Tagged Under: Cinema

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  Cinemascope, Insight May '22

  ‘Aa jaane jaan . . .’

  By Jia Mata, Lipikor

  Jia Mata and Lipikor on portrayals of female desire in Bollywood films and songs

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  Cinemascope Apr '22

  Queering the marriage story pitch

  By Karthik Hebbar

  Karthik Hebbar reviews 'Gay India Matrimony', a documentary film by Debalina, one of India’s most exciting queer filmmakers

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  Cinemascope Jul '21

  On being queer and Sikh in India

  By Shivalal Gautam

  ‘Sab Rab De Bande’ is an impressive debut film on a sensitive subject by queer activist Sukhdeep Singh, says Shivalal Gautam

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  Cinemascope Jul '20

  Living on in death

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  Debjyoti Ghosh reviews Leonard Cortana’s short documentary 'Marielle’s Legacy Will Not Die'

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  Cinemascope, Insight Apr '19

  All the world’s a stage, and an act

  By Jia Mata

  Jia Mata on a new short film that does not tick all the gender boxes in a conventional way

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  Vartanama May '18

  Cinema of questioning the world order

  By Pawan Dhall

  The summers just got that much more intense with some gripping cinema!

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  Vartanama Mar '18

  Little women versus patriarchy – and the winner is . . .

  By Pawan Dhall

  Morning newspapers are all about marvelling with horror at the survival challenges we as a deeply unequal society throw at our girls and women. And then I marvel some more...

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  Travel Travel, Vartanama Jan '18

  No Eden anywhere?

  By Sayan Bhattacharya

  When I was asked to write the 'Varta' editorial for this month, I was in a fix. How does one write about yet another year ending and another beginning?

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  Vartanama Nov '17

  Down, but not out!

  By Pawan Dhall

  Three of the articles in this issue of 'Varta' talk about the continued hardships faced by transgender and intersex people in India. All jab us in the eye at how far...

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  Cinemascope, Insight

  Cinema, commerce and causes

  By Nitin Karani

  Campaigns to highlight different human rights issues are just past, ongoing or round the corner. Last year saw a spate of Bollywood films on many of these issues. How true...

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  Travel Travel, Vartanama Jan '17

  Art in museums, films, ropes and charpoys

  By Pawan Dhall

  I think I’m passing through a happy hours phase. No, not for guzzling beer or cheap Internet services; rather this is about being invigorated by the arts in all their...

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  Clickhappy! Dec '16

  Cinema, erotic poetry, music and moves

  By Pawan Dhall, Prosenjit Pal

  Prosenjit Pal and Pawan Dhall were at the ‘Hang Out with KRPF’, a queer evening of arts and adda graciously hosted by Alliance Française du Bengale, Kolkata on December 2, 2016...