Saturday, April 20, 2024

Topic: cinema

Art Deco, aspiration, and air in middle cinema

I was already a mother when I first came to know that the house I live in is called Art Deco by architects and academics.

Art and propaganda: Reclaim narratives

Cinema, with its immense reach and persuasive capabilities, has often served as a potent weapon for dominant groups to reinforce their ideologies and influence...

“New laws on censorship can change face of Indian cinema forever,” filmmakers on Cinematograph Bill

National award winning documentary director and TISS Mumbai faculty Shilpi Gulati, Malayalam filmmaker Muhsin Parari, film critic and director Rajesh Rajamani and the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) students union president Aadhith V Sathwin speak to Maktoob about Narendra Modi government's new draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021.

Revisiting IFFR: Watching Indian Cinema in a European Festival

The fiftieth edition of the International Film Festival of Rotterdam has come to a close in the last week. The festival programme was divided...

The ethics of seeing: Watching Halal Love Story

The cinema tries to trace a specific time period of a Muslim everyday.

Anil Kapoor and Govinda announce Deewana Mastana 2 on Nach Baliye, John Abraham to be a part of it

27 years later, Govinda and Anil Kapoor are set to reunite with the sequel of Deewana Mastana. The duo made the announcement on the grand finale of Nach Baliye this weekend. They also confirmed John Abraham will be a part of Deewana Mastana 2.