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Saturday, November 8, 2025
TopicIndian filmmakers

Topic: Indian filmmakers

Pouty heroines, perfect palaces—AI prompts are building new age films in India

Hindi films 'Naisha' and 'Maharaja in Denims', along with the Kannada 'Love You', are all vying to be India’s first GenAI movie. Tools like Midjourney and Luma created actors and sets.

Indian filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan’s ‘Homebound’ receives 9-minute standing ovation at 78th Cannes

The movie was screened in the Un Certain Regard segment with several Indian celebrities and actors in attendance. Ghaywan’s directorial debut 'Masaan' was also at the Cannes in 2015.

Mira Nair wants to make a film on US immigrant crisis. ‘What’s happening is shocking’

At a panel on ‘Films and Migration’ at India Habitat Centre, Nair said that she wants to make films only she can. ‘I can tell stories about migration because I know it.’

Why is Bollywood heading to Madhya Pradesh? It has a policy other states now want

MP is to heartland stories what Kashmir was to romance. It’s the new filming hub for Bollywood and OTT. Over 300 projects have shot here in last 4 years, from Dunki and Laapataa Ladies to Panchayat.

Guru Dutt turned melancholia into art. He was ‘lost in filmmaking, lost to life’

In his book Guru Dutt, Arun Khopkar noted that the actor’s films reflect an inner turmoil that transcended his personal life, elevating his work to something deeply universal.

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Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.