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Saadat Hasan died, but Manto lives on

As we celebrate his birth anniversary every year on 11 May, we remember the writer who inked society as it was, on paper, in all its humanity and inhumanity. After 112 years since his birth, we still read Manto, and his stories make us tremble even today.

Heeramandi: Quintessential Bhansali series falls short of story

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much-awaited OTT debut project finally materialised and premiered on Netflix on 1 May. Heeramandi, the period and prestige TV drama by the celebrated filmmaker, has been liberally bestrewed with opulence, baroque architecture, diamonds, intricate costumes, Urdu and Ittar.

‘Indian films are not just Bollywood films’

Actor, director and activist, Nandita Das is a voice to reckon with. In this freewheeling conversation, she speaks on what has shaped her aesthetic sensibilities and the overt bias against dark skin in our culture and cinema, among a plethora of other issues.