Dastak

A lower middle-class, newly wedded Muslim couple, Hamid and Salma (Sanjeev Kumar, Rehana Sultan), find affordable accommodation in the city …

Sthal

Jayant Somalkar’s Marathi film, Sthal (A Match, 2023), is a powerful, biting critique on the tradition of arranged marriages in rural …

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 …

Tora’s Husband

Rima Das’ fourth outing, Tora’s Husband (2022), finally releases theatrically all over India after extensive screenings on the International film festival …

Finally, The Right Choice!

Waheeda Rehman has just been conferred with Indian cinema’s highest honour, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. The actress, known for her …

Dev Anand@100 – Forever Young

Come the weekend of September 23rd and 24th, 2023, the Film Heritage Foundation (FHF), along with NFDC-National Film Archive of …

Jawan

Jawan, directed by Atlee, attempts to blend the superstardom of Shah Rukh Khan while throwing in some social messaging between  heavily …

Padatik

Sumit (Dhritiman Chatterjee), an ideologue of an extremist left-wing party, escapes from police custody. Thanks to his party boss Nikhilda’s …

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, …

Against The Tide

Sarvnik Kaur’s 97-minute-long documentary, Against the Tide (2023), focuses on two individuals, Rakesh Koli and Ganesh Ganesh Nakhawa, both from …

When Hitchcock Tried To Go Surreal

While Spellbound (1945) was one of Alfred Hitchcock’s successful films, it hasn’t held up too well with time even if …

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 …

Finally, The Right Choice!

Waheeda Rehman has just been conferred with Indian cinema’s highest honour, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. The actress, known for her …

Dev Anand@100 – Forever Young

Come the weekend of September 23rd and 24th, 2023, the Film Heritage Foundation (FHF), along with NFDC-National Film Archive of …