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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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Topic: Nandita Das

In Zwigato, Nandita Das wants you to look at a new class divide, India’s gig workers

Kapil Sharma-starrer Zwigato puts everything into play—the state of India's economy, the lack of job opportunities and the empty pursuit of pleasure by the wealthy.

‘Listen to Her’ — Nandita Das’ new short film sheds light on domestic violence in lockdown

Das described the film as an "irony" on the "stay home, stay safe" guidance for millions of women in India and around the world.

Why I made Manto’s wife Safia feistier than she probably was: Nandita Das

In her book ‘Manto & I’, Nandita Das talks about making a film on the famous writer and Safia, his wife, who was often his first reader.

‘Every other place becoming Shaheen Bagh’ — Nandita Das lauds people for anti-CAA protests

Das said that India has become a topic of discussion across the world with economic slowdown, growing unemployment, NRC and the CAA.

Nandita Das was tired of being called dark and dusky, now she’s fighting against colourism

Nandita Das is part of India's Got Colour, a campaign to end skin colour bias in India through educational workshops, counselling and media.

Manto ban and Modi’s election: What Pakistan’s VIPs told me

It turns out Manto is still exposing hypocrites, long after his death.

Local tribal council negotiating talks with militants who burnt down schools in Diamer district

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Online petition launched asking Imran Khan to lift ban on release of film ‘Manto’ in Pakistan; Pakistan-Afghanistan border to be completed by December 2019. 

Pakistan I&B minister promises to help Nandita Das lift ban on movie Manto

Das had earlier tweeted her disappointment on the ban of the movie, a biopic on Urdu short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto.

Anything worth saying today is going to be provocative: Actor-director Nandita Das

Speaking about the inspiration behind her directorial ventures Firaaq and Manto, Das said she 'wanted to respond to what was happening around us'.

Nandita Das’ Manto is a befitting reply to Sunny Deol’s Gadar-like jingoism

Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer Manto humanises India-Pakistan conflict, shows it's beyond guns and glory. 

On Camera

Anand Gandhi is taking his biggest moonshot from Goa— vaanars, rakshasis, manushyas

Ship of Theseus director Anand Gandhi moved to Goa to synthesise big ideas and build an Indian sci-fi mythiverse with MAYA. ‘In a way, the job title in the East for this enterprise is the Buddha.’

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.