E-CineIndia (January-March 2025)

E-CineIndia
Vol. XXV
ISSN: 2582-2500
Jan – Mar 2025

Editor: 
Premendra Mazumder

Editorial Board:
MK Raghavendra
N Vidyashankar (Kannada)
Meena Karnik (Marathi)
Manoj Barpujari (Assamese)
G P Ramachandran (Malayalam)

Copy-Editor: 
Bhagyalakshmi Makam

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Article
 1.⁠ ⁠Premendra Mazumder – Film Society Movement in India
 2.⁠ ⁠Rhythm Mandal – From the Drama of Discomfort to the Comedy of Catharsis: A Brief Analysis of Evolving Depictions of Gendered Violence in Malayalam Films
 3.⁠ ⁠Shailen Verma – Cross-Border Relationships in Hindi Cinema: A study of the Evolution of Border Identity
 4.⁠ ⁠G Kiran Prasad – The Impact of Visual Effects (VFX) and Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) on Narrative Immersion in Eega
 5.⁠ ⁠Ashok Palit – Mrinal Sen, First Political Odia Cinema Director
 6.⁠ ⁠Arjun M – Cinematic Mortality: The Shifting Portrayal of Death in Indian Films Across Different Eras (1913-2025)
 7.⁠ ⁠Aparna Ajith – The Cost of Salvation: Revisiting Satyajit Ray’s Sadgati Through a Dalit Lens
 8.⁠ ⁠A. Chandrasekhar – Anthologies in Malayalam Cinema
 9.⁠ ⁠Latha Rajasekar – Polity, Propaganda and Parasakthi
10.⁠ ⁠Gowreesh V.S. – From Playback to Playfront: Music Performance in ‘Globalized’ India
11.⁠ ⁠Anuradha Kunda – Violence on Women
12.⁠ ⁠O.P. Srivastava – The Fictionalized Non-Fiction: Changing Contours
13.⁠ ⁠Sayan Paul – ‘Life, Death, and Everything in Between…’ : Understanding the Cinema of Rajen Tarafdar

Paper
14.⁠ ⁠Nishana Ashref – Murder, Mystery, and Margins: The Diagnostic Lens of Ee Kanni Koodi by K G George
15.⁠ ⁠Manasee Palshikar – Talking Heads, Listening Hearts
16.⁠ ⁠S. Muthuvel – Kalidas cannot be the First Tamil Talkie
17.⁠ ⁠Souparno Ghosh – Spectacle and Spectatorship in MSG – The Messenger (2015)

Tribute
18.⁠ ⁠Milind Damle – The Saga of Raj Kapoor: Aag and Barsaat, Hand in Hand?

Interview
19.⁠ ⁠Pradip Biswas – Wanuri Kahiu: Lighthouse of Kenyan Cinema

AIFF
20.⁠ ⁠Latika Padgaonkar – Ajanta-Ellora International Film Festival
21.⁠ ⁠G P Ramachandran – Family: What is Lost when it Falls Apart
22.⁠ ⁠Latika Padgaonkar – Sai Paranjpye

CDG Memorial Competition
23.⁠ ⁠Prajapita Debroy – A Leap of Faith: Reimagining Faith, Friendship, and Masculinity in Manjummel Boys
24.⁠ ⁠Anju Devadas R.D. – Unmasking the Theatrics in Aattam: Exposing the Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing
25.⁠ ⁠Gursimran Datla – Article 370: In the Service of ‘The Image’
26.⁠ ⁠Labanya Dey -The Goat Life: One Man’s Survival Drama, Ignorant About the Politics of Slavery
27.⁠ ⁠Chandrakant Kamble – Animal Reinforces the Patriarchy in India
28.⁠ ⁠Janet J – Aattam
29.⁠ ⁠Abirbhab Maitra – Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar: A Poetic Deconstruction of Masculine Ego in Romantic Relationship
30.⁠ ⁠Divya Sachar – Visual Apparatus as Political Tool in Shahrukh Khan Chavada’s Kayo Kayo Colour

Critique
31.⁠ ⁠Lalit Rao – Angwal
32.⁠ ⁠Dipsikha Bhagawati – The Storyteller: Slow Burn Juxtaposition of Holistic Paradoxes
33.⁠ ⁠Tanvi Vyas – Queen Cleopatra

Cover
Marie Seton and Satyajit Ray