E-CineIndia (July-September 2025)

E-CineIndia
Vol. XXVII
ISSN: 2582-2500
Jul – Sep 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

OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHORS ARE THEIR OWN, AND E-CINEINDIA IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT

Cinemas of North-East
 1.⁠ ⁠Anna M.M. Vetticad- (Interview) “Sometimes, just telling a story is an act of resistance” – Pradip Kurbah
 2.⁠ ⁠Manoj Barpujari- (Critique) Sarcasm of Existence: The Elysian Field
 3.⁠ ⁠Kalpajyoti Bhuyan- (Article) The Cinema of Meghalaya: Culture and Identity
 4.⁠ ⁠Pranjal Borah- (Article) A Heart-Wrenching Triple Tale from the Edges of India: III Smoking Barrels
 5.⁠ ⁠Abhijit Kumar Bhuyan- (Article) Boong’s Hidden Language: Pacing, Sound, and Culture in Marginalized Narratives
 6.⁠ ⁠Bobby Wahengbam- (Article) Manipuri Cinema and Magical Realism
 7.⁠ ⁠Nishamoni Mahanta- (Article) Cinema and Literature: A Study of Laaz as an Assamese Adaptation
 8.⁠ ⁠Sujata Hati Baruah- (Article) Gulai Soor: An Experiment in Gender and Sexuality on the Assamese Silver Screen
 9.⁠ ⁠Joyshree Dutta- (Paper) Gender, Sexuality, and Identity in Modern Assamese Cinema: A Study of Aamis (2019) and Bulbul Can Sing (2018)

Tribute
10.⁠ ⁠Anirban Sadhu- Documentaries and Short Films of Ritwik Ghatak
11.⁠ ⁠Milind Damle- Hits and Misses: The Unknown World of Raj Kapoor

Article
12.⁠ ⁠Darya Elena Dashunina- Three Encounters with Satyajit Ray
13.⁠ ⁠Malek Khouri- From Memento to Tenet: Christopher Nolan Between Postmodern Absurdity and the Fatigue of the Overindulgent Director
14.⁠ ⁠Anis Pervez- Understanding Cinema: Learning to Read an Art Form
15.⁠ ⁠Sudeshna Goswami- The Pain-Scarred Journey of Aranyer Din Ratri
16.⁠ ⁠Oorvazi Irani- Body: Unmasking the Mask
17.⁠ ⁠Bidiptaa Sen- Dynamic Spaces, Mobile Vision: Reading Cinematic Space in Mani Kaul’s ‘Dhrupad’ (1983) and ‘Siddheshwari’ (1989)
18.⁠ ⁠Apurbajyoti Tanti- AI in Modern Filmmaking
19.⁠ ⁠Divine Rizia R V- Love, Labour, and Market Value: A Cultural Reading of Materialists (2025)
20.⁠ ⁠Shalmali Mali- History on Screen: Bollywood’s Misleading Narratives
21.⁠ ⁠A Chandrasekhar- Biopic (Re)Creating Something New from History: Analysing the Creative Challenges in the Making of Authentic Biopics
22.⁠ ⁠Moumita Roy- Haunted Kitchens: Food, Scarcity, And Ghostly Women in Bengali Cinema
23.⁠ ⁠Tanvi Vyas- Anthropocentrism and Eco-Feminism in Avatar: Visual Narratives
24.⁠ ⁠Kiran Prasad Goda- Water as a Motif: A Thematic Analysis of Eeram (2009)
25.⁠ ⁠K. Rajesh- Pazhampori, Popcorn & 2x
26.⁠ ⁠Shivika Sharma- Is Cinema Dead?

Critique
27.⁠ ⁠N Vidyashankar- Sentimental Value – Private Pain into Public Art
28.⁠ ⁠Pradip Biswas- A Sunday in The Country (1984)
29.⁠ ⁠Bitopan Borborah- Cinema of Serendipity
30.⁠ ⁠Dipsikha Bhagawati-nBadnam Basti: Stimulating the Queer Chronicle

Festival Report
31.⁠ ⁠Narendra Bandabe- Busan International Film Festival 2025: Exploring Gender, Survival, and Resistance

Cover
The Elysian Field (2025) Pradip Kurbah