Ten films guaranteed to scare the daylights out of you at the RLFF 2026
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Sakshi is a sub-editor at the Outlook Entertainment Desk. She’s also a documentary filmmaker and mixed-media artist based in Mumbai.
TFCA president Johanna Schneller mentioned that Tailfeathers’ speech was shortened “to maintain the timing of the awards show,” not for political reasons. She later stepped down alongside others, while the association says it will adopt new steps to prevent future censorship.
Actor Mona Singh reflects on a journey spanning over two decades, tracing her evolution across television, films and OTT. She speaks about the importance of mindfulness and self-assurance in shaping the choices that have defined her career.
Tighee (2026) emerges as a triumphant Marathi film that explores childhood trauma, womanhood and the pursuit of a better life—woven into a luminous tale of grit and survival.
Screenwriter Sumit Arora reflects on his craft, tracing his journey from a seventeen-year-old hopeful writer to a leading voice in the industry and the lessons learned along the way.
American war cinema has repeatedly portrayed military invasions as heroic and justified as much as they’ve depicted foreign lands as volatile spaces that need intervention. These films shape how audiences perceive war, gradually normalising militarisation and surveillance in the garb of nationalism.
Women are not just victims or side characters in recent crime-and-power OTT dramas. They are complex forces—capable of empathy, strategy and ruthlessness—whose narratives demand both recognition and reckoning
Women in cop dramas destabilise institutional hierarchies and gendered assumptions and present the possibility of investigative authorities as empathetic, occasionally flawed and fully realised individuals.
In the skeleton of a “nukkad naatak” (street play) emerges the story of two youngsters, Molshri and Shivang, whose presence steadies and sustains this modest social-cause drama, despite its flaws.
The romantic Marine Drive continues to circulate on screen while daily life unfolds through infrastructural fatigue and emotional depletion. Despite its failures, Mumbai continues to function as a myth.
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