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Saturday, September 6, 2025
TopicWomen in cinema

Topic: women in cinema

Painters and photographers see Bollywood very differently. NGMA show captures this

At the exhibition ‘Cellulloid Sojourn’, the National Gallery of Modern Art is celebrating the women of Indian cinema, as well as the artists and photographers who captured them.

Male gaze has met its match. Women writers are rewriting Bollywood, Aarya to Rocky Aur Rani

A growing tribe of women screenwriters, through the female gaze, are creating nuanced characters that defy tropes and telling richer, more layered stories as a result.

Remembering V Shantaram, an innovator and pioneer of women-oriented films

V Shantaram cast women in lead roles & made the characters rebel against unjust social norms. He is also known for experimentation, which drew wide acclaim.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.