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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicShort film

Topic: short film

This 15-minute film on Down Syndrome took 21 years to make. The audience was in tears

The film, Selfie, Please, received Honourable Jury Mention at the Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival 2025 and won the Best Screenplay at the Bangalore Short Film Festival 2025.

‘You’ve put on a bit of weight though’—how this film on mother-daughter bond begins

Anvita Brahmbhatt draws from her personal experiences to build the relationship between a mother and her adult daughter in her film 'Over A Cup of Chai'.

‘Soluchan’ follows a boy looking for a high on Mumbai streets. There’s no judgement

Farhaan Shah aces the role of Vijju. One shoulder higher than the other, reminiscent of young Amitabh Bachchan, Vijju walks with a confidence that looks both weather-worn and childlike.

The Bengali mother is finding her voice in movies. No longer a martyr

Director Amlan Ganguly is trying to portray a more authentic representation of the modern-day mother in his films. The role of Una played by Devlina Ganguly in Agol is the face of that change.

A short film against ‘Khafz’ has no end credits—Makers scared of social boycott

The film starts with a couple defending ‘Khatna’ or female genital mutilation against the narrator’s arguments. By the end, they’re asking for the latest research on the practice.

Hindu driver & Muslim passenger, blind man & escort—two short films tackle prejudice

Mumbai director Asmit Pathare’s short films Two Way Street and Escort form half of an ambitious anthology examining prejudice in India today.

Based on the life of late Shri Pralhad P Chhabria, short film ‘Pralhad’ beautifully portrays his life journey

'Pralhad' by Schbang Motion Pictures, with the support of Finolex Industries, was released on YouTube recently.

Election Commission stops screening of Pragya Thakur short film in Bhopal

The film on the BJP leader was being shown to journalists by Bharat Vichar Manch.

On Camera

Bihar beyond Buddha and Mandal—why the 2025 polls are critical for Indian democracy

It is not often noted, but in the North, Bihar is the only state where the BJP has not come to power on its own. The party's desire to turn Bihar into UP should not be ignored.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.