‘If my films help the Bengali film industry in any way, I’ll be extremely happy. I’m extremely flattered that I’m being compared with Satyajit Ray. But I feel I’m majorly overrated. I came into Bengali cinema at a time...
Editorial
These three movies, made in different timescapes, ( one in 1979, another one in 2011 and the other one in 2019 ) have got one thing in common and that is the central...
Vetri Maaran might happen to be the most versatile contemporary filmmaker, and I am vouching for it on the basis of only two of his works. If we take Visaaranai on one...
There are many romantic songs in Hindi cinema talking about the union, the blessing that love is, the rosy moments and even the dreams of a happy ending as well. These...
‘Birds are sky bound; holding them down in a cage is wicked love.’ – Vincent Okay Nwachukwu Janardan Jakhar is that bird. Imtiaz Ali imagined that bada...
If you think of it, there have come many songs in the past depicting the little to big desires of the protagonist(s) in the films. Be it snatching the moon and the stars...
Songs are an integral part of Hindi cinema. Over the years since the release of India’s first talkie film Alam Ara (1931), songs have played many roles in the films –...
If you want to see it, you see it – this is the case of storytelling by Anubhav Sinha in Thappad, a film rich in detailing and subtle imagery. Engaging and...
‘From the hot fire of being apart, Comes the flame that burns the heart.‘ An old dervish-looking cobbler recites this poetic verse to a seventeen-year old...
Irrfan Khan – what great things have already not been put to describe him. Celebrated both as an actor and a person, there’s none a fault one can find in his...
