Manik Sharma
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Jul 05, 2019
Seinfeld, revisited: How Jerry and Larry David's idea for a 'show about nothing' changed television
Seinfeld is gloriously meandering, exceptionally observational and ridiculously blunt about it social realities. Jerry, Elaine, Kramer and George (even Newman) are not meant to be loved or sympathised with, just meant to be who they are – flawed, insensitive and left to deal with the injustice that is life. -
Jul 03, 2019
Euphoria review: Zendaya-led HBO drama is subversive when not obsessed with magnifying sexual violence
Euphoria is a self-admittedly dark series, peppered with problems like teenage anxiety, toxic masculinity, porn, sex and drugs. -
Jul 03, 2019
Invisibilised and incarcerated: Once migrants in search for better futures, Bangladeshi women now languish in jail
Rimple Mehta's book Women, Mobility and Incarceration studies the issue of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants who are female, thereby gendering research that has otherwise either been male-specific or general. In it, she has documented how they were exploited and invisibilised before they were imprisoned, and why they still hope for better futures -
Jun 27, 2019
Arpita Singh's retrospective journeys through her observations, struggles, and silences in life
Artist Arpita Singh's retrospective exhibition brings together her poignant works that are compositionally varied, yet rich in their meaning and silences, bringing together a host of themes based on her observations, memories, and experiences. -
Jun 25, 2019
Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Coco, Wall-E, Inside Out: Ranking the ten best Pixar films
With Toy Story 4 dominating the box office, it is worth looking back at ten of the best films that Pixar has produced and why each of them stands out. -
Jun 13, 2019
Leila is very close to my heart because it tells a story of empowerment, says Huma Qureshi
Huma Qureshi, who has bagged a role in Hollywood Director Zack Snyder’s next film Army Of The Dead, is excited about Leila being set in the future -
Jun 12, 2019
Leila: How Netflix's upcoming dystopian drama series was conceptualised and executed
Leila, will be based on novelist Prayaag Akbar’s debut novel of the same name. In the book, a mother goes searching for her missing daughter in a landscape besieged by sectarianism and totalitarian rule, set somewhere in the future. -
Jun 11, 2019
Leila: Siddharth, Arif Zakaria on Netflix's upcoming dystopian drama and the politics of being an actor
Though the story of Netflix's Leila hinges on Huma Qureshi's Shalini, the men of the story, Siddharth and Arif Zakaria, play roles just as pivotal. -
Jun 06, 2019
Breathless: India’s air pollution problem has been documented in a timely, extensive project
Journalist Aruna Chandrasekhar and photographer Ishan Tankha have been travelling to different parts of the country, recording stories and images about air pollution as part of a project called Breathless: Documenting India’s Air Emergency. -
May 31, 2019
B-Town and Political Family Drama
The dysfunctional family, which often defines homes of the high and mighty, lets filmmakers create drama and thrills, and explore dimensions of power
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