With an impressively artistic body of various short films and three feature films in his oeuvre, Devashish Makhija is a …
A Requiem For An Intent Inquiry
Dilip Paanwala used to run a small cigarette shop next to the canteen at the Film and TV Institute of …
Churuli
Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Churuli (2021), currently streaming on SonyLIV, introduces the viewer to a surreal world filled up with spiteful …
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 …
Tathagat
Tathagat (2020), currently streaming on MUBI, is the second outing of actor-director Manav Kaul following Hansa (2012). It narrates the …
Sardar Udham
Shoojit Sircar’s Sardar Udham (2021), currently streaming on Prime Video, is that unique Indian biopic that delves deep into the …
Bhramam
Bhramam, currently streaming on Prime Video, is an official remake of Sriram Raghavan’s crime drama, Andhadhun (2018), which itself was …
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 …
Return Of Mr. Superman
In Return of Mr. Superman, B-filmmaker Manmohan Sabir turns his attention to the Superman tale to come up with this …