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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
TopicIndian filmmakers

Topic: Indian filmmakers

‘OTT platforms are a circus,’ says filmmaker Saeed Mirza

Saeed Mirza, along with fellow filmmakers Dibakar Banerjee and Gurvinder Singh, was part of a panel discussion at the 7th Self-Discovery via Rediscovering India Festival.

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.

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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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

John Ternus set to take over as Apple CEO, Tim Cook to transition to executive chairman

Cook will hand over the reins to Ternus on 1 September, capping a 15-year tenure that turned the company into a $4 trillion business spanning watches, video streaming & financial services.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.