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Friday Feminist Reviews
Kanchanjangha Movie Review: Letting Down Women Characters Once Again
By
Subhalaxmi Borah
23rd May, 2020
Directed by and starring Zubeen Garg, Kanchanjangha starts with Garg, portrayed as Anirban, coming back to his village after giving his Assam Publi...
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Friday Feminist Reviews
Fandry Story Review: Equality Is Only Available To A Select Few
By
Ananya Dixit
18th April, 2020
Fandry, directed by Nagraj Manjule, follows the story of 13-year old Jabya and his endeavour to win over Shalu, who belongs to a dominant-caste, ri...
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Friday Feminist Reviews
Bakor Putek Film Review: How Norms Can Ruin Lives
By
Subhalaxmi Borah
3rd March, 2020
Set up in a relatively isolated village in Assam, the 2012 film Bakor Putek (directed by Chandra Mudoi) vividly portrays the grappling issues of so...
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Friday Feminist Reviews
Super Deluxe Movie Review: The Weaving Of Separate Fragments
By
Shubham Gupta
18th December, 2019
It wouldn’t be wrong to say that Thiagarajan Kumararaja and Vijay Sethupathi gifted Tamil cinema with an impeccable game-changer.
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Friday Feminist Reviews
Village Rockstars Film Review: Poetry And Feminism In One Frame
By
Subhalaxmi Borah
2nd December, 2019
Rima Das’s Village Rockstars is a refreshing departure from the traditions of film making. Set in the quiet village of Chhayagaon in Assam, i...
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The Breakthrough Voice
Chitrangada: A Crowning Wish Review – The Privilege Of Having A ‘Family’
By
Jhilam Gangopadhyay
6th June, 2019
In a society which denies recognition to queer families, the significance of family rests in the eyes of the beholder.
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Friday Feminist Reviews
Charulata And Nastanirh On What Society Does To A Woman’s Potential
By
Debarati
24th May, 2019
Tagore's work explored the banality of our society's hyper-moralism and hypocrisy when it came to treating women, and the women in his stories, in ...
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Friday Feminist Reviews
Nagarkirtan Film Review: Holding Up A Much Needed Mirror To Society
By
Debarati
14th May, 2019
It’s not often that one comes across a film that makes you flinch from a scene unfolding before you. Thanks to the outstanding performances, there’...
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Friday Feminist Reviews
Saheb Bibi Golam Review: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
By
Jhilam Gangopadhyay
19th April, 2019
For the past few years, after having resettled in New Delhi from Calcutta (yes, I’m one of those Bengalis who would any day prefer ‘Calcutta’ over ...
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Friday Feminist Reviews
‘In this vast and great city, is there place for working women?’ Asks Satyajit Ray’s Mahanagar (1963)
By
Jhilam Gangopadhyay
8th April, 2019
For a Bengali, and even an Indian, the name Satyajit Ray brings nothing but pride and certainly for good reason. He is known to have directed some ...
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