Shruti Das

Softening up biases

Softening up biases

The documentary Son Rise by National Award winning filmmaker Vibha Bakshi tells the story of ordinary men from Haryana who…

January 24, 2019

Poster art redux

The dismissive attitude to film posters in this digital age has had its day, and their revival as an art…

January 14, 2019

‘They keep refusing to register an FIR’

I am handling a recent mobile theft case on behalf of my friend Mohit Kumar Gupta. He was taking a…

January 11, 2019

Decoding female desires

Bollywood’s depiction of female sexuality onscreen is getting bigger and better, but we still have a long way to go…

December 27, 2018

In search of a platform

Gay magazines have played a key role in helping individuals come out. They are now hoping to find it easier…

December 27, 2018

Khans eclipsed

This was a year of content-driven cinema, new age actors and surprises for the film industry. Big banner films failed…

December 20, 2018

QUEST OF A RESTLESS SOUL

Meet National Award winning filmmaker Gajendra Ahire, whose film Dear Molly is getting an Oscar screening in Los Angeles this…

December 14, 2018

‘Freedom for kids will not come on a platter’

A documentary on the life and work of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Kailash Satyarthi aims to sensitise and inspire citizens…

December 13, 2018

The longing of a lonely heart

Filmmaker Prakash Jha has played the protagonist in a short film by debutant director Mudassir Mashalkar that revolves around loneliness…

November 30, 2018