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World Service,08 Mar 2025,49 mins

Director Karan Kandhari and actor Radhika Apte

The Arts Hour

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Nikki and cultural critic Anil Sinanan discuss US rapper and writer Doechii, winner of Best Rap Album at this year’s Grammys, on her need to keep creating. The English writer and director Richard “Four Weddings and a Funeral” Curtis, on why weddings make good cinema. Swedish filmmakers Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson, creators of a moving and funny documentary The Last Journey. French Indian actor Kalki Koechlin on her cultural identity… Comedian Nick Mohamed on perseverance... There’s music from Finnish folk band Frigg… And Director Karan Kandhari and actor Radhika Apte will be talking about their highly unusual film Sister Midnight, set in Mumbai, India. (Image: Radhika Apte and Ashok Pathak in Sister Midnight. Courtesy of Altitude Film)

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