Ringing in Janmashtami

India is a colourful nation, with a variety of rituals and celebrations spread across the land. Every month has some or the other ‘auspicious’ day, that has evo...

The World According To Gabriel

Every year around June or July, Daniel Silva’s latest Gabriel Allon novel is published and shoots right up to the bestseller charts.

For those who haven&...

Papa Don’t Preach

What would happen if two cantankerous, cricket-crazy men, one from India and the other from Pakistan were forced to share an apartment?  Bedlam, that’s what.

Bergman, Sombre or Pragmatic?

Ingmar Bergman prevalently known for his movie ‘Persona’ was considered as the most thoroughgoing in procedure and technique. Classism in the movies came out vo...

Carving a niche: Indian films nominated for Toronto International Film Festival

Grabbing a spot each in the world premiere for Toronto International Festival are films Omerta, Mukkabaaz and The Hungry. Omerta is directed by director Hansal Mehta, Mukka...

Mubarakan

Cast: Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, Athiya Shetty, Neha Sharma

Director: Anees Bazmee

Producer: Ashwin Varde, Murad Khetani, Suvidesh Shingade Read More

The Sad Clown

There is a condition called the sad clown syndrome, which states that people who make others laugh, are often unhappy or depressed. That’s probably why a traditional ...

Artsy-craftsy Homemakers of Mumbai

Artists who happen to be housewives are not something unheard of, but an artist mother-in-law-daughter-in-law combo is quite a rare dynamic. Vimla Soni (mother in law) and ...

Meri Durga: Out-striding the Indian Orthodoxy

The Indian Television drama seems to haveshunned cooking its clichéd kitchen politics and is heading towards portraying some bold stories stifling at thegrass root l...