Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Churuli (2021), currently streaming on SonyLIV, introduces the viewer...
Churuli
Book Review: Conversations With Waheeda Rehman
“Bound scripts were uncommon in the early days…. Many times, the scene was given to us on the...
Upperstall’s Top 20 Indian Films
On July 7, 2020 our labour of love, Upperstall.com turned 20. Stating the obvious, it has been a...
Director’s Note: Mumu Shelley
A scene in our film Mumu Shelley (2021) has Mumu (Pubali Sanyal) drop a vessel of cooked rice on...
Sumitra Bhave – A Tribute
I first met Sumitra Bhave at the Hyderabad Filmotsav in 1986 when she presented her short film Bai...
All Art Is Quite Useless: Misguided Morality And Masala Movies
Oscar Wilde was notorious in his time for several reasons, but particularly his sexuality (for...