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Zakir Hussain – Colossus of Indian music passes away – more to follow

A monumental figure in Indian music and we will be publishing a longer piece shortly… ONE OF INDIA’S greatest ambassadors…

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Film Bird Bites: ‘All We Imagine as Light’ historic Golden Globes noms; Sundance stars; Santosh win; ‘Bandit Queen’ 2 ; ‘Nawi’ Kenyan Oscar film

What’s been happening in global South Asian film this week… Historic Golden Globe nominations for India’s ‘All We Imagine as…

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Jasleen Kaur wins Turner Prize

In what is the Turner Prize’s 40th year, an artist of South Asian heritage triumphs to huge acclaim… (more to…

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IFFI 2024 ends with major international and domestic awards; Film Bazaar and other festival round-ups coming…

🎥 IFFI 55 (November 20-28) ends (see below)🎥 Connected Film Bazaar (November 20-24) (trade section) 🎥 London Film Festival reviews…

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‘The Taste of Mango’ – a powerful South Asian family story of women survivors (video)

THIS is a tale of three women – a grandmother, her daughter and her daughter in turn. Made by the…

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‘Gigenis, the generation of the Earth’ – acclaimed Indian classical dancer Mythili Prakash on Akram Khan’s powerful new mixed dance piece…

Mixing several classical Indian dance styles, a powerful and diverse musical line up to accompany – this is a heartfelt…

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International Film Festival of India (IFFI 55) and Film Bazaar 2024 preview: Essentials distilled…

India’s largest film festival (more than 200 films screen) and popular market section – Film Bazaar – starts tomorrow (November…

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‘The Buddha of Suburbia’ – composer Niraj Chag on his music odyssey…

Leading composer and musician talks about the challenges of helping to turn this seminal novel written by Hanif Kureishi into…

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Rewriting the rules – Indian Parallel Cinema season at Barbican offers insights into dissent and equality battle…

With a month or so to run, we look at season of screenings focusing on period indie independent cinema and…

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Chila Kumari Singh Burman – ‘Spectacular Diversions’ largest solo show for this British artist

FEATURING Chila Kumari Singh Burman in what is her largest solo show to date, ‘Spectacular Diversions’ – offers aficionado and…

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