Tamil Cinema’s Female Hero!

If there was one heroine who broke stereotypes in the late 1940s and early 50s in Tamil cinema, it was …

Court

The unfolding trial of a Dalit Folk Singer cum Activist (Vira Sathidar), charged with abetting the suicide of a sewer worker in …

Ghatashraddha

Udupa (Ramaswamy Iyengar) runs a run down Vedic school, operating from his house in a village. Apart from his uncontrollable …

Kartar Singh

Kartar Singh is set in a village in Punjab, India; a ‘symbolic village’ inhabited by Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus who …

Of Dahi Misal, Vada Pav and Marathi Films

I have absolutely not been able to understand the ridiculing jokes being made about the Marathi cinema diktat. Yes, I …

Nayakan

A political activisit is killed by the police. His son attacks the cop and runs away to Bombay. In Bombay, …

Piravi

In a little village in the state of Kerala in South India, a frail but dogged old man Chakyar (Premji) …

Back Again After 8 Years!

With 36 Vayadhinile, Tamil actress Jyotika will be returning to the screen after a gap of 8 years. The Tamil …

Kunku

Neera (Shanta Apte) is trapped into marrying an old widower Kakasaheb (Keshavrao Date). He is a progressive lawyer with a …

A Treasure Unearthed!

The fact that we in India do not have archiving in our blood is well-known. Much of our history and …