The success that New India Cinema enjoyed in the 1970s and early 1980s could largely be attributed to Shyam Benegal’s …
Tulsi Chakraborty
Tulsi Chakraborty is undoubtedly one of the finest comic and character actors to have graced the Bengali screen. In a …
Dharmendra
Dharmendra remained a top Hindi film star for three decades creating an influential image as a markedly North Indian (read …
Girish Kasaravalli
Girish Kasaravalli is one of the pioneers of the New Wave Movement in Kannada cinema and arguably one of Kannada …
Tamasha
Tamasha is Michaelangelo painting a masterpiece on art. It’s Wordsworth penning a verse on poetry. It’s the ultimate ode of …
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Though he made relatively few films over his span as director, Bappaditya Bandopadhyay’s films made quite a mark in international …
No Mise-en-Scene, No Cinema
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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
The biggest challenge is perhaps trying to keep relevant the world his films inherit for today’s audience. It is absurd …
Saeed Mirza on Returning the National Award
On Noverber 5, 2015 Saeed Mirza, along with 23 other filmmakers, returned his National Award in protest of political appointments …
Shaandaar
<Vikas Bahl in the living room of the Kapoors> Vikas: So Shahid, what type of movie do you want to …