Film History
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What archival footage from pre-Liberation Goa tells us about Portuguese propaganda
Maria do Carmo Piçarra’s extensive research shows how Portugal regarded its subjects.
Pamela D’Mello
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Watch: The Lumiere brothers’ ‘The Arrival of a Train’ – restored and colourised
Thank a Russian YouTuber for that.
Scroll Staff
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It’s a fact: A well-made historical film is better than one that gets a few things wrong
Despite a film’s limitations in providing factual detail, the medium can provide an experience that provides the appearance of historical authenticity.
Patrick Masters, The Conversation
Trending
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Virat Kohli uses an 'MRF bat'. Rohit Sharma uses a 'CEAT bat'. But whose bat do they really use?
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Caught on camera: How Deep Sidhu was chased away from the farmers’ protest at Red Fort in Delhi
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‘Please don’t follow me now’: Actor Rhea Chakraborty asks paparazzi when spotted in Mumbai
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‘Delhi is our capital too’: A blow-by-blow account of the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day
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SC stays Bombay HC order that minor’s groping without ‘skin-to-skin contact’ is not sexual assault
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Georges Melies pushed the boundaries of cinema with his visual effects and imagination
Google on Thursday created its first VR doodle as a tribute to the path-breaking director, editor, producer and actor.
Scroll Staff
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Meet the Alauddin Khilji who asked, ‘I have 1,600 wives. Why Padmavati?’
The Delhi Sultanate leader from Shyam Benegal’s ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ is more concerned with Chittor’s jewels than its queen Padmini.
Devarsi Ghosh
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‘I will fight till the end’: Filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi’s lonely battle against health and neglect
The ‘Rudaali’ director has been battling cancer of the kidney for several months.
Rini Barman
Video
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Watch: Doctors suture head injury of farmer under mobile phone lights after tractor rally
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Watch: Meet Simba, the first lion cub born from artificial insemination in a Singapore wildlife park
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Watch: Massive deployment of forces outside the Red Fort in Delhi a day after tractor rally violence
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Watch: Rekha Bhardwaj, Yashraj Mukhate collaborate for a capella version of Bollywood song ‘Insaaf’
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Caught on camera: How Deep Sidhu was chased away from the farmers’ protest at Red Fort in Delhi
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National archive gets a gift of 1,000 rare photos of Marathi films
Veteran photographer SM Ajrekar’s collection offers glimpses of Marathi cinema in the 1940s and ’50s.
Scroll Staff
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What happened to the Pakistani submarine that inspired the movie ‘The Ghazi Attack’?
Available evidence suggests that ‘PNS Ghazi’ drowned in an accident during the Indo-Pak war of 1971.
Saikat Datta
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The ‘Prabhat touch’: How the legendary studio became a respectable workplace for actresses
The production company created a ‘home-like atmosphere’ that allowed women to make their mark in the early years of cinema.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
The Reel
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Digital premiere of Tamil movie ‘Master’ on Amazon Prime Video
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Satyajit Ray at 100: Why Sharmila Tagore considers ‘Devi’ her best collaboration with the master
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Netflix acquires Chaitanya Tamhane’s ‘The Disciple’
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‘Love Scandal & Doctors’ trailer: In AltBalaji web series, drugs, crime and murder at a hospital
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‘Aelay’ trailer: Tamil drama about an ice candy seller stars Samuthirakani, Manikandan
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Udham Singh the freedom fighter, motor mechanic and movie actor
The man who killed British Governor Michael O’Dwyer also appeared in at least two films in the 1930s.
Anu Kumar
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The untold story of ‘Badnam Basti’, possibly India’s first gay movie
Directed by Prem Kapoor, the 1971 production was an unconventional love triangle adapted from a novel by Kamleshwar.
Manish Gaekwad
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Sabu Dastagir, the actor who crossed over to Hollywood on the back of an elephant
Almost everything you need to know about the first Indian actor to make it big in the West years before Om Puri and Irrfan Khan.
Anu Kumar
The Field
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Hockey: India concede two goals in final quarter to go down against World no 2 Argentina
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Pant, Ashwin among four Indians in contention for newly-introduced ICC player of the month award
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Sourav Ganguly complains of chest pain again, to be readmitted to hospital: Report
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Pause, rewind, play: When Djokovic won his first Major at 2008 Aus Open to foretell his dominance
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Being locked up for months in bio-bubbles is unsustainable, says Australia’s Aaron Finch