In 1971, when the highly successful Kannada language movie starring Dr Rajkumar and directed by the team of B Dorai …
Chitegu Chinte
In the general elections of a fictitious country called Gajadweepa, a master political manipulator called TK successfully sets up film …
Director’s Note: Selfies With Siri
The Covid-19 lockdown has triggered different responses from different people. Filmmakers like everyone else, too, have been left with no …
Director’s Note: Lohit Diary
In January this year, I work up to the pleasant news that announced the Padma Shri being bestowed on Satyanarayana …
Gantumoote
Harming oneself to end one’s own life could be either seen as an ultimate manifestation of hopelessness or a path …
Attihannu Mattu Kanaja
Attempts being made create a new genre called ‘slow cinema’ could well be unfair to very movies that are intended …
Nagarahavu
Though hot headed youth Ramachari (Vishnuvardhan) is considered as a rebel by society, one person he still listens to his …
Kittur Chennamma
The Natya Shastra, the ancient Indian treatise on theatre, refers to a prototype character that needs to be present in …
Girish Karnad: A Personal Reminiscence
I have this vivid childhood image etched in my memory of Girish Karnad riding a scooter (Bajaj I think), with …
Director’s Note: Bunnu K. Endo Maye
It is now more than two and a half decades since I graduated from the Film & Television Institute of …