MANI KAUL’S ICONOCLASTIC USKI ROTI

This film is a juxtaposition of slow-moving close-ups and wide shots layered with lots of silence and interspersed with a few monotonous dialog...

REMEMBERING BOLLYWOOD’S GREATEST STAR-ACTOR OF HER GENERATION: SRIDEVI

On the occasion of her sixtieth birthday, 13th August, Monojit Lahiri salutes the memory of the matchless and timeless Ms Hawa...

WHY CAN’T SUCCESSFUL TV STARS TRANSIT TO THE BIG SCREEN?

Monojit Lahiri attempts a close-up at the question and figures the answer is yet to be found because the audience views actors...

THE COMMONALITY BETWEEN OTT STARS AND EUROPEAN ACTORS

Monojit Lahiri investigates to find out if what OTT stars are to Bollywood today, is what European actresses were to Hollywood...

DID PATHAN’S MONSTER SUCCESS DILUTE THE ‘CONTENT IS KING’ MANTRA?

Monojit Lahiri investigates the on-going discussion about what is ‘king’ – the content or the star, by takin...

AGEISM, STEREOTYPING AND PAY DISPARITY IN BOLLYWOOD

While Bollywood, masters of tokenism, has occasionally tried to counter ageism and stereotyping, it has mainly played safe, distancing itself w...

FILM FESTIVALS MAKE SMALL FILMS BIG – UH-HUH!

Monojit Lahiri investigates the true meaning of these words often used in context to the Bollywood film industry: Mota Bol! Se...

‘GOOD JOB NELIIMA!’

Aparajita Krishna has this power-packed conversation with Neliima Azeem - she calls her ‘a very consummate and individua...

A MAN FROM MOTIHARI: ABDULLAH KHAN

\Aparajita Krishna writes, “The Boy of ‘Patna Blues is now A Man From Motihari!”

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