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What the discipline of cinema is, we don’t know. What is cinema?

-Mani Kaul

  • Swayamvaram / One’s Own Choice (Dir. Adoor Gopalakrishnan, 1972, Malayalam)

    Nov 20—2025

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  • Grihajuddha / Crossroads (1982, Dir. Buddhadev Dasgupta, India)

    Nov 2—2024

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  • Bollywood Flashback 2# – The cut-price aesthetics of Hum / We (Dir. Mukul Anand, 1991, India)

    Oct 28—2024

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  • Will Penny (Dir. Tom Gries, 1968, US)

    Jul 19—2024

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  • Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (Dir. Amar Kumar, 1957, India) – A Nehruvian Dream Through a Child’s Eyes

    Jul 7—2024

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Latest book publication; Jan 2025

Dr Omar Ahmed

Writer, Film Scholar, and Curator

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