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Festivals
Venice 2021 – director Seemab Gul’s ‘Mulaqat’ (‘Sandstorm’) asks powerful questions about online ‘relationships’ and shows abundant promise…
Emerging British Pakistani filmmaker makes a mark with short… SHOT with poise, elegant in its framing, and well-acted, it’s not…
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Festivals
London Film Festival 2021 (early preview) – look out for Riz Ahmed, Adeel Akhtar and Asif Kapadia and two Indian films and comedy, ‘7 days’…
We’ve highlighted some films which we think will pique your interest, asianculturevultures from this year’s offering at the 65th British…
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TV Bird Bites: Bollywood stars tribute to Indian TV star Sidharth Shukla; ITV’s powerful ‘Stephen’; Edinburgh TV Festival ‘We are Lady Parts’ and Tan France
Indian TV personality and actor Sidharth Shukla dies Sidharth Shukla (Instagram) A HOUSEHOLD name in India – actor and presenter…
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‘East is East’ – A modern classic that remains as powerful and relevant as it was 25 years ago when it first hit the theatre, says director Iqbal Khan…
Theatre director of new production tells acv why he thinks this work is a modern classic and covers a lot…
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Festivals
Venice Film Festival 2021 (preview): See Hollywood royalty on Lido red carpet, expect to hear more about these films as well as India’s ‘Once Upon a time in Kolkata’ and short title from Pakistan…
Our correspondents look at the big films premiering at Venice and what the particular South Asian interest will be there…
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Film
Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes: ‘Bell Bottom’ kickstarts Bollywood and the Afghan connection weighs heavily on filmmaking community…
As the theatrical release of ‘Bell Bottom’ brings cheer to Bollywood, we chart how the film is energising the industry…
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Film
‘Into Dust’ – Oscar winning documentary director Orlando von Einsiedel’s first narrative drama packs a punch and commemorates Pakistani Perween Rahman’s work…
Actor Sudha Bhuchar tells us what it meant to play Rahman’s sister Aquila Ismail in the drama rooted in the…
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Independence Days – Wembley Park; learning lessons from history, assassin Madan Lal Dhingra; stars sing for India; and community Jashan e Azadi…
A few events that seek to mark the birth of two nations… AS BOTH Pakistan and India prepare to celebrate…
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Film
‘A Thin Wall’ – UK screening and director talk for film that gets up and close about Partition on both sides of the divide and also asks about the future…
Documentary is affecting portrait of people, their memories, images and artwork… THERE’S an opportunity to catch a poignant, moving and…
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Art
Sophie Taeuber-Arp: 20th century designs – hugely influential artist gets first major UK retrospective…
Creative, brilliant and completely unique for her time, this artist had much to say about the 20th century and her…
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