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Kaveree Bamzai

Kaveree Bamzai is an author and a contributing writer with Open

Asif Kapadia: Biographer of the Outsider
Cinema
Asif Kapadia: Biographer of the Outsider

Asif Kapadia, the director who reinvented the documentary, brings his prodigious talent to two new nonfiction series and a haunting mini-series

28 May 2021
The Disguised Caper
Cinema
The Disguised Caper

There is a saying in the film industry, “yeh film Monday ko bolegi”, which in effect means the film will become popular by word-of-mouth

28 May 2021
The Future of Entertainment
Cover Stories
The Future of Entertainment

The pandemic has changed the art and mart of movies. Forever?

28 May 2021
The Ones to Watch
Cinema
The Ones to Watch

Here are some people who can turn the tide in Bollywood

21 May 2021
Bill Gates: A Diminished Icon
Feature
Bill Gates: A Diminished Icon

The halo has dimmed a little for one of the world’s most influential businessmen and philanthropists

21 May 2021
Can Bollywood Go Hybrid?
Feature
Can Bollywood Go Hybrid?

The pay-per-view plus theatrical release model adopted by Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai is looking like the new silver bullet

21 May 2021
Covid Warrior
Cinema
Covid Warrior

It is interesting to see the digital solutions Sonu Sood and Bhumi Pednekar have come up with

14 May 2021
King Con
Cinema
King Con

Over the decades, bluff masters have promised riches, freedom, even immunity for criminal acts. Their onscreen depictions show that they are celebrated rather than reviled

14 May 2021
Salman and the Secret of a Comfortable Shoe
Cinema
Salman and the Secret of a Comfortable Shoe

The veteran actor’s Radhe offers an escape in these stressful times

14 May 2021
Cinema
Craving Controversy

If Bollywood’s storytellers start choosing to be political props rather than honest artists, then there is little hope

07 May 2021

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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