Dussehra Diaries

This Dussehra, professionals speak to Monarose Sheila Pereira and share their views on how they connect to the festival.<...

The Ghost of Flaherty

Thinking in retrospect, it is most likely that it was during the shooting of this sequence that the ghost of Robert Flaherty started to hover around me, writes Ramchandra P...

A Requiem For Mayfair Cinema

English movies which essentially meant Hollywood films (Hollywood being the benchmark for “good cinema” catering to the English-spe...

Frank and Fearless

Film historian Dhruv Somani assesses the yesteryear success story of the gossip-packed monthly magazine Stardust.

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KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant 2022

KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant offers production grants and mentoring to LGBTQIA+ filmmakers to make their queer short films. This year the amount...

THE THESPIAN: SUREKHA SIKRI

Her repertoire of work in theatre in particular and then in television and films is vast, writes Aparajita Krishna

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The Filmfare Awards: Nothing ‘Fair’ About It

The history of these prestigious awards is a sorry saga of favouritism and cronyism that has deprived deserving candidates time and again. Read More

The Soap Opera

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, tracks the Bollywood stars who have endorsed the iconic Lux toilet soap over the decad...

LET THERE BE MUSIC

Khalid Mohamed replays a rare interview with Mani Ratnam on the director’s start-off collaborations with the then-freshe...