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 ...

Retroscope - Stereotyping

What has impacted on our lives - in our daily relationships- most is stereotyping .Women, more than men, are hurt and trivialised by stereotyping. There is always a tendenc...

Seeds For Cinema: An Interview With Dr Shravan Kumar, CEO, CFSI

“At CFSI we not only want to make films but also make film makers”
-Dr. Shravan Kumar
On the fifteenth of February, Director, Producer and Managing Di...

'Whenever I Lost Courage, My Life Became A Meaningless Burden': BalrajSahni To JNU Students In 1972

This convocation address was delivered by the noted actor at Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1972
About 20 years ago, the Calcutta Film Journalists’ Association d...

Democracy's Dirty Word

- Is politics overtaking India's inherent humanism?

Why have we become so intolerant of the term "intolerance"? Crisscr...

True Review Movie - FITOOR

Cast: Aditya Roy Kapur, Katrina Kaif, Tabu

Direction: Abhishek Kapoor

Produced: Abhishek Kapoor, Siddharth Roy Kapur 

Written: Abhish...

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...

Royal Farewell As Film Festival Ends On A High

The eighth edition of the Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes) concluded at a glittering event held in the backdrop of the illuminated Mysuru Palace on Frida...

Rediscovering Hidden Treasures : Hirak Rajar Deshe

The most renowned Indian film maker internationally, doubtless, is Satyajit Ray. His advent with the iconic debut, PatherPanchali (The Song of the Road) heralded an outstan...