The Poetry of the Quotidian of Aki Kaurismäki

Vandana Kumar writes, “To think of Finnish cinema, is to think of Aki Kaurismäki. Apparently, this perception isn&r...

Women in Cinema Collective: A Work In Progress

“An actress was a person who could never own herself,” writes Janaky Sreedharan in her piece about the role played...

Kitu Gidwani: Distinctly Yours!

Aparajita Krishna flashbacks and forward with the life and times of Kitu Gidwani – an actor with, perhaps, the most well...

An Ode to the Willow

Monojit Lahiri flashbacks to a time, far away and long ago – way before the madness of social media crazed popular imagi...

Sardar Udham: The Shadow Man

Satyabrata Ghosh explains why the film Sardar Udham should be watched to fathom what undying love for one’s own country ...

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...

Hinduism, not Hindutva, was Nehru’s idea of India

Let us not be in any illusion. Being complacent basis the belief that there’s any sensitivity left in the discourse would be wrong, write...

The sky is not the limit: Syed Asad Abbas

Langston Hughes said, “Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly” and MC Abbas lives by th...

Their Little Secret: Murmur of the Heart

Louis Malle is known for controversial and often semi-autobiographical work, writes Sharad Raj.

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