“My job as a writer is to focus on the characters and build them in their originality”

Screenwriter Sandeep Shrivastava on his creative process of screenplay writing, his latest successful endeavour Shershaah and more   Sandeep Shrivastava is a veteran screenwriter noted for films like Ab Tak Chhappan, Kabul Express, New York, Shivaay, and Sachin: A Billion Dreams, among others. He made his OTT debut as a screenwriter with the Hotstar series […]

“I believe in authenticity and a higher goal in life”

Kailash Kher’s latest song, ‘Yeh Hai Badalta Bharat’, is a tribute to the Olympic champions who have made India proud   From Mirabai Chanu, PV Sindhu, Lovlina Borgohain, Bajrang Punia to Neeraj Chopra – these, among others, are the athletes who have made India proud in the Olympics this year. For our country, their achievements […]

Can we expect a biopic on Neeraj Chopra, PV Sindhu or Mirabai Chanu?

Will the likes of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Shimit Amin, Nitesh Tiwari, Anand Pandit and Tigmanshu Dhulia make bio-pics to celebrate our new Olympic legends?   India is currently celebrating its haul of multiple medals at the Olympics. A sporting victory always cheers the morale of a nation especially during a challenging time. As we face […]

When women hit the road

Farhan Akhtar’s upcoming all girls trip movie Jee Le Zaraa, the first of its kind in Bollywood, has a lot of expectations and hopes to live up to. Here’s why   “Did someone say road trip?” read the caption of a recent post which had sent Bollywood fans into a frenzy. Farhan Akhtar and the […]

“I am elated by the love Vodka Diaries received”

From his upcoming movies to the evolution of content amid pandemic — filmmaker Kushal Srivastava gets candid about his journey and the film industry   Kushal Srivastava has had a fascinating journey from the Air Force to Bollywood. He was barely 11 when his uncle Raju Srivastava took him to N Chandra’s film set in […]

Behind the ‘new normal’ scenes

In the post-pandemic world, regular film shoots have come to resemble Sci-Fi storyboards   Not too long ago, film sets were spontaneously interactive places bustling with production crews, seamless energy and round-the-clock activity. Since the onset of the pandemic, film sets have become ultra-sanitised, hyper-vigilant spaces that seem to mimic science fiction rather than real […]

“OTT platforms are a boon for actors”

Actor Anshumaan Pushkar talks about his early struggle and newfound success post-Jamtara   The journey from Mor Mokama to Mumbai hasn’t exactly been a cakewalk for Anshumaan Pushkar, but with each new performance he is slowly but surely cementing his place as a promising actor working in the Mumbai film industry. His consistently good performances […]

Shades of Modern Love

Netflix anthology Feels Like Ishq has a fresh take on romance   What’s that one theme that sells like hot cake, every single time – in plays, movies, shows or any other medium? It’s love! Romance has been a genre that has been explored on-screen gazillion times. So much so, that whenever there’s a new […]