Santosh Chandrasekar
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Indian cinema: A brief history and films to watch
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Just in 2024 alone, India produced over a thousand films across 20 languages. There were as many films produced in the south Indian languages Tamil and Telugu as Hollywood itself in 2024. In 2023, RRR , a Telugu film directed by Rajamouli, also won the Oscar for Best Original Song with “Naatu Naatu.” With many…
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Bollywood and romance, a match made in heaven
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Growing up in the early 2000s, Indian films and romance were inseparable. Bollywood, the Hindi film industry, was particularly synonymous with romantic musicals. This came about especially after the release of Diwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) in 1995, directed by Aditya Chopra and starring Shah Rukh Khan (Raj) and Kajol (Simran). The film and actors…
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Signal Fire: Examining the philosophies of science
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On Nov. 5, the film Signal Fire by director Kelly Milner was shown at the Princess Twin in Uptown Waterloo. The film was released in tandem with the paper “Towards reconciliation: 10 Calls to Action to natural scientists working in Canada” by Carmen Wonga, Kate Ballegooyen, Lawrence Ignace, Mary Jane (Gùdia) Johnson and Heidi Swanson.…
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