Director’s Cut

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, is in conversation with Saawan Kumar Tak, on how he has romanced the box office.

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CLASSIC HEIST: Six Films That Define the Genre

For a generation weaned on the high-tech-and-gizmo-aided heist of Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean Eleven or Dom Cobb’s equally SFX-aided ...

Animal Kingdom

A throwback by film historian Dhruv Somani, to the Bollywood movies in which wonder animals would prove to be proverbial scene...

Adivasis Denied Forest Rights

Adivasis organize to protect their rights as corporate control over forests escalates, reports The Daily Eye News desk

Flowers for Fr. Stan Swamy sj

These wonderful tributes from citizens of different communities, collected by Monarose Sheila Pereira, pay respect to the grea...

Solace in Solitude

Khalid Mohamed expresses his gratitude for the abiding presence of the therapeutic voice of Lata Mangeshkar during the anxiety...

Half a lifetime: Rahul Vohra

It’s a dress-circle view that Vinta Nanda brings,...

Down with Dowry!

Film historian Dhruv Somani looks back at a clutch of Bollywood films, which gutsily dealt with the evils of the dowry system....

Signs of the time: Who is accountable?

Humra  Quraishi recalls her brief meeting with Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu and worries for...