We always hope, against hope, that young women in our films will at some point reflect in some small measure …
You were supposed to have been immortal…
Of course, we are all mortal but if there’s one person whose passing away one is actually unable to take …
Festival/Felicitation Fever in Kolkata
It has to be said – the new CM of West Bengal is quite media savvy. She has every right …
The Tyranny of the Terabyte
On a rain swept evening, sitting inside your living room with a glass filled with Old Monk, recuperating from a …
Ray’s Real Women
The women characters in Satyajit Ray’s films are not perfect women of unquestioned and unquestioning virtue and this one quality …
Junglee? Janwar? Budtameez? No way!
And so another personality from yesteryear Indian cinema goes over to the great beyond – one that I was fortunate …
A Requiem for Mani
A Requiem for Mani. For Shambhavi, Ribhu. Track in zoom out, zoom in track out… Mani Mama, Mani Mama, Mani …
Bring On The Heroines
Never mind the box-office fate of No One Killed Jessica. From preliminary reports, it has opened well. But it is …
Whose Responsibility Is It Anyway?
Exactly a month (January 3, 2011) after the release of Ram Gopal Varma’s tri-lingual Rakht Charitra – 2 (Hindi), Rakta …
Mankada Ravi Varma – Uncompromising Cinematographer
The year 2010 seems to be particularly cruel to Malayalam cinema personalities by snatching away their lives at unexpected moments …