Mahasweta Devi, who passed away on July 28, 2016 at the ripe old age of 90, will never have competition …
Eagoler Chokh
Eagoler Chokh means ‘the eye of the eagle’, which is a metaphor for the police detective, Shabar Dasgupta (Saswata Chatterjee), …
Ismat Chughtai
The phrase Revolutionary Feminist Politics, so fashionable today within creative fiction and non-fiction in all languages, did not exist in …
Mohenjo Daro
Recreating a period from over 4000 years ago on cinema can be both a challenge and an opportunity. Visually, you …
Rustom
A take off from the sensational Nanavati murder case of 1959, Tinu Suresh Desai’s Rustom makes a huge mess of …
Budhia Singh: Born to run
The film is a deftly written and shot narrative. The writers understand that the central story is so strong and …
Vimi
From a dream debut in BR Chopra’s Hamraaz (1967) starring opposite two top stars of the day, Sunil Dutt and Raaj …
Shamim Ara
Shamim Ara was Pakistani cinema’s top actress of the 1960s, taking over the post from the legendary Sabiha Khanum. What’s even …
Dishoom
Two cops – one grim and grouchy seen it all from India (John Abraham), the other a bumbling but enthusiastic …
Leela Naidu
Leela Naidu was easily one of the most stunning looking actresses Indian cinema has ever seen and was even named …