Friday April 29th, 2016 sees the release of Amitabha Singh’s Shortcut Safaari. A qualified cinematographer from the FTII and one who …
The Economics Of a Super Hit!
With his Hindi-Tamil bilingual Chandralekha/Chandraleka (1948), SS Vasan successfully expanded his market from South India to a pan Indian one. …
From Khurshid Minocher-Homji To Saraswati Devi
She was one of Indian cinema’s earliest women music directors and the composer of Bombay Talkies’ early hits from films …
Of Rs 65,000 and 8 points more!
Here is an interesting extract from the March 1949 issue of Filmindia concerning singing star Suraiya and a look at …
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 …
The Indian Documentary: Post Independence Era Till 2000
On the historic midnight of Independence of August 14/15 1947, India finally became independent. But there was no official film …
Riding The Same Horse Twice!
It’s quite ironic that yesteryear star writer duo, Salim-Javed, sued the makers of the new Zanjeer (2013) for copyright infringement …
What Is Wrong With Contemporary Bengali Cinema?
“What is wrong with contemporary Bengali cinema” is a question based on the understanding that everything else is right whatever …
The Relevance of the Oscars
34 million viewers watched he 88th Academy Awards in America. This is an 8-year low in number of viewers. However, …
Beyond Apu: 20 Favourite Film Roles of Soumitra Chatterjee
Is it not one of the most surprising things about Indian cinema in general and Bengali cinema in particular that …