The Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival screened 50 films over a week. ‘The screenings made me think about how marriage is violence for most women,’ said an audience member.
Roy’s film, Songs of Forgotten Trees, is about two women, a call centre employee and a sex worker, who share an apartment in Mumbai and slowly fall for each other.
Several groups, including political parties and CPI(M)-affiliated writers and artists body, had urged Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation, the organiser, to call off the event.
India's richest civic body’s outlay is 8.77% higher than last year’s, with the biggest allocation being made for infra growth. BMC also proposed an AI boost to its service delivery.
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