Safia Manto: The Woman Who Stood By The Writer Through All Times

So little is known and even less written about the women who have unflinchingly supported their celebrated men. It is true that SafiaDeen would not have been known had she ...

Trashing The Ragpicker

Raja is a waste dealer in Seemapuri in Delhi, who employs around 15 people to segregate mixed waste into paper, plastic and bottles. His monthly income of around Rs 30,000 ...

Censor Board May Soon Lose Power To Make Cuts

Restricting the scope of the Censor Board to "categorising" films according to the audience's age and maturity, the ShyamBenegal panel has recommended that certification sh...

Kaleidoscope : Springtime For Gujarati Theatre

There is a growing demand for experimental work in Gujarati theatre, particularly if a younger audience is to be tapped, the demographic not attracted by the domestic ...

True Review Movie - Eye in the Sky

Cast: Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, Aaron Paul, Phoebe Fox.

Direction: Gavin Hood.

Produced: Ged Doherty, Colin Firth, David Lancaster,

Written: Guy H...

True Review Movie - Neerja

Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Shekhar Ravjiani

Direction: Ram Madhvani

Produced: Atul Kasbekar, Shanti Sivaram Maini, Bling Unplugged, Fox Star Stu...

Salman Khan's Big-Hearted Gesture For A Film Set Worker

Known for taking up humanitarian causes, Salman Khan has offered financial help to a film worker struggling to meet the expenses of his 16-year-old daughter's open heart su...

Retroscope - Jagjit Singh- A Sweet Recollection

I don’t recall when I first met the two, Jagjit and Chitra Singh. It must be sometime in the early 1970s, when Chitra came round to our tiny apartment on 29th Road TP...

Emraan Hashmi To Launch A Cancer Awareness Mobile App

While he does not like to be in the media glare, Emraan Hashmi does not shy away from promoting a good cause. We all know how he was devastated when his son, Ayaan was diag...