After Satyajit Ray, Adoor Gopalakrishnan is perhaps the most well known Indian filmmaker in the West. He has never compromised …
Odia Not Acceptable?
Amartya Bhattacharyya is not only an independent film director, but also a poet, writer, cinematographer, editor, painter, actor, lyricist, recitation …
Eeb Allay Ooo!: Interview With Prateek Vats
Even when you have been watching films for a major part of your life as I have, there are still …
Hue And Cry
Recently, the internet has been awash with strong reactions to the uploading of an almost 3-minute long YouTube video relating to …
Rishi Kapoor
To be born into a family regarded as the ‘first family’ of Indian cinema can be a two-edged knife, which …
One-on-One With Arghyakamal Mitra
Meet Arghyakamal Mitra. He is one of the most outstanding film editors in India with around 100 films in his …
Nemai Ghosh
Nemai Ghosh was most well-known as Satyajit Ray’s official photographer since 1969 when Ray was working on Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne. …
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on Celluloid
Indian filmmakers have generally shied away from making biographical films on national leaders because (i) these films have little or …
Ghawre Baire Aaj
Those familiar with the directorial work of Aparna Sen and who feel that Ghawre Baire Aaj is her first political …
Maadathy: An Unfairy Tale
Puthirai Vannaar is an ‘unseeable’ caste group, in Southern India. Their forced-occupation is to wash clothes of other Dalits, the …