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Festivals
Venice Film Festival 2019 – ‘Chola’ (‘Shadow of water’) violently tackles India gender issues
Director Sanal Kumar Sasidharan speaks to acv about his hard-hitting drama in which three people wind up in a bad…
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‘A Suitable Boy’ – “The Crown made brown” quips filmmaker Mira Nair on her first TV project…
Much-loved Indian novel to get Andrew Davies TV treatment, watch out Aunties! By Sailesh Ram MIRA NAIR is more than…
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‘Parey Love Hut’ – Two stars: Sheheryar Munawar and Maya Ali talk about dreams, making it and what they want in their next film…
Spoke to acv in London before release of film… WHATEVER the merits and there many – say the critics –…
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Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 – Up for it? ACV guide to comedy, dance, and exhibitions (Part II)
Stuff to chortle at, boogie and expand your mind… By Suman Bhuchar AWAY from theatre (covered on another page here),…
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Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 – What’s yours? Our guide: theatre (Part I)
So many shows? So little time, we have some suggestions… By Suman Bhuchar IT’S THAT time of year when many…
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Award-winning filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan heads to Venice and tells acv what new film is about; also Dev Patel and Priyanka Chopra Jonas to be in Toronto
International film festival season will start at the end of next month and here’s a quick acv guide to what’s…
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‘Beecham House’ – series finale ends with blood and romance – and we must have more!
Director Gurinder Chadha’s spectacular colonial drama series ends on a real cliffhanger… By Tasha Mathur AT THE BEGINNING, we still…
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‘Venice Preserved’ – Gotham City makeover of 17th century play sizzles in director Prasanna Puwanarajah’s RSC production…
Ex-medic accentuates Restoration classic into darker, more driven – and contemporary political thriller… POLITICS is in tremendous flux and shrouded…
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Moon Festival (July 19-26): First time with spotlight on night-time events, naturally and includes author Margaret Atwood; and Nepali DJs and many other activities…
A part of London is turning into a Luna-City for a week-long art and culture event celebrating all things celestial……
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‘The Story of Bengali Oedipus’ – folk opera (Pala Gaan) of rural Bengal comes to the UK in new adaptation mixing dance, music and narration…
Understood to be a western premiere and coming to Rich Mix… IT WAS ONCE performed all over Bengal and much…
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