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Qala (2022): The Anatomy of Guilt

Qala (2022): The Anatomy of Guilt: In human behavioral psychology, one of the first responses we yearn for and receive is that of the mother’s validation. Geared towards this positive response, we…

Qala (2022) Movie Explained

Qala (2022) Movie Ending Explained

Qala (2022) Movie Explained: Early on in Anvita Dutt’s Qala, its titular lead prioritizes a woman journalist in a room full of male journalists who want to get a bite of her.…

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Qala (2022) Review: A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman

Qala (2022) Review: Set in pre-Independence India, Qala (played by Triptii Dimri) is one of India’s popular contemporary playback singers. She is introduced in the film holding the Golden Vinyl and flocked…

15 Indian Movies that Centre Around a Dysfunctional Family

15 Indian Movies that Centre Around a Dysfunctional Family: “Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Is it,…

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Titli [2015]: A Terrifying Investigation of the Dog-eat-Dog World

Titli is not a story of a dysfunctional family, because calling these set of ruthless people dysfunctional will be an understatement. But even in this relentlessly downbeat tale of ghastly inane characters there is a coming-of-age film that’s just looking for proper wings to fly away from the gun & the hammer. The title character Titli is not a butterfly because not even in it’s lightest moments you see any glimmer of beauty. But he is a spider who is hanging by a very thin thread of lies, betrayal and double-cross, and yet he is trying hard, not fall off.