During my adolescence in the 1960s, by sheer happenstance I became privy to the insulated world of a Bombay kotha: …
Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar
Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, the show created and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Netflix, aims to be a grand and majestic …
One-on-One With Sanal George
Sanal George is yet another sound engineer making his mark in Indian cinema. He is a double graduate of the …
Gangubai Kathiawadi
Set in the 1950s and ’60s, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022) charts the struggle, survival and finally, the rising …
Padmaavat
By the time the end credits roll, you’d be forgiven for wondering why it’s the right wing that’s taken offence …
Bajirao Mastani
The visual quotient is so high it makes the lack of depth in the script starker by contrast, if one …
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
By now, you know certain common traits to expect in a Sanjay Leela Bhansali (SLB) film. A world of its …
Guzaarish
Cinema, they say, is supposed to be a medium that is first and foremost visual with sound (dialogue in particular), …
Saawariya
Saawariya is Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s nadir. It is undoubtedly the most disappointing film of his career so far, film he calls a simple …
Devdas
Devdas (Kundan Lal Saigal) falls in love with Parvati (Jamuna) with whom he has played since childhood and who is …