Cinema

All night long

All night long

How the dancing uncle clicked and what would be his undoing (Revenge of the 80s) A 46-year old professor unknowingly…

June 7, 2018

Raazi: Portrait of a 20-year-old spy

We must not confuse loyalty to the nation with being an acolyte of the government of the day On a…

July 16, 2018

The Bard of Bollywood

A young boy from Meerut had a dream of becoming a famous cricketer. Unfortunately, (or maybe fortunately), when studying at…

May 24, 2018

Weak Wicket

Why did a film chronicling the life of India’s most celebrated cricketer Sachin Tendulkar fail to leave a lasting impact?…

May 24, 2018

Chronicling child abuse in cinema

Hindi films have portrayed child sexual abuse in their films time and again, whereas in India this hasn’t figured in…

May 18, 2018

Hard act to follow

Sohaila Kapur says she’d love to direct a Bollywood film some day. She has already made a mark in theatre…

May 10, 2018

Amazon unfriends outspoken actor

Swara Bhaskar is intelligent and doesn't fit the pliant-flexible role that neo-liberalism assigns to women celebrities There is something freaky…

July 16, 2018

No paeans to ‘jaan’

Film-makers seem to have fallen out of love with Mumbai, the city in which they live and work. No ode…

May 15, 2018

Child power

Utpal Borpujari is a bold film-maker who chose to take up the theme of witch-hunting in a remote Assamese village…

May 3, 2018

Grandfather next door

As an old Rishi Kapoor and an older Amitabh Bachchan come to a screen near you in 102 Not Out,…

May 3, 2018