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The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future

The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future

August 3, 2025
Santosh Kumar Mamgain
Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

August 2, 2025
Manav
Go Ah-sung as Park Hyun-seo in Bong Joon-ho's 'The Host' (2006)

Neocolonial Anxieties in Bong Joon-ho’s ‘The Host’ (2006)

August 2, 2025
Shahim Sheikh
Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-edaโ€™s Cinemaย 

Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-edaโ€™s Cinemaย 

July 31, 2025
Anju Devadas
Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They've Read Camus?ย 

Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They’ve Read Camus?ย 

July 30, 2025
Bipasha Bhattacharyya
Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย  and His Mirrorย 
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Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย and His Mirrorย 

Subhashree Paul July 30, 2025July 30, 2025
The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindhanโ€™s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)
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The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindhanโ€™s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)

Rugmini Dinu July 30, 2025July 30, 2025
Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜chidambaramโ€™
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Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜Chidambaramโ€™ (1985)

Anju Devadas July 28, 2025August 3, 2025

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The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future
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The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future

Santosh Kumar Mamgain August 3, 2025August 3, 2025
Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion
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Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

Manav August 2, 2025August 3, 2025
Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They've Read Camus?ย 
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Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They’ve Read Camus?ย 

Bipasha Bhattacharyya July 30, 2025July 30, 2025

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The Grief in Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity

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Shikhar Verma
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Mise-en-scรจne in Brokeback Mountain (2005)

August 19, 2020
Purusharth Chawla
Ishq
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How the 2019 Malayalam film Ishq showed a middle finger to toxic masculinity

August 5, 2020
Jeeva Pitchaimani
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The Artist Versus The Technocrat

August 1, 2020
Jeeva Pitchaimani
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Revisiting Aamir Khanโ€™s Taare Zameen Par after reading Carl Honorรฉโ€™s In Praise of Slowness

July 29, 2020
Ayan Dawn
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How Masaan (2015) Divorces Women’s Desire From Shame

July 28, 2020
Kudrat Wadhwa
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The Weaker Sex in Breaking Bad

July 28, 2020
Jeeva Pitchaimani
Songs From Far Away Land
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Songs From Far Away Land (2020) Short Film Review: A Mournful Recollection

July 17, 2020
Ashwani Kumar
Article · Essay

How Bacurau Creates a Political Narrative Through Archetypes and Self-Awareness

July 7, 2020
Joรฃo Victor Montuori
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Hitchcock and His Emotional Minefield

June 21, 2020
Ishita Ahuja

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The Handmaidโ€™s Tale [2017- ]: A Reflection of Both the Past and the Future
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The Handmaidโ€™s Tale [2017- ]: A Reflection of Both the Past and the Future

highonfilms May 27, 2021

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Contact (1997): Revisiting The Underrated Sci-Fi 24-Years On
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Contact (1997): Revisiting The Underrated Sci-Fi 24-Years On

Priya Singh October 6, 2021

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The Performance of Toiletry : Two Bollywood Female Protagonists and Self-Expression
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The Performance of Toiletry : Two Bollywood Female Protagonists and Self-Expression

Ahendrila Goswami August 14, 2021

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Nomadland (2020) And Its Most Elite Trifecta
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Nomadland (2020) And Its Most Elite Trifecta

highonfilms May 27, 2021

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How Haneke plays with the audience expectations in ‘Funny Games’
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How Haneke plays with the audience expectations in ‘Funny Games’

Shikhar Verma May 24, 2021

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Magnolia (1999) : An Epic Melodrama Somewhere Between Ingenuity And Insanity
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Magnolia (1999) : An Epic Melodrama Somewhere Between Ingenuity And Insanity

Shahim Sheikh June 2, 2021

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Akaler Sandhane (1980) : A Famine within A Famine
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Akaler Sandhane (1980) : A Famine within A Famine

Sayan Dutta February 13, 2022

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How โ€œThe 400 Blowsโ€ Deviates From Classical Conventions of Narration?
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How โ€œThe 400 Blowsโ€ Deviates From Classical Conventions of Narration?

highonfilms May 20, 2021

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The Night Comes For Us (2018): Elevating the Indonesian Extreme Action Genre
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The Night Comes For Us (2018): Elevating the Indonesian Extreme Action Genre

highonfilms May 18, 2021

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