THE OPTIMISTS - 2023

Vinta Nanda glides into the next year with this: I decided to focus on hope and confidence, on the positive i...

Childhood, Holocaust and the Cinema of Louis Malle

Louis Malle’s semi-autobiographical 1987 film ‘Au revoir les enfants’ or ‘Goodbye, Children’ belongs to this rare...

When Disaster Strikes

Film historian Dhruv Somani re-visits Yash Chopra’s Kaala Patthar (1979), based on the true-life Chasnala coal-mining tr...

The Two Who Went Away

Film historian Dhruv Somani laments the fact that the alluring Prema Narayan and Jasmine quit Bollywood way too prem...

THERE CAN NEVER BE ANOTHER… SUCHITRA SEN!

Matchless! Timeless! Deathless! On her 91st Birthday, Monojit Lahiri pays homage to Bengal’s gone but never forgotten, l...

You’ve come a long way – Baby!

Monojit Lahiri reviews Shobha De’s Lockdown Liaisons and gives it a thumbs up!

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YRF Crashes into the OTT universe

Monojit Lahiri investigates whether the grand entry of YRF into the OTT universe is a blessing or a curse.

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The art of Gaganendranath Tagore

At the height of darkness comes the first stirrings of dawn - a renaissance in the arts, literature and social life. It is against this backdro...

Eternal Virgin: Setsuko Hara

Among iconic names like Ozu, Kurosawa, Immamura and Koreeda is the name of Setsuko Hara who is celebrated as the ‘Eternal Virgin’, ...