From his earliest cinematic memories in a small town in Karnataka, South India, to his life-changing experiences at the Film …
Raj Kapoor 100
Come December 14, 2024, one of Indian cinema’s greatest icons, Raj Kapoor (1924-1988), would have turned 100 had he been …
The Political & The Personal
Karama Has No Walls (2012), is a documentary film made in 2012 by the Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker Sara Ishaq. Made as a …
Aruna Vasudev: A Tribute
I first met Aruna Vasudev at the International Film Festival (IFFI) in Delhi at the 1988 Film Festival. I was …
Preserve The Faith
Film Heritage Foundation (FHF), steered by filmmaker and archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, has restored some significant Indian films over the …
Master of the Medium Wave: Basu Chatterji
He wouldn’t react to a lousy review by me in The Times of India, except for one occasion. I had …
On Our Big, Fat Movie Weddings
Once, a white-haired, dagger-tongued taxi driver, speeding me through traffic towards Royal Opera House, where Raj Khosla’s Do Raaste (1969) …
The Jewels In Heeramandi’s Crown
During my adolescence in the 1960s, by sheer happenstance I became privy to the insulated world of a Bombay kotha: …
Sound Designer’s Note: Amar Singh Chamkila
When I received a call from Window Seat Films for a film with Imtiaz Ali (my second with him following …
One-on-One With Sanal George
Sanal George is yet another sound engineer making his mark in Indian cinema. He is a double graduate of the …