Kastoori is based on a true story and autobiographical experiences. Director Vinod Kamble has drawn on his own childhood as …
Sam Bahadur
Meghna Gulzar’s Sam Bahadur is a cinematic tribute to India’s inaugural Field Marshal, the illustrious Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, played …
Animal
Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal starring Ranbir Kapoor is easily the most violent and action-packed Hindi release of the year. After …
Devi
1860 Chandipur, rural Bengal. Doyamoyee (Sharmila Tagore) and her husband, Umaprasad (Soumitra Chatterjee), live with his elder brother, Tarapada (Purnendu …
Woh Kaun Thi?
A dark stormy night… Dr Anand (Manoj Kumar) comes across a mysterious woman (Sadhana) who takes him to a graveyard …
Suresh Pai On Editing Footprints On Water
He is one of the finest film editors in India, having edited close to 60 feature films. An alumnus of …
New Delhi
Anand (Kishore Kumar), a Punjabi boy, comes to Delhi from Jullunder but is unable to find a place to stay …
Dastak
A lower middle-class, newly wedded Muslim couple, Hamid and Salma (Sanjeev Kumar, Rehana Sultan), find affordable accommodation in the city …
Sthal
Jayant Somalkar’s Marathi film, Sthal (A Match, 2023), is a powerful, biting critique on the tradition of arranged marriages in rural …
Across The Border: Mammo
Khalid Mohamed recalls how he wrote the real-life story and screenplay of the National Award-winning film, Mammo (1994), now accessible …