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I remember, throughout school, with every new Shakespeare book that was to be taught to us, the class would collectively groan, for we all assumed torture was upon us. Perhaps even today, such is the case. However, I remember my English teacher from high school, who never allowed us to fall into the pits of…
The album’s cover showcases Menty Jamir’s photo of singer-songwriter Ditty in the forests of Aravallis | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Verse by verse, chorus by chorus, singer-songwriter Ditty unfolds the uncomfortable layers of society in a sonic space so melodically comforting that it lulls the listener of her new album, KĀLĪ, into a dream of an…
Voicing Silence, a film production company, founded by actor-director and theatre practitioner Suchendra Prasad and Suchitra Film Society, Bengaluru, join hands to organise a four-day retrospective of the actor’s body of work, titled Samagama. The event commences on May 1 to mark Suchendra’s birthday and continues till May 4 and will screen six films written…
Ravi Varman | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Cinematographer Ravi Varman, known for his films like Anniyan, Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, Barfi!, Sanju and the Ponniyin Selvan films, has been inducted as a member of the world’s leading cinematographers’ organisation, the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). The veteran is the second Indian to be inducted into the organisation,…
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…
