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Memory as Resistance: How โ€˜Hirak Rajar Desheโ€™ and โ€˜Chorusโ€™ Speak for the Silenced

Memory as Resistance: How โ€˜Hirak Rajar Desheโ€™ and โ€˜Chorusโ€™ Speak for the Silenced

June 17, 2025
Ishani Routh
When Grief Haunts More than Ghosts: Exploring Loss in โ€˜The Devilโ€™s Backbone,โ€™ โ€˜The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,โ€™ & โ€˜Donโ€™t Look Nowโ€™

When Grief Haunts More than Ghosts: Exploring Loss in โ€˜The Devilโ€™s Backbone,โ€™ โ€˜The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,โ€™ & โ€˜Donโ€™t Look Nowโ€™

June 17, 2025
Ajay Rahul Raja
The Crime Behind The Curtain: Looking Back at โ€˜Yavanika,โ€™ a Cinematic Masterpieceย 

The Crime Behind The Curtain: Looking Back at โ€˜Yavanika,โ€™ a Cinematic Masterpieceย 

June 16, 2025
Vaishnavi S
Stolen (2025) movie

Can HOPE Survive Between TWO INDIAS? Karan Tejpalโ€™s โ€˜Stolenโ€™ Brilliantly Attempts To Find Out

June 15, 2025
Ayan Dawn
Characterising the Space: The Cinematic Space as the Protagonist in โ€˜Laila Aur Satt Geetโ€™

Characterising the Space: The Cinematic Space as the Protagonist in โ€˜Laila Aur Satt Geetโ€™ (The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs, 2020)

June 15, 2025
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The Sanctuary of Nature through the Queer Frame
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The Sanctuary of Nature through the Queer Frame

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Popular Cinema in India: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of the Indian Cinema and Its Cinematic Tropes
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Popular Cinema in India: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of the Indian Cinema and Its Cinematic Tropes

Santosh Kumar Mamgain June 7, 2025June 8, 2025
What โ€˜Havocโ€™ Tells Us About Losing the Feel in Filmmaking?
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What โ€˜Havocโ€™ Tells Us About Losing the Feel in Filmmaking?

Ritesh Sharma June 7, 2025June 7, 2025

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Memory as Resistance: How โ€˜Hirak Rajar Desheโ€™ and โ€˜Chorusโ€™ Speak for the Silenced
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Memory as Resistance: How โ€˜Hirak Rajar Desheโ€™ and โ€˜Chorusโ€™ Speak for the Silenced

Ishani Routh June 17, 2025June 17, 2025
When Grief Haunts More than Ghosts: Exploring Loss in โ€˜The Devilโ€™s Backbone,โ€™ โ€˜The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,โ€™ & โ€˜Donโ€™t Look Nowโ€™
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When Grief Haunts More than Ghosts: Exploring Loss in โ€˜The Devilโ€™s Backbone,โ€™ โ€˜The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,โ€™ & โ€˜Donโ€™t Look Nowโ€™

Ajay Rahul Raja June 17, 2025June 17, 2025
Stolen (2025) movie
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Can HOPE Survive Between TWO INDIAS? Karan Tejpalโ€™s โ€˜Stolenโ€™ Brilliantly Attempts To Find Out

Ayan Dawn June 15, 2025June 15, 2025

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Marriage Story 2019
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Doubt Essay
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Doubt [2008]: A Crisis of Faith Leads to a Dissection of the Nature of Certainty

March 21, 2022
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The Kashmir Files
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The Kashmir Files: Does Loud Propaganda Negate An Unfortunate Incident In History?

March 19, 2022
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Wheel Of Fortune and Fantasy Part 2
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Wheel Of Fortune and Fantasy [2021] – A Complex Dish of Desire, Identity & Self-exploration served piping hot

March 4, 2022
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March 2, 2022
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Churuli (2021): A Transversal of Understanding Through the Debauchery of Language

February 15, 2022
Krishnanunni Padinjassery
Badhaai Do
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Shardul Thakur Comes Out of the Closet: A Nuanced Portrayal of Queerness in Badhaai Do

February 14, 2022
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Blind Chance (1987): A Flurry of Missed Opportunities Amidst Turbulent Times

February 9, 2022
Pranjal Singh
hana Bi 01
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Silence & Violence – How the Bank Robbery Scene in ‘Hana-Bi’ Discretely Disrupts Order, Whilst Maintaining its Facade

February 4, 2022
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Sorcerer's Stone 01 Harry, Ron and Hermoine
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20 Years Of Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone: What Made The Wizarding World So Enchanting

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Aryan Vyas

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