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Bollywood

ASSI REVIEW: JUSTICE ON TRIAL

A Scathing Indictment of a Society Where Justice Arrives Too Late. Arnab Banerjee reviews Assi, Anubhav Sinha’s searing drama on sexual violence and systemic failure, ex...

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Business and Politics

LOVE, LABELS & THE VALENTINE’S HANGOVER

Red Lab’s Valentine’s Research Uncovers 20 BF & 20 GF Types, led by Carol Goyal of Rediffusion, analyses conversations with 219 young Indians across major citi...

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Powerful People

FROM COPY LINES TO CROP LINES: ARTI DWARKADAS

Vinta Nanda speaks to Arti Dwarkadas about her journey from advertising to organic farming, her debut book Two Bandra Girls Buy a Farm, reinvention, privilege, rural realities...

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Thought Factory

SHAKESPEARE MEETS BOLLYWOOD DRAMATIC FUSION

Shakespeare & Bollywood – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi explores how Bollywood borrows from Shakespeare’s dramatic universe, as Monojit Lahiri attempts to show how stran...

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Powerful People

NADIRA BABBAR’S THEATRE LEGACY IN PRINT

Vinta Nanda visits Nadira Babbar ahead of Ekjute’s landmark launch of eighteen published plays written by her, exploring her theatre legacy, creative process, collaborat...

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Alternative Entertainment

THAT CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT

Khalid Mohamed rewinds way back to 1977 to a face-to--face conversation with Francois Truffaut, one of the masters of the Nouvelle Vague of French cinema and the legacy shapin...

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Trending

LAST WEEK’S ARTS, CINEMA AND CULTURE PULSE

From Berlinale’s politically charged opening to India’s expanding global presence, theatre movements, advertising crossovers and new film releases, this week&rsquo...

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Festivals

INTERGENERATIONAL CINEMA COURAGE CREATIVE DIALOGUE

At the Self-Discovery: Rediscovering India Festival 2026, led by Neville Tuli, emerging filmmakers engaged in powerful intergenerational conversations with Saeed Mirza and Dib...

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Powerful People

POWER, PRIVILEGE, AND OUR SILENCE

A searing reflection on the Epstein revelations and what they expose about unchecked power, privilege, and the illusion of democracy—questioning how societies normalized...

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Retroscope

AMITABH BACHCHAN: HINDI CINEMA’S DARK EDGE

The Greatest villain that Hindi films could not have…though one is not complaining about what one got instead. Sharad Raj explores Amitabh Bachchan’s morally comp...

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WHEN GRIEF BECOMES ART

Vinta Nanda speaks with Divya Jagdale about Brownie, her first short film, and how grief...

October 6 2026

CHRISTIE’S MOUSETRAP FINDS MARATHI LIFE

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews Subhedar Guest House, the Marathi adaptation of Agatha Chr...

October 5 2026

CHRISTIE’S MOUSETRAP FINDS MARATHI LIFE

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews Subhedar Guest House, the Marathi adaptation of Agatha Chr...

October 5 2026