Waiting for the Ban on Banning of Banning!

While the intentions of outright banning books, art, music, symbols, statues, or behaviour are usually always good—desires to end raci...

Shashi Kapoor - The Actor Without Airs Is No More

Shashi Kapoor, born as Balbir Prithviraj Kapoor, who was adored as the Adonis of Hindi Cinema and hailed as an actor with a global appeal of his own is no more. The embodim...

Sweekar: The Rainbow Parents’ of LGBTQ Children form a Support Group in Mumbai

The second meeting of the Parents Support Group was held recently in Mumbai with even greater participation of parents of LGBTQ children. The daylong meeting was attended b...

A Fond Farewell to a Cherished friend​ - his death is a profound Personal Loss

"I was a little more than a boy when I first met Bimalda. It was at a premiere, that we first met. He was a soft-spoken gentleman and I still remember his interesting eyes....

Sanal Kumar Sasidharan: “There is nothing sexy about Durga in my film”.

The firebrand director shot to fame recently when his latest film S Durga was banned from being showcased as part of the Indian Panorama section in the 49^{th Read More}

Abhishek Banerjee and Anmol Ahuja: No Stopping this Casting Duo

“Casting is 65 percent of directing”, said John Frankenheimer, the four-time consecutive Emmy Award winning American film and television director. Casting is a ...

The Little Directors of Bihar and their Young Mentors recognised at the 20th ICFFI in Hyderabad

The International Children’s Film Festival of India popularly known as the Golden Elephant was held in Hyderabad from 8th to 14th November this year. The event was or...

Firangi - Deliberately Plodding

Cast: Kapil Sharma, Ishita Dutta, Monica Gill, Inaamulhaq

Direction: Rajiev Dhingra

Producer: Kapil Sharma

Writer: Rajiev Dhingra

Genre: Com...

Of Queer Crooners

Every artistic creation is always a reaction to, and a direct product of the time it is made in; simultaneously being a comment on, and of the era. The same is true for the...