It sounded almost unbelievable – An American? Who made Tamil Films in the 1930s and 40s? Directed the great MGR …
Ship OF Theseus
An unusual photographer (Aida El-Kashef ) grapples with the loss of her intuitive brilliance as an aftermath of a clinical …
Celluloid Man
A tribute to an extraordinary man called Mr PK Nair, who built the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) film …
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Changez (Riz Ahmed), loves America. An Ivy-leaguer, he is a successful financial consultant who has everything going for him in …
The Rat Race
Mumbai’s invisible army of rat-catchers – it’s more appropriate to call them rat-killers – were immortalised on the screen in …
Delly Belly
First things first. Delhi Belly is a little gem. Well, not so little – with Aamir Mamu backing yet another bhaanja-starrer. Nevertheless, …
West Is West
By and large, sequels have never managed to outdo leave alone even match up to their predecessors (Godfather II of course …
Guzaarish
Cinema, they say, is supposed to be a medium that is first and foremost visual with sound (dialogue in particular), …
Slumdog Millionaire
First things first – To those decrying Slumdog Millionaire for showcasing Indian poverty to the West, sorry to say, but …
Director’s Note: Jahaji Music
“Would you want to document an interesting journey?” I have never separated ‘documentation’ from my films, I see one as …