In the opening scene of Axone, the first Hindi film on the life of northeasterners outside the northeast (of India), we follow three young friends hurrying through their neighbourhood at the crack of ...

Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) Director Nicholas Kharkongor’s movie “Axone” will be screened at the 63rd BFI London Film Festival and the 21st Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. The film deals with racism in a ...

Like several films and shows releasing in the last three months, which were not intended to see daylight during a pandemic, finds a newfound relevance in an audience immured at home. In the case of ...

Axone, pronounced ‘Akhuni’, is a particularly pungent ingredient used in Naga cuisine. In the opening scene of Axone, the film, our protagonists procure some of it to use in a special pork dish that ...

Nicholas Kharkongor, the director of Axone, owes his roots to both Nagaland and Meghalaya. He chats with us on what made him want to make the film that’s been feted at festivals worldwide and has ...

Taking a step ahead to highlight the struggles of these minorities in a mundane, non-Covid context is the film Axone. The film is set in the landscape of a middle-class locality in Delhi where a group ...

Pronounced ‘a-khu-ney’, this little movie by Nicholas Kharkongor, made on a shoe-string budget, is the first ever to find its way to an OTT platform. It talks about racial prejudices and ...

Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) Actress Sayani Gupta’s “Axone”, which talks about inclusivity, will have its world premiere at the 63rd BFI London Film Festival 2019 in October. This will be followed by its ...

So it’s been a hundred days of Axone on Netflix. What fun! Who would have thought that a film about such a niche, underrepresented community would gain such popularity? But then again, a Hindi ...

A 96-minute feature film, Axone (aroma), based on experiences of northeasterners in major cities outside the region, was screened on the first day of the two-day Glocal International Film Festival ...

From being denied admission in hospitals to being harassed, many northeast Indians have faced severe racism amid the Covid-19 situation in the country. While criticising the whole situation, ...