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Indraadip Dasgupta’s Grihapravesh (2025) is billed as a tribute to filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh. The premise also has promise: a chamber drama soaked in the emotional turbulence of a woman wronged by fate, yet stoically carrying the weight of duty. But the film ends up as an overly sentimental patchwork. It tries to honour an auteur’s legacy but never quite taps into the heart of what made his cinema so powerful.

The story revolves around Titli, a young woman left adrift emotionally and socially after her husband walks out just a week into their marriage. With nowhere else to go, she continues to live with her ageing in-laws — played by Kaushik Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta — assuming the roles of caregiver, daughter, and emotional anchor in their lives. There’s a quiet grace with which Titli inhabits her grief, never allowing self-pity to eclipse her sense of responsibility.

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The AcademyThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents The Academy Awards, which is popularly known as the Oscars.Tnm StaffA collage of actors Suriya and KajolActors Suriya and Kajol are among the invitees to join The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The organisation has extended an invitation to 397 artists and others to join the organisation in 2022. "Membership selection is based on professional qualifications with an ongoing commitment to representation, inclusion and equity. This year's class of invitees includes 71 Oscar nominees, including 15 winners. The Academy is the organisation which presents The Academy Awards, popularly known as Oscars. Other Indians who made it to the list include filmmakers Reema Kagti, Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas. Indian documentary Writing With Fire, made by Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas, was recently nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category at the 94th edition of the Academy Awards. The documentary chronicled the rise of Khabar Lahariya,...