REPORTS, ANALYSES, AND OPINIONS FROM THE STUDENT DESK AT SIMC, PUNE
The much-awaited Symbiosis International Film Festival turned out to be a grand success. Students from institutes across the university poured in, filling the venue with energy, curiosity, and a shared…
The opening few shots of We, the Puffcorns of India, show the over-the-top, colossal boardings of the god Ram in an absolutely hyper-masculine fashion. Just through these few shots, the…
When Om Khandeparkar and Abhay Mehta’s Mi Hero Zhalo begins with the whooshing, hissing and whistling of a local train in Bombay, imitated by one of its protagonists, you immediately…
There are stories and then there are stories behind those stories! For me, watching Matar Paneer as part of the Symbiosis Film Festival was led primarily by the story behind…
KYC*, the debut short film by Aravindan S.S., has a powerful, unsettling, and edgy view of how misogyny manifests itself, whether it is quiet in public, malignant in private, or…
Dr Sudha VenkataswamyAssociate ProfessorSIMC, Pune Some films announce themselves; others arrive gently and linger with surprising persistence. Ilish, screened on the opening morning of the Symbiosis Film Festival 2025, belongs…
'P for Paparazzi’ is a short documentary directed by Divya Kharnare. It is based on the life of Manoj, a seasoned freelance paparazzo with a repute, grappling with the realities…
Subbiah Nallamuthu, one of India's leading wildlife filmmakers, graced the Symbiosis Film Festival 2025 with his remarkable presence. With a career spanning over two decades, he has shot documentaries, feature…
By Smritika Banerjee Mariam Abuhaideri, who is an animal activist, led a protest on MG Road in Pune with over 50 people against the Animal Welfare Board of India. This…
A 17-year-old boy identified as Sonu Alias Lakhsn Balu, a resident of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Vasahat, was brutally murdered at the Rajmata Jijau Oxygen Park in Chandan Nagar on 6th…