BOLLYWOOD: THE DIVERGENT WORLDS OF STAGE AND CINEMA

Monojit Lahiri figures the intricate duality, unpacking why some actors seamlessly transition from stage to screen while other...

FESTIVALS: SHABANA AZMI AND VIDYA BALAN AT MAMI

In an unforgettable dialogue at MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024, Shabana Azmi and Vidya Balan explored acting, cinema, and the emotional intensi...

POWERFUL PEOPLE: FROM CRIME REPORTING TO FICTION

Aditi Mediratta’s journey from crime reporting to becoming a celebrated fiction writer, screenwriter, and novelist, speaks of her creativ...

BOLLYWOOD TICK-TALK: WHAT’S TICKING IN B-TOWN

From actors who immersed in roles of journalists to style icons rocking co-ords and the sequel to the spine-chilling ‘Stree’, Bolly...

NEED FOR EQUITABLE GENDER REPRESENTATION IN HINDI CINEMA

A new research report by the School of Media and Cultural Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, reveals that on-and-off-scr...

Deepika, Madhuri, Alia, Vidya, Shefali – Women-centric films explode!

Will the recent whammos unleashed from these female big-hitters trigger more of the same? Monojit Lahiri attempts a checkout.&...

Presenting Gangubai: Mr. Controversy’s latest traffic-stopper?

As Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s latest offering hits the screen, Monojit Lahiri invites you to stand by for truckloads of taa...

Photo Feature: The gifted Vickky Idnaani

Vinta Nanda collided with photographer Vickky Idnaani at a dinner party the other day and here she reproduces a fun conversation she had with him.

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Manners Matter

Khalid Mohamed writes on the movie star personalities, who are born to perfect manners, a rare phenomenon in these days of pub...