Queer Cinema
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Film flashback: ‘Fire’ was the first Indian film to bring women in love out of the shadows
Before ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga’, Deepa Mehta’s ‘Fire’ explored the love between two women.
Shohini Ghosh
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How the Oscar-nominated comedy ‘The Favourite’ puts lesbianism at the centre stage
Yorgos Lanthimos’s period drama about Queen Anne has been nominated for 10 Oscars, including for Best Actress for Olivia Colman.
Mary Harrod, The Conversation
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In ‘Signature Move’ film, queer identity, wrestling, secrets and Shabana Azmi for a mother
Actor and writer Fawzia Mirza stars alongside the thespian in the inaugural film at the Kashish queer festival in Mumbai.
Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Can BJP use Ram as a campaign tool during the election?
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The debate over whether Elsa from ‘Frozen’ is gay is far more complex than we realise
The campaign to introduce queer characters in Disney films is a microcosm of the greater churn convulsing Hollywood.
Vikram Johri
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‘Desert Hearts’, the 1985 film about lesbian awakening that gives ‘Carol’ a run for its money
Director Donna Deitch wanted to make a movie ‘that didn’t end in a suicide or two suicides or a bisexual triangle’.
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, The Conversation
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‘Kapoor & Sons’, ‘Aligarh’ and the debt they owe to ‘Fire’
Twenty years after Deepa Mehta’s seminal movie, Bollywood is finally, but gingerly, making gay men protagonists.
Vikram Johri
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted