Sister Midnight
Karan Kandhari’s British production will be premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight section. Radhika Apte stars as a newly married woman in a Mumbai slum. Circumstances make her set out for revenge in what the makers promise is “a fantastical punk comedy, a feminist revenge film, and a revamped vampire movie rolled into one”.
A MUCH-NEEDED REALITY CHECK
Too much central control, voter and cadre apathy, arbitrary candidate selection, all conspired to give the party a humbling lesson at the hustings. The high command can ignore it at their own peril
HARD BARGAIN FOR CENTRAL GRANTS
N. Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar leverage the BJP's dependence on them to seek Special Category Status for their respective states. This is what it will entail
STRIKING A BALANCE
Indian voters grant Modi a historic third term, but without a majority and with the object lesson to rule by consensus
The Age Of Influencers
A Tribe Of Young, Educated Internet Warriors Is Shaping Public Opinion With Curated Videos On Social Media Platforms
Will Naveen Make Or Be History?
The BJD Patriarch Faces His Fiercest Challenge Ever As A Determined Bjp Works To Stymie His Bid To Become India's Longest-serving Chief Minister
Scoring a Century
Manoj Bajpayee has just acted in his 100th project-Bhaiyya Ji
FRAGMENTED RUINS
A new exhibition at Gallery XXL, Mumbai juxtaposes the artworks of an Indian and a Spanish artist
United by Art
Moments in Collapse, SAHMAT's group exhibition at Jawahar Bhawan in Delhi brings together artworks with politically charged themes
In Her Mother's Voice
Vidya Vox's exuberant new EP, Sundari, is primarily in Tamil as a tribute to her mother
"MURDER, HE WROTE"
Ashutosh Rana and Vijay Raaz shine in JioCinema's Murder in Mahim, a web series based on Jerry Pinto's layered crime novel
