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How a fan’s persistence led to the rediscovery of Assamese classic ‘Dr Bezbarua’
The 1969 Assamese thriller would have been lost forever but for the efforts of enterprising cinephile Jayanta Sharma.
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Watch: National film award winner ‘Matitali Kusti’ tackles the decline of mud wrestling
Prantik Vivek Deshmukh points to the slow decline of the rural sport in Maharashtra.
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Lost and in need of a revival: landmark Assamese film ‘Gonga Chilonir Pakhi’
Padum Barua’s adaptation of Lakshminandan Bora’s novel is a landmark in Assamese cinema.
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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Why you can’t keep Anurag Kashyap down
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The big news: Odisha Health Minister Naba Das dies of bullet injury, and nine other top stories
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Ten students suspended in Ajmer university for watching BBC documentary on Gujarat riots
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Five must-watch documentaries from the North East, from ‘AFSPA 58’ to ‘Tezpur 1962’
The films testify to the diversity of styles and themes from the region.
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Five must-watch films from the North-East (and they are not in Assamese)
Some of the more interesting work is in the various dialects.
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The untold story of maverick cinematographer Mrinal Kanti Das
The National Film Award-decorated cinematographer is one of the most prolific talents to have emerged out of Assamese cinema.
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Watch: Three snow leopard cubs on a mountain road at night flee as car drives behind them
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Watch: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav sings Hindi film hit with singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya
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Watch: Former Pakistan cricket captain Sarfaraz Ahmed sings for cricketer Shan Masood at his wedding
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‘Space travel will let us live forever’: Video of writer Ray Bradbury’s 1974 interview resurfaces
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‘Let’s make bubble tea’: Interactive Google Doodle marks third anniversary of boba tea emoji launch