It is true beyond doubt that a film has to work as cinema within which ever paradigm it’s maker chooses …
Baaghi: A Rebel For Love
The premise of Sabbir Khan’s Baaghi: A Rebel For Love had promise for an interesting commercial film. However, its making and execution …
Based On A True Story But…
Let me begin with an anecdote. I was reading my script pages. In a scene, the husband gets a call …
Dada, Ami Bachte Chai
In 2008 when my sister was touring Japan, I asked her to carry DVDs of Yasujiro Ozu’s films. On her …
No Mise-en-Scene, No Cinema
“Wim Wenders places a camera anywhere and creates cinema!”, I exclaimed after a retrospective of his films at FTII in …
A Tryst With Woody!
Ever since I consigned myself to Mumbai life after graduating from the FTII in 1992, the city has been a …