‘I am a walking, talking Bombay.’ ‘Saadat Hasan Manto, RIP. He lies in that grave, wondering: Who is the greater storyteller? God or Manto?’ –Saadat Hasan Manto. I enjoyed watching the biopic ‘Manto’, A great...
PRASAR BHARATI (India’s Public Service Broadcaster) Directorate General: Doordarshan Copernicus Marg: New Delhi-110001 Films Division File No-26/1/2017-P-6. Film Dated: 12.06.2018 Subject: Schedule of Hindi Feature Films to be telecast from 01.07.2018 to 31.07.2018 on...
Far away and long ago in 1959, Guru Dutt made Kagaz Ke Phool in Black and White and Cinemascope. In it an unhappily married director falls in love with his protégé. It was...
Rating Sanjay film Padmaavat based on Malik Mohammad Jaisi’s long narrative poem from the 16th century, has finally been released after much bloodshed and violence across northern and western India. Things got so...
I enjoyed watching Lipstick Under My Burkha this afternoon–the film is now in its once a day matinee phase, about to exit the big screen. The film is a great commentary on the suppression...
No Jokinnng! Singh is Singinng All The Way to The Bank!! A review by Manohar Khushalani ...
Desire and Repetition: The miniaturisation of the Hindi film song Fourth Asian Women’s Film Festival 2008 “Insights and Aspirations” By Shikha Jhingan Scene from Shikha Jhingan’s ‘Born to Sing’ Let us examine the contemporary...
Jodha Akbar – The Film Seema Bawa analyses this highly controversial film with a historical perspective Actors: Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan The historian in me could not resist having...
