Girish Kasaravalli is one of the pioneers of the New Wave Movement in Kannada cinema and arguably one of Kannada …
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Though he made relatively few films over his span as director, Bappaditya Bandopadhyay’s films made quite a mark in international …
Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha is the quintessential Bengali filmmaker in spirit and world-view. In a long and prolific career spanning almost five …
P Jairaj
P Jairaj had a successful career as a leading man in both, the silent era as well as the talkies, …
Mahendra Kapoor
Though he had a fairly successful career as a playback singer, Mahendra Kapoor never really got his due as he …
Salil Chowdhury
Ages ago, before AR Rahman appeared on the musical map of Indian cinema, before the word ‘fusion’ entered into the …
SS Vasan
SS Vasan was a true showman in every sense and a true believer in the spectacle of cinema. Vasan believed that …
Asit Sen
Asit Sen was the director of such well known films as Mamta (1966), Anokhi Raat (1968), Khamoshi (1969) and Safar (1970) in Hindi and Chalachal …
Genie, You’re Free
I was around 8 years old when I saw my parents involved in a silly argument. It was past my …
K Balachander
If any filmmaker raised the status of the director in the eyes of Tamil cinegoers, it is undoubtedly K Balachander. …