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Sukant Deepak

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As seen in: India Today, Tribune (India), The Quint, Scroll.in, MENAFN, The Hans India, DailyO, National Herald India, Onmanorama, Prokerala and
Covers:  Art & culture, cinema, and books
Doesn't Cover: Politics.
Independent journalist, co-founder: Elsewhere - elsewherefoundation.in Previously with India Today, IANS, HT. Words in Scroll, The Quint, The Tribune

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I have been writing on art & culture, cinema and books for two decades now. An independent journalist after my stint at IANS as Deputy Editor, and India Today, where I served as Senior Associate Editor; I now write regularly write for India Today and The Tribune besides other publications.

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A home for Golshifteh Farahani

A home for Golshifteh Farahani

You exist. Hearing this, she keeps quiet for a while. "Really?" she smiles. Looks straight and then looks awa…

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Raghu Rai - Rhythm of the image

Raghu Rai - Rhythm of the image

A faint cut-light falls close to his desk. There is Hariprasad Chaurasia that wafts in background. He wants t…

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Filmmaker Sanal Sasidharan - On the Road to thrill

Filmmaker Sanal Sasidharan - On the Road to thrill

'For me, the controversy around S Durga might be a closed chapter, but this does not mean that the situation …

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Actor Pankaj Kapur - Return of the native

Actor Pankaj Kapur - Return of the native

The icy coldness of thekedaar in Tamas. The menacing Abbaji in Maqbool. The angry and some times helpless Dr …

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Playwright Mahesh Dattani - Bringing Into Play

Playwright Mahesh Dattani - Bringing Into Play

On one level, the theatre of Mahesh Dattani is issue-based. His plays grapple with same-sex love and communal…

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Theatre director Anuradha Kapur - The collaborator

Theatre director Anuradha Kapur - The collaborator

Few hours before the show, the auditorium at India International Centre is empty. The silence is punctuated b…

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Silence as defiance in Rohan Kanawade’s Marathi film ‘Sabar Bonda’

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By Sukant Deepak Verified
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There are small gestures, quiet and everyday exchanges. Dramatic announcements do not find a place in his cinema — only radical silences. Defiance is not loud; it is pronounced through pauses. Rural Maharashtra’s enigmatic landscape becomes an intense setting where distress, tenderness and desire synchronise to make way for ‘truths’ marked by the complexities of our times.
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Ankur Hooda’s ‘The Calf Doll’: A rag called happiness

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Less is more. Pauses speak a thousand alphabets. The ever-enveloping fog melts into a reality more stark. The grey of winter’s landscape distils into multiple hues of loneliness, alienation, and… humility.
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The inner voyage of ‘travel writer’ Pico Iyer

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He wants to sit by the window where the Arabian Sea’s waves can be seen and heard. The faint sounds keep punctuating our conversation. But he is not distracted. He talks slowly and deliberately, almost like a monk, making the space between us calmer, much quieter.
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