The film critic in India is marginalized within the world of journalists in general and critics in particular. The investigative …
A Nostalgic Trip Through Single Screen Theatres In Bombay
I still remember in the 1950s when I was still in school, Plaza theatre in Dadar, Bombay, was screening V …
Ashok Mehta
This writer happened to meet Ashok Mehta in person just before and during the release of his big-budget directorial debut, …
Run Kalyani
Run Kalyani is one-time print media film journalist and documentary filmmaker Geetha J’s directorial debut in feature filmmaking. The film …
Tarun Majumdar
Tarun Majumdar was one among a handful of filmmakers in Bengali cinema, who consistently gave his audience films that were …
Sandhya Mukherjee
If Lata Mangeshkar is the nightingale of India, then ‘Geetashri’ Sandhya Mukherjee could be called the golden voice of Bengali …
Subarnarekha
Ishwar Chakraborty (Abhi Bhattacharya) along with his friend Haraprasad (Bijon Bhattacharya) and his family, arrive in Calcutta from East Pakistan, …
Buddhadeb Dasgupta
One of a handful of filmmakers who represented the now decadent off mainstream Indian cinema, Buddhadeb Dasgupta has consistently tried …
Personally Yours, Satyajit Ray
Like most people, my cinematic journey of filmmaker Satyajit Ray began with the first of his now immortal Apu trilogy, …
Sumitra Bhave – A Tribute
I first met Sumitra Bhave at the Hyderabad Filmotsav in 1986 when she presented her short film Bai (1985), a …