‘Turtle is a piece of my heart’: Dinesh S Yadav

In this interview, National Award-winning director Dinesh S Yadav talks about the need for establishing more film institutes in the country on the lines of FTII and SRFTI, and his upcoming projects   FTII alumnus Dinesh S. Yadav’s National Award-winning film Turtle and its sequel Waah Zindagi are finally out on the web after a […]

 ‘You are not just representing yourself but also your country’

Zoya Afroz, crowned the second runner-up at Femina Miss India 2013, will now be competing at the Glamanand Supermodel India contest and will represent India at the Miss International 2022, as the holder of the title Miss India International 2021  Starting her journey at a young age, Zoya made her first appearance as a child […]

‘Economic offences are an unexplored topic’

From his role as a screenwriter in Sarkar (2005) to working on his latest work 420 IPC, writer-director Manish Gupta gives his opinion on courtroom dramas in India, the role of OTT platforms in attracting audiences and the many challenges for the industry amidst Covid  Manish Gupta began his career as a screenwriter on the […]

‘I have lived Munshi Premchand; the values which he has advocated in writing still rule me’

Donning multiple hats, Anand Raaj, the lead actor, writer and producer of Andaman, talks about his motivation behind the movie and his experience of working with Sanjay Mishra and Rajesh Tailang   The makers of ‘Andaman’ have come up with a unique distribution plan for their film after facing constant rejections from production houses.  ‘Andaman’ revolves […]

“Not enough roles for foreign actors here”

Actor Suzanne Bernert talks about her journey in the Indian film industry as a foreigner, and her latest book ‘The Diwali Gift’ German-Indian actor Suzanne Bernert has succeeded in carving a niche for herself in the Indian entertainment industry through her sheer tenacity and hard work. Growing up in a scenic border town near Austria […]

Love’s a swipe away

Netflix’s new romantic comedy Love Hard tries too hard, but is full of Christmas vibes “…Just one thing everybody wants. There in the bars, and through the smokescreen of the crowded restaurants – It’s love. Yes, all we’re looking for is love from someone else.” These achingly beautiful lyrics from the Oscar-winning musical drama La […]

No Child’s Play

With Squid Game being termed as Netflix’s biggest show ever, this Korean series seems to have sent the world into a frenzy   We all have, while we were in school, participated in games like tug of war. It was all about winning, as no one wanted the ‘loser’ tag in school. Many of us […]

“We documented stories of the homeless, in a humane light”

Filmmaker Kireet Khurana’s hard-hitting documentary ‘The Invisible Visible’ throws light on the grim condition of millions of homeless in our country   National award-winning filmmaker Kireet Khurana announced a documentary that he describes is a crusade on behalf of India’s invisibilized millions. ‘The Invisible Visible,’ is an 81 minutes long documentary that will be released mid-2022 […]