Those Courtesan Days

Film historian Dhruv Somani, writes on the near-extinct genre of Bollywood films, which took you into the kothas and durbars o...

Coming of Age: Child stars that could make it big

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, looks back at Bollywood’s babies and moppets who could make that tough transition to leadi...

Master of Suspense: Ravindra Dave

Film archivist Subhash Chheda, revives the memory of the unsung filmmaker Ravindra Dave, of Hindi and Gujarati cinema, whose f...

Order! Order!

Film historian Dhruv Somani, zooms in on Bollywood&rsqu...

Lost Melodies: Bollywood’s vast film music heritage

Anil Dixit, walks down melody lane, to select five vastly underrated music scores

My go-to metaphor for Hindi film music is that it’s a rich ...

The Guru: Gautam Rajadhyaksha (1950-2011)

Khalid Mohamed writes on the imperishable legacy of the pioneering photographer of celebrity portraits.

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The Relaunch of the Bimal Roy Anthology

The relevance of re-launching a publication, which has already released to brilliant acclaim might at times be questioned. Often the paperback version is just th...

''Theatre has always been my first love''. – Sunil Barve

Veteran actor director Sunil Barve has won several accolades for the various roles he has played throughout his career and many for hi...

India's Entry to the Prestigious Oscars - Newton

Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Raghubir Yadav, Anjali Patil, Danish Hussain, Sanjay Mishra

Director: Amit Masurkar

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