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Agra struggles to find screens ahead of India release, director Kanu Behl calls out multiplex chains: 'The space for anything other than mindless cinema...'
November 13, 2025 10:11 pm
Set in a small Indian town, Agra follows Guru, a young call-centre employee living with his parents, caught between loneliness, dating apps, and delusional fantasies.
Kanu Behl is hopeful Yash Raj Films would back an indie film like Titli today: 'There's still no sustainable system for independent cinema'
October 28, 2025 6:21 pm
In an exclusive interview with SCREEN, Titli director Kanu Behl looks back at his 2015 directorial debut, how autobiographical that story was, learnings from Dibakar Banerjee, and whether Yash Raj Films would back an indie film like that today.
The best Indian movies of the year, from two Mammootty masterpieces to Kanu Behl's Agra and Aamir Bashir's Maagh
December 27, 2023 1:44 pm
In a year marked by the return of regressive mainstream cinema, the best Indian films smashed the patriarchy, empowered the oppressed, and spotlighted talent from across regions and languages.
Express at Cannes: Anurag Kashyap, Kanu Bahl chart triumphal returns
May 26, 2023 7:04 am
Anurag Kashyap’s set-during-the-pandemic cop-crime drama ‘Kennedy’ and Kanu Behl’s ‘Agra’ got long standing ovations after their screening at the Cannes Film Festival.
Wanted to understand sexual repression through Agra: Director Kanu Behl on his Cannes-bound film
May 23, 2023 12:40 pm
Agra, directed by Kanu Behl, tackles sexual repression and intimate desires, premiering at Cannes Film Festival with captivating storytelling.
Kanu Behl's Agra to have world premiere at Directors' Fortnight of Cannes Film Festival
April 18, 2023 4:22 pm
Agra is Kanu Behl's second film to have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival after his debut film Titli, which premiered in the 2014 Cannes Un Certain Regard section.
Manoj Bajpayee to star in investigative thriller Despatch
January 31, 2021 9:28 am
In investigative thriller Despatch, Manoj Bajpayee's character finds himself sucked into the murky underbelly of business and crime.
Young actors are willing to experiment: Kanu Behl
October 28, 2015 1:44 pm
Kanu Behl said: "I think actors today are showing willingness to do all kind of films. Like Varun Dhawan has done 'Badlapur', Alia has done 'Highway'."
'Titli' about patriarchy and violence in family: Kanu Behl
October 18, 2015 1:51 pm
Kanu Behl says "Titli" is a coming-of-age story that explores the patriarchy and the circle of violence running within a family.
Kanu Behl's next selected at Asian Project Market in BIFF
October 01, 2015 5:59 pm
Kanu Behl's next project "Agra" has been roped in for the 18th edition of Asian Project Market (APM).
KANU BEHL PHOTOS
Sussanne Khan dines with Sonali, Gayatri; Ayushmann watches Dibakar Banerjee's 'Titli'
October 28, 2015 3:37 pm
While Hrithik Roshan's ex-wife Sussanne Khan was seen enjoying a quite dinner with her friends a day after her birthday (October 26), Ayushmann Khurrana watched Dibakar Banerjee's 'Titli' with his wife.
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