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Nabin Subba and Dayahang Rai share purpose of 'A Road to a Village' with Meenakshi Shedde at TIFF 2023
Nepalese director Nabin Subba and actor Dayahang Rai have brought their film 'A Road to a Village' to the Toronto International Film Festival 2023. The story honours those left behind when people leave for big cities to make their lives larger. In conversation with film journalist and critic Meenakshi Shedde, the director-actor duo talks about the impact of independent cinema, bringing their film to TIFF 2023, and creating a movie that gently makes a strong socio-economical comment
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All-women cast and crew of 'Yellow Bus' discuss the quest for justice with Meenakshi Shedde at TIFF 2023
Tannishtha Chatterjee, the star, Wendy Bednarz, the director and Nadia Eliewat, the producer of 'Yellow Bus' sit down with film journalist and critic Meenakshi Shedde on the sidelines of the Toronto International Film Festival 2023 to discuss how their feature film deals with how individuals process grief. The trio shares their experience of working with a multicultural crew and the challenges of keeping the essence and authenticity of an Indian story
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'The Monk and the Gun' is a celebration of innocence: Pawo Choyning Dorji tells Meenakshi Shedde
Pawo Choyning Dorji's Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom' had taken the world by storm when it was released in 2019. The drama was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards 2022. Pawo has brought his second feature, 'The Monk and the Gun', again based upon the Bhutanese way of living, to the Toronto International Film Festival 2023. In conversation with film journalist and critic Meenakshi Shedde, the director talks about his new movie's essence, Oscar's campaign for his debut feature and more
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In conversation with Meenakshi Shedde at TIFF 2023, Jayant Somalkar and Shefali Bhushan detail 'Sthal'
Jayant Somalkar and Shefali Bhushan are better known for their hit web series 'Guilty Minds'. But right now, their feature film, 'Sthal (A Match)', has received a rousing response at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. In conversation with film journalist and critic Meenakshi Shedde on the sidelines of TIFF 2023, the director-producer duo talks about the personal and socio-economic roots of the story, the challenges of making the film and the fascinating cast.
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'Horrible premiere, fab audience response': Dear Jassi's Tarsem Singh to Meenakshi Shedde
Film journalist and critic Meenakshi Shedde speaks with director Tarsem Singh about his return with Dear Jassi, what she describes as a film that 'really hits you in the gut, while having a beautiful, gentle, warmly welcoming side to it'. It's a departure from Singh's earlier work, and he speaks here about how he approached it
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Waited 13 yrs, but reaction was worth it — Kiran Rao speaks to Meenakshi Shedde on 'Laapataa Ladies'
After a long hiatus, Kiran Rao is back in the director's chair with comedic film 'Laapataa Ladies', a story about newlywed brides who get mixed up in a train. The film got a standing ovation at its Toronto International Film Festival premiere. On the sidelines, Rao speaks with film journalist and critic Meenakshi Shedde, about how she turned a powerful social commentary into a massy, entertaining, memorable film
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'An unheard of year for Indian films at the TIFF 2023' ' Curtain raiser by Meenakshi Shedde
In an unprecedented record, 14 films at the Toronto International Film Festival are from South Asia, including six from India and six from diaspora. This signals the 'rude and boisterous health of Indian cinema', says Meenakshi Shedde, film critic and senior programme advisor, Toronto International Film Festival. From a mainstream masala film like 'Thank You for Coming', with Bhumi Pednekar and Anil Kapoor, to a powerful social commentary seeped in comedy in Kiran Rao's 'Laapataa Ladies', here's what to expect at the prestigious film festival
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One thing today in tech — Apple highlights net zero efforts launching iPhone 15 and Watch 9
Apple is releasing a new iPhone simultaneously in India and the US for the first time. Yes, the USB-C port happened with the new iPhone. Apple didn't disappoint with the many incrementally faster, better features with innovations that combine hardware tech and software ingenuity, as it launched the iPhone 15 series of smartphones and the Apple Watch 9 series yesterday. The Apple Watch 9 series is the first product from the company that is 100 percent carbon neutral
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One thing today in tech — The next wave of global capability centres in India
Global capability centres, as they are now marketed, are offshore centres in India providing work for large multinational parent corporations, mostly in the US, Britain and Western Europe, but also from countries like Japan and Australia. The world's best-known companies across sectors have such centres in India — from JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs to Mercedes Benz to Salesforce and Atlassian. There are close to 1600 GCCs in India, employing about 1.66 million people and accounting for $46 billion in business, according to the consultancy Zinnov
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Inside our family business issue—Gujarat special
Every year, we come up with a special issue highlighting the contribution of family businesses to India's economic and cultural growth. This year the focus is on Gujarat—a state that has given us big names such as Ambani, Adani, Lalbhais of Arvind, Modis of Cadilla Pharmaceuticals, Engineers of Astral, and many others. In this podcast, Naandika Tripathi and Naini Thaker talk about their experience anchoring the issue and writing the stories about the impact of these family businesses.
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Freshworks Investor Day — One takeaway that reflects enterprise customer push
Freshworks organised its first investor day last week and provided some granular data on how it's doing and where it's headed. One noteworthy takeaway was that Freshservice, the company's IT service management and related operations product, has emerged as its most powerful growth engine—increasing in the "low 40s" percent annually, which is more than twice as fast as the company's overall growth in recent quarters. CEO Girish Mathrubootham, who also envisions all his products to be increasingly AI-infused, expects to capture multiple adjacent opportunities