‘Isa’s character not based on Dawood’

Saurabh Sachdeva, who has been an acting coach for about two decades, forayed into acting with Sacred Games – and there has been no looking back since then What’s common between actors Frieda Pinto, Jacqueline Fernandez, Vani Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor, Richa Chadda, Harshvardhan Rane and Rana Daggubati? They have all been taught by […]

‘For the love of fans, I continued with Crime Patrol ’

Actor Anup Soni, a well known face in tv shows, has a lot in his plate – from web to films Ludhiana-born Anup Soni is best known for hosting Sony TV’s popular crime series Crime Patrol. After a successful stint in television with serials such as Sea Hawks and Saaya, he went on to star […]

High on patriotism

Mission Mangal takes on Batla House as Akshay Kumar and John Abraham face off for the second year in a row Canadian citizen and the face of Indian nationalism in Bollywood Akshay Kumar has released his fifth film on India’s Independence Day this year. Previous releases include Brothers (2015), Rustom (2016), Toilet: Ek Prem Katha […]

Of ghosts, witches and demons

With mainstream Bollywood films and popular streaming platforms coming up with more and more horror films and series, this genre is evolving in India Whenever we are asked what our favourite horror movie is, the name that comes to mind is definitely a Hollywood one — or maybe a Korean or Thai or Japanese one. […]

Lyrical ruminations

An evening with the evergreen poet Gulzar is a time to reflect on where movies and the country are headed Murari Lal ka kehna hai pehli si mohabbat koi mehboob na mange, Na koi zikr ho ab uski zulfoon ka, na rukhsaro ki baatein, Ki usne bal chote kar liye hain, ki labon ki baat […]

“It is no cakewalk!’

Filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee talks about the struggles of making films outside the studio setup and his journey so far Author turned filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee’s second film A Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh: Season’s Greetings has become the world’s first feature film to collaborate with the United Nations. The film also marks the comeback of […]

‘Yudh should have been on Netflix’

Aahana Kumra of Lipstick Under My Burkha fame opens up about her experience of sharing screen space with Amitabh Bachchan and her projects for Voot and Zee5 Lucknow-born Aahana Kumra shot to fame with the success of Alankrita Shrivastava’s Lipstick Under My Burkha. But success didn’t come overnight for Aahana. She had to toil for […]

Let’s talk about sex ed

The movie Khandani Shafakhana raises a valid point – that in a country with such a large population, the topic is still taboo “In our society, nobody talks about sex, and that gives birth to various other ills, from suppressed or repressed sexuality to violence to diseases, premature pregnancies, sex crimes—the list is endless,” says […]