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Tag: NFDC

Posted on December 12, 2015

ISLAND CITY (Dir. Ruchika Oberoi, 2015, India)

The worker as drone is a familiar enough image these days, ubiquitous with the way corporate companies suffocate the life out of its employees so that they can maximise profits.…

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Posted on October 20, 2014October 20, 2014

EK DOCTOR KI MAUT / DEATH OF A DOCTOR (Dir. Tapan Sinha, 1990, India) – Victims of the State

Bengali director Tapan Sinha had a prolific career, steadily working outside the mainstream on a range of socially engaged projects. In 2009, he sadly passed away at the age of…

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Posted on October 14, 2014June 10, 2020

NASEEM / MORNING BREEZE (Dir. Saeed Akhtar Mirza, 1995, India)

Saeed Akhtar Mirza retired from filmmaking in 1995 with Naseem. It was an unexpected departure for a filmmaker who had been a key player in the parallel cinema movement. Was…

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Posted on October 12, 2014October 12, 2014

SATTAWIS DOWN / 27 DOWN (Awtar Krishna Paul, 1973, India) – Trains

Financed by the NFDC, Awtar Krishna Paul’s debut film 27 Down signalled much promise but his career was tragically cut short when he died while trying to save someone from…

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