Gulammohammed Sheikh Retrospective: 60 Years of Indian History in Prints
Gallery Sumukha, at Wilson Garden, Bengaluru, is currently hosting a retrospective of prints by the artist Gulammohammed Sheikh. While the first part, titled “Gulammohammed Sheikh: Graphic Prints”, ended on July 27 (from June 29), the second part, titled “Mind Prints: Digital Works”, is on until September 14 (from August 17).
WHITE SPACE | Kolkata’s Trincas Restaurant and Bar is one of the Few Queer-Friendly Hangouts in India
Anand Puri, a member of the third generation of the family that owns the legendary Trincas restaurant in Kolkata, has a mystery to solve: the rainbow pride flag hanging outside Trincas routinely goes missing. “I don’t think it’s homophobia because nothing is ever defaced,” says Puri. “I think it’s some
INTERVIEW | We want to work towards safe and equal spaces for women in the Malayalam film industry: Revathi
WATCH | R.K. Radhakrishnan in conversation with actor Revathi Inclusive dialogue and discussions with all film bodies are required for real change to take place says Revathi. | Video Credit: Interview: R.K. Radhakrishnan; Production Assistant: Saatvika Radhakrishna and Mridula V; Camera and Editing: Samson Ronald K.; Produced By: Jinoy Jose
Interview| We Want to Work Towards Safe and Equal Spaces for Women in the Malayalam Film Industry: Revathi:
In light of the Hema Committee report on the Malayalam film industry, actor and director Revathi discusses industry changes in an interview with Frontline. She speaks about the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC), an organisation she co-founded in 2017. The WCC aims to address longstanding issues within the film sector.
PROFILE | Deepika Padukone’s Recent Roles are a Far Cry from the Characters that Made her a Star
Homi Adajania’s Cocktail (2012) was a rip in Hindi cinema. In the film, the actor Deepika Padukone’s Veronica, a spoilt brat, takes in Meera (Diana Penty) who was abandoned by her husband after he married her under false pretences. Here was a woman who wore her sexual desire and her
It’s All About Power and the Entitlement To Misuse It: Actor Sreelekha Mitra
WATCH | Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay in conversation with actor Sreelekha Mitra Actor speaks about rampant sexual harassment in Indian cinema, its normalisation across regional industries, and her personal encounters with abuse. | Video Credit: Interview: Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay; Camera: Jayanta Shaw; Editing: Samson Ronald K.; Supervising Producer: Jinoy Jose P.
Ancient Carvings Challenge Simplistic Views of Hindu-Muslim Relations in Medieval Kashmir
Strolling inside the quadrangle of Kashmir’s 600-year-old Jamia Masjid, worshippers stop to take pictures of the mosque’s large steeple, its outlines sharpened against the backdrop of Hari Parbat, the famous fort-hill of Srinagar. What they usually overlook is a limestone plaque with Persian inscriptions embedded in the wall just above
COUNTER CULTURE | Vijay’s GOAT Expands Cinematic Joy While Shrinking Cinema Itself
The afternoon screening of GOAT was delayed by a bit; I expected this. The staff had to sweep the shards of confetti from between the cracks of seats and the carpeted floor from the previous show. They had been doing this after every screening, from 4:15 am onwards. It was the first
INTERVIEW | ‘It Cannot Get Dirtier, It Can Only Get Cleaner’: Bina Paul on Hema Committee Report Fallout
WATCH: National Award-winning editor and WCC co-founder, Bina Paul, believes that the feudal mindset existing in certain sections of the Malayalam film industry must go. | Video Credit: Interview by R.K. Radhakrishnan; Camera & Editing by Samson Ronald K., Produced by Jinoy Jose P. The Justice Hema Committee report released
How the Women in Cinema Collective Introduced a New Wave of Feminism in Kerala
One of the most remarkable things about Kerala in the 21st century is the recurrence of feminist revolts that are sometimes without a feminist. No, I do not mean state feminism. State feminism in Kerala, at least from the 1990s, has by now had three major effects. First, it