All articles by Namrata Joshi
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NewsNikhil Mahajan on his tiger thriller ‘Raavsaaheb’: “We were very concerned about crew safety”
Mahajan’s Marathi-language fourth feature is inspired by real deaths when tigers have strayed into human villages.
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FeaturesHow India’s female filmmakers are making bigger waves in 2024
Payal Kapadia’s ’All We Imagine As Light’ is just one of the standout female-directed films from India getting global attention
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Reviews‘Dead Dead Full Dead’: Fantasia Review
Two junior cops try and solve a murder in this supernatural mystery from India
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Reviews‘In Retreat’: Cannes Review
A nomad attempts to reconnect with to his North Indian home in this meditative debut playing in the ACID sidebar
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FeaturesWhy are award-winning Indian documentaries struggling to find audiences at home?
While Indian documentaries are riding high at international festivals, at home filmmakers are struggling to connect them to cinemagoers.
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Reviews‘The Adamant Girl’: Berlin Review
A road trip to a shaman forms the basis of Vinothraj PS’s follow-up to ‘Pebbles’
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Reviews‘The World Is Family’: IDFA Review
Veteran documentarian Anand Patwardhan turns the camera on his own parents to reflect on India’s turbulent history
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Reviews‘The Spark’: Busan Review
A filmmaker is out to wreak bloody revenge in this hybrid docu/drama set in the sacred Hindu city of Varanasi
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Reviews‘The Stranger’: Busan Review
A young Bangladeshi boy struggles to connect with his largely absent father – and his true self – in this coming-of-age drama
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Reviews‘Agra’: Cannes Review
The ugly cycle of domestic violence shadows Kanu Behl’s second feature
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FeaturesThe story behind Zarrar Kahn's Directors’ Fortnight title ‘In Flames’
Zarrar Kahn’s journey to premiering his debut feature In Flames in Directors’ Fortnight has traversed Pakistan, Canada and a series of international labs and markets.
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Reviews‘Bheed’: Review
Anubhav Sinha’s black-and-white drama takes an unflinching look at India’s Covid-19 migration crisis
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Reviews‘Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway’: Review
Rani Mukerji is a mother trying to reclaim her children in this Norway-set real-life drama
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Reviews‘Joram’: Rotterdam Review
Devashish Makhija’s cat-and-mouse thriller is a race across India’s troubled interior
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Reviews‘Pathaan’: Review
Bollywood emerges victorious from a troubled time with Shah Rukh Khan returning to the big screen as a Bond-like action hero
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Reviews‘Dogs’ ('Kuttey’): Review
Bollywood’s first major release of the year falls short of expectations
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Reviews‘Cirkus’: Review
Rohit Shetty’s extravagant take on ’The Comedy Of Errors’ is an exercise in excess
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Reviews‘Last Film Show’: Review
Oscar-shortlisted, semi-autobiographical drama witnesses an impoverished Indian boy attempt to escape into cinema
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Reviews‘Declaration’: Review
Mahesh Narayanan’s Netflix pick-up plays out in Delhi as a couple deals with the fallout from a sex tape
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Reviews‘Amar Colony’: Tallinn Review
Feature debut from India plays out inside a crumbling building in the teeming city of Shimla