Dilip Paanwala used to run a small cigarette shop next to the canteen at the Film and TV Institute of …
Book Review: Conversations With Waheeda Rehman
“Bound scripts were uncommon in the early days…. Many times, the scene was given to us on the day of …
An Actor’s Actor: Book Excerpt
An Actor’s Actor: The Authorized Biography Of Sanjeev Kumar highlights the life and times of one of Indian cinema’s greatest …
All Art Is Quite Useless: Misguided Morality And Masala Movies
Oscar Wilde was notorious in his time for several reasons, but particularly his sexuality (for which he was imprisoned), his …
Revisiting Samskara…
The very mention of Samskara (Funeral Rites) invariably invokes the name of its late writer, the firebrand UR Ananthamurthy. So …
Director’s Note: Adhura
It was March of 2019. I had just completed shooting my first-year final film at the Prague Film School (PFS). …
Personally Yours, Satyajit Ray
Like most people, my cinematic journey of filmmaker Satyajit Ray began with the first of his now immortal Apu trilogy, …
Sumitra Bhave – A Tribute
I first met Sumitra Bhave at the Hyderabad Filmotsav in 1986 when she presented her short film Bai (1985), a …
Upperstall’s Top 20 Indian Films
On July 7, 2020 our labour of love, Upperstall.com turned 20. Stating the obvious, it has been a stupendous journey …
Short Takes: 3 By Tourneur
Director Jacques Tourneur (1904-1977) will always be remembered for helming one of the greatest film noirs of all time, Out …