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June 22, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Cinema, Reviews

Jhilli Focuses on Life in a Garbage Dump

Ruchira reviews the film Jhilli, a shocking cinematic masterpiece that explores the struggles and endurance of marginalised populations in Indian metros – an exclusive for Different Truths. This is...

January 12, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Cinema, Reviews

A Mixed Fare: Tollywood Movies in 2022

Ruchira revisits and reviews nine Tollywood films, a mixed fare – exclusively for Different Truths. It was a mixed bag of Tollywood films last year (2022). A few were...

June 28, 2022
Soumya Mukherjee
Cinema, Reviews

A Few Jottings on Kashmir Files

Soumya tells us why watching Kashmir Files is a must for all, a review for Different Truths. I saw Kashmir Files quite some time back. It is alarming. I think everyone...

November 29, 2021
Lopamudra Banerjee
Cinema, Criticism, Novel

Wuthering Heights: A Journey from the Novel to the Movie

Lopamudra revisits Emily Bronte’s novel, Wuthering Heights, and its various film adaptations. She likes the 1992 version of the movie. A critique, exclusively for Different Truths. A Gothic tale...

October 23, 2021
Shail Raghuvanshi
Cinema, Health, News, Poem, Potpourri, Protest

Pothole Puja, Onion Warpath, Syrian Wildfire, & Props Kill

Shail reviews the news of the week in verse. Bengaluru witnessed a unique rangoli protest and a warning for the CM, in the US, after Covid, a Salmonella attack was...

August 4, 2021
Amanita Sen
Beauty, Cinema, Health, Psychoanalysis

Mental Health and the Politics of Skin Colour

Amanita takes a hard look at body shaming and associated mental health problems. These range from serious eating disorders to low self esteem to suicides. Fairness and the politics...

February 9, 2021
Soumya Mukherjee
Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Films, Politics, Riots & Violence

Amu: A Film on the Sikh Genocide of 1984

Soumya reviews a film, Amu, on Sikh genocide and recalls his days as a volunteer. The reel and the real crisscross, grotesquely. The horrors come alive. An exclusive for...

January 7, 2021
Utpal Dutta
Cinema, Films, Poem

Prose-Poetry of Three Kolkata Girls

Utpal, a celebrated film director from the Northeast, reviews Kolkata Cocktail, a poetry film, by the music-and-film director, Shuvayu Bhattacharya. It is a new fortnightly column that begins this...

August 8, 2020
Rekha Nambiar
Cinema, Cinema, Reviews

The Shawshank Redemption: At the Crossroads of A Ruthless Prison and Undying Hope

June 6, 2020
Sukanya Basu Mallik
Cinema, Reviews

Little Women: Incredible Though Disjointed Film

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