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Sanjay Mishra: Born Again

Lost for years in commercial cinema, Sanjay Mishra is finally being applauded as a prodigious talent

All About My Mother

Krishna Bose witnessed the ecstasy as well as the agony of freedom. Her memoirs, now translated into English by her son Sumantra Bose, chronicle history's passion play

Tamilarasi Shanmugam: Drama Queen

Tamilarasi Shanmugam has stormed the male bastion of Kattaikkuttu, a form of Tamil folk theatre that is staging a dramatic comeback

Tabu: The Perfectionist

What is it that makes her one of Hindi cinema's originals? Tabu talks about her new movie Drishyam and more

Gour Hari Das: Portrait of a Fighter

A biopic on a freedom fighter’s Gandhian struggle against cynicism and apathy brings out a rare kind of heroism

Killa: The Age of Innocence

The coming-of-age film Killa marks the emergence of a new genre in Marathi cinema

Baba Sehgal Reborn

The long forgotten Baba Sehgal, written off as too silly to be modern, reinvents himself as an internet star

Musical Instruments: The Sound of Creation

A host of new musical instruments are born in India. A lowdown

Bajrangi Bhaijaan: Khan & Khan

Kabir Khan’s latest film, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, explores his pet themes of religious identity and soft borders. The filmmaker in conversation with Open

Gurvinder Singh: Punjabi Pastoral

Gurvinder Singh has made rural chic look authentic in his Punjabi films

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