Film producer Shardul Sharma talks about his journey from Shiamak Davar’s dance studio to one of Hollywood’s biggest studios First things first. How did you venture into film production? Tell us about your journey. In India, I started my career with Shiamak Davar (ace Bollywood choreographer/ dance director/ producer) at the age of 16. I performed as […]

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Actor Ekavali Khanna talks about her journey in the film industry EKAVALI KHANNA is one of the few female actors in the country who have managed to carve a niche for themselves — playing a variety of interesting characters, while mostly staying away from the commercial space. Despite a late start to her acting career, […]

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Globally, the film industry is at a standstill amid the coronavirus outbreak. Here’s how it has been affected by the global pandemic FILMMAKING AND filmgoing – what do these two have in common? Both require people gathering in large groups, that too at close quarters. And that is what has always made this art form […]

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Manu Joseph’s uncomfortable truths are now almost completely replaced by cringe-inducing equivalences THESE ARE exciting times for actor Sharad Kelkar. On one hand, he has essayed the pivotal character of Raja Phogat in the Zee5 series Rangbaaz Phirse, on the other he played Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Om Raut’s blockbuster Tanhaji. Kelkar, who started out […]

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Sharad Kelkar talks about his rediscovery as an actor, and the new avenues he explored while doing so  THESE ARE exciting times for actor Sharad Kelkar. On one hand, he has essayed the pivotal character of Raja Phogat in the Zee5 series Rangbaaz Phirse, on the other he played Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Om Raut’s […]

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Filmmaker Mohit Suri talks about the vision behind his latest release Malang and more IN A FILMMAKING career spanning one-and-a-half decades, Mohit Suri has made a strong reputation for himself as a filmmaker who isn’t afraid to experiment with bold and unconventional ideas. Some of his best-known films include Zeher, Kalyug, Awarapan, Murder 2, Ek […]

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Parasite winning the Academy Award for Best Picture is an achievement for more reasons than one “WHEN I was young and studying cinema, there was a saying that I carved deep into my heart, which is that ‘the most personal is the most creative’. That quote is from our great Martin Scorsese. When I was […]

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If you are looking for a historical perspective on the Pandit exodus, its causes and effects, then Shikara isn’t the film for you ONE DAY in the late 1980s Srinagar, a young couple is asked, at random, to walk down a garden path as extras in a film shoot. Kashmir was the beating heart of […]

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