BOLLYWOOD: SAME OLD LOVE STORY RETURNS

North Meets South, Clichés Meet Screen: Kerala Endures Yet Again! A tired cross-cultural romance that recycles clichés, Param Sundari offers postcard...

FESTIVALS: FROM BUSAN TO SUNDANCE AND BACK HOME

Indian cinema continues to find new ground on the international stage, as emerging filmmakers and bold regional voices redefine the scope of st...

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: A LIFE SHAPED BY RHYTHM

When Vinta Nanda met young tabla virtuoso Keshava, he opened up about his life, from a toddler with rhythm in...

MOVIES: DANCE OF PUPPETS AND DESIRE

Suman Mukhopadhyay’s Putulnacher Itikatha adapts Manik Bandopadhyay’s classic novel with sensitivity and cinematic depth, ...

POWERFUL PEOPLE: PRESERVING THE ART OF STORYTELLING

Khalid Mohamed interviews Danish Husain on his such a long journey from a banker to an artful storyteller in ...

THOUGHT FACTORY: MOVIE MAGIC DEFEATS ONLINE NOISE

Rajinikanth’s Coolie: When Sheer Movie Magic Trumps Noise (and Logic)

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FESTIVALS: ARE THE NATIONAL AWARDS LOSING THEIR WAY?

Once upon a time the most glamorous, eagerly-awaited and coveted award was Filmfare founded in 1954, but today the National Awards’ credi...

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: ANIRUDDHA’S CINEMATIC EVOLUTION

Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury returned to Bengali cinema after a hiatus of almost a decade, during which he made waves with his Hind...

BOLLYWOOD: ‘ALL I NEED IS WOR

Rehana Sultan, the sensation of the 1970s following Chetna and National Best Actress Award winner for Dastak, in conversation...