Sonali Rajkumar Devnani's documentary, which had its World Premiere at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival 2025, unravels the exploitative labour underpinning faith.
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Cities are drawn by planners, but rewritten by people, through graffiti, sabotage, and spontaneous acts of defiance that turn ordinary spaces into living stories.
A coming-of-age story with immense possibilities flinches under its own emotional weight.
On his 45th death anniversary, remembering Mahanayak Uttam Kumar, who arrived at an uncertain, in-between time of grief and uprootedness in post-Partition Bengal, not just as a romantic lead but as the hope of a proposition: that life, even fractured, could be lived with absolute grace.
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There are different reasons behind the existence of slap stickers. Besides reclaiming the streets and promoting various businesses, they often run commentaries on political issues plaguing the cities they are found in
Momoko Seto's film is an allegory of displacement, resilience, and the will to root, even in the face of adversity.
Women’s anger in Hindi cinema, no longer confined to male validation, takes centre stage
Language is deeply political as it is a fundamental part of our identity. It doesn't just communicate ideas. It signals who we are, where we come from, and what we stand for.
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