Movies - Different Truths

March 2, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Cinema, Tribute

Mrinal Sen’s Birth Centenary Celebrated on Celluloid

Mrinal Sen’s ideology and life outlook centre on middle-class ethos and emotions. These were showcased in a film festival at the NCR, reports Ruchira – exclusively for Different Truths....

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...

July 12, 2022
Stephan Berwick
Cinema, Cover Story, Martial Arts, Sports

Stephan: Gaining my 8 Powers from Martial Art – I

Stephan is a Chinese-style martial arts researcher, creator and martial culturalist. He pens a two-part article, an autobiographical account of his journey as a martial arts expert – an exclusive...

October 25, 2021
Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein
Cinema, Education, Parenting

Is Netflix’s Squid Game fit for Children & Teens?

Tabassum discusses the adverse impact of Squid Game on the psyche of children and teens, a serious parental concern, in this age of growing violence and intolerance. An exclusive...

October 18, 2021
Dr. Swaraj Raj
Cinema, Music, Poem

Celebrating Saawan in Songs

Dr. Swaraj celebrates the beauty of Sawaan, in his seminal article, exploring its nuances in Hindi film and non-film songs, other than cultural overtures. An exclusive for Different Truths....

July 23, 2021
Lalit Joshi
Cinema, Cover Story, History & Culture, Literature, Special Feature, Travel & Food

Africa on Celluloid: A Historical Perspective

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]From early experiments in making films which mimetically represented European and even American cinema, African directors evolved – as time wore on – into sensitive filmmakers telling local stories...

May 12, 2021
Dr. Partha Banerjee
Dance, Language, Migration & Diaspora, Multiculturalism, Music, People, Place, Special Feature, Theatre, Tribute

One Last Tagore Birthday before My Death

A Diaspora, Dr. Partha shares the agony of a Bengali far away from his homeland. He confesses, there are quite a few other Bengali immigrants both from Bangladesh...

January 6, 2021
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Do Sexual Preferences Change with Age?

Sexual preferences or orientation is fluid, reasons Shormita. The findings are startling. An exclusive for Different Truths. Sexual preference or orientation is a kind of romantic or physical attraction...

July 21, 2020
Enakshi J
People, Relationship & Lifestyle

And Then There Were None…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Enakshi tells us how nepotism is rampant all over, not just in Bollywood, in this column. An exclusive for Different Truths. No, this is not a book review....

June 8, 2020
Suchismita Ghoshal
Cinema, People, Relationship & Lifestyle

Light, Camera, Action: Impact of Bollywood on the Youth

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Suchismita tells us about the all-pervading influence of Bollywood in the life and times of the youth. An exclusive for Different Truths. The Hindi film industry of Mumbai,...

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