Director Lalit Vachani—whose latest documentary, Prisoner No. 626710 is Present, chronicles Umar Khalid’s journey from the 2016 JNU protests to his arrest in 2020—speaks about his intentions, motivations, and difficulties in making the film
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When the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting reprimanded Netflix for IC 814, were they performing a governing function or a political one?
Over the last few years, Kangana Ranaut has been an absolutist’s nightmare. A fine actor, who routinely sprays genocidal sermons, she has tested the most fair-minded folks.
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Post-2014, Bollywood’s political films have been a bit too enamoured by the Emergency and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. However, the trauma from these events is being used to funnel ideology
The RG Kar rape case startled the nation with its gruesome details. Then the victim’s identity and picture leaked on the social media, and the ‘content’ around it took a life of its own…
Pakistani musician Haniya Aslam, 46, passed away on August 11. Here, she’s remembered by her ‘sarhad paar’ collaborators – Shantanu Moitra and Swanand Kirkire.
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