Documentary
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'How to Save a Dead Friend' Trailer Out: Documentary brings focus to Russia's 'silenced generation'
Entertainment | Apr 08, 2022, 10:31 AM ISTShot over more than a decade, 'How to Save a Dead Friend' chronicles the love story between millennials Marusya and Kimi, and his descent into drug addiction against the backdrop of Russian President Vladimir Putin's rising autocracy.
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Oscars 2022: When and Where to watch 94th Academy Awards, nominee list, performers, India connect
Hollywood | Mar 26, 2022, 08:03 AM ISTDespite controversies and dwindling viewership over the years, Oscars 2022 will look to pack a punch on March 27 in Los Angeles as the winners of the 94th Academy Awards are felicitated. Here's how the audience in India can watch Hollywood's biggest awards night.
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Khabar Lahariya on Oscar nominated documentary Writing With Fire: Our story more complex
Entertainment | Mar 22, 2022, 10:33 AM ISTDirected by debutants Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, the Oscar-nominated documentary feature Writing With Fire chronicles the rise of Khabar Lahariya, a digital-only rural news channel run by Dalit women.
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Sean Penn leaves war-torn Ukraine on foot while filming documentary on Russian invasion
Hollywood | Mar 02, 2022, 02:31 PM ISTSean Penn's documentary on Russia and Ukraine's war is a Vice Studios production in association with Vice World News and Endeavor Content. Penn last flew to Ukraine in November 2021 to research more for his film. He was filming the movie in the war-torn country.
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Russia Ukraine War: Sean Penn takes the camera to film his documentary on invasion
Hollywood | Dec 16, 2022, 02:15 PM ISTOscar-winning actor Sean Penn last visited warn-torn Ukraine in November 2021 to start the preparations for his documentary by visiting the country's military installations. He is in the country as Russia invades it.
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Documentary about Indian soldiers of World War I premieres on Discovery Plus
TV | Nov 11, 2020, 04:04 PM ISTAn adaptation of the book "World War Sikh: Memoirs Of An Indian Cavalryman 1913-45" by Rana TS Chhina, the film traces and documents the courage of Indian soldiers, shipped to distant shores to live and fight in deplorable conditions during the First World War.
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Singer Shawn Mendes announces release date of his documentary titled 'In Wonder' on Netflix
Hollywood | Oct 14, 2020, 09:26 AM ISTTitled 'In Wonder,' Mendes' documentary will be seen on Netflix on November 23, just days ahead of his fourth studio album, 'Wonder'. His album arrives on December 4. Mendes released the album's title track as an advance single on October 2.
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HBO produces documentary to help kids understand 9/11
World | Sep 11, 2019, 08:16 AM ISTFor students from elementary to high school, the Sept. 11 terrorist attack isn’t a memory. It’s history. A new HBO documentary that debuts on the event’s 18th anniversary treats it that way. The necessity of her project, “What Happened on September 11,” struck filmmaker Amy Schatz when a third grade girl told her about a playdate where she and a friend Googled “Sept. 11 attacks.”
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New film ‘Do We Belong?’ highlights the hate crime against Indian immigrant in America
Regional Cinema | May 25, 2018, 09:43 PM ISTDirected by Sofian Khan and Produced by Pulkit Datta, Do We Belong? is a short documentary and puts together the devastating story of the family
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National Film Archive of India acquires 6-hour documentary on Mahatma Gandhi
Bollywood | Sep 14, 2017, 11:35 AM ISTThe original negatives are of the documentary 'Mahatma' made by Jhaveri who was conferred the Padma Bhushan in 1969. The filmmaker died in 1985.
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Censor Board orders to mute ‘cow’, ‘Gujarat’, ‘Hindutva’ in film on Amartya Sen, sparks row
Bollywood | Jul 13, 2017, 07:26 AM ISTA documentary on Amartya Sen has run into trouble with the Censor Board telling its filmmaker Suman Ghosh to mute words like ‘cow’, ‘Gujarat’ and ‘Hindutva’ uttered by the Nobel Laureate in the film
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Mission ISIS: Kerala youth, on path to join ISIS, now Maharashtra ATS’ face in deradicalisation drive against terror group
India | Oct 21, 2016, 01:19 PM ISTthe Maharashtra anti-terrorist squad has roped in a 20-year-old youth from Kerala for a documentary aimed at counselling indoctrinated youngsters joining IS.
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Rihanna's life soon to be documented
Hollywood | Mar 15, 2015, 07:37 AM ISTLos Angeles: Producer Peter Berg, who worked with Rihanna in the film "Battleship" in 2012, is now planning to make a documentary on the singer's life.The documentary will talk about the journey of Rihanna and
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High Court refuses to immediately lift ban on BBC documentary
India | Mar 12, 2015, 01:36 PM ISTNew Delhi:The Delhi High Court on Thursday declined to immediately revoke the ban on the telecast of controversial BBC documentary "India's Daughter" on the December 16, 2012, gang rape.A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed
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Indian courts are not puppets, ban on Dec 16 film won't last long: Udwin
World | Mar 10, 2015, 02:28 PM ISTNew York: India's ban on a controversial documentary on the December 16 gangrape will "not last very long" as the country's courts "are not puppets" of the government, British filmmaker Leslee Udwin has said. "My prediction
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Gangrape documentary banned in India, premiers in US
Bollywood | Mar 10, 2015, 12:25 PM ISTNew York: The BBC documentary, depicting the aftermath of the brutal gangrape and murder of Nirbhaya in 2012, has premiered in the US with Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep, Frieda Pinto and actor-director Farhan Akhtar in
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Revoke ban on BBC documentary: Editors Guild of India
India | Mar 06, 2015, 04:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: Editors Guild of India today appealed to the government to revoke the ban on the telecast of the BBC documentary, depicting the aftermath of the brutal gangrape and murder of Nirbhaya in 2012,
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US support India's efforts to address gender-based violence
World | Mar 06, 2015, 08:34 AM ISTWashington: The US on Thursday said it supports Indian efforts to address "gender-based violence" in the aftermath of the horrific rape and murder of Nirbhaya, but refused to comment on the latest controversy surrounding the
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'I Am Offended!' documents India's intolerance to stand-up comedy
Bollywood | Jan 18, 2015, 02:08 PM ISTMumbai: Writer-filmmaker Jaideep Varma's new documentary "I Am Offended!" takes a look at the existing intolerance to stand-up comedy in India. It features prominent names like Johnny Lever, Vir Das and Raju Srivastav.Talking about the
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Sachin Tendulkar to reveal his 'unseen side' in a film
Bollywood | Jan 08, 2015, 02:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar has been roped in to play himself in an upcoming feature film. The legendary Indian cricketer has reportedly given thumbs up for the making of a feature film on his life