Khamosh Pani
“I wanted to make a very violent film but without a drop of blood.” This is what director Sabiha Sumar says …
Ayutha Ezhuthu
Like with Gajini (2005), where I saw the Hindi version first, here too, I saw Yuva (2004) before Ayutha Ezhuthu and again with the …
Perazhagan
Perazhagan is an entertaining enough watch, lifted even more by Suriya’s brilliant double act. The film is a re-make of the …
Apur Sansar
Kolkata 1930; Apu/Apurba Kumar Roy (Soumitra Chatterjee) has quit college due to financial problems. He leads a precarious existence but …
Kannathil Muthamittal
So you go see the recent over-hyped, keyed up, inescapable films whose in-your-face campaigns are plastered all over your cityscape, …
Director’s Note: UnLimited Girls
While we were making UnLimited Girls, a researcher, interviewing me asked, “so would you say you are a feminist filmmaker?” The question alarmed …
Aparajito
Varanasi (Kashi) 1920; Apu (Pinaki Sengupta) and his mother, Sarbojaya (Karuna Bannerjee), live in this holiest of the holy cities, …
Kandukondain Kandukondain
Kandukondain Kandukondain, directed by Rajiv Menon, is a fine effort and comes across as a refreshing change from the formulaic …
Charulata
Calcutta 1879. Bhupati Dutta (Sailen Mukherjee), a wealthy intellectual edits and publishes a political weekly in English called ‘The Sentinel.’ …
Pather Panchali
Life in the village of Nischindipur is viewed through the eyes of Apu (Subir Banerjee) and Durga (Uma Das Gupta), …