Retroscope - Meena Kumari

I walked carefully through the film set, encountering black coils of electrical wires, plug points, tripods, pedestal lights, noisy fans at every step of the way that made ...

Cannes: Directors Fortnight Unveils 2016 Lineup

Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight sidebar announced the selection for its 48th annual edition today, unveiling an impressive, if slightly smaller-than-usual lineup &...

SO SWEET OF YOU - End Child Labour

SO SWEET OF YOU’ by The Mantrra, highlighting issue of child labour received the 3rd Prize at the Kallola film contest held in Odisha.

Kallola’ mean...

True Review Television - Watch TV’s Bestest Shows On Monday

It’s that time of the year, when television has to be at its bestest. Next week, two   focal events will take centre stage on Indian television channels. On...

Retroscope - Jagjit Singh- A Sweet Recollection

I don’t recall when I first met the two, Jagjit and Chitra Singh. It must be sometime in the early 1970s, when Chitra came round to our tiny apartment on 29th Road TP...

Kaleidoscope - Book Lovers’ Books

For bibliophiles, books about book lovers offer an additional thrill…of belonging to a special community that lives its own universe of words.

The idea o...

Drones Set To Give Global Farming A Makeover

The traditional image of a farmer standing in a field, squinting anxiously at the sky for signs of rain, may be about to get a 21st-century makeover as researchers explore ...

True Review Movie-Hindi - Bajirao Mastani

Critics rating: 3 Stars

Cast: Ranveer Singh, DeepikaPadukone, Priyanka Chopra, Mahesh Manjrekar

Directio...