Ever since India’s First 3D film, My Dear Kuttichatan (1984), came into existence, it was my...
Category - Features
Freedom: My Story
A graduate in Film Editing from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, in 1969...
The (Mis) Adventures of Ambikapathy
The following is an extract from American-born Filmmaker Ellis R Dungan‘s autobiography, A...
Yesterday’s Films For Tomorrow
It was but natural that legendary archivist and ‘Celluloid Man’ PK Nair’s last...
Cinema Memories: The Collage On The Wall
Vasantha Talkies was the cultural hub of that little town of Dharapuram in Tamil Nadu, where I grew...
Bengali Cinema Round-Up, 2016
For the past eight years there has been no credible body in West Bengal, to honour and award the...
Sitara Devi: The Twinkling Star
This is a long overdue post considering my colleague, filmmaker Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, and I...
Of Women Directors And More
If and when auteur critics and film scholars study the work of women directors, they typically look...
When Lata & Noor Jehan Sang The Same Tune
Being a fanatic follower of Indian cinema history, I have been involved in enough discussions with...
The Bard In Bengali Films
William Shakespeare’s representation on Indian film has mainly focussed on the Pan-Indian...