Lost for years in commercial cinema, Sanjay Mishra is finally being applauded as a prodigious talent
Krishna Bose witnessed the ecstasy as well as the agony of freedom. Her memoirs, now translated into English by her son Sumantra Bose, chronicle history's passion play
Tamilarasi Shanmugam has stormed the male bastion of Kattaikkuttu, a form of Tamil folk theatre that is staging a dramatic comeback
What is it that makes her one of Hindi cinema's originals? Tabu talks about her new movie Drishyam and more
A biopic on a freedom fighter’s Gandhian struggle against cynicism and apathy brings out a rare kind of heroism
The coming-of-age film Killa marks the emergence of a new genre in Marathi cinema
The long forgotten Baba Sehgal, written off as too silly to be modern, reinvents himself as an internet star
A host of new musical instruments are born in India. A lowdown
Kabir Khan’s latest film, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, explores his pet themes of religious identity and soft borders. The filmmaker in conversation with Open
Gurvinder Singh has made rural chic look authentic in his Punjabi films