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In 2012, a young medical student, Jyoti Singh, was gang-raped and brutally beaten by six men on a bus in New Delhi, later dying of her injuries. This sparked a nation-wide protest, with thousands calling on the government, and Indian...

Deepa Mehta - the Oscar nominated director of Water and Midnight's Children - takes a turn into very different territory with her upcoming Beeba Boys, an often violent look at crime within the Indian community on Canada's west coast.Deepa Mehta...

Guns and drugs and blood may not be the first things that spring to mind when thinking of acclaimed Canadian director Deepa Mehta but she's setting out to change that with her upcoming effort Beeba Boys. A crime story revolving...

Long - and rightfully - regarded as one of Canada's absolute finest arthouse auteurs, Deepa Mehta is charting new ground with her latest effort. Basing her story around the real life criminal gang culture in second and third generation Indian...

Recently we started a New to Netflix column on ScreenAnarchy for readers in the US, Canada and UK. We don't have Netflix in Australia (not that it wouldn't be welcome; Australian consumer advocate Choice has even written Netflix an open...

It is rare that I wish I lived in Los Angeles, but this year's Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles is making a good case for the city of angels. A few days ago we announced the opening and closing...

The Indian Film Festival season opens this year with the 11th annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. This year's festival, taking place from April 9th-14th, has grabbed a couple of highly sought after features for their gala screenings. Opening...