True Review Television - Television’s Talent Lure

Much of the early television actors came from the stock of overlooked talent of Hindi cinema during the 1980s. Television gave them recognition, work and visibility, so lon...

Retroscope : The Date

I reached a little after 11 a.m. the hour family courts open in Bandra East. In the lobby stood my husband’s assistant. Seeing me, the man quickly shifted his ga...

Kaleidoscope - Gone Girls

A couple of years ago, the mass kidnapping of girls by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria made headlining news the world over. The trauma of parents not knowing what happened ...

Kaleidoscope - Liars All

Liars come in all shapes and sizes, what happens to the people they deceive?

Two books about liars, one in which a young woman is cheated by her husband, the other ...

Actress Emma Watson Focused On Gender Equality Issues Los Angeles

The British actress Emma Watson stands today for her willingness to make greater efforts in order to promote gender equality and women''s empowerment, which is why she will...

True Review Television - Finally, A Robot Bahu

Is it a coincidence or are channels and content providers really taking a hard look at stories about women and their emancipation. Star Plus’ Tamanna deals with a wom...

True Review Film - Joy

Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Edgar Ramirez, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini, Bradley Cooper

Direction: David O. Russell 

P...

Canada's Coolest Film Festival?

Every year as I make my annual pilgrimage to the Whistler Film Festival in British Columbia, I vow to take up some wintry pursuit such as skiing (or bobsled racing!), in be...

Eliza By Any Other Name

December 2015 marked the end of the year long birth centenary celebrations of pioneering theatre personality Begum Qudsia Zaidi. To her goes the credit for translating and ...