"I felt like people were alleging that I'm attending the protest only because I'm Muslim. I realised that, yeah, so what? Is that a bad thing? Is that a wrong thing? When I realised that and I came face to face with my real self and was no longer feeling apologetic for who I am." -Interview with The News Minute
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Dharamshala International Film Festival Selection 2026. In case you cannot attend, click below to express your interest for any of the films you want to be screened in your city.
Indians films showcasing at Busan International Film Festival 2026 (6th-15th October)
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Section: Vision - Asia
· Birds in the Dark (Shashank Walia)
· Selvi (Sailesh Rathnakumar)
Section: A Window on Asian Cinema
· About an Intimate Matter (Sandeep Kumar Paul)
· Birds on Ice (Sahil H. Shah)
· Chevittorma (The Soul Whisperer) (Leo Thaddeus)
· Khoriya (Vishwendra Singh)
· Lovers in the Blue Night (Anuparna Roy)
· Not a Hero (Rima Das)
Section: Asian Short Film Competition
· Salt Electric (Paromita Dhar)
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"The whole story became about him trying to find his own music and asking, “What is my music?” That search became a meta phor for his inner crisis."
- Ustaad Bantoo's director Arsh Jain's interview in Platform Magazine.
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Turtle Walker Review by Anupama Chopra
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“I wanted to show that when they go outside for work, society puts a moral surveillance on something that equips her to cross the boundary of home. Physically, Barkha has come out, but there is still something inside that is pulling her back, creating a feeling as if she has done something wrong.”
Nidhi Saxena
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