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Indira Kannan

All stories by Indira Kannan

How COVID-19 was born: The real story
Rediff.com5 Oct 2020

Even now, the world knows less about the outbreak and spread of COVID-19 within China...

Colour Blind Casting or Cultural Appropriation?
Rediff.com2 Oct 2020

'Acting, by definition, is a portrayal of a character other than oneself.' 'If every...

Never Have I Ever: Mindy Kaling's new Netflix show
Rediff.com22 Apr 2020

With Mindy Kaling producing as well as writing parts of Never Have I Ever,...

How Punyakoti, Sanskrit's 1st animation film, got made
Rediff.com19 Apr 2020

Seven years ago, Ravishankar Venkateswaran heard a story during a bus ride.

How a desi is making waves at MoMA
Rediff.com27 Nov 2019

'We'll certainly have Hollywood productions, so why wouldn't we have Bollywood?'

The rise and fall of Bikram Chaudhury, now on Netflix
Rediff.com20 Nov 2019

A Netflix documentary reveals the sordid story behind the dazzling success and dizzying...

Three movies you must watch!
Rediff.com12 Nov 2019

Indira Kannan picks Made in Bangladesh, Greed, Moothon.

'Slumdog Millionaire opens doors for me as a diplomat'
Rediff.com3 Nov 2018

'If I get posted to a place, if people engage with me just as an Indian diplomat, I...

'A film like ours is important for an Indian audience'
Rediff.com10 Oct 2018

'China is monitoring films like ours and making sure it doesn't get a platform.'

Fahrenheit 11/9 turns up heat on Trump
Rediff.com19 Sep 2018

'There are millions of Americans who are doing their best to undo the damage that he...

The Pakistani film you must see
Rediff.com29 Oct 2017

Iram Haq's What Will People Say is a deeply relatable story of family values at odds...

What Anurag Kashyap's Mukkabaaz is all about
Rediff.com27 Sep 2017

Mukkabaaz, a film in which its lead actor shines, unfortunately tries to pack in a...

How Rajkummar Rao became a dreaded terrorist
Rediff.com27 Sep 2017

The filmmaker said he relied on documentary evidence and public accounts for much of...

'We are in India for the long haul'
Rediff.com3 Jul 2014

Taxation is a growing concern across the world, across our jurisdictions.