Screens open, but seats empty

Despite the government allowing theatres to function at full capacity, a lack of big releases has people doubting if they want to return amidst a pandemic   The 12.30 pm show on February 2, Screen 4 of PVR CitySelect Mall was completely empty, not a soul in sight. The seats were empty, and even the […]

BBC documentary gives an insight into Jiah Khan’s controversial death

Death in Bollywood, a three-part investigative documentary on BBC, attempts to further dig out the ever elusive truth Amid a global pandemic, the death of a young and talented Bollywood actor shocked the entire nation. News of Sushant Singh Rajput’s alleged suicide came as a rude shock to his fans; what followed afterwards was a […]

Rocky landing, smooth takeoff

A paraplegic woman draws inspiration from an injured magpie in Netflix’s Penguin Bloom What happens when a bird, despite having wings, fails to fly? Even when it looks up into the endless blue of the sky, what if it’s unable to soar high? One might say that the bird loses its will to live, feels […]

Creative freedom under fire?

What happened with Amazon Prime Video’s Tandav gives an indication of what’s yet to come Bholenath aka Lord Shiva questions Lord Ram’s ‘popularity’ or social media reach, and wonders whether he needs to change his display picture. He further questions since when did wanting freedom ‘become uncool?’ And the place where this play seems to […]

‘It’s about sportsmanship’

Ajay Govind, writer-director, talks about his upcoming venture Madappally United Writer-Director Ajay Govind dons multiple hats. An English Literature Graduate from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, Govind has engaged with a range of projects all across India. In 2014, his debut feature film After the Third Bell released in theatres across eight cities. Since then […]

An ode to womanhood

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 […]

Utter loneliness of being

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 […]

Rohena Gera’s ‘Sir’ tells the tale of an unrequited love through the prism of class division

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 […]