Cinema

It’s Kind of a Funny Story

Nikhil Taneja

How a Delhi kid from an all-boys school ended up on America’s most popular sitcom and married to Miss India

Melody, Mafia and Marriage

Shradha Sukumaran

The world according to Sonu Nigam

The Politics of Costa-Gavras

Lhendup G Bhutia

An encounter with the director who made Z, a political thriller set in a mystery country that inspired a guessing game on its release in 1969 and has become a classic since

The Fifth Estate

Ajit Duara

Though not perfect, this film gives you a measure of the man who opened a Pandora’s box

A Fire Rekindled

Nikhil Taneja

After a promising start and a quick burn-out, Hansal Mehta returns to cinema with fresh fervour

Kamath’s Eleven

Deepa Venkatraman

A forthcoming film brings together 11 filmmakers of a variety of genres to collaborate on a single narrative. The result could be a panorama of Indian cinema

Shahid

Ajit Duara

This is a well made film, but why make a martyr of the man whose life it’s about?

Woody Allen’s refusal to screen Blue Jasmine in India citing the country’s intrusive anti-smoking health advisory revives an old debate over whether art must lead society by example or be left alone by it