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Nation of Auteurs: Introduction to a New Series on Indian Film Authorship
Nation of Auteurs: Introduction to a New Series on Indian Film Authorship

Welcome to ‘Nation of Auteurs’, a series composed of critical essays by academics, filmmakers, historians, and cinephiles, to examine the deep diversity of Indian film auteurs and illuminate the country’s wider cinematic landscape. By Ashish Dwivedi

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Excerpt: “Served Cold from the Refrigerator” by Sutputra Radheye
Excerpt: “Served Cold from the Refrigerator” by Sutputra Radheye

Poetry by Sutputra Radheye: ‘my poems will be drunk, truthful / and blunt like your beauty that cuts / through my skin and draws graffiti / on my bones like tattoos’

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The Sunday Afternoon Rewatch
The Sunday Afternoon Rewatch

Personal Essay by Devanshi: ‘Your favourite movie is probably not your favourite movie because it was the best film you have ever seen. It is your favourite because Zee Cinema played it a zillion times in the summer of 2014 while your mother folded clothes in the next room, and you unconsciously absorbed its dialogues through domestic osmosis.’

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A Uniting Ritual for the Republic

Photography by Aditya Sharma and Sumit Singh: The message at this year’s Beating Retreat ceremony felt sharper than ever, telling us that a nation’s power can be shown through ordered silence as much as through force.   

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