I knew it will be successful: Guneet Monga

Guneet Monga talks about The Elephant Whisperers which she has co-produced and has been nominated for the Academy Awards

She just won’t shut up, this outspoken female singer

Bagging many esteemed awards throughout its journey since its debut in 2019, Shut Up Sona is all set to premiere on Zee5

“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 […]

Along river banks: this environmentalist walks to document lives

For Siddharth Agarwal, who walked along the length of the Ganga, walking is about the journey and the people you meet An environmentalist, Siddharth Agarwal is walking along Indian rivers for the last four years, recording the stories, myths, rumours, fears and rituals of the people dwelling alongside them. Now his journey of six-months along 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 […]

A flying wicket

Yasmin and Fazal Kidwai’s documentary, A Sticky Wicket is about the girls living in the crime-infested Shahbad Dairy. They have defied societal norms and risen above all challenges to play cricket, which has given them hope “What do you do if you need to use the washroom after 11 at night?” asks the filmmaker. “I […]

‘We are all immigrants’

A documentary narrated by Ruben Martinez, offers insights into what it means to be an “American” today in a vitiated atmosphere On a crisp and sunny winter morning I found myself in a vast hall near the Federal Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, along with hundreds of other freshly minted United States citizens. We had […]

Beyond news bytes

Several documentaries have been made on Delhi, highlighting the issues that bedevil the capital and encouraging citizens to think critically about them On January 20 this year, a fire in Bawana Industrial area claimed the lives of 17 workers. Approached by a professor to compile a report on one of the worst fire tragedies in […]