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Ektara Collective, Mukulika R
Ektara Collective: Building Resistance, One Film a Time
11 Dec 2020
For a long time, cinema was controlled by certain classes and castes that shaped mainstream narrative and aesthetics.
Newsclick Report
Legendary Actor Soumitra Chatterjee Passes Away at 85
15 Nov 2020
The iconic actor has a repertoire of over 250 films with directors such as Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen etc.
Dipanjan Sinha
Taking Theatre to Streets Amid the Pandemic
30 Aug 2020
While theatre artists have been left neglected by the government, members of Angikar, a local chapter of the IPTA in Kolkata, has taken up to spread awareness about COVID-19 and support the theatre…
Indian Cultural Forum
Girish Karnad: A Man who Packed the Work of Many Lives into One
11 Jun 2020
AN EXCERPT FROM 'WHEN MIRRORS ARE WINDOWS'
Ajay Gudavarthy
Intimate Death of an Actor
05 May 2020
In his persona and in the characters he portrayed there was something we could identify with and say, “I am Irrfan”.
PTI
One of India’s Finest Actors Irrfan Khan Dead at 54
29 Apr 2020
Irrfan, who was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour in 2018, is survived by his wife Sutapa and his sons Babil and Ayaan.
Newsclick & ICF Team
How Can Art Change the World? - Reminiscences and Reflections
22 Mar 2020
Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi and Moloyashree Hashmi sit down for a conversation about social movements and theatre.
PTI
Controversy Over Male Nudity in Malayalam Play Staged in Theatre Festival
28 Feb 2020
NSD issues notice to award-winning director Suveeran. Writer Paul Zacharia and former Kerala Culture Minister M A Baby back him.
Pankhuri Zaheer
Festival Diary: What Gandhi Would Have Told Asifa
18 Feb 2020
Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2020 gets real with plays themed on mob-lynching, gender, caste and some street theatre.
Pankhuri Zaheer
Festival Diary: An Ongoing Drama Linking Theatre to Life
11 Feb 2020
Ninety plays are being staged in the capital’s Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2020. Read about this week’s personal, political, and flights of fancy and next week’s line-up.