BEING THE NEW-AGE DADDY COOL!

Monojit Lahiri traces the evolution of this creature from the one-dimensional pitashree to the hands-on Daddy cool!

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A MAVERICK MOVING SEAMLESSLY BETWEEN THE TRITE AND THE HALLOWED

Ranjan Das takes us on a visit to a phenomenon who left an indelible mark on viewers, Utpal Dutt, the maverick we continue to ...

FIFTY YEARS AFTER GARM HAVA

Garm Hava (1974) is undoubtedly the best Indian film to capture the pain of Partition that swept the Indian subcontinent, writes O.P. Srivastav...

IS IT TIME TO RECONSIDER THE TERM BOLLYWOOD?

Monojit Lahiri does a close–up of this tricky issue and reaches out to the readers now for a solution to the word Bollyw...

This Distance

Humra Quraishi lays out the importance of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in context to similar Yatras taken by great men like the Mahat...

A MOTHER’S SILENT AWAKENING

Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri looks at one of Jaya Bachchan’s most feted performances in a rare Hindi film, Hazaar Chaurasi Ki ...

NO ONE KILLED PALAN

On the birth anniversary of legendary director Mrinal Sen, Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri Read More

STARFARE-FILMDUST: A Flashback

Aparajita Krishna recalls the magical times of film magazines and the gossip about film stars they carried, through the voices...

To be a good artist, first be a good person.

Humra Quraishi revisits conversations with the danseuse Sitara Devi and writer Mani Sankar Mukherji and draws comparisons - th...