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Articles with tag: cinema

Himanshu Rai: The Light of India

Rajesh Shankaran   Jun 9, 2009   interacts: 3

Before Danny Boyle, before Shyam Benegal, even before Merchant-Ivory and Bimal Roy, there was one Indian who was peddling Indian fare to the cinema audiences of Europe.

The Muslim Protagonist and the Past Three Years

Vaibhav Jain   Nov 11, 2008   interacts: 120

What better a movie to begin with than Rang De Basanti? RDB will stand out for long as ‘The Generation X Movie’ in the annals of Bollywood.

Revival of Passive Resistance in Indian Commercial Cinema

Vaibhav Jain   Feb 7, 2008

That non-violence is an integral and a much respected part of our culture, seems to have slowly escaped our memory.

Sex and Censorship in the Cinema

Abdul Mustafa   Dec 7, 2006   interacts: 78

There is a growing trend in cinema, especially so-called Independent and World Cinema, to show real sex on screen. This trend is especially true in Europe and raises the interesting question of censorship and its value and place in a civilised society.

A Cinephile’s Choice

Asif Naqshbandi   Aug 29, 2005   interacts: 81

These are films which I have watched again and again and which give me great pleasure whenever I watch them.

O’ Karachi Part III

Shahzad Kazi   May 13, 2005   interacts: 11

Shopping malls killing Karachi’s cinemas.

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