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Monthly Art Magazine in India

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FEMALE BIOPICS IN INDIA: ALTERNATIVE NOTIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS – Saraswathy K Bhattathiri

Life writing had entered formally intoliterary genre in the 18th century with the Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell but its earliest traces are as old as Plutarch’s writings on emperor Alexander. Biographies intend to focus on larger-than-life/ eminent…

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Lalon Fakir: Moner Manush of generations of baul singers… The film in a subtle way refers to the zamindari aspect of the famous Tagore clan and hints at Maharshi Devendranath Tagore to be a very strict zamindar. Although during the…

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Cinema

AUTO-MOBILE-ART–Sandhya Annaiah Film is perhaps the single strongest agency for the creation of a national mythology of heroism, consumerism, leisure, and sociality’ (Appadurai & Breckenridge) Shankarnag, the iconic actor, is a popular pick of the Autorickshaw drivers after his notable…

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Role of Period Cinema in Romancing the Luxury of PastAs each era unfolds and becomes part of history, very often almost every thing that defines it is forgotten, leaving behind only a few traces in the form of stories or…

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FILM

OMG Oh My God is a brilliant movie which deals with sensitive issues like religion, God and existence of God and also depicts how religion has become a business these days in the hands of a few. Th is fi…

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SALUTE TO WOMANHOOD: INDIAN CINEMA’S TRYST WITH DESTINY. Th e Indian Film industry has been a major point of reference for Indian culture in this century. It has expressed the changing scenarios of modern India to an extent that no…

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Pramathesh Chandra Barua: The eternal ‘Devdas ’ of Indian cinema Pramathesh Chandra Barua, popularly known as P.C. Barua to his colleagues, was a multi-faceted talent who was born in a place called Gauripur in Assam in 1903. This versatile genius…

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SALT N’ PEPPER: A JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF FOOD Salt N’ Pepper, a 2011 film directed by Aashiq Abu and produced by Luscam Creations has pumped a new lease of life into the Malayalam industry reeling under formulaic patterns…