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Autumn Barzākh – Indian classical musicians aim for heavenly plane between us and heaven…

For the first time since the pandemic, two virtuousi soloists join a tabla player of wide renown to perform for…

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London Film Festival (LFF) 2023 – final call – films, talent, listings

It is the 67th LFF and it all begins very soon now… THERE are a clutch of features you should…

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‘Mahabharata’ – new theatre version of stirring ancient epic comes to Europe for the first time…

Described as “a once in a generation theatrical experience”, one of the lead actors tells us about this new production…

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Busan International Film Festival – Indian films screening in one of Asia’s biggest film jamborees…

By Rodrigues C SEVERAL Indian films are heading to the Busan international Film Festival which begins next Wednesday (October 4-13).…

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‘We Grown Now’ – Writer-director Minhal Baig on her film which won Changemaker Award at TIFF 2023

A talent to definitely watch, Baig spoke to us before the award and just after its world premiere at the…

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Bird Bites on stories coming – TIFF 2023; Sir Horace Ové; London Film Festival 2023; award winners and books news…

TIFF 2023 Award winners – Minhal Baig and two Indian films Minhal Baig (pre-award interview to follow) A SLEW of…

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Venice International Film Festival 2023 (Venezia 80): ‘Stolen’ and ‘Sky Peals’ interviews (video) and round-up

One Indian film and a British title – with theme of identity and a South Asian character at the heart…

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Ainy Jaffri – “We don’t believe in politics”, as she talks about working on India film Coke and co-compering the Asian Achievers Awards 2023 (video interview)

STAR Ainy Jaffri talked to www.asianculturevulture.com about her co-compering the Asian Achievers Awards this year with fellow actor Nitin Ganatra;…

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‘Great Expectations’: Caste, Colourism, and Class take centre stage in Tanika Gupta’s latest adaption of Dickens’ classic novel…

Set in colonial India, playwright Tanika Gupta has re-adapted her own version of Dickens’ work, for the stage and this…

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London Film Festival 2023: Filmmakers – James Krishna Floyd, Chloe Abrahams and Naqqash Khalid talk ‘Unicorns’, ‘The Taste of Mango’ and ‘In Camera’…

Three South Asian filmmakers attended the BFI London Film Festival (October 4-15) launch event and we were able to speak…

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