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Homebound review – emotionally rich study of friends in rural India trying to get home in the pandemic
Neeraj Ghaywan’s film benefits from excellent lead performances, strong cinematography and an apparent mentors…
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The Glassworker review – beautiful Ghibli-esque anti-war fable
Pakistani animator Usman Riaz’s dazzling debut owes much to Hayao Miyazaki, founder of Japan’s legendary studi…
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Little Jaffna review – undercover cop thriller goes deep into French-Tamil gangland
Lawrence Valin directs and stars in this Paris-set drama, where a young man caught between cultures infiltrate…
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Aamir Khan: India’s movie legend on a cut-price mission to save Bollywood
The superstar actor will release his latest film on YouTube so families who cannot afford cinema trips can wat…
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Indian film company to rerelease romantic drama with AI ‘happy ending’
Director ‘heartbroken’ after 2013 film about doomed romance between Hindu man and Muslim woman altered without…
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Diljit Dosanjh is one of the biggest Asian stars in the world. So why can’t Indian cinemagoers see his latest film?
Sardaar Ji 3 is breaking box office records despite not being released to its most famous actor’s home audienc…
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Indian film board criticised for cutting ‘overly sensual’ Superman kisses
Viewers complain that board allows violence and misogyny in Indian films but not a smooch in a Hollywood relea…
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Malala and Kiran faced violence, threats and shame. Now their fathers want ‘all men to stand with women’
Ziauddin Yousafzai and Ranjit appear in a new film in which they discuss fatherhood, courage, gender justice a…
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‘Once-in-a-generation artist’ Arijit Singh to be first Indian musician to headline UK stadium
Bengali singer who has more Spotify followers than Taylor Swift to bring ‘sheer power’ to same London stage as…
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Paris-based thriller offers fresh inside take on French-Tamil community
Writer, actor and director Lawrence Valin says that in Little Jaffna he wanted to ‘show new role models’It has…
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The Glassworker: Studio Ghibli’s legacy lives in Pakistan’s first hand-drawn feature
Usman Riaz’s full-length debut is a decade-in-the-making story about life’s beauty and fragilityThe Glassworke…
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Internationally acclaimed film Santosh blocked in India over portrayal of police brutality
Award-winning film set in fictional town has already made its debut at Cannes but censors have refused to appr…
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Kamay review – searing story of Afghan Hazara family’s painful quest for justice
A daughter’s death is the catalyst for a difficult journey to Kabul, chronicled in this claustrophobic documen…
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Indian cinema chain sued by film-goer over lengthy pre-film ads
Court orders compensation to be paid to 30-year-old from Bangalore, saying ‘in the new era, time is considered…
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‘Like a giant Squid Game’: soul searching in South Korea after latest celebrity suicide
Death of actor Kim Sae-ron sparks renewed calls for changes to ease pressure on celebrities who face intense s…