It was sometime in 2015. I was terribly disappointed with India having lost to Australia in the cricket World Cup …
An Indian Elvis In Bollywood!
In one of his rare forays into comedy, Sunil Dutt played Waheeda Rehman’s suitor in Ek Phool Char Kante (1960), …
The Third Dimensional And More: Professor Dinkan
Ever since India’s First 3D film, My Dear Kuttichatan (1984), came into existence, it was my desire to do a …
Freedom: My Story
A graduate in Film Editing from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, in 1969, Arunaraje Patil first …
The (Mis) Adventures of Ambikapathy
The following is an extract from American-born Filmmaker Ellis R Dungan‘s autobiography, A Guide to Adventure, co-written with Barbara Smik …
Yesterday’s Films For Tomorrow
It was but natural that legendary archivist and ‘Celluloid Man’ PK Nair’s last wish was that his personal collection of …
Bengali Cinema Round-Up, 2016
For the past eight years there has been no credible body in West Bengal, to honour and award the work …
Sitara Devi: The Twinkling Star
This is a long overdue post considering my colleague, filmmaker Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, and I shot the interview with Kathak …
Of Women Directors And More
If and when auteur critics and film scholars study the work of women directors, they typically look for ways in …
When Lata & Noor Jehan Sang The Same Tune
Being a fanatic follower of Indian cinema history, I have been involved in enough discussions with people interested in the …