SMOOCH: Bollywoods Shaky Affair With The Kiss?

Monojit Lahiri investigates ‘the kiss’ in Bollywood cinema and the reasons why it has barely transcended the cooch...

The Oscar Rosters 2022 - A Post Hoc Analysis

A detailed, spoiler free analysis of Oscar nominees and winners, with commendations on why some won, and regrets on why some didn’t, by <...

Pubali Chaudhuri: Mystery of the blank page!

Aparajita Krishna tells the Genie to grant writer Pubali Chaudhuri her personal wish; also the wish that she ‘conti...

STARFARE-FILMDUST: A Flashback

Aparajita Krishna recalls the magical times of film magazines and the gossip about film stars they carried, through the voices...

I want to work on daydreaming: Sadiya Siddiqui

Aparajita Krishna has a long extensive conversation with Sadiya Siddiqui, whose journey is full of stories to tell.

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All about Eve: A History of the Hindi Film Heroine

All about Eve: A History of the Hindi Film HeroineThe more things change, the more they remain the same when it comes to the portrayal of women...

The magical language of Gulzar

Juhi Saklani looks at the way filmmaker, poet, lyricist and writer Gulzar creates language and immortalizes his words by makin...

An anthem and counter-anthems: Pyaasa

This was written during the years, to be precise 2017, when playing the national anthem before movies was mandatory in halls, writes Ju...