Cinema and Beyond

Cinema and Beyond A critical(appreciative as well) blog on films, tv/web shows and everything connected to the art of cinema beyond the obvious.

10/10/2026

Remembering Nana Patekar, the original king of monologues, through these memorable, show-stealing scenes.

[Nana Patekar, Tiranga, Krantiveer, Welcome, Welcome Memes]

The Cinema & Beyond Community brings you their recommendations for the days that are difficult. Movies that feel like th...
10/10/2026

The Cinema & Beyond Community brings you their recommendations for the days that are difficult.
Movies that feel like therapy đź«‚đź«‚

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[World Mental Health Day, Mental Health, Therapy, Feel Good Movies]

Mahatma Gandhi is a synonym for satya and ahimsa. His ideology transcends borders leaving a lasting impression on nation...
02/10/2026

Mahatma Gandhi is a synonym for satya and ahimsa. His ideology transcends borders leaving a lasting impression on nations and cultures, inspiring global movements and the fight against injustice.
Filmmakers across the generations and mediums have tried to capture his life and ideals on screen.

Here’s a list of 12 portrayals to commemorate Gandhi’s birth anniversary.

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26/09/2026

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25/09/2026

From pages to screen.

How Irrfan Khan and Tabu immortalised Jhumpa Lahiri’s Ashoke and Ashima in Mira Nair’s adaptation of The Namesake.

Lahiri gave us Ashoke and Ashima through words, their silences, memories, longing and quiet resilience.
Nair gave them a physical world, and Irrfan and Tabu gave that world a pulse.

The way Ashoke walks away.
The way the screen slowly fades.
The silences that linger long after the frame disappears.

These are moments unique to cinema, adding another layer to what Lahiri had already created on the page.

And perhaps that’s why, when it comes to The Namesake — the novel versus the film, there is no winner.

It’s a tie.

We are discussing both the novel and the movie with Raipur Reader’s Club । Raipur.

September 27th, Sunday
2pm to 5pm
BREW:D Experimental Coffee & Wood-Fired Pizza

Mira Nair Tabu SooMira Nairrevala JhTabu Sooni TaraporevalasJhumpa Lahirir, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Jhumpa Lahiri, Raipur Events, Film Community]

22/09/2026

When a book club and a film club come together, it has to be about a faithful cinematic adaptation of a novel that not only retains the book's emotional core but also showcases beautiful cinematic language.

Raipur Readers Club and Cinema & Beyond are coming together to discuss Jhumpa Lahiri’s 2003 novel and Mira Nair’s critically acclaimed film- The Namesake.

Join us if you are in love with either of the medium of storytelling to immerse into the world of Ashok, Ashima and Gogol, a story of names, identities and belonging.
First through Lahiri’s words, and then through Mira Nair’s frames.

The registration form will be out soon.
27th September,
2pm to 5pm.
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21/09/2026

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