Film

UK Asian Film Festival (UKAFF) 2024 preview – star actors Karisma Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, fashion icon Rina Dhaka and singer Kavita Krishnamurthy set to appear…

Top creatives from India and UK gather for world premieres and established classics in ‘cilmate of change’ theme… HERE are…

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Cannes 2024 – Poster reveal; ‘Sister Midnight’, ‘The Shameless’; our Cannes last year – Urvashi Rautela controversy

THERE are just over THREE weeks before the Cannes Film Festival gets underway on May 14 and we bring you…

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Cannes 2024 – Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia ‘All We Imagine as Light’ makes top table and Sandhya Suri’s ‘Santosh’ – official selections…

Indian film is included in prestigious Competition section, while ‘Santosh’ features in section for up and coming directors…the news broke…

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‘The Trouble with Jessica’ – Indira Varma’s character too hot to handle for two couples with secrets (film review)

If you like smart witty urban comedies about ‘nice’, well-to-do, middle class folks, this should appeal… THIS a lovely, charming,…

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Dev Patel talks to us about his first film as a director for ‘Monkey Man’ (video)

THIS IS British global star Dev Patel’s first film as a director. He stars in this gritty well shot revenge…

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‘Monkey Man’ – Dev Patel is superb and action is brilliant, but story is a little undercooked…

His first film behind the camera shows immense promise… IN MANY ways this is a tour de force and has…

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BFI Flare 2024 – Interview writer-director The Queen of My Dreams Fawzia Mirza (video only)

DESCRIBED as a ‘dramedy’ by the writer-director herself, Fawzia Mirza’s ‘The Queen of my Dreams’ recently screened at the BFI…

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BFI Flare 2024 (38th) – “Joy and pain of filmmaking” as out Indian director Onir talks about latest ‘Pine Cone’ feature…

One of India’s leading social justice directors speaks to us about his very personal film which premiered in the UK…

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BFI Flare 2024 (38th) – ‘Merchant Ivory’: documentary – meeting of minds and the family they spawned…(review & star gallery)

Nostalgic and enjoyable, if you know the films they made in 1980s and 1990s… and even if you don’t, this…

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BFI Flare 2024 (38th) – The Queer Muslim Project film panel has successful night…

The British Film Institute’s (BFI) annual celebration of LGBTQIA+ saw the spotlight on South Asian films and filmmakers… INSPIRATION and…

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