Laapataa Ladies

Simplicity might be a structure easy enough to scorn but if the director knows how exactly to engage the audience, it could …

All India Rank

Writer and Lyricist Varun Grover’s maiden directorial outing, All India Rank, captures the growing optimism of 1990s India in its …

The Holdovers

The Holdovers, directed by Alexander Payne, stands as solid testament to the age-old adage, “Never count an auteur out.” The …

Director’s Note: My Sona!

My Sona! (dur: 4.22 mins, Hindi subtitled in English, short fiction, 2024) – an ultra, ultra short film on Najma’s …

Raja Jani

The Yul Brynner-Ingrid Bergman starrer Anastasia (1956) gets the Hindi film treatment with Raja Jani and to be honest, the film by and large …

Fighter

One look at director Siddharth Anand’s filmography informs you of his love for Hollywood genre movies. Thus, it comes as …

Tumsa Nahin Dekha

Gopal kills his partner and has to go on the run abandoning his wife and baby son. Twenty years later …

Revisiting Dosti, The Saga Of Tears & Tribulations

It was a mildly winter day in Bombay, on November 6, 1964. A bunch of us kids weren’t quite thrilled …

The Holdovers

The Holdovers, directed by Alexander Payne, stands as solid testament to the age-old adage, “Never count an auteur out.” The …

Suresh Pai On Editing Footprints On Water

He is one of the finest film editors in India, having edited close to 60 feature films. An alumnus of …

The Dark Humour of Randa Chahal Sabbag

Collins dictionary defines ‘Black Humour’ as: A form of humour that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or …

All That Breathes

Shaunak Sen’s  remarkable documentary, All That Breathes, that was nominated for an Academy Award, is set in India’s capital city, …

Director’s Note: My Sona!

My Sona! (dur: 4.22 mins, Hindi subtitled in English, short fiction, 2024) – an ultra, ultra short film on Najma’s …

Revisiting Dosti, The Saga Of Tears & Tribulations

It was a mildly winter day in Bombay, on November 6, 1964. A bunch of us kids weren’t quite thrilled …

Across The Border: Mammo

Khalid Mohamed recalls how he wrote the real-life story and screenplay of the National Award-winning film, Mammo (1994), now accessible …