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Ananth Mahadevan interview: ‘I want my films to speak the language of global cinema’

Nawaid Anjum
27 April 2025 1:00 AM GMT

‘Phule’ director Ananth Mahadevan on the controversy over the film, facing cliques in serious cinema circles, pushing boundaries with each film, and why he doesn’t belong in Bollywood

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The Sky is Dirty-Spacejunk

The Dirty Sky: Filmmaker OP Srivastava on why space junk is earth’s next big crisis

26 April 2025 1:00 AM GMT

Magen David (Shield of David) synagogue

What Kolkata’s synagogues reveal about the City of Joy’s Jewish heritage

24 April 2025 5:30 AM GMT

Jeyamohan talks about his memoir, Of Men, Women and Witches

Jeyamohan interview: ‘Devastated by my mother’s death, I found refuge in writing’

23 April 2025 8:31 AM GMT

Bookstores

World Book Day: Bookshops in India will vanish unless government steps in

23 April 2025 1:00 AM GMT

Latika Katt

How Latika Katt chiselled a bold, modernist language for Indian sculpture

20 April 2025 1:00 AM GMT

AI in films

How Artificial Intelligence is shaping the future of Indian filmmaking

19 April 2025 1:00 AM GMT

Food-FOMO-Restaurant booking

How to eat out in Bangalore without losing your mind (or the table)

17 April 2025 12:26 PM GMT

Parvathi Nayar

Parvathi Nayar on how art helps us think about what it means to be human

15 April 2025 3:38 PM GMT

Vivek Anchalia-Naisha

Vivek Anchalia on Naisha, a full-length AI-powered film, and use of AI in filmmaking

13 April 2025 2:00 AM GMT

Feminist Manifesto: Expat Malayalis’ play wins hearts at Thrissur theatre festival

Feminist Manifesto: Expat Malayalis’ play wins hearts at Thrissur theatre festival

12 April 2025 2:56 AM GMT

HeartLamp-DeepaBhasthi-Banu Mushtaq

Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp makes it to International Booker Prize shortlist

8 April 2025 5:08 PM GMT

Alpana-Bengal-floorart

How Alpana, the floor art of Bengal, became a part of its culture milieu

7 April 2025 5:30 AM GMT

Manoj Kumar

Manoj Kumar obit: How the actor-filmmaker gave patriotism a face on screen

5 April 2025 3:54 AM GMT

Kannada films, Sati Sulochana, Talkie

The return of Sati Sulochana, the first Kannada talkie

Muralidhara Khajane
30 March 2025 2:32 PM GMT

P Sheshadri, the first Kannada filmmaker to win a National Award eight times consecutively, is now all set to create history by recreating the magic...

DocuBay, The Dupatta Killer, Mahanand Naik

Tracing the lives, hopes and end of the victims of The Dupatta Killer

28 March 2025 8:42 AM GMT

Voice For The Voiceless, The Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama on how he fled his home in Lhasa after Chinese oppression

27 March 2025 8:51 AM GMT

Hindu Nationalism in South India: Why a saffron surge is building in favour of BJP in Kerala

Hindu Nationalism in South India: Why a saffron surge is building in favour of BJP in Kerala

27 March 2025 5:17 AM GMT

Kunal Kamra

Kunal Kamra: The stand-up comedian, satirist, and the man who won’t shut up

26 March 2025 8:52 AM GMT

Bride and Prejudice

Bride and Prejudice: How Gurinder Chadha gave Jane Austen’s novel a Bollywood twist

25 March 2025 1:00 AM GMT

India Bartender Week: How Minakshi Singh is raising the bar for India’s cocktail culture

India Bartender Week: How Minakshi Singh is raising the bar for India’s cocktail culture

24 March 2025 5:18 AM GMT

5 years of Covid lockdown: From WFH to OTT, 5 changes that stayed on

5 years of Covid lockdown: From WFH to OTT, 5 changes that stayed on

24 March 2025 1:00 AM GMT

Maahir Khan on ‘Buzz’ and Eric D’Souza

Buzz: Maahir Khan on telling tattoo artist Eric D’Souza’s story through a documentary

23 March 2025 4:22 AM GMT

Adolescence

Adolescence: A terrifying descent into the dark web of misogyny, teenage rage

20 March 2025 10:50 AM GMT

Pico Iyer

Pico Iyer interview: ‘It’s the best in others that I feel most strongly in silence’

19 March 2025 1:00 AM GMT

Caravaggio

Caravaggio’s painting ‘Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy’ comes to Delhi in April

18 March 2025 1:10 PM GMT

Pico Iyer -Learning from Silence

Pico Iyer interview: How to use language to bring silence into the conversation

18 March 2025 1:00 AM GMT

Aamir Khan at 60

Aamir Khan at 60: The ‘perfectionist’ who remains Bollywood’s grandmaster of surprises

17 March 2025 8:30 AM GMT

Bangalore small bars

Small, intimate bars are the next big idea in Bangalore’s drinking culture

16 March 2025 1:00 AM GMT

In Pursuit of Peace Improving Indo-Pak Relations

New book on India-Pakistan relations urges return to dialogue, reconciliation

15 March 2025 4:13 AM GMT