success.
PTI
IPTA’s Leading Light Shaukat Kaifi Passes Away at 93
23 Nov 2019
Shaukat Kaifi and her husband, Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi were stalwarts of the Left-leaning Indian People’s Theatre Association and Progressive Writers Association in their heyday.
Neelambaran A
Was the Goa IFFI an Award or Invitation to Rajinikanth?
23 Nov 2019
Questions are being raised about the timing of the award to the popular actor, who has been toying about plunging into Tamil Nadu politics, and has even praised BJP and its policies.
Anchal Bhatheja
Message For Bollywood: Dark is Not an Ugly Word
21 Nov 2019
How to end India’s obsession with skin colour, on-screen and off.