Netflix’s Cinema Bandi is an endearing tale of an auto driver embarking on a movie-making journey What does one need to make a movie? For starters, a renowned or acclaimed writer who can churn out a story – and not just any story, one which will be written keeping in mind the ‘success formula,’ the […]

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Amid the ongoing global pandemic, here’s revisiting the end of the world flicks and what they teach us about surviving a catastrophe A deadly virus takes the world in its grip. It’s contagious, and that’s what is keeping humans confined to their houses, because danger lurks everywhere; no one knows who is going to be […]

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Guneet Monga on her journey as a film producer, and the changing paradigms of co-producing Indian film producer Guneet Monga known for her association with films like Gangs of Wasseypur, The Lunchbox, Monsoon Shootout, Masaan, Haraamkhor, Pagglait, among others, was recently bestowed with the honour of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters at […]

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With an explosive surge in Covid-19 cases in India, OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hotstar, have once again resurfaced as the key source of entertainment to those confined at homes 68-year-old Shekhar Singh* had been, like most of the other homebound people in the country, feeling hopeless at times. His retirement plan included […]

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Netflix’s Ajeeb Dastaans explores class division, homosexuality, patriarchy, casteism – all through the prism of human ties, and love Two people meet; fall in love and lives happily ever after. Such stories may look good on-screen, engage and entice you – but are often far from reality. In the real world, human relationships are layered […]

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Filmmaker Vikash Verma on what went behind the making of No Means No, the first Indo-Polish film Vikash Verma, the director and co-writer of the first ever Indo-Polish film No Means No, recently had to take the tough decision of delaying his film’s release by about six months amid rising Covid-19 cases. Produced by G7 […]

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Bengali film industry never shies away to take a political stance, but it comes with a price A land ruled by a greedy and brutal king sees the light of the day when two humble men (and not heroes, mind you!) comes into rescue. The corrupt, famine-stricken rural land needs ‘magic’ — which these two […]

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Actor Chetan Sharma talks about what goes behind the depiction of complex characters During his short span in the film industry, Delhi boy Chetan Sharma has managed to emerge as a promising actor capable of essaying intense characters with great ease — be it as a passionate young cricketer Saad, who gets subjected to mob […]

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