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‘All artists are essentially propagandists’

Two decades after Khosla Ka Ghosla, Dibakar Banerjee remains one of the most original and influential voices in Hindi cinema. The celebrated filmmaker, speaking at The Hindu MIND event moderated by Anuj Kumar, said artists with diverse views are essential for a society to prevent a monolithic, bullying structure. Edited excerpts: It has been 20 years since you…

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‘All artists are essentially propagandists’

Two decades after Khosla Ka Ghosla, Dibakar Banerjee remains one of the most original and influential voices in Hindi cinema. The celebrated filmmaker, speaking at The Hindu MIND event moderated by Anuj Kumar, said artists with diverse views are essential for a society to prevent a monolithic, bullying structure. Edited excerpts: It has been 20 years since you…

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Dibakar Banerjee on shelved Netflix film ‘Tees’: A society gets the culture it deserves

The way production houses and streaming platforms are vetting content with political undertones, soon we could have a separate column in annual appraisals listing films that could not reach audiences due to self-censorship. One film that could not make it to year-enders in 2024 is Dibakar Banerjee’s Tees because of what he calls “casual suppression of freedom…

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