Sundance 2016: A Film Festival Pushes Into The Future

It’s very, very difficult to argue that film fests are the way of the future. I spent a lot of time at last year’s Sundance Film Festival standing in lines, chu...

It Is Women Power At Box Office In 2016

Bollywood has over the years doled out numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies with woman as the protagonist. ‘Mother India’, ‘As...

5 Times Farhan Akhtar Taught Men That Feminism Is A ‘MARD’ Thing

Farhan Akhtar is a man whose talents know no boundaries. He aces everything he does. He has produced brilliant movies, directed impeccable films, sung soulful songs, writte...

A Kabaddi Tournament Helps Break Gender Barriers

For many of the families of Shivaji Nagar, even the idea of girls entering the playground without an accompanying male family member was alien. When Sabiya Sheikh tried to ...

Enlivening Shows & Sessions At Thespo 17 Leaves The Audience Wanting For More!

Crime And Punishment

The film Drishyam (in its many versions), raised curiosity about the Japanese book that inspired it. The bestselling Japanese novel is also reportedly being made into anoth...

7/7/07: Heart Of Darkness

Reyhaneh Jabbari was just nineteen when she was arrested for the murder of a man who tried to rape her. After six years of torture and torment she was hanged in October 201...

Retroscope - A Veritable Carnival

The 19th edition of CFSI’s festival turned out to be a veritable carnival, a feast of colourful sights and sounds.
Had I not gone, I would have missed the robust...

Cine Central Film Festival Showcases Movies From 17 Countries

Bangladeshi film “Mritika Maya” (Earthen Love), an emotional tale of an old potter, is part of an eclectic package of films being shown at a film festival here ...