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‘Reel’ Republic, 2018 by  Esha Sahor Lepcha  on  January 9, 2018 When we cannot decide upon a decent plan on a public holiday, we must know one thing that there exists a film for every mood possible and trust me, the experience is remotely exhausting. Let us feel the ‘inqilaab’ this 69th Republic Day and indulge in some ‘soul searching’ through cinema. While we are at it, we realize the strength of social issues and in the process we fall in love with revolutionary films which have helped build roads out of darkness and evil. Rejoice the ‘Reel’ republic this 26th January with the set of films we have picked for you. Achhut Kannya (1936):  You cannot give this one a skip. It is one of the oldest blockbusters of Indian cinema. A timeless saga of love and revolt, true to 1936. The film primarily depicts the atrocities of caste system and how our protagonists Pratap, a Brahmin boy (Ashok Kumar) and Kasturi, a Dalit girl (Devika Rani) fall in love just ...

by   E sha Sahor Lepcha   The technique of horror film making has always been an interesting topic to research on. It is one of the most difficult arts to present on screen and packaging the film attractively for the audience is an achievement in itself for the film maker.   Films are the portrayal of the film maker’s thought process. But, what if one has to think horror? Bollywood have set examples of the funniest and the scariest horror films of their times.  Kamaal Amrohi’s debut film ‘Mahal’, marked the successful beginning of popular Horror films in the Hindi film industry. It is also immortalised by Madhubala’s beauty and Lata Mangeshkar’s first major hit song ‘Ayega Aanewala’. The earliest ‘horror’ films in Indian cinema revolved around themes of reincarnation and rebirth. To phrase it right “bhatki hui aatmaa.”    In 1976, a star studded shocker hit the screen and it was called ‘Nagin’. This was...