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Art & Culture

Tasneem Zakaria Mehta: The Revivalist

How Tasneem Zakaria Mehta transformed Mumbai’s Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum into one of the country’s most buzzy and contemporary spaces for Indian art

Unfreedom: Now not showing

Unfreedom and the difficulty of screening a movie that features lesbians in India

Zoya Akhtar: The soothsayer of affluence

With her latest release, Zoya Akhtar reclaims her space as the storyteller of poor little rich people

Saving Kutiyattam

The National Award-winning documentary Kapila revives popular interest in an ancient dance form by portraying it through the eyes of one of its most talented exponents in Kerala

Kaaka Muttai: A slice of life

Kaaka Muttai, a small film about two slum boys and their yearning for pizza, has struck gold at the box office and showcased a new language of filmmaking in Tamil

‘A Cappella’ music: Masala Mania

South Asian ‘a cappella’ bands have become a new craze on college campuses abroad

Indians on American TV

The nerdy immigrant with a strange accent is giving way to a different kind of Indian on American TV

Cinema: Small & Smarter

Almost all of Bollywood’s hits this year have been modest budget films with feisty female protagonists

Neeraj Ghaywan: Reborn at Cannes

Neeraj Ghaywan’s debut set in the backdrop of the Ganga gets a glorious opening. The director in conversation with Open

Dheepan: A tiger burns bright at Cannes

Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan, the story of a former Tiger’s second life in France, rendered partly in Tamil, has won the Palme d’Or at Cannes

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