MURTAZA ALI KHAN
Murtaza Ali Khan has been a film critic since 2010. He has curated and presented retrospectives and film festivals for various embassies and high commissions in New Delhi. He has also served on the jury for a variety of film festivals. He tweets at @MurtazaCritic
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‘Turtle is a piece of my heart’: Dinesh S Yadav
In this interview, National Award-winning director Dinesh S Yadav talks about the need for establishing more film institutes in the country on the lines of FTII and SRFTI, and his upcoming projects FTII alumnus Dinesh S. Yadav’s National Award-winning film Turtle and its sequel Waah Zindagi are finally out on the web after a […]
‘You are not just representing yourself but also your country’
Zoya Afroz, crowned the second runner-up at Femina Miss India 2013, will now be competing at the Glamanand Supermodel India contest and will represent India at the Miss International 2022, as the holder of the title Miss India International 2021 Starting her journey at a young age, Zoya made her first appearance as a child […]
‘Economic offences are an unexplored topic’
From his role as a screenwriter in Sarkar (2005) to working on his latest work 420 IPC, writer-director Manish Gupta gives his opinion on courtroom dramas in India, the role of OTT platforms in attracting audiences and the many challenges for the industry amidst Covid Manish Gupta began his career as a screenwriter on the […]
‘I have lived Munshi Premchand; the values which he has advocated in writing still rule me’
Donning multiple hats, Anand Raaj, the lead actor, writer and producer of Andaman, talks about his motivation behind the movie and his experience of working with Sanjay Mishra and Rajesh Tailang The makers of ‘Andaman’ have come up with a unique distribution plan for their film after facing constant rejections from production houses. ‘Andaman’ revolves […]
‘Bollywood has shown collaboration quite well — in script writing, lyrics and music composition’
Member of the quartet S&G Escapes, Nalin Singh, talks about ‘Café Morgan’, the groups latest foray in the world of collaborative writing The writing quartet of Bharti and Sunil Girdhar & Aparna and Nalin Singh currently finds itself in a very unique space in India’s literary scene. As collaborative fiction writers, the Girdhars and Singhs have so far […]
“Not enough roles for foreign actors here”
Actor Suzanne Bernert talks about her journey in the Indian film industry as a foreigner, and her latest book ‘The Diwali Gift’ German-Indian actor Suzanne Bernert has succeeded in carving a niche for herself in the Indian entertainment industry through her sheer tenacity and hard work. Growing up in a scenic border town near Austria […]
“Acting & writing complement each other beautifully”
Vivaan Shah talks about his upcoming novel ‘Midnight Freeway’ Actor-Writer Vivaan Shah is all set to come out with his second novel titled ‘Midnight Freeway’. It tells the story of Pranav Paleja, a criminal lawyer who works at a legal Chamber- Mangesh & Mangharam. In Shah’s words, “He’s an ordinary man with an ordinary life. […]
“I can’t thank my director Sandeep Mohan enough”
Actor Gillian Pinto, after pursuing theatre for a decade, makes her debut into feature films with filmmaker Sandeep Mohan’s Nirmal Anand Ki Puppy After working with a leading MNC for 4 years, Gillian Pinto finally decided to follow her heart and take up acting as a profession. Over the last 10 years, Pinto has […]