In 1960, the great filmmaker Bimal Roy had shot the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad and Haridwar as background for his …
Saeed Akhtar Mirza
It is impossible to talk about the new Indian cinema of the 1970s and 1980s or the Indian New Wave …
The Indian Documentary: Pre Independence Era
The Indian documentary may be traced back to the ‘factual films’ or Topicals as they were called, of Harishchandra Sakharam …
Mad Max: Fury Road
Two rebels – Max (Tom Hardy), a man of action and of few words, and Furiosa (Charlize Theron), a woman …
Nalini Jaywant
Dilip Kumar considered her easily the greatest actress he had ever worked with, citing her instinct for grasping the essence of …
How A Buffalo Changed Waheeda Rehman’s Destiny!
A lovely anecdote I read about in Sathya Saran’s book Ten Years With Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi’s Journey. It was …
Lion
An upright CBI officer pays a heavy price for taking on the evil Chief Minister involved in the murder …
Zanjeer
Zanjeer is the perfect example of the right film at the perfect time. It came at a time when the country was tiring …
36 Vayadhinile
A middle-aged woman (Jyotika), trapped between family duties and a mundane clerical job, discovers herself after a disastrous encounter with …
Himansu Rai
Himansu Rai is credited with bringing technical sophistication to Indian Cinema. He was among the earliest Indian filmmakers to collaborate …