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‘All That Breathes’ – A Visual Poem on Delhi’s Kites and Much More 

Cinema, Film Review

MUHAMMED NOUSHAD says Shaunak Sen’s award-winning documentary ALL THAT BREATHES brings forth profound commentary on Delhi’s socio-environmental crises, through the tales of two brothers rescuing kites. [Originally published in Maktoob Media.] It’s rare that one gets a textbook case of finest documentary making; and All That Breathes is just that, with nuanced storytelling and top-notch technical perfection. It offers engaging characters, compelling

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മിഥുൻ മോഹൻ, കടലലകളിൽ ഒരാത്മാവ്

Art, People, Profile, Sama-e-Bismil

ഗോവയിൽ വച്ച് ഹൃദയാഘാതത്തെ തുടർന്ന് അന്തരിച്ച ആര്‍ടിസ്റ്റ് മിഥുന്‍ മോഹനെക്കുറിച്ച് എം.നൗഷാദ് എഴുതുന്നു. [Originally published in THE CUE] “The self is an ocean without shore. Gazing upon it has no beginning or end, in this world and the next”. – Ibn Arabi പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട മിഥുൻ, അടുപ്പമുള്ളവരുടെ അപ്രതീക്ഷിതമരണം തീവ്രമായ ഏകാന്തതയിലേക്കും അനാഥതയിലേക്കും മനുഷ്യരെ എങ്ങനെയാണ് തള്ളിയിടുക എന്ന് നീ പൊടുന്നനവെ ഞങ്ങളെ അനുഭവിപ്പിച്ചു. അവിശ്വസനീയതയോടെല്ലാതെ, പിന്നെയും പിന്നെയും അവിശ്വസനീയതയോടെ അല്ലാതെ, ഉൾക്കൊള്ളാനാവാതിരുന്ന

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‘Farhana’: Shaping a Muslim Woman in Unprecedented Settings

Cinema, Film Review

Review by MUHAMMED NOUSHAD; originally published in Maktoob Media. Tamil movie industry doesn’t bring many Muslim heroes and heroines; hence, a hijabi woman as the title protagonist in a story unfolding in a non-community setting, definitely arouses curiosity, particularly in India’s alarmingly Islamophobic environment. That’s what Farhana does, and concomitantly, there was an unfortunate controversy prior to the release of the movie,

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Iran is a common foe for Israelis, Gulf monarchs; hence normalisation of ties: Prof. Bernard Haykel

Interview

Prof. Bernard Haykel, professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, is a historian and political analyst. He has extensively studied the social and political history of West Asia, both countries and movements, particularly Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the ISIS. He co-edited Saudi Arabia in Transition: Insights of Social, Political and Religious Change in 2015. He also serves as director

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Suffering in ‘The Whale’: Oscillating Between Physical and Emotional

Cinema

The Whale has stereotypical scenes of fat bodies, though its makers claim to establish the humanity of obese souls. However, the lead actor Brendan Fraser does a remarkable job, opines MUHAMMED NOUSHAD. “Do you ever get the feeling that people are incapable of not caring?” asks a dying Charlie, an excessively obese man, in The Whale, to his only friend

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