MAMI Mumbai Film Festival picks: Nocturnes, Village Rockstars 2, Santosh and more

The stories behind some of the films screened at one of India’s leading festivals.

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MAMI Mumbai Film Festival picks: Nocturnes, Village Rockstars 2, Santosh and more
The stories behind some of the films screened at one of India’s leading festivals.
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‘Santosh’ review: A thoughtful study of power and powerlessness

‘Marching in the Dark’ review: A moving account of a woman farmer coping with suicide and neglect

In ‘Village Rockstars 2’, the guitar-playing heroine has grown up – and her world has changed too

‘The Real Superstar’: Why a French filmmaker is fascinated by Amitabh Bachchan’s screen persona

‘A product of love’: Nepali director Deepak Rauniyar on his police procedural ‘Pooja, Sir’

The passion and patience that led to the award-winning documentary ‘Nocturnes’

What a film about Nazi-era director Leni Riefenstahl tells us about the present

The delightful days and sleepless nights that went into Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’

The miraculous resurrection of Nirad Mohapatra’s Odia classic ‘Maya Miriga’

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