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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: EXPLORING UNSPOKEN DEPTHS

Director Mrunal Mestri discusses the evocative power of silence and visual storytelling in 'Malti,' a black-and-white cinematic masterpiece exp...

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FESTIVALS: ARE DADS LESS IMPORTANT THAN MOMS?

To address why Mother’s Day is celebrated with such grandiosity and emotion compared to the more subdued Father’s Day, Mono...

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FESTIVALS: ZAIKAK IN SEARCH OF THE BEST MAHARASHTRIAN THALI

“I think it would be impossible to search for the best Maharashtrian Thali in Pune because Thalis are culture or ‘sanskriti‘ ...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: PHAS GAYA SYSYPHUS IS TRUE INDEPENDENT EXPRESSION

Saumesh Bangera’s cinema is a perfect manifestation of the phenomenon of democratisation of filmmaking since it got morphed into the digi...

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KALEIDOSCOPE: ANURAG ANAND - THE STORYTELLER ARTIST

‘I am a storyteller with art and writing as my mediums,’ says Anurag Anand, the artist who wears many hats, when Shantanu R...

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BOLLYWOOD: CHORI MERA KAAM OR CHOR-EO-GRAPHY

Monojit Lahiri investigates Bollywood’s skilled art of plagiarism down the decades without batting an eyelid and of cour...

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POLITICS: INJUSTICES AND MISINFORMATION

Humra Quraishi comments on the troubling times lying ahead because accountability and transparency usually practiced by author...

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BOLLYWOOD: ALL ABOUT REMAKES AND SEQUELS

As Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan and Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2 are set to release, with both films evoking titles of films made earlier, Shantanu...

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BOLLYWOOD: SUCHITRA SEN, BENGAL’S QUEEN OF HEARTS

Monojit Lahiri remembers actress Suchitra Sen, the charismatic superstar who ruled the screen for 25 years, before vanishing f...

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BOLLYWOOD: DO OUR FILM AWARDS GUARANTEE REWARDS?

Indian film awards don’t bestow any real commercial legitimacy or credentials for the recipients in terms of a brighter future? M...

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