Posts by: Shruti Das

Shruti Das -January 19, 2021

Netflix’s Tribhanga explores nuances and complexities of a mother-daughter relationship Being a woman was and never has been an easy task – especially in a patriarchal society like India. Here, a mother is synonymous to a ‘care-giver’ and for her to have desires and dreams of her own are deemed wrong. Such a thought is […]

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Shruti Das -January 18, 2021

Among the few good things that 2020 brought were quarantine films, depicting lives amid lockdown Creativity thrives even amidst conflict. And this has been true since time immemorial. Thus since March 2020, even when it seemed like the world had stopped, artists continued creating art. While confined to their homes during lockdown, some filmmakers took […]

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Shruti Das -January 12, 2021

The film not only explores a forbidden relationship between a domestic help and her employer, but also puts forth a question: “Is love enough?” A lonely, affluent businessman finds comfort and solace in his live-in maid. And the maid, a widowed young woman, shares the same feeling towards her employer but is torn between the […]

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Shruti Das -January 4, 2021

With a host of films ready to hit the theatres, 2021 is definitely a year to look forward to The year 2020 will definitely be a big milestone in world history. But so will 2021, as it seems to be the year which is carrying every human being’s hope – of a world devoid of […]

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Shruti Das -December 22, 2020

Some of 2020’s best works came from the ones we didn’t expect, and not the big stars of B-town When the world began fighting a pandemic, the entertainment industry was among the worst-hit sectors. Even then, and more so, the Indian audiences sought solace in films and web shows. Fortunately, there was never a dearth […]

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Shruti Das -December 22, 2020

Bollywood, in 2020, has seen more controversies than comebacks and received way more brickbats than blockbusters, but not all was bleak It’s not every year that we see the mysterious death of a Bollywood star taking the nation by storm. It’s not a usual sight to witness a B-town leading lady being probed by the […]

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Shruti Das -December 14, 2020

The way audience consumes content isn’t the same anymore amid the new normal The global pandemic might have been a bane for most, but for the OTT platforms – it’s definitely a boon! Just when India, like many other counties in the world, was getting acquainted with the culture of binge-watching,little did it know that […]

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Shruti Das -December 7, 2020

Bengaluru-based actor Rohan Gurbaxani talks about his cinematic journey – and living the Hollywood dream With no lineage in the entertainment business, 23-year-old Rohan Gurbaxani charted his professional journey on his own merit. This Bengaluru boy, within a year of graduating from New York University (NYU), bagged over seven feature films in 2019, including four […]

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