Art & Culture

Musical Instruments: The Sound of Creation

Sneha Bhura

A host of new musical instruments are born in India. A lowdown

Bajrangi Bhaijaan: Khan & Khan

Priyanka Pereira

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: Punjabi Pastoral

Manik Sharma

Gurvinder Singh has made rural chic look authentic in his Punjabi films

Tasneem Zakaria Mehta: The Revivalist

Payal Khandelwal

How Tasneem Zakaria Mehta transformed Mumbai’s Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum into one of the country’s most buzzy and contemporary spaces for Indian art

Unfreedom: Now not showing

Omkar Khandekar

Unfreedom and the difficulty of screening a movie that features lesbians in India

Zoya Akhtar: The soothsayer of affluence

Divya Unny

With her latest release, Zoya Akhtar reclaims her space as the storyteller of poor little rich people

Saving Kutiyattam

Akhila Krishnamurthy

The National Award-winning documentary Kapila revives popular interest in an ancient dance form by portraying it through the eyes of one of its most talented exponents in Kerala

Kaaka Muttai: A slice of life

V Shoba

Kaaka Muttai, a small film about two slum boys and their yearning for pizza, has struck gold at the box office and showcased a new language of filmmaking in Tamil