It was to be India’s first film in CinemaScope had it been completed. Sometime around 1956, Guru Dutt had tested …
Jagga Jasoos
A sumptuously choreographed film, confirming Anurag Basu’s stature as the rare mainstream Indian filmmaker who believes in visuals over verbose …
Mom
A fine lead performance by Sridevi and some truly moody cinematography by Anay Goswamy help Mom to somewhat transcend its …
RIP Sumita Sanyal (1945-2017)…
I was introduced to her as Manju, shortened from her original name – Manjula Sanyal. She had come to our …
Tubelight
Kabir Khan’s Tubelight aims to be a sweeping saga of faith and its consequences. It is ambitious, set with the …
G Kutta Se
Writer-director Rahul Dahiya’s gut-wrenching indie film, G Kutta Se, is a film on the abhorring practice of dishonorable killing of …
First Person: Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
It was sometime in 2015. I was terribly disappointed with India having lost to Australia in the cricket World Cup …
An Indian Elvis In Bollywood!
In one of his rare forays into comedy, Sunil Dutt played Waheeda Rehman’s suitor in Ek Phool Char Kante (1960), …
Hindi Medium
Hindi Medium is as topical a film can get about our education system. It exposes many fault lines of the …
The Third Dimensional And More: Professor Dinkan
Ever since India’s First 3D film, My Dear Kuttichatan (1984), came into existence, it was my desire to do a …