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

    Nawaid Anjum
    27 April 2025 6:30 AM IST

    ‘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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    Films
    The Sky is Dirty-Spacejunk
    Features

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

    26 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Magen David (Shield of David) synagogue
    Features

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

    24 April 2025 11:00 AM IST
    Jeyamohan talks about his memoir, Of Men, Women and Witches
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    Jeyamohan interview: ‘Devastated by my mother’s death, I found refuge in writing’

    23 April 2025 2:01 PM IST
    Bookstores

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

    23 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Latika Katt

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

    20 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
    AI in films

    How Artificial Intelligence is shaping the future of Indian filmmaking

    19 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Food-FOMO-Restaurant booking

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

    17 April 2025 5:56 PM IST
    Parvathi Nayar

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

    15 April 2025 9:08 PM IST
    Vivek Anchalia-Naisha

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

    13 April 2025 7:30 AM IST
    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 8:26 AM IST
    HeartLamp-DeepaBhasthi-Banu Mushtaq

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

    8 April 2025 10:38 PM IST
    Alpana-Bengal-floorart

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

    7 April 2025 11:00 AM IST
    Manoj Kumar

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

    5 April 2025 9:24 AM IST
    Kannada films, Sati Sulochana, Talkie

    The return of Sati Sulochana, the first Kannada talkie

    Muralidhara Khajane
    30 March 2025 8:02 PM IST

    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 2:12 PM IST
    Voice For The Voiceless, The Dalai Lama

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

    27 March 2025 2:21 PM IST
    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 10:47 AM IST
    Kunal Kamra

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

    26 March 2025 2:22 PM IST
    Bride and Prejudice

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

    25 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    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 10:48 AM IST
    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 6:30 AM IST
    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 9:52 AM IST
    Adolescence

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

    20 March 2025 4:20 PM IST
    Pico Iyer

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

    19 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Caravaggio

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

    18 March 2025 6:40 PM IST
    Pico Iyer -Learning from Silence

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

    18 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Aamir Khan at 60

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

    17 March 2025 2:00 PM IST
    Bangalore small bars

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

    16 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    In Pursuit of Peace Improving Indo-Pak Relations

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

    15 March 2025 9:43 AM IST
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