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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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Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2023 – preview: Quite the selection from love and pleasure to Independence, unity and mountain tales…

There are quite a few films from this festival on our radar and they should be on yours too –…

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Venice 2023 Preview – Brit Moin Hussain’s ‘Sky Peals’ heads to Lido along with Indian and Nepali films…

There are lots of starry directors at the festival which has been hit by the actors’ strike, controversial auteur selection…

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